Feeding raw and condition?

[Dormouse]

Hello, it is CareyR here, I swore I wouldnt post again on here after having stalker problems but have tiptoed into AAD cos I know you are all nice in here

Has anyone had problems keeping condition on their dogs when feeding raw? Mine are being a nightmare - I had to swap Islay back to Skinners because she looked so poor, and I am not happy with the way Flick and Amy look either I am feeding a mixture of chicken pieces (with bone) and Duck, frozen tripe, chicken mincemeat, beef mince etc.

Amy and Flick weigh roughly 22kg (I think) and they are getting 750g of raw a day each, which is costing me a fortune! (I dont have enough room for a decent sized freezer so cant buy it in bulk)

I am considering putting them back onto Skinners, but feeding chicken wings two or three times a week (not on the same day as the Skinners of course!) for their teeth. Any thoughts? Thanks

 

[soloabe]

Abe loses condition when he doesn't get fish and organ meat twice a week.

 

[blackcob]

Ahh, I wondered where you'd gone! Didn't realise you were still having stalker problems, bummer.

That sounds like a huge amount of food, that's about what Dax has and she's 27kg. Have you tried food with a higher fat/oil content? I had to stop feeding pork as it was making her porky rolleyes, pork ribs are cheap and fatty as is breast of lamb, also oily fish if they'll take it.

That said.. what you've suggested sounds perfectly reasonable.

 

[Dormouse]

Sorry should have said - I did try pork ribs and lamb mince with them but they didnt particularly enjoy it Dipsy greyhounds

Hmmm might have to resort to buying liver and heart for them perhaps? They like oily fish but I tend to feed it as an add-on rather than a whole meal as it never seems very much for them

 

[soloabe]

Abe gets a whole meal of fish once a week and then bits added in to other meals. Organ meat is one whole meal once a week too.

 

[Dormouse]

OMG just checked out some prices - that would cost me a fortune I need a bigger freezer - and a house to put it in

 

[MurphysMinder]

Mine are on Skinners for 3 or 4 days a week, and chicken wings or hearts the other days, seems to work fine for them. Buffy has less raw days because it doesn't seem to suit her so well but Evie is looking really good on this regime.

 

[Dormouse]

Thanks MM - I think that is what I am going to do with Flick and Amy, if they will eat Skinners now of course Last time I tried, Amy looked at me as if I was trying to poison her

 

[GinaGem]

Is that weight including bone?

Are they getting veggies?

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Chicken leg/thigh meat to put on weight and pork. Creatures do too well on those so have carcasses and tripe, mainly. They tend to put on weight easily, these two and Brig was a porker on raw. (He's decided he doesn't like it unless it's chicken meat or tripe)