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Hi, New Member, Raw Feeding

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Hi guys

I'm living over in london uk, and have got a 4 month old jack russell male called rex!!

my first dog was a cross between jack russell and beagle, and he was an amazing dog!!!!! so clever

unfortunately, he developed cancer at the age of 12, and we decided to put him down shortly after, (he was fed commercial dog food, and cooked human leftovers)

10 years on, and rex is upon us

i have started to feed rex, on raw food, from a complete raw food company, and i have a puppy formula!! it came frozen, and i needed to defrost, and serve

at the start, it was hard to get him to eat raw food (designed for puppy) so i started sprinkling parmesan cheese over the raw meal, and now he loves it

my question is, is the parmesan ok to mix with raw meat for my dog???

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Feeding a puppy is no different than feeding an adult dog, the only difference is that the puppy will eat more per pound of body weight. Feeding raw is not complicated. I don't buy premade, I do PMR. Chicken, beef, pork, veal, fish, turkey, rabbit, lamb, goat, venison and any other meat I can get. But chicken, pork, beef, turkey and fish are my main meats. You can give a little parm cheese as long as it doesn't upset your pup's stomach. Not all parm cheese contain wood pulp, and IIRC the brands that they found it in was recalled or pulled. It was also only in pregrated parm, so if you are worried about it just buy a chunk of parm and grate it yourself. That is what I do. But I would start to wean off the parm, it isn't doing anything nutritionally for your pup. If you can I'd start to get away from the premade and but and cut your own meat. It's really easy once you get the hang of it and really doesn't take that much time. I probably spend about three or four hours a month to every month and a half. But I'm feeding three dogs, five cats and two ferrets. For one dog I couldn't see it taking more than an hour, maybe two.
As for the nutritional needs, dogs get what they need from meat, bones and organs. It's all my dogs have eaten for nearly 13 years. The only thing I do add is fish oil, for the omega 3 fatty acids.
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I think it's unrealistic to suggest a trip to supermarket/high st to source ingredients then weigh specific amounts up to ensure balanced diet is obtained, then bag up, freeze, defrost amounts lasting a month can be obtained in a couple of hours.
Why? I go shopping for the animals when I go shopping for the humans. I shop every two to three weeks (I hate shopping. But I normally fill the freezer once a month) I don't weigh the food, no need. One, I go by body condition and two I can eye it within an ounce most of the time. Cutting, bagging and freezing takes the most time. As for defrosting, it takes seconds to pull the food from the freezer and put it into a bowl to defrost. In the summer I often feed the food frozen, no defrosting needed so I save a whole 30 seconds it would take to pull the food out in the morning.

ETA My vet recommends raw feeding and were very happy to hear I was feeding PMR.
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@annageckos - Sigh. Where do people find all these amazing vets?!
I think I got lucky. I now have two vets, one traditional who I've been taking my animals to since I was a child. They neutered my pet rat when I was 11. I trust them and they are great. But I have to be careful what I say or I get the lecture or disapproving looks. A few years ago I wanted to try again to find a closer vet that I trusted, it's a 45 minute drive one way. I looked up holistic vets and found my current vets. There are a couple vets there and they are all a little different. My favorite vet is mostly into chinese medicine. But she will also use homeopathic and traditional if needed. Some of the things she says I don't really know if I believe, but what she does and what she gives me works. Some of the other vets are a little less holistic there but they are all nice. I lucked out finding them so quickly, but I was ready to go vet shopping til I found one I liked and trusted.
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You can also start to decrease the amount of cheese you are adding. Try feeding it frozen, some dogs like it frozen or partly frozen. Or maybe try plain meat. I honestly would stay away from premade mixes, but I know others like them. I don't like the fillers and extras. Meat, bone and organ is all you need.
I really don't like the idea of adding things to get a dog to eat, like naturalfeddogs said, it makes for picky dogs. Trust me, I have first hand experience with it. But if you feel you have to you could try mixing in some fish or salmon oil. But NOT cod liver oil. Cod liver oil is high in vitamin A, which you can OD on if given too much. The fish oil has omega three fatty acids.
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please note, raw chicken bones are ok to feed dogs but cooked bones are NOT as they become brittle and can splinter.
You're mostly correct. Raw bones fine to feed, they are soft, but any cooked or dry bones can splinter.

Chicken feet are a great source of glucosamine and chondroitin. Leg quarters too and any other joints. Grains are also an inflammatory, so switching to raw eliminates those.

I don't know how big your dogs are, but even small dogs can handle a whole leg or thigh. My mom gives her scotties smaller leg quarters and they chomp them down without issue. Also larger pieces are safer to feed, the dog has to chew as opposed to just trying to swallow a chunk down. Just something to think about.
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There was a woman on a raw feeding group I was part of many years ago. She had an old, toothless cat who could strip all the meat off a turkey or chicken leg and could still crunch up smaller bones. You'd be surprised what they can do. But it does take time to build up the strength to do it.
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