What's in the bowl today! (graphic photos - raw)

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Right i've done this thread on another site, but the idea is to show photos, or tell others what the pooches had to eat today.

This is mainly for raw feeders, but anyone is welcome to add. It also helps new raw feeders get ideas for meals or to know what things look like

Some of these photos are new, some are from when Harv was a few months old








To be continued..........

LMFAO AT THE REFLECTION OF THE PIGS LEG

I phoned DAF and got a price list. Just missed this months delivery so have to wait until next month now. You said you buy in bulk. How much do you approx order each time? I have a chest freezer but I think £50 will fill allot of it

BlueStaffBlue wrote:I phoned DAF and got a price list. Just missed this months delivery so have to wait until next month now. You said you buy in bulk. How much do you approx order each time? I have a chest freezer but I think £50 will fill allot of it

I order £80 worth at a time and that fills 2 chest freezers worth

Hayley wrote:LMFAO AT THE REFLECTION OF THE PIGS LEG

ella wrote:Yay!!!!!!!!! I love nosing at photos

Me too! I'm soo nosey lol. It doesn't have to be raw food either, I like looking at pics lol

I will post up some more when her diet becomes more interesting!

I'll probably order from DAF too. They have a great selection.

A few more of Saffy eating raw.......

Raw Lamb Shank Bone- trying to get the marrow out


It's better than a Kong! And cheaper....25p. Great chew toy.


Her First Pigs Foot


She nearly had a fit when I gave it too her! She dragged it around everywhere to find somewhere to chew it!

Haha aww bless her

Looks like they have a VIP diet.haha...

going to try pick up some raw odds and ends for her.

can i get cuts like the the ones above from a butcher? no??

my girl is on dry food at the moment with the occasional proper meat treat but would love to be able to pick up some cheap cuts for her...

are bones a worry to u??
or ur dogs developing a bloodlust.haha...?

awesome pics though.grose but awesome....

I order in bulk from durham animal feeds and then get a lot of bits from the butchers like scraps and pigs heads.

No as long as bones are raw just let them eat the lot

and no your dog won't eat you

haha,thanks
going to look into this

No worries the suppliers list has DAF where i order from, is there a pets at home near you? as a lot of them have a freezer section with raw food in (a lot is minced stuff but they should sell some chunks) and then theres the butchers.

Oh and see if you have a chinese supermarket near you for alsorts of goodies!

No unfortunatly i only have a small familly run pet store near by and it is very under stocked. think its closing down soon 2:( i will pop past my local butchers tho and see what they can do for me. there may also be a chineese supermarket. thanks again

Ah fair enough well just enquire at the butchers if they can save you stuff or order bits in

Some stuff of late....


Yes they are teeth!

And today food was outside in the sun oh and it was beef chunks and frozen lamb spine










waiting for chance to finish


all done

Wow Ella they always look so very healthy, loving all your shots and thank you for helping out others with suggestions.

thanks kathy

They are in fab condition! And enjoying it too! Can't ask for better than that can you

What beef chunks do you have? The beef chunks I got Saf off a supplier was mostly Tongue! Poor little mite had a go but nearly choked on a big bit! Too tough at the mo.

I have used the ones from pets at home if i run out, but i get them from the butchers

ella wrote:I have used the ones from pets at home if i run out, but i get them from the butchers

Ok cheers! Been buying her a reduced steaks and cutting them up!

I've had to cut back on her bones a bit- chicken necks to be exact. She's not a big eater at all but will scoff those down in no time. But last Sunday we had a 'poop incident' where she passed some undigested neck bone.....I'll spare you the details but in the end I had to 'manually help' her pass the stool.....

Shes only allowed 1-2 chicken neck chunks a day now....

Well i feed one big boney bit and either offal or a boneless bit everyday

Yeah that's kinda my plan too. Easier to balance out the meals. Except I am trying to give her a bit more meat at the moment due to her 'poop incident'.

I did notice you give offal everyday aswell. Is that like one whole kidney etc a day?

I don't give offal every day i generally do one or two big meals a weeks as i balance the meals/ratios over 2 months

I also feed once a day so the photos are all the boys will get for that day i find it easier to feed that way

Sheeps head for the boys today which in 40 minutes went from this



To this

Pork bones, pork chunk with pigs skin, lamb mince with herbs and garlic

How about the fur on the sheeps head? do they eat that an all?

sure did fur, teeth, eyes everything

Thats impressive. I keep telling the wife I have a couple of sheeps heads getting delivered tomorrow can you just put them in the freezeer for me
Oh she goes sick. She told me I will be going in the freezer before any bloody sheeps head

haha well thats you told!

Ella do the horns not go aswell
thought they would be a bit like stagbar????

I took them off them thats why last time they ate the lot, but i wanted to save them for chews another day

ella wrote:I took them off them thats why last time they ate the lot, but i wanted to save them for chews another day

thought there must be more to it nothing goes to waste in your house lol
good idea keeping them for another day

Oh yes we don't do waste in this house

might keep them busy for a little bit

what about the ear tag lol

haha no that got cut off first lol

ewwww!!!!!! lol

i think it sounds like a good way to feed, but no worries about some bizarre bacterial thing like e coli or salmonella from the egg shells? I guess it's sort of a long shot for those things to be a real problem, but i've been raised with the fear of God put into me about bacterial diseases from raw meat and eggs... also, no worries about chicken or other small bones causing choking? i ask only because i'm thinking about doing it myself, or maybe half and half or even just throwing Jelly a chicken leg or something now and then, but have those concerns.

also, I have no idea where we would store the food. I guess it takes a daily or every couple of days trip to the butcher?

Dogs are built different from humans. When we think of bacteria in raw food we automatically think of what are the risks from a human point of view. Their digestive system is built better to cope with bacteria.
If you are going to give the odd bone, make sure they are RAW and not cooked as cooked bones can be dangerous.
I have a chest freezer just for Blue's food, so I order approx 6 weeks worth at a time. Some of the foods also need to be frozen first to kill off some bacteria that can be dangerous to dogs.

Ella who has done this post has also done a post about feeding RAW. If you havent seen it, click on the link below

https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/t14787-raw-diet

great, thanks for the link to the other post, very helpful!

Girly wrote:i think it sounds like a good way to feed, but no worries about some bizarre bacterial thing like e coli or salmonella from the egg shells? I guess it's sort of a long shot for those things to be a real problem, but i've been raised with the fear of God put into me about bacterial diseases from raw meat and eggs... also, no worries about chicken or other small bones causing choking? i ask only because i'm thinking about doing it myself, or maybe half and half or even just throwing Jelly a chicken leg or something now and then, but have those concerns.

also, I have no idea where we would store the food. I guess it takes a daily or every couple of days trip to the butcher?

nope no worries about bacteria I eat raw meat myself and have never been ill so don't worry!
Your dog is just as likely to choke on kibble as a bone, sock, toy whatever

And no i have 2 chest freezers just for their food as i buy in bulk

Blury but chunk of heart and pork spine


Pork bones and ground lamb with supplements hidden in

1st pic looks like your feeding your wedding ring to them. Thinks its a bubble
Looks good

haha that be salmon oil!

Today was beef rib for harv, part of pigs leg for chance, heart, kidney and butchers scraps

yesterday was ground beef, mixed bones, supps and diatomaceous earth as i'm worming the boys this week.



Today ground lamd, supps, DE and a half pigs head i found hiding at the bottom of the freezer! no idea how long it's been there!

and in less then 10 minutes the boys have finished so much for keeping them busy...........

Don't remember what photos i've posted recently soo........ some recent meals the boys have had over the last few weeks

butchers mince/scraps, offal and ground lamb


Todays meal was a bigger one
Half chicken carcass, big lump of tripe, probiotic yoghurt, DE, garlic and coconut oil (solid)

wondered what the white thing with dot in the middle was! thought you had made a * of a poached egg lol!