[rawfeeding] Re: Thanks for all the advise.

Karen, I agree with the others. The nutritionist may know what she's talking about, but
often that isn't the case. More importantly, you have a great resource right here to talk
about the best way to feed your dogs, and we don't charge!

> I know that they need 2% of their weight, and 80% meat, 10% organ and 10%
> bone. I understand the meat and organ part, but how do you even
> attemp to measure out bone.

It really isn't as difficult as it sounds. The ratios come from average values from prey
animals. Some animals will be heavier on bone than others, but it eventually balances out.
You really want to keep in mind "lots of meat." If you are feeding a part with bone, you
want it covered with meat, as in, where's the bone? If you can see the bone, you probably
want to add more meat to the meal.

> The seminar suggested to us 5% kidney and then 5% other organ too.

Are you sure that they didn't say liver? Liver is a really nutritious organ and it's pretty big
in comparison to other organs, so we try to make sure we feed liver, and rotate in other
organs as we get them.

> Plus I'm not sure when to even feed my dogs. They are on different schedules all the
> time. and they get feed twice a day now. And they know when its their food
> time, they remind me everyday.

The best thing for all of you is to mix up the feeding schedule. Feed them when you get
around to it, that way they don't feel that they need to "remind" you that it's time to eat. It
might be hard at first, but you'll all be happier.

> And how long on average does it take for them to eat?

It varies dog by dog. My GSP pup eats pretty slowly, so he'll eat for about 30 minutes at a
time. My Newf mix puppy was a stray, so he gulped his food at first - it took him about 3
minutes to eat a chicken quarter. I feed him frozen to slow him down, and now he's up to
about 15 minutes.

Good luck!
Andrea

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