Raw feeding for greyhounds

[Ant123]

I would like to transition my ex racing greyhound to raw but worry his protein intake would be too high or that he would drop weight. He’s rather slim and a bit neurotic but what goes in the mouth comes out the other end so it seems a bit of a waste. Any advice or experience with the breed gratefully received.

 

[SkylarkAscending]

Yep I fed all 4 of mygreyhounds raw for quite a while - sadly it got prohibitively expensive to feed 100kg plus combined weight of dogs on raw

They all absolutely thrived on it - I’ll try and find the pics of them with their mega shiny coats - even my 45kg boy who came off the track very thin and poor. He put weight on and his coat massively improved, I did feed him a LOT mind you

Thinking back I dont recall any issues with any of them fed this way, they went onto the diet really easily and loved it - all food gone in 29 seconds

I’d say go for it for sure, I would raw feed my current dogs but Flora is a fussy little madam who will only eat one brand of minced tripe, so not a balanced diet

 

[Highmileagecob]

Ask your local butcher if he would make it up for you. Our butcher puts all his offal through the grinder along with 10% carrots and greens. My son has fed his dog on it for years and the dog is doing fine.

 

[I'm Dun]

Mine are whippets but the biggest is small greyhound size, they look good on the best grain free dry food, they look amazing on raw food. They get 3 to 4 percent though and are slim and fit on that.

 

[BigRedDog]

Don’t believe the myth that you can’t mix raw and kibble.
My sighthounds are all on raw, one tends to drop weight on raw only. If I make 10-15% of his diet kibble he maintains weight perfectly.