Dogs - Raw Diet Update

[Tsunami]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

The wife says she tries to feed Brinks' little pieces of raw chicken... he has a face of disgust and spits it out immediately.

Is this common?

Puggy doesn't do raw meat. She went through a phase when she didn't even want to eat cooked meat. She would eat all the rice and veggies in the bowl and would leave the meat. She'll eat fish though.

I remember having her over at Tommymac's at a BBQ and he gave her some rare steak. When she realized what it was she spit it out and backed away from it. and looked really irritated. She nearly took a finger off though when someone else gave her some salad fixings.

She'll eat kibble though, which is where she was getting her protein. I have her on a cooked meat and other non kibble stuff and she does well on it. I think she mostly eats the meat because there are veggies mixed in

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by Tsunami

Puggy doesn't do raw meat. She went through a phase when she didn't even want to eat cooked meat. She would eat all the rice and veggies in the bowl and would leave the meat. She'll eat fish though.

I remember having her over at Tommymac's at a BBQ and he gave her some rare steak. When she realized what it was she spit it out and backed away from it. and looked really irritated. She nearly took a finger off though when someone else gave her some salad fixings.

You've ruined that dog.

[VatorMan]

Bumped this to update my experience with the raw diet.

My 2 Schnauzers are loving the new diet. My prissy Schnoodle-still on the fence.

I have a 14 YO Schnauzer that I basically thought she would be doing great if she lasted until Spring. She now bounces around like a pup. Her eyes bright and clear. Middle Schnauzer has lost 5 lbs and is in great shape. Schnoodle is starting to be a dog and eat meat.

Wife is totally on board now that she sees the dogs improvement. We just spent a good part of the day shopping for dog food in the meat and veggie dept. Color another skeptic a believer.

[Gas Man]

I know when we try to feed brinks some raw chicken he wants nothing to do with it. But I'm sure hunger has a great deal to do with that.

[Gas Man]

Yeah tts of coarse always an option.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Yeah tts of coarse always an option.

That's how my parents got me to eat liver...

[Gas Man]

Yeah I'm really not sure about it all.

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Yeah I'm really not sure about it all.

I can't/won't do it but I think that it makes a lot of sense.

[Inferno]

I am slowly converting my dog to raw, he INHALES chicken breasts...I gave him a 1.5 lbs breast and a few gizzards/hearts and he loved them. I got the "dont fuck with me" look when he was eating them lol

Also, from my calculations, it will be slightly more feeding raw per month vs kibble

[Gas Man]

Yeah I'm sure. But with the pure size of Brinks, the undertaking this diet would be, is just a bit much for me at this point.