[rawfeeding] Digest Number 11928

There are 4 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1. fed first head--euwww!! (a bit graphic) + ? about teeth
From: Laurie Swanson

2. Dabbling in Raw
From: Lisa

3a. Re: Cod liver oil
From: gevan1a

4a. Re: need more bone
From: outcats4@aol.com

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1. fed first head--euwww!! (a bit graphic) + ? about teeth
Posted by: "Laurie Swanson" laurie@mckinneyphoto.com las_lala
Date: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:05 am ((PDT))

Hi all,

First of all, so my question doesn't get lost...do your dogs eat the
teeth when they eat a head? Are there any safety concerns with
eating teeth? Seems that nature could handle it (:-)), but I was
still hesitant...

So, with a recent lamb order, I got a couple lamb heads, each cut in
half. I fed the first half of one to my Boston tonight. I could
barely dump it out of the plastic bag! It grossed me out to see the
eyeball, especially.

However, my dog was absolutely in heaven! :-) This has been his
most engrossing and exciting meal so far. It took him over 1-1/2
hrs. and he probably could have worked on it a little more, but I
finally took it away. It was pretty well cleaned and some of the
bone eaten. He was having trouble with most of the skull bone--I
don't think it would've been too edible for him. Although, he did
chomp off some around the eye socket and inside on the cut away side.

A couple minutes in, I wasn't sure if I could feed the remaining 3
halves I have left. But I kinda got used to it and when I saw how
excited he was, I started to feel like I couldn't deprive him of
them. :-)

I wonder what was so exciting about it? Did it seem more like a prey
animal to him than his usual hunks of meat/bone? Was it just
something different?

I videotaped a bunch of it, so I'll let you know if I put it on
youtube or whatever! My family/friends would FREAK!! :-)

Just had to share,

Laurie

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2. Dabbling in Raw
Posted by: "Lisa" courteouscanines640@yahoo.com courteouscanines640
Date: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:11 am ((PDT))

Hi all...
I am sure you are all very knowledgeable so I am glad to be here. My
dogs are new to raw but not new to home-prepared meals. I have three
Goldens, one Toller, two Aussies, one Parson Russell, and one veteran
KleinSpitz. I also run a working dog rescue out of my home which
means I take working breed dogs and re-train them in the job they were
bred to do before carefully finding a proper working home for each.
All of my dogs are active in one form or another, be it agility,
obedience, breed ring(goldens and toller), hiking, swimming, herding,
dock dogs, field trials, the list goes on here...
I currently feed cooked meats such as venison, lamb, chicken, egg,
catfish, or salmon. They also get cooked potatoes and cottage
cheese/plain yogurt with Missing Link for Working Dogs.
Because of all these dogs, sometimes kibble is just more convenient so
we rely on Merrick heavily. I sell it as a distributor in my training
center so it makes sense to use such a high-quality kibble.
So I ended up at raw because my local butcher is fabulous with all the
meat I buy and I currently feed raw egg and raw meaty bones. I can
easily get left-over raw 5-pound bones for $2 or $3! However I am not
so keen on feeding total raw because there can be anywhere from my
eight to up to nine more rescue dogs here, not to mention dogs in
training. Plus I myself do not eat meat so I already hate handling it.

So anyways, I am open to broadening my dog's already flourishing diet.
I do not mind feeding raw chicken or venison, but some specific body
parts I will likely stay away from.
Luckily for me, two of my pups will not touch anything raw.

Thanks for having us,

Lisa and her eight furbabies.

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3a. Re: Cod liver oil
Posted by: "gevan1a" gevans@sycomtech.com gevan1a
Date: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:16 am ((PDT))

--- In rawfeeding@yahoogroups.com, "costrowski75" <Chriso75@...>
wrote:

> Cod liver oil is low in Omega 3 fatty acids, and quite high in
> vitamins A and D, both of which are stored in fat, not "rinsed
away"
> in the urine as vitamin C is. In order to get a useful dose of
Omega
> 3, it's possible to produce an unhealthy accumulation of A and D.
If
> you live where your dogs get little direct sun, you may want to
> consider CLO; otherwise, keep looking for plain, unflavored fish
body
> oil or salmon oil. Herring oil and other "marine" oils will also
> serve you well.
>
> I have no problem finding fish body oil or salmon oil capsules
> (although lately--boo hiss--the've started adding Omega 6 and
> sometimes even Omega 9 to the product). If you cannot find
straight,
> unflavored liquid, use capsules.
>
> There are a number of recommended liquid salmon oils available
online.
> Chris O
>

Thanks Chris! I really appreciate the the knowledgeable folks on this
board that take the time to answer sooo many questions.

-George

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4a. Re: need more bone
Posted by: "outcats4@aol.com" outcats4@aol.com barb5ducks
Date: Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:20 am ((PDT))

In a message dated 8/20/2007 8:41:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
ktverrelli@bellsouth.net writes:

Also
after reading that necks were not good I switched to 1/2 chicken
breast (a whole breast was too much she is still a bit fat)

I missed something, why are chicken necks not good ?

barb

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