Natural Instinct Raw Food

[letrec_fan]

Does anyone feed Natural Instinct?

Would a mixture of their prepared foods and then the pieces of chicken carcass they sell other days be okay to feed to begin with? Have tried raw before using natures menu pre prepared cubes but I don't think we fed enough and it was not only very expensive but dog lost condition and got a dull coat. I am considering trying it again as smaller dog keeps having periodic sickness and the others allergies are getting crazy with the constant itching - nothing seems to help apart from constant washing which is not practical and probably not good for her skin in the long run. Convincing the other members of the family may be difficult though - my only concern is possessiveness over bones but I plan to supervise/hold onto the bone initially. I am going to inspect the outside freezer tommorow to see if I could acctually fit that much in - 20kg - how much do other people fit in a normal freezer? By my calculations of 400g and 100g a day for each dog, that should last 40 days and be cheaper than the current kibble by about 4p a day!

ETA: Can you feed raw bones straight out the freezer or is this best to avoid?

 

[satinbaze]

I feed Natural Instinct and I am very pleased with it. I use the working dog chicken as there is no VAT on it. I also feed raw chicken wings and breat of lamb when I can get it and raw tripe. I always defrost my bones as my first FCR broke a carnassial tooth on a frozen bone and also feeding anything frozen including ice cubes has been shown to increase the risk of gastric torsion and bloat.

 

[misterjinglejay]

I have fed frozen bones, but it's better not to.
I have food aggressive malamutes (not to me or the samoyed, but each other) and feed bones and other meals with the two mals separated - one in the kitchen, one outside.

 

[letrec_fan]

Okay thanks very much. The bones and the prepared food is not too great a ratio of bone?

 

[NeverSayNever]

I feed Natural Instinct and am very pleased with it. Mine get Working Chicken most days and now and get they get some tripe/beef added in for variety as I like them to get some offal. My 2 are ‘poor dooers’ and one of them is only 11.3kg but still gets 500g, so half a tub, a day to keep wight on her. My pup is on the Working Puppy and doing brilliantly too.