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So with all the struggles that both my dogs seems to be having in the poop department, I've decided to just go back to feeding raw. Levi has been having serious diarrhea for a week, and the fecal result last week was negative. We've submitted a second one, and should hopefully get the results today.
In lieu of the horrible Hills Science Diet, and much to the chagrin of my vet, we've decided to just put them back on raw. Levi LOVES raw but this will be Heidi's first go around.
We've started with chicken, specifically chicken drumsticks because there was a huge club pack on sale for like 10 bucks. Levi is a good chewer, he picks them up and crunches them. We were cutting the meat off Heidi's, because we aren't sure if she should be crunching bones at her age yet (4 months). She ran over to Levi's dish and tried to steal one, and it definitely looked like she was trying to swallow it whole, which concerns me. After we cut the meat off, we did let her crunch on the bone while I was holding it, so she couldn't swallow it, and she does crunch it and take off smaller pieces.
So I guess my questions are:
1. Should we just use larger cuts so she can't swallow?
2. Are bones okay to be included at her age (4 months, Border Collie)
We are going with Prey Model Raw instead of BARF, simply because I'm not sold on fruits/veggies being required.
I'm hoping @naturalfeddogs has some advice?
So with all the struggles that both my dogs seems to be having in the poop department, I've decided to just go back to feeding raw. Levi has been having serious diarrhea for a week, and the fecal result last week was negative. We've submitted a second one, and should hopefully get the results today.
In lieu of the horrible Hills Science Diet, and much to the chagrin of my vet, we've decided to just put them back on raw. Levi LOVES raw but this will be Heidi's first go around.
We've started with chicken, specifically chicken drumsticks because there was a huge club pack on sale for like 10 bucks. Levi is a good chewer, he picks them up and crunches them. We were cutting the meat off Heidi's, because we aren't sure if she should be crunching bones at her age yet (4 months). She ran over to Levi's dish and tried to steal one, and it definitely looked like she was trying to swallow it whole, which concerns me. After we cut the meat off, we did let her crunch on the bone while I was holding it, so she couldn't swallow it, and she does crunch it and take off smaller pieces.
So I guess my questions are:
1. Should we just use larger cuts so she can't swallow?
2. Are bones okay to be included at her age (4 months, Border Collie)
We are going with Prey Model Raw instead of BARF, simply because I'm not sold on fruits/veggies being required.
I'm hoping @naturalfeddogs has some advice?