Raw Feeders (Dogs)

[Nanci]

I've also read you shouldn't supplement kibble while feeding raw because the raw meat passes through the system so fast and rhe kibble is so slow to digest it can cause problems to feed both.

Not true- raw feeding old wives' tale.

 

[Nanci]

Oooh, someone at work offered me deer organs if he gets one!!

 

[MegF.]

I know plenty of people who feed both...including me! I hope your dog loves the deer organs.....

 

[ashleynicole]

Not true- raw feeding old wives' tale.

Well it kind of makes sense. Like if your breastfeeding a baby they reccomend not supplementing formula unless absolutely necessary because it slows digestion.

 

[Nanci]

I got a chest freezer yesterday, just in time for a shipment of green tripe, lamb hearts and lamb liver.

 

[MegF.]

I'm going to need a bigger freezer....mine is slap full of deer sausage and rats and mice...and I've got a delivery from rodent pro coming any time now!! Argggh!!

 

[Tavia]

Same here! We really need to buy a large chest freezer for the garage ... Not sure what I'm going to be doing with my Rodent Pro order coming today ...
If we had more freezer space, I'd like to try raw for the dogs.

 

[Nanci]

This is a super good deal for a smallish one at Walmart. I'm getting it for Rich for Christmas.

 

[Nanci]

New freezer partially stocked!

Optimum temp is -18F. I'm still fine-tuning it. EDIT: Optimum temp is ZERO F!! So I've turned it up some. Oops.

Vacation feeding schedule- mostly ground meats and organs. The K means kibble for the morning meal.

 

[Nanci]

 

[MegF.]

How long will that last you?

 

[Nanci]

I don't know yet. I'm using grinds just to make it easier on vacation. I think I'll make half pound patties and freeze. Except the pancreas, that only comes in a grind, and that is the item that if you purchase it, they make a charitable donation, for this month.

 

[Nanci]

Some pics from prepping food.

 

[Nanci]

It's going really well!! Stocked up freezer.

Delivery of ground raw for vacation, plus shopping trip!

First meal of rabbit, with some chicken gizzards.

Raw green beef tripe, and an organic egg.

New dehydrator for making dehydrated raw treats!

 

[Nanci]

So- I'm only feeding kibble on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. They are eating beef, lamb, pork, chicken and rabbit, and will soon be introduced to duck. They have two days a week where they fast in the morning, and then have a whole animal in the evening- a chicken or rabbit. They haven't have feathers or fur yet.

 

[MegF.]

Quite the setup...I have NO room in my freezer.....rats, mice, fish (for the watersnake) and deer meat sausage! Got another 40 lbs of deer ground meat...where the hell am I going to put that???

 

[Nanci]

Well, Walmart had this same freezer in the 5.5 cu ft model for SUPER cheap a couple weeks ago. So I bought one for my Rich for Christmas!!

 

[MegF.]

I need a bigger one too.....if I knew we'd have this much deer meat.....I wanted to take advantage of the sale that rodent pro was having too....I would have ordered more small rats for the cats but I had nowhere to put them! I had just gotten in an order from them for Black Friday...

 

[Nanci]

Our raw feeding vacation is going well! Now that Rich has a freezer, there's room for everything.

 

[MegF.]

I'm sorry....that freezer is WAYYYYY too organized! There's something wrong with a brain that organized!