After we got back from our big family vacation, we picked up the puppies from Jesse’s friend. We had wanted to bring them on vacation, but they wouldn’t have been allowed inside the lodge and Jess’ friend has worked with puppies before and has a dog himself. The puppies were well taken care of and were excited to see us.
We had made the decision to feed them raw before we left for vacation, but we still had kibble left and didn’t want to bother our sitter with raw requirements (though really there is nothing to it) so after we ran out of kibble we started with raw. The thinking is you start them on one protein first and do that for a couple weeks to make sure they don’t have any allergies to it, and then you include a new protein and test it a few weeks, etc. We started with chicken. We bought a case of chicken legs and a case of chicken thighs from Costco, and we had absolutely no issues feeding raw with the dogs.
We did get two large wire-frame kennels that I lock them up in while they are eating, and that is to prevent one pup from stealing the other pup’s food if one finishes more quickly. We started on legs and thighs, and incorporated hearts, gizzards, and livers. We have been doing this for quite some time now, and have branched out into rabbit and fish as well, and so far no issues. The only downside is while some folks are able to make this feeding style cheaper than kibble, we have not been able to do this yet. We are networking, trying to get people’s freezer-burned meat, or hunters who only go for the antlers but have no desire for the carcass, but so far no luck. I think we’ll be able to make it cheaper eventually, and we have been able to get down to $.78/$.88/lb for chicken, but I’d like it to get cheaper than that because the dogs eat a couple pounds of food each day, and that can really add up.
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Food price is the downside, on the upside, the puppies coats and teeth look great. Their poo is smaller and I like knowing there is only one ingredient in what we’re feeding them. They are also SUPER excited to get their food, unlike the kibble where they would eat it but not excitedly. I haven’t noticed any aggression cropping up like some people worry about. The dogs get into the chicken area but have not turned into chicken hunters. They *do* like to roll in the chicken and rabbit crap, but that’s a whole other issue.
We have now also switched the cats over to raw feeding. We bought a Weston #12 commercial meat grinder for this purpose, although really we could have made it work with other methods. We wanted a grinder that could handle grinding bones, and this one seemed very capable (and also when Jesse starts to go hunting we can make our own ground venison, or we can make our own sausages). We ground up chicken leg quarters together with chicken livers, hearts, and gizzards, and parceled them out into tupperware containers to freeze. The first few days the cats were NOT feeling the raw food. We ended up partially cooking some of it and mixing it with raw to get them used to it, but now they seem to be eating it without hesitation. We still need to figure out how much we should be feeding them; it’s a percentage of their body weight, but I’m not sure if it should be 3% or 5% or… I need to read up on that. So far, though, so good.
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