Pet Raw Diet:The aftermath

[VatorMan]

Our dogs have been on the Raw Diet for over a month now.

Observations:We took 3 semi healthy dogs (14 YO Schnauzer on her last legs,8 YO Schnauzer that has frequent seizures, 4 YO Schnoodle finicky as hell) and placed them on a totally raw diet. No kibble-only raw meat and veggies.

Current status. Old Schnauzer acts like a pup-new found energy. I am serious when I say I thought we would be lucky to have her this spring.
Middle Schnauzer, NO SEIZURES so far, has lost weight and looks great.
Schnoodle- About tears my arm off waiting to be fed.

Their teeth are getting cleaner by the week due to the beef bones they eat. We make a "glop" of fresh veggies and eggs that we freeze in individual portions. They get one fresh egg every day. Some version of meaty tendons and a version of meaty organs. Tomorrow they get fresh rabbit.

I was a big skeptic until my oldest turned lame and we tried this as as last resort. My old girl is new again.

[lspencer534]

Enlighten me on this Raw Diet. Who came up with it? Is there a similar one for cats?

[HeatherO]

tell me about the seizure symptoms?
I think one of my cat has seizures

[VatorMan]

1. Some California hippy came up with the raw diet. (Look up BARF on google)
2. YES it is for all meat eating domestic animals.

It's based on the animals natural instinct to eat meat and other stuff. There are a couple of different providers out there that you can buy some trial food before going all out. We tried Primal and a local distributor before we started making our own. If you buy pre packaged, it can be very expensive. Making your own, it can be cheaper than kibble.

[VatorMan]

Soffi will basically lay on her side and tremble-drool....lasts between 2-4 minutes. Usually late at night.

[HeatherO]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

Soffi will basically lay on her side and tremble-drool....lasts between 2-4 minutes. Usually late at night.

my Riley crouches down really low to the floor and is in somewhat of a trance...
the first time it happened, he sounded like he was having trouble breathing and he vomited blood and lost control of his bowels...rushed him to the vet and they said he had an upper respiratory infection....the subsequent events (maybe 3 times in the past 3 years) were never like that...it's still kind of sad though

[Yamma]

What meats and veggies do you feed them? Any grains?

[Mrs. Colleen]

That is awesome.

Originally Posted by Yamma

What meats and veggies do you feed them? Any grains?

[VatorMan]

Originally Posted by Yamma

What meats and veggies do you feed them? Any grains?

According to the hippy You feed what would be natural for the animal to find. In our case, we feed a mixture of leafy vegetables,carrots,radishes, cucumbers, kale, basically anything but onions. We mix yogurt and molasses with it to make it tasty so the dogs will eat it. "Glop"

For a 20 lb dog we feed 2X a day: 1 OZ "glop" 2 OZ Organs(chicken/beef hearts/liver/stomach etc} and 5 OZ Meat (Chicken backs/wings/ox tails/beef tail/stew meat etc..)

We shop for value and buy some special items when available. I'm lucky enough to have an Amish market and International market near me to give diversity.

[VatorMan]

I should add, you need to process the glop so that it has the consistency of well, glop.

[longhorn341]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

1. Some California hippy came up with the raw diet. (Look up BARF on google)
2. YES it is for all meat eating domestic animals.

It's based on the animals natural instinct to eat meat and other stuff. There are a couple of different providers out there that you can buy some trial food before going all out. We tried Primal and a local distributor before we started making our own. If you buy pre packaged, it can be very expensive. Making your own, it can be cheaper than kibble.

anjdog?????

[VatorMan]

Just cut up Mr. Rabbit for their meal tonight.

[snide]

Originally Posted by lspencer534

Enlighten me on this Raw Diet. Is there a similar one for cats?

Mice. Squirrels. Birds. Plus whatever else the cat can catch.

[Andrew37]

it is a great diet, if you have the time and are able to afford it.

My two shepherds were about $300/mo to feed raw food (for the amount they needed to eat)... They both loved it, but it's hard on the wallet and requires some planning.

The best part of it, is their poop went from huge human sized dumps to almost non existant..

[Petew1971]

My Pugs drink away too much beer to get healthy..kinda like the owner

[oahuyahoo]

[QUOTE=Petew1971;231468]My Pugs drink away too much beer to get healthy..kinda like the owner[/QUOTE
You said you were sober 17 years, yeah.

[C5Nate]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

According to the hippy You feed what would be natural for the animal to find. In our case, we feed a mixture of leafy vegetables,carrots,radishes, cucumbers, kale, basically anything but onions. We mix yogurt and molasses with it to make it tasty so the dogs will eat it. "Glop"

For a 20 lb dog we feed 2X a day: 1 OZ "glop" 2 OZ Organs(chicken/beef hearts/liver/stomach etc} and 5 OZ Meat (Chicken backs/wings/ox tails/beef tail/stew meat etc..)

We shop for value and buy some special items when available. I'm lucky enough to have an Amish market and International market near me to give diversity.

Wait...what? You give them chicken wings with bones in them?

[VatorMan]

Originally Posted by C5Nate

Wait...what? You give them chicken wings with bones in them?

uncooked bones are OK. They had rabbit tonight. Bones and all.

[FRISKY]

Originally Posted by C5Nate

Wait...what? You give them chicken wings with bones in them?

We have fed our herd of Great Danes uncooked chicken backs and necks for years and never had a single problem.