[rawfeeding] Re: Ending the first week in a bit of a slump

I think ol' Max has already learned if he holds out a few minutes,
Mama will jump in and make is food even better and easier to chew.
I suggest you put his quarter down and if he is not actively eating
it in 15 minutes, take it up until next meal. Don't do anything to
dress it up or make it easier to eat. Don't let him put another
thing is his mouth until next meal time and give him the same
quarter again. Repeat this process as long as necessary. He won't
starve. You are spoiling your little boy.

Don't worry about water intake. He is getting water in his raw
food. Don't forget that raw meat is 75% to 80% water. Kibble is
less than 10% water. As long as water is available, he will drink
what he needs.

You will probably have to cut up your cat's meat for a while. My
cats can handle a chicken leg or wing ok but their beef heart, pork
roast, deer roasts etc need to be cut up pretty small compared to
the dogs.

Yes, by all means get the Boston pork roast. I have the butcher in
the grocery store cut it into the sizes I want for my dogs.
(Usually it is cut in half.) If your grocery store doesn't have a
butcher and has everything pre-packaged, you can cut the meat with a
kinfe and a coping saw or other small saw to cut through the bone.
OR ... you can just put the hole thing down and when your dog
finishes with it, put the remainder up for next meal.

Buy most any kind of meat you can find cheap. You may feed mostly
chicken quarters and backs or whole chickens cut up and turkey necks
etc in the beginning. It takes a few months to really learn how to
shop for your animal's raw diet. Talk to the grocer about expired
meats or meats nearing expiration. Check with small independent
grocers about buying in bulk.

Don't get too upset, in 6 months feeding your dogs raw will be
second nature and you won't think anything about it. You will have
found how to get good deals on meat and how to talk to butchers and
grocers and talk them into helping you. The first few months can be
pretty discouraging sometimes. After that, its clear sailing.

Bill Carnes
http://www.skylarzack.com/rawfeeding.htm

Feeding Raw since October 2002

"Unnatural diets predispose animals to unnatural outcomes"
Dr. Tom Lonsdale

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