[rawfeeding] Digest Number 11911

There are 4 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1a. Re: New Here - Looking to start feeding a raw diet to my yorkie.
From: brake4breyers832

2a. Re: New development: Food aggression
From: Andrea

3a. Re: guilt and anger
From: costrowski75

4a. Re: feeling anxious
From: costrowski75

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1a. Re: New Here - Looking to start feeding a raw diet to my yorkie.
Posted by: "brake4breyers832" pebbles_diehl@hotmail.com brake4breyers832
Date: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:06 am ((PDT))

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I have two Chihuahua's that I just started on raw a week ago. One
is 5 lbs. and the other is 2 1/2 lbs. They both have been tearing
through chicken drumsticks and wings. The bones are not a problem,
they break them up pretty well.
The only challenging thing is that, according to the 2-3% of ideal
body weight rule, they should technically only be eating about half
of a drumstick a day. But since it is not about measuring and
weighing, I let the dogs eat about half and then take the rest up
and save it for the next days meal. Then you look to the dogs
weight and condition to show you if they need more or less. The
bigger of the two of mine needs to lose weight, so if I see her
gaining weight, I definitely will need to cut back.
Good Luck and stick around here, the others on this list are way
more experienced than me!
Susan D.

> I have a 1 year old 4lb yorkie named Morgan. I'm just worried
> about giving her bones because she is so small and i have no
concept
> about how much to feed her and how big the bones need to be so she
> won't choke on them.

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2a. Re: New development: Food aggression
Posted by: "Andrea" poketmouse45@yahoo.com poketmouse45
Date: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:06 am ((PDT))

I'm so sorry that you and Holly are in such a stressful time. It
makes sense to me that she's starting to guard things that she
values, it sounds like she's lost quite a bit recently. If it were
me, I would pretend I was starting all over with her and
start "trading" one foodstuff for the other. I think it was about a
month or two ago that we had a great discussion about methods to deal
with resource guarding. Hopefully someone bookmarked it, if I find
the thread, I'll send you a link.

In the meantime, take care of yourselves, you're in our thoughts.

Andrea, Geiger, and Tycho

--- In rawfeeding@yahoogroups.com, "Anndrea" <anndreae@...> wrote:

> I reached down to grab it...mind you I reached at a normal
> pace because this has never been a problem before...and she bit down
> on it real hard, held tight, and curled her lips at me.
> Would this be normal with all the stress and everything else going
> on?

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3a. Re: guilt and anger
Posted by: "costrowski75" Chriso75@AOL.COM costrowski75
Date: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:12 am ((PDT))

"chaparraltrail" <chaparraltrail@...> wrote:
> We do the best we can, with the knowledge we have at the time.
*****
But if we do not learn from our mistakes we are doomed to repeat them.
Chris O

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4a. Re: feeling anxious
Posted by: "costrowski75" Chriso75@AOL.COM costrowski75
Date: Wed Aug 15, 2007 7:16 am ((PDT))

outcats4@... wrote:
>> just curious,do you know what isnt good about Kelp?
*****
What does kelp offer that an appropriately fed raw diet doesn't? What
may my dogs be missing by not eating a sea plant?

I think my dog has a
> supplement that has kelp or spirulina in it.
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And how is this benefit your dog?
Chris O

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