what a Guy eats

A guy eats MEAT! both my dogs are on a 100% raw meat diet. Rod and I have researched raw feeding( to no end I might add) and I will never ever go back to feeding commercial foods. Raw just makes so much sense, it is species appropriate food. My dogs don't smell like dogs, they have small poops that are almost white in color, which if left to dry just crush to dust, without the horrible smell.

They also eat bones. They have to have a balanced diet. In their meat, they have 80% meat ( raw chicken , buffalo, beef, elk fish) and 25% veggies. The veggies are pulverized because dogs don't have the enzymes to break down the cellulose walls of the veggies, so the walls have to be broken down for them to get the nutrients... I make a mixture of kale, carrots some broccoli, and a sweet potato( and sometimes a bunch of fruit too). I mix it all in with the meat, the sweet potato helps to keep the mixture together. I just chuck it into a food processor, and then I mix it in with the meat, make some 1lb Patti's, freeze them so I can just take them out one by one, and defrost in the microwave. It is something that Rod and I enjoy doing, and we usually make enough for the week. It works out to be the same cost as commercial ( good kind) and in the long run will save us a ton of money that we probably would have handed over to the vet, eventually.

Guy eats about 4lbs a day of this mixture along with sheep tripe ( partially digested stomach contents of new Zealand sheep, very good for digestion, comes in a can). Murphs tummy doesn't like tripe so much. Some dogs don't.

Then they both get a bone. Guy likes ribs rather than knuckles, but murph my doxie loves the knuckles.

We also give them chicken necks and backs( yes raw,never give a dog or cat COOKED bones they dry out and splinter raw bones are flexable and they dont splinter), and some days that will all they will get. We don't go for complete balance every day, we don't eat like that ourselves, I don't obsess over things like that. I also feed them organs once or twice a week, which is a good balance. I keep a very clean kitchen and the dogs have no problem dealing with germs, they are scavengers after all, they are made for raw meat.

Murph has always had teeth issues, horrible garbage smelling breath, we were worried at one point about her inside organs because of her teeth. it has cost me hundreds of $ to have her teeth cleaned, it lasts a month and back to garbage mouth again.

THE GOOD NEWS IS....NOT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!

her teeth were covered in an almost green colored tartar, half way down the tooth, her gums were inflamed, poor thing....NOT ANYMORE. Eating the bones have cleaned her teeth to perfection, even below the gumline, her breath is actually sweet and we now love getting kisses from her!! Feed a dog a bone and see miracles happen.( see, we already saved hundreds!!! no dentist bill for murph!)

My advise about feeding bones: supervise your 1st bone, have a can of PURE pumpkin handy ( not pie filling) to give if diarrhea occures this is natural, even blood in the stools are normal its from the meat on the bone, not the dog. I give a couple tbs of pumpkin if this happens in thier meal, it stops diarrhea right away also helps constipation. The great thing about pumpkin is that it is a veggie fibre and not a grain fibre like rice.

If anyone out there wants to learn more about feeding Raw...dont hesitate to contact me, I would love to answer all your questions, and hopefully help you feed your best buddy much better.

some very good commercial foods are ( made from real meat no fillers or grains) Innova, Orijen. we will be posting a video soon on youtube of how we make our food, and feeding the pups.