[rawfeeding] Re: What meat has the most carbs?

"Steffani Martino" <yahoogroups800@...> wrote:
I guess I had thought that dogs
> could get carbs from meat as well for energy, but maybe I do need
to feed
> more fat?
*****
Liver contains a wee bit of carbohydrate; other meats may offer trace
amounts but nothing like vegetables add. Fat would be your preferred
source of energy food, yes. How much fat do you leave on the meats
you feed?

He
> received a full exam of his body, heart, blood, fecal, etc. with no
vaccines
> and everything came back normal.
*****
Was a full thyroid test done? Not just the T4, the whole shootin'
match.

> lot more energy on kibble and while I would never go back to that
junk, its
> just a comparison in the fact that his decrease in energy has only
been
> since feeding raw.
*****
Was his kibble energy manic energy? Lunatic, over the top
excitement? Is his current level of activity appropriate for his
breed, for the interactions you provide him? It may be his kibble
self was not the healthy one and his raw fed self is. Or is closer
to being. It may be he has the ability to be sensible now, with no
grains and difficult to digest food substitutes.

He will not eat heart, kidney, liver or gizzards, no matter how I
> try to disguise them or dry them out as treats. Of course he will
eat
> anything ground if I cook it! LOL
*****
In the main, your dog's menu seems fine. Except for the lack of
liver (although heart and kidney should be fed, liver really is job
one). Have you tried searing the liver--and have you tried liver
from different critters? While chicken and beef are the most common,
they are only two options. Try pork or lamb. And if you can get a
whole rabbit into him, he will be of course eating its liver, at
least one can hope. Whole fish liver counts. Will he eat whole fish?

if I need to increase the fat content (and with
> what meats since I dont remove any fat from anything), please let
me know.
*****
How trimmed out are the meats you feed? Beef chuck for example can
be served quite fatty but top, bottom or round roasts are lean.
Brisket is fatty. Pork roasts can provide lots of fat; pork loin
does not. Usually fatty meats are cheaper than lean meats, so if you
are not buying cheap, consider doing so. Lamb of course is plenty
fatty. Goat is generally not.
Chris O

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