If you decide to go to raw, you'll have to feed 55% raw meaty bone, 45% muscle meat and 1% organ meat. Plus either green tripe or puried veggies. Just so you know.
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Very true. But the fact that dogs need bone & muscle isn't right?And I think that's debatable but then we'd have to move this over to the Raw/BARF section.
DH - Sorry about almost derailing your thread with a raw discussion.
You're not crazy, I totally understand what you're saying. For awhile we were feeding purina and didn't think anything of it. Then, like you, I starting hearing an overwhelming amount of opinions about how bad the grocery store brands are for dogs. I wonder if those types of dog foods used to be good and over the years to and maximize profits the manufacturers continually added fillers and other junk. And now we have to pay the big bucks for the good stuff.
You mentioned flank steak & chicken breast. I'm not a nutritionist so I shouldn't have given you the percentages of raw. I found a resource I trust and the actual advised percentages are 50% rmb, 45% mm and 5% organ. Thats just what works for us. But raw versus kibble, raw & kibble and raw diets are highly debated with drastically differing opinions. I just wanted to point out that you'll have to give your dog a balanced diet. I learned the hard way and Mac ended up getting sick.
And to DJetzel-My nieces and nephews get sooo mad at me when I call them cute. Sorry. You're challenging & inquisitive young woman. (I hated being called cute until I was about 30) Again, my apologies.
You're not crazy, I totally understand what you're saying. For awhile we were feeding purina and didn't think anything of it. Then, like you, I starting hearing an overwhelming amount of opinions about how bad the grocery store brands are for dogs. I wonder if those types of dog foods used to be good and over the years to and maximize profits the manufacturers continually added fillers and other junk. And now we have to pay the big bucks for the good stuff.
You mentioned flank steak & chicken breast. I'm not a nutritionist so I shouldn't have given you the percentages of raw. I found a resource I trust and the actual advised percentages are 50% rmb, 45% mm and 5% organ. Thats just what works for us. But raw versus kibble, raw & kibble and raw diets are highly debated with drastically differing opinions. I just wanted to point out that you'll have to give your dog a balanced diet. I learned the hard way and Mac ended up getting sick.
And to DJetzel-My nieces and nephews get sooo mad at me when I call them cute. Sorry. You're challenging & inquisitive young woman. (I hated being called cute until I was about 30) Again, my apologies.
I don't want to derail the thread again. But you're right. And I personally apologized to her. I thought about it later and realized I sounded just like the people who used to say that to me when I was young (er
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I noticed that too...about the poop
Also, Mac had a funky smell when I fed him the purina or puppy chow...whatever it was. A lot of people have said they feel it saves money on vet bills in the long run too.
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