[rawfeeding] Digest Number 12357

There are 7 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

1a. Help my dog is very skinny
From: lukagsd
1b. Re: Help my dog is very skinny
From: Erika

2. Cost of feeding raw, averaged?
From: crzycoookies

3a. Re: vomiting after eating a rabbit leg
From: killarneykateau

4a. Future dog owner
From: Bogdan Nicula
4b. Re: Future dog owner
From: Mary Anne Libcke

5a. Re: puppy
From: Shelly

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1a. Help my dog is very skinny
Posted by: "lukagsd" lukagsd@yahoo.com lukagsd
Date: Sun Dec 9, 2007 2:27 am ((PST))

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My 17 mos old gsd has been on raw since he was born. He is very skinny
hip bones and spine are easily seen. He has a shiny coat, lots of
energy. Stools are negative for parasites. Stools are not loose. He
isnt very interested in eating. I have tried waiting him out and he
didnt eat for almost 4 days. He refuses chx necs and backs now - he
grew up on these. He ate leg quarters for a while and now he will only
eat drums. he likes ground turkey eggs and beef heart. I offer him
chicken parts, turkey necks, tripe, hamburger, pheasant, pork, deer,
sardines and mackerel. If he eats one day he barely eats the next. he
will eat about 16-20 oz of ground meat and 3-4 drums on a good day.
How can I get him to gain weight?

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1b. Re: Help my dog is very skinny
Posted by: "Erika" Erika@redangelbordeaux.com redangelbordeaux
Date: Sun Dec 9, 2007 4:03 am ((PST))

My 17 mos old gsd has been on raw since he was born. He is very skinny

My skinny boy with a similar situation started gaining weight recently since I made the RAW switch. He seems to gain and eat the most with the beef heart. I give him the fattier portions when spliting them up. I feed him a bit more than 3% of his ideal weight at the moment which is about 4lbs a day! Eventually I'll cut him back but like your boy he was looking pretty bad but had no parasites or other ditectable problem. He was at about the same age 17 months when he started the skinny stage now he is 23 months old and I am finally seeing some weight gain.Hopefully it is a growth spurt coupled with a finikey eating stage. If he likes Salmon Oil you can add more of it to his food to help keep some weight on him and encourage him to eat more as well.

Good luck,
Erika

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2. Cost of feeding raw, averaged?
Posted by: "crzycoookies" crzycoookies@yahoo.com crzycoookies
Date: Sun Dec 9, 2007 2:28 am ((PST))

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Righteo, I've almost completely made the decision to go raw with my 1
yr old lab/GSD.. There is just one dilemma for me. I'm too young to get
a job, and I provide for my dog on a housechores allowance(I'm sure no
one wants to hear my life story, but just explaining the situ a bit)..
I'm a bit worried about how much it'll cost a month to feed raw? My dog
is 90 lbs, ideally, and I figured I'd probably be spending a dollar/lb
on meat, right? So that'd be about $62 a month, give or take a few
10s.. Am I hot or cold?

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3a. Re: vomiting after eating a rabbit leg
Posted by: "killarneykateau" catherin@vicnet.net.au killarneykateau
Date: Sun Dec 9, 2007 4:03 am ((PST))

Thanks again for the help. I tried another whole front leg of rabbit the next day, all fine.
Then the two rear legs the following day. I am now going to have another try at kangaroo,
going really, really slowly, as kangaroo is readily available here in Australia and is such a
wonderful meat. My past failures with kangaroo might have been the same problem of
unfamiliarity and 'slime and swallow' - love that phrase!
I hope it was okay that I mentioned the advice I got from you all on my blog about my dog. I
just mentioned the group and summarised the advice you gave me.

Catherine

-- In rawfeeding@yahoogroups.com, "killarneykateau" <catherin@...> wrote:

> Thanks, everyone, that is really helpful.
> Andrea,
> Susanne
> Chris,
> Thanks again. I am usually a 'lurker' but gets lots of info from this great group.
> Catherine
>

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4a. Future dog owner
Posted by: "Bogdan Nicula" bogydance@yahoo.com bogydance
Date: Sun Dec 9, 2007 4:03 am ((PST))

Hello to you all

we are going to be the proud owners of a chocolate Labrador Retriever
in about two months.They will be born in the next few days.

We decided to go with the raw feeding. we did a bit of research and
also our breeder feeds her dogs raw. she had a big input on us. she
was the first one to tell us about it and after we reading about it we
decided to get on board.

Thank you for allowing us to be part of this list.

Greetings to all

Bogdan & Helge

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4b. Re: Future dog owner
Posted by: "Mary Anne Libcke" Marylibcke@hotmail.com libckem
Date: Sun Dec 9, 2007 4:57 am ((PST))

Congrats on the new little one! You are in for a wonderful time. I am fairly new to raw feeding with 7 yr old and a puppy. They are both doing great and I have found that the whole puppy chewing thing is really at a minimum and I really think it is because of the feeding! Pictures when you get them!


Mary Anne Libcke
Avon Independent Sales Representative
To buy or sell Avon
Check out my website at

www.youravon.com/mlibcke

To: rawfeeding@yahoogroups.comFrom: bogydance@yahoo.comDate: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 11:48:36 +0000Subject: [rawfeeding] Future dog owner

Hello to you allwe are going to be the proud owners of a chocolate Labrador Retrieverin about two months.They will be born in the next few days.We decided to go with the raw feeding. we did a bit of research andalso our breeder feeds her dogs raw. she had a big input on us. shewas the first one to tell us about it and after we reading about it wedecided to get on board.Thank you for allowing us to be part of this list.Greetings to allBogdan & Helge

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5a. Re: puppy
Posted by: "Shelly" StuartLittle@comcast.net stuartjeanlittle
Date: Sun Dec 9, 2007 5:15 am ((PST))

I didn't mean OCD in a bad "diseased" way, just a figure of speach. My BC has
been rawfed her whole life, and she's also intense, focused, misses nothing,
understands EVERYTHING, but not always calm (depends what you mean by calm?
she's not a couch potato). Her "job" is catching a frisbee, and she would do
it 24 hrs a day if someone would throw it, so to me that's "obsessive
compulsive" behavior, but I don't think that's a sign of a diseased dog. I
think she's a very healthy dog, she just LOVES catching a frisbee.

Shelly

On Sunday 09 December 2007 01:50, ginny wilken wrote:

People do mistake disease for quirks, all the time. It's not until
you see health that you finally get it.

ginny and Tomo, still quirky

All stunts performed without a net!

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