Daisy on RAW - Week 7

First topic message reminder :

So a new week a new thread  

Been back to the RAW shop today, the lady was so excited that our first weeks gone well, it was lovely  

Anyways, this is the week 2 menu



We continue with the minced chicken carcass and introduce lamb tripe, one day of each for a few days and as long as she's OK on it I can then mix it up a bit or serve both together.  One of the sausage packs does 3 meals so it will actually be a day and half of each.

She's had the tripe for tea, ate it fine and not been sick, thank god, would not have fancied clearing that up!

It stinks though, smells like sewage  As long as she likes it though!

So far so good....still

So if I feed bones frozen does she still get the benefit (on her teeth) ?

exactly the same, in fact it normally takes them longer to eat frozen bones don't forget you can feed everything frozen

Cool thanks again  

Frozen turkey neck was a success, no hesitation, yay  

good lass!

I know proud of her  

Yay xx

So week 6 begins!

We have mixed game and liver to introduce this week!!

tiny TINY pieces of liver to start with, and i'd try it frozen she might not like the texture

Sazzle wrote:

Chiara wrote:Sounds great :biggrin:I wish I had the space to have a chest freezer and I would try it. Though  Ella's pics freak me out as I'm squeamish :eek:I lke the idea of the drier poos

To be honest I don't have a huge freezer so far have just dedicated the biggest drawer to it, just means I won't be able to take advantage of big raw food hauls but we'll manage! I'm also squeamish and vegetarian  

Are you buying it weekly and storing it in the freezer Sazzle? Or are you bulk buying?  

I believe Saz buys bits for each week/fortnight as we have a couple of raw feeding shops in Sheffield

ella wrote:tiny TINY pieces of liver to start with, and i'd try it frozen she might not like the texture

Will do, I need to defrost it first to chop it into pieces but they said I can re-freeze it?

Chiara wrote:

Sazzle wrote:

Chiara wrote:Sounds great :biggrin:I wish I had the space to have a chest freezer and I would try it. Though  Ella's pics freak me out as I'm squeamish :eek:I lke the idea of the drier poos

To be honest I don't have a huge freezer so far have just dedicated the biggest drawer to it, just means I won't be able to take advantage of big raw food hauls but we'll manage! I'm also squeamish and vegetarian  

Are you buying it weekly and storing it in the freezer Sazzle? Or are you bulk buying?  

Buying weekly ish as I don't have much freezer space (given daisy the bottom drawer!) and as Ella says we're lucky and have a shop to buy from  

Sazzle wrote:

ella wrote:tiny TINY pieces of liver to start with, and i'd try it frozen she might not like the texture

Will do, I need to defrost it first to chop it into pieces but they said I can re-freeze it?

yes you can defrost and refreeze anything for the dogs as many times as you want!

Cool  

Oh I forgot to say! Daisy has had the mixed game today, this morning she kept eatring a bit, walking away thrn going back for a bit more. At one point she actually spat a bit out!!  But ate it all anyway, this evening she was fine  

the boys love their mixed game! I'd definitely recommend their venison, goat and veal when they have it in!

 So many more things to try!

venison is something if it agrees with them to feed as often as you can get it, it's just about as perfect a meat gets for a dog

Oh right, wouldn't have know that!  

Thanks for the info girls. I've got DAF fairly near me, I know someone who does RAW for their dogs so I will see where they get their food from. I'm finding these posts very interesting  

If your thinking about it you should try it   I'm really pleased with how daisy is doing, she looks great and her fur is so smooth and she seems more alert  

Although she's just done a very smelly fart!   

I use DAF Claire and they have always been good for me

Thanks lasses. Lily has started getting a bit of dog breath and I'm worried about her teeth and I know the RAW sorts this out. Lola has a funny tummy and gets a bit loose sometimes, I reckon it would help with this. I notice DAF have some half sheep heads in

aye the sheep heads are awesome

I've just had a daf delivery and the service is second to none although their mince and tripe mince stinks

I may have to draw the line a sheeps head!!  

It's still food, and saves things going to waste

Yeah but a head!   

Quick question for you, I got daisy a dried lambs leg from another pet shop, she loved chewing on it but I;m not sure if they are safe now? What do you think? I imagined it was just the same as a hoof or antler?

Personally i wouldn't give them as a hoof isn't made of bone nor is an antler, whereas the lambs leg is bone.

It is dried rather then just cooked but can make the bone brittle and can splinter

however people feed cooked bones for years without problem, but it's a risk which is up to you whether you take or not

Thanks hun, will probably leave it then, just to be safe  

no worries

After the slow start she seems to like the mixed game now, not tried the liver yet. Its defrosting now so I can chop into little pieces!

That's good saz hope she enjoys the liver

Daisy ate the liver de-frosted no problem!! She's a funny little thing!! Cut it into chunks and fed her 3 small pieces, she just swallowed them!!

That's fab

Was pretty suprised as was told I may have to get creative to get her to eat it!!

Go daisy, haven't tried Darcy with raw liver but she's had cooked pre-raw and ate that so here's hoping xx

Daisy liked cooked liver but it gave her a runny bum!

Oh no bum gravy!

Been to the shop today and the lady says I should be fine to feed what I want now  Have bought some fish, a bag of sprats and some swordfish and a minced pheasant to try this week.

I cut up a sprat and put it in with the turkey for tonights tea but she wasn't keen and left most of it! May try giving it her frozen instead, or cut into smaller pieces so she can't pick it out!!

She also said I can give raw egg now and I asked about salmon oil, she said if I'm feeding fish I don't need to but it won't hurt if I want to add some too, what do you think?

Been reading with interest. Firstly Sazzle you are so brave handling all this raw meat, when you're a vegetarian yourself! I'm not but still a bit squeamish with some stuff. Lol
Can I ask what made you want to try it?
I think I prefer to use bought dog food for the main, but could I just occasionally give him a frozen raw drumstick for dinner instead?
How would I know if he is having enough meat on it?
Thanks

Hiya, daisy has alot of niggly health problems, eyes ears etc so I though a more natural diet may benefit her  

You can feed raw as an occasional just feed it seperate to other food as it digests at different time so can cause an upset tummy. So for example, normal for breakfast then a raw drumstick for tea  

Lovely thank you Sazzle  

Welcome  

How's daisy doing this week saz?

All good, she's had minced pheasant, a turkey neck and a bit of liver today  The lady in the shop said I;m OK to feed whatever I want now  

What do you think about salmon oil? You give it to Darcy don't you? Are you planning to feed raw fish as well?

Aww that's great news yeah I put salmon oil on her dinner, I haven't really come across a decent fish supplier as yet but I'm hoping too fed it if I can