Raw Food Diet

[Melissa4]

Hi all,

Having yet another problem with my pups.

I've been making my dogs a raw food diet and they just dont seem to like it.

I've tried chicken mince - chicken thigh mince - puppy mince from the butcher and inclusions such as some very very very finely blended vegetables that they are barley even noticable because they dont like those either.

I've tried to stay away from canned food as one of them tends to eat their poo alot more if they are on it.

ATM they are on pedigree puppy roll... any suggestions on preparation of puppy mince and nutrient additives?

Thanks a heap

[puggy_puggy]

If they don't eat what is in front of them within 10 to 15 minutes take it away from them and present it at their next meal time. They will soon learn.

If you are feeding puppy mince (minced chicken carcusses) then add veggie/fruit slops and even some yoghurt to that as well.

This is what I recently raise two pug rescue pups on from the age of 7 weeks to 5 months.

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PUG PUPPY BARF DIET

• Currently being feed approximately 10% of their body weight, 80% of which should be Raw Meaty Bones and 20% vegies, offal & dairy, divided up into 3 meals a day. As they get older this should be cut back with them getting fed 2% to 3% of their body weight in either two or one meal a day when they are adults. If you see that they are getting to fat then cut the percentage back.

• Breakfast & Dinner - consist of Puppy mince/minced chicken carcasses, Barf veggie slops & full fat yoghurt. I will prepare a bowl of it in the morning mixing together the mince, veggie slops and yoghurt. Lunch -consists of a raw meaty lamb bone.

• Twice a week I have been adding sardines to their food & once a week offal. You could add other things like kangaroo & beef from time to time but it is important that the bone to meat ratio remains ok.

• Lennard’s sells the Puppy mince/ chicken mince which they have been fed on. It is made up of minced chicken carcasses. If you have to source the mince from somewhere else make sure it contains meat as well as the minced bones. It is important that dogs when dogs are fed meat (phosphorus) that they also have the right ratio of bone (calcium) with it to balance out nutritional needs. If dogs are fed meat without bones then serious health problems can occur.

• Lamb bones are the best for them as they are soft enough for them to eat the whole bone which is important. Other bones that can be feed are the ones from non weight bearing parts of the body. Weight bearing bones are often to hard for dogs to actually consume both the bone and the meat throwing the phosphorus/ calcium ratio all out of whack and ruining dogs teeth in the process.

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BARF SLOPS INGREDIENTS & METHOD

Things I always include:

- container of alfala spouts

- bunch of spinach (roots cut off)

- 1 to 2 green capsicums (stalk cut off & seeds out)

- 1 to 2 red caspsicums (stalk cut off & seeds removed)

- bag of carrots

- bunch of celary

- 4 zuccinis

- 3 to 4 oranges (peeled)

- 1 pumpkin (seeds removed)

- 2 to 4 apples (pips taken out)

- 2 to 4 bannanas (peeled)

- 8 to 10 eggs (whole including shell)

- flaxseed oil (approx 250mL)

- kelp (approx 100g)

What else you can put in:

- bunch of silverbeet

- turnip

- squash

- sweet potato

- 2 to 4 pears

- half to 1 pinapple

- brussel sprouts

- brocoli

- cauliflower

- bag of beans

- Apple Cider Vinegar

- Vitamin C

Chop up then process up in blender/food processor so that things turn to slops. Put each blender batch into a big bucket. Usually leave the eggs & flaxseed oil for things that don't blend very well like the pumpkin and carrots. Ingredients should fill up a bucket. Mix bucket with big ladel till all mixed through then put into take away containers & freeze untill needed.

Edited October 4, 2008 by puggy_puggy

[Joshua]

If they don't eat what is in front of them within 10 to 15 minutes take it away from them and present it at their next meal time. They will soon learn.

I agree... unfortunatly tough love is the answer

Good Luck!