[rawfeeding] Re: The First Hour

"autobiographyofsnow" <autobiographyofsnow@...> wrote:
>I gave her a chicken leg quarter after reading back into the
archives
> since that seemed like a good/cheap start and she did fine, but is
it too bony?
*****
As the only food over the long haul, yes. As a beginning food, it's
fine.

> 1. What exactly counts for meatymeats that aren't super expensive?
*****
EXACTLY!?
You want EXACTLY? There is no exactly in a good raw diet. Words
more appropriate to a species appropriate menu include some, less,
more, a little, too much, too few, sorta, kinda, maybe, tad, handful,
a lot, all, none, oops, and oh well.

Fortunately though, I can state with certainty that ANY meatymeat
(one that contains no bone) is EXACTLY what you can feed your dog if
the choice agrees with your pocketbook and with your dog's digestion.

What would not work would be cooked or otherwise processed meats.

> 2. What other chicken cuts can I give her so we can stick to one
protein for the next two
> weeks? (And is 2 wks usuually enough?)
*****
Buy a few whole chickens, hack them into inelegant but useful parts,
feed them. Include the bits stuffed into the cavity, but include
them gently. You do not have to feed chicken ala chicken for two
weeks if all is going well with you and dog. If you want to go the
full two weeks though, you certain may.

> 3. I have to board her next weekend and I'm not sure what to bring
for food. Several
> ziplocks of...what is generally safest/best?
*****
I am not sure I would be inclined to provide ANY new food when
sending a dog off for boarding unless I was darned sure the kennel
was competent in raw feeding and was fully aware of the potential for
loose stools and other digestive upheaval caused by the new food. I
would also want to know for SURE that the staff was experienced in
coping with loose stools. I do not trust boarding kennels (pretty
obvious, hey).

Might you find a raw-wise petsitter who could manage potential issues
with confidence?

> 4. I'll check out sale items
> but what might be good to ask the butcher? Buying in bulk?
*****
Butchers rarely understand good raw food, they think bare naked bones
are hot stuff, that bone dust (a fatty mess of ground meats and bone)
is perfect food and that pork cannot be fed to dogs ever, no way, no
how. Unless you know more about raw than the butcher does, and you
KNOW you know more than the butcher does, and you KNOW you can hold
your ground in the face of indifference or outrage, I suggest you not
go wandering in those particular woods right now.

If you must go unschooled into a butcher shop, I recommend you order
whole chickens, beef heart, whole picnics, whole pork neck bones and
maybe some whole tom (male) turkey necks, maybe some ground beef.
Don't let the butcher slice anything. No sawing, no cutting.

Buy by the case if you have freezer space. If you don't, you'll have
to pare back your order. Still though, don't let the butcher cut
anything. "Put your hands up and step away from the saw."
Chris O

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