Re: [rawfeeding] New member with 13 year old lab

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i am feeding my daughter's 14 year old black lab raw and have been for about 3 years. she too is a gulper so i feed the meat a little bit still frozen. she has to really chew before she can swallow. she loves it!
ej

Sandee Lee <rlee@plix.com> wrote:
Hi Christine,

The very best thing you could do for this guy is get him on a raw diet. He
needs those nice raw meaty bones to prevent periodontal disease which will
compromise his organs.

Dogs don't chew...ground up foods are not the solution. Feed him some nice
large complicated meals that he can't gulp and has to work at...he'll be
fine. For now, just start him on some chicken quarters or halves. Best way
to do that is get a couple of whole chickens, quarter them yourself. That
way he gets the benefit of all that nice breast meat and a bit of organs.

He needs lots of meat, a little edible bone and some organs...no veggies.
Feed him approximately 2-3% of his ideal weight per day.

BTW, just about any grocery store has organs and you don't want necks. :)

Sandee & the Dane Gang

From: "cmt_1970" <cmt_1970@yahoo.com>

I would love to put Jack on a raw diet, but he doesn't chew his food
very well and I'm terrified that he will choke on the bones. What
type of bones can I give him that he would be able to eat?

If I can't bring myself to feed him the bones, I've found a website
that I can buy the bone and meat ground , but I'm not sure how much
to feed? They say it also includes organs. Does this mean I don't
have to buy the organs separate?

He's about 80lbs and I would like him to lose about 5 to 8 pounds.
I've read that I should feed him about 24 ounces a day. At 70% RMB
that's about 1lb a day (is this sufficient?) and what makes up the
other 1lb. I'm going to blend some vegetables in the evening, but I
don't know what to mix them with and how much.

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