All 3 of my vets freaked out. I mean they are great as vets but why don't they get this? Are they taught in college it's horrible or what?
Told my vet about raw, and...
... and held my breath. Yup, told my German vet that after Grimm returns from send-away training, I want to switch him to an all-raw, no kibble at all diet. I didn't know how she would react to this. Bear in mind that Germany is 20 years behind us with dogfoods, while one can with effort order Orijen and a few others, the usual ingedients here for top premium dogfoods made here read: "Corn, wheat flour, rice bran, meat by-products, rice, poultry fat..." It's a nation of itchy, gassy dogs. Okay, holding my breath after telling the vet...
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She was DELIGHTED! She said, "If you could do that-- he would only be getting vitamins and minerals pure, with no chemical extras, no grains.. oh, you CAN use potatoes though! But, if you could give him just the meat, bones, and a little bit of organ pieces, he would be a healthier dog! This is best for example, for allergies! I read a paper about raw feeding! The dogs grew better, and had all their vitamins available to them in the raw food!" She was excited, because she has only one client now feeding raw due to allergies. She said that she can never get anyone to raw feed, because of the extra time/work involved. I think where there is a well-known option of just opening a bag... most don't see the need to go through the effort. (I have a balcony.. I can just throw the pieces of meat and bone out there's not even any clean-up, it's ceramic tile flooring out there)
Anyway, I am sooo relieved that she didn't freak out about this. Now I can freak out-- raw feeding seems so complicated!
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I want to start right.I gotta start right.. we live on the 12th floor, have slow elevators, and diarrhea can NOT happen here!
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Anyway, I am excited to have my vet's support!
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She was DELIGHTED! She said, "If you could do that-- he would only be getting vitamins and minerals pure, with no chemical extras, no grains.. oh, you CAN use potatoes though! But, if you could give him just the meat, bones, and a little bit of organ pieces, he would be a healthier dog! This is best for example, for allergies! I read a paper about raw feeding! The dogs grew better, and had all their vitamins available to them in the raw food!" She was excited, because she has only one client now feeding raw due to allergies. She said that she can never get anyone to raw feed, because of the extra time/work involved. I think where there is a well-known option of just opening a bag... most don't see the need to go through the effort. (I have a balcony.. I can just throw the pieces of meat and bone out there's not even any clean-up, it's ceramic tile flooring out there)
Anyway, I am sooo relieved that she didn't freak out about this. Now I can freak out-- raw feeding seems so complicated!
Anyway, I am excited to have my vet's support!
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DanL, that's actually my problem-- Grimm's coat is HORRIBLE!!
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He is not on raw yet... he is on Orijen Fish, ful of fish oils etc.. but it isn't 'real food'-- isn't raw. This is why we are switching to raw in about 2 months.
I think it is great when we can find supportive vets, as you said John!
OnyxsGirl, exactly.. what could she say after seeing how great Kacie looked?
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I think it is great when we can find supportive vets, as you said John!
OnyxsGirl, exactly.. what could she say after seeing how great Kacie looked?
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Wow. I think you lucked out with your vet! Our first one never said anything about what I feed Ris--until Risa got sick with SIBO last year. Then she blamed Ris' illness on her diet despite the fact that Risa had been just fine for 8 months on the same food. We switched vets and I couldn't be happier.
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The new vet agreed that raw food was a great way to feed Risa and looked past her diet to the symptoms and worked on a diagnosis. I'm so happy to hear your vet is 100% behind your decision to feed Grimm raw. That makes life so much simpler!
That's awesome, Patti! One less thing to worry about!
Although when you mentioned the balcony, I envisioned Grimm accidentally moving the raw meat & bones over the edge, falling down on your neighbors head walking down below.
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All good things come from "above", right?
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Although when you mentioned the balcony, I envisioned Grimm accidentally moving the raw meat & bones over the edge, falling down on your neighbors head walking down below.
All good things come from "above", right?
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Uhhhh...
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UH-oh.... Mädchen, are my neighbors related to you or something, and you got a phonecall??
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There WAS an incident in November when Grimm had a chicken leg one minute, and the next he didn't.
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It slid to the edge between the flooring and railing and fell through the crack. There are several balconies below. I will not disclose any other such incidents
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of body parts falling
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into balconies, but let's just say... I shall supervise feeding time much better now.
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Crazy thing about the old vet is that she didn't even really offer any testing! We did some fecal analyses and she gave me antibiotics for Ris. I was offered a crazy expensive fecal exam ($200 or so) that would only test for Giardia and two things I hadn't heard of before. When I declined the fecal, her plan of action was to just try more antibiotics if the ones Ris was on didn't work. Ridiculous.
New vet gave us a round of Panacur to eliminate any potential parasites, ran a CBC and a Giardia antigen test (the only one I requested was the Giardia test but I had wanted a CBC too). Since everything came back fine, the next visit we ran the TLI/Cobalamin/B12 test and BINGO! Got our answers. She's so easy to talk to as well and really listens to what I say and my thoughts as well. I am SO glad I switched. It really does make life much easier when you feel confident in ALL of your vet's abilities.
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I'm not sure how Ris is doing just yet as she decided not to poop yesterday. Not unusual for her but a bit frustrating when you're trying to figure out how she's doing! Today's her second day of the Metra and she just had her first dose of the probiotic/digestive enzyme last night as well as her Tylan and her joint supplement. Drug dog!
New vet gave us a round of Panacur to eliminate any potential parasites, ran a CBC and a Giardia antigen test (the only one I requested was the Giardia test but I had wanted a CBC too). Since everything came back fine, the next visit we ran the TLI/Cobalamin/B12 test and BINGO! Got our answers. She's so easy to talk to as well and really listens to what I say and my thoughts as well. I am SO glad I switched. It really does make life much easier when you feel confident in ALL of your vet's abilities.
I'm not sure how Ris is doing just yet as she decided not to poop yesterday. Not unusual for her but a bit frustrating when you're trying to figure out how she's doing! Today's her second day of the Metra and she just had her first dose of the probiotic/digestive enzyme last night as well as her Tylan and her joint supplement. Drug dog!
Mystery Mutt fer shur-- Risa intends to hold you in suspense!
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