[rawfeeding] Re: Feeding small dog

Hi:

Yes, 2oz does seem very little -- for a 10lb dog it should be 3-4 oz
per day. I have dogs in the same weight range and I feed roughly 4oz
per day, but I say "roughly" because it varies. Sometimes it might be
a lot more, but part of it is a bone that is not edible, but getting
the edible bits off the bone is a workout, as in beef ribs. Sometimes
it is less, but I check the look of the dog and take into account how
much exercise he or she is getting.

The answer seems to be to feed a little sometimes and a lot sometimes
to be able to include things that are larger. Some small dogs need to
be fed twice, some not, depends on dog. Some dogs can be fed a lot
one day and nothing the next, which provides opportunity to give
larger chunks and greater variety.

You need much more variety than than chicken wings which, by
themselves are way too bony. If you are in the breaking in stage and
have to stick to one protein source, try drumsticks, part of a breast,
or quite simply get a whole chicken and hack it up into meal size
chunks. Put chunks into freezer bags and freeze. Then you are
feeding prey model.

When you are out of the chicken phase and want to add more variety,
you can find a bunch of things that will fit the 3-4 oz serving size
or less or more. Rabbit, goat, beef of all sorts, fish, lamb, green
tripe, etc.

HTH

Philippa Jordan
New York City

P.S. Here is a raw food calculator:
http://www.hare-today.com/feed.php#feedcalc

> I have a 10 pound dog, sort of low energy, and was wondering how I
can
> best satisfy him when all he should eat per day is 2oz of total
food.

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