[rawfeeding] Re: Help please...blockage??

Hi, Chelsea!
You said "I get mixed stools, most everyone is great (powdery, white,
SMALL, stools)"
These are not great stools - too much bone! If you are getting these
kind of stools regularly, you are not feeding enough muscle meat.
Time to rethink what you are feeding. The "rule of thumb" is *about*
80% meat (muscle, skin, connective tissue) 10% organ 92-5% liver) and
10% bone.
Stools will reflect what your dog has eaten recently, but diarrhea or
dry, crumbly white stools aren't ideal. Your dog is probably just
having some distress from too much variety too soon with some too bony
meals prior to that.
Fast him for a meal, or two, give him access to plenty of water, the
problem should pass ; ) soon.
Try to keep it to one protein source at first, maybe for a couple
weeks. You have a giant breed, you could feed whole chickens or half
turkeys. Keep the organs simple, too. Chicken or turkey heart and
gizzards can be fed as meat, but liver can be very loosening. Just a
little bit with each meal, maybe the just size of your thumb.
You could add small chunks of meat to the old protein at meal time
when starting a new protein, if your guys tend to get digestive upsets
with new foods.
TC
Giselle
with Bea in New Jersey

> Hello again everyone! I think we are doing pretty good on the raw
feeding so far. I get mixed stools, most everyone is great (powdery,
white, SMALL, stools), but I have been a little worried about my
biggest guy Rolex. I have not see him go to the bathroom (he usually
goes at the dog park in the mornings) for two days. I know he must be
going, but now with the "new" poop we are having a hard time
deciphering who's his who's! LOL But just now, I saw him strain for
about 2 minutes, trying to go. He went a little, and it was really
soft, and then he strained some more. He did have lamb last night for
the first time. If he had a blockage, nothing would come out, right?
He has not had any huge bones?? Should I be concerned. I gently
palpated his abdomen and he doesn't seem the least bit uncomfortable,
but he is panting a little more than normal...then again it is hotter
than normal and he is 175 lb mastiff?? Just a little freaked and want
some advice before I give him his dinner.
>
> Thanks!
> Chelsea
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