sonjafoers
Well-Known Member
I have changed my dogs onto a raw meat diet although I'm not strictly following the BARF diet. They get raw meat, bones and fish and I also buy some frozen preprepared raw meat nuggets which do contain some vegetable ingredients.
Because my bitch has had a problem when given bones or poultry necks ( as posted recently ) I have cut down on the amount of bone given and I feel they are lacking 'crunch' in their diet.
My pet shop has recommended a type of mixer biscuit which is very natural baked vegetable/herbage biscuit, but I have always read that biscuit should be fed separately to raw meat and there is no way that my dogs will eat mixer biscuit on its own!!
I queried this with my vet who told me it was nonsense as it is because dogs digest biscuit at a different rate than they digest the meat, but they also do the same with bones in which case the bone should be fed separately from the meat.
Can anyone explain why the biscuit & meat shouldn't be fed together please and what problems it would cause if I fed a cup of the biscuit with the raw meat.
Thank you
Because my bitch has had a problem when given bones or poultry necks ( as posted recently ) I have cut down on the amount of bone given and I feel they are lacking 'crunch' in their diet.
My pet shop has recommended a type of mixer biscuit which is very natural baked vegetable/herbage biscuit, but I have always read that biscuit should be fed separately to raw meat and there is no way that my dogs will eat mixer biscuit on its own!!
I queried this with my vet who told me it was nonsense as it is because dogs digest biscuit at a different rate than they digest the meat, but they also do the same with bones in which case the bone should be fed separately from the meat.
Can anyone explain why the biscuit & meat shouldn't be fed together please and what problems it would cause if I fed a cup of the biscuit with the raw meat.
Thank you