Hi Christy, For my little Chi's I do grind...bone, meat and all. If you grind a whole chicken it seems to be about the same ratio as the 80/10/10 ratio. They nee the calcium from the bone but they do NOT have to chew it to get it...they can keep their teeth in good condition other ways...like with Bully Sticks etc. I bought a very simple meat grinder that goes through chicken bones like butter...grinds them so well and then I have no worries. I bought the Maverick grinder from www.pierceequipment.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?
...it was $99 and quite a little work horse!!! The model # is 575 Watt MM5501 Meat Food Grinder-Maverick Code: mav1150275501 Condition: New Manufacturer: Maverick $99.00 Waggin' Tails in The Dog Park, Deanna and The Dog Park Pack: Nugget, Shuai-Li, Bella, Mouse, Myrtle, Mable, Toby, Caleb and Maxine!!! and honorary non-dog members of The Dog Park: Stella-Macaw, Stanley-Amazon, Miles the cat www.joys4toys.com ________________________________ From: Christy Sylvest <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, October 21, 2010 3:47:50 PM Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Thin fur I have seriously considered this but can't seem to get past the bone fear. I am always afraid someone is going to choke on a bone or get impacted or something. I feed Kirklands Chicken and Rice. All the others have good coats its just these two and even the son of the white/choc blue girl has a great coat. I may have to look more into the raw I joined a raw yahoo group. "Whether or not it is clear to you, the world is unfolding as it should." -Desiderata Christy Sylvest [email protected] ________________________________ To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:03:32 -0700 Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Thin fur Hi Christy, May I ask what you feed? All of my dogs got thicker, much softer coats...right in the middle of summer after switching everyone to a raw diet...I think coats and teeth are conditions directly related to diet. Maybe switching to raw (80% meat, 10% edible bone and 10% organs) would be of bennefit to you as it was to me!!! It took about 2 months and wow the differnces were amazing!!! Waggin' Tails in The Dog Park, Deanna and The Dog Park Pack: Nugget, Shuai-Li, Bella, Mouse, Myrtle, Mable, Toby, Caleb and Maxine!!! and honorary non-dog members of The Dog Park: Stella-Macaw, Stanley-Amazon, Miles the cat www.joys4toys.com ________________________________ From: Christy Sylvest <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Thu, October 21, 2010 2:48:43 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Thin fur Hi I have a couple of Chis that have very thin fur in some places. My blue long coat has a great coat around her head, neck, chest and hind end, but on her back from her shoulders to just before her tail is very thin and corse. Any idea what I can do to help her coat? I have another that is white with chocolate blue spots (unrelated) and her spots are very thin and corse. they are a completely different texture than the white fur. The vet doesn't find anything physically wrong...just thin fur. Is there anything to be done to thicken and soften the fur? I have had chis with corser coats before...but it was all the fur and he had a very short smooth coat. Thanks "Whether or not it is clear to you, the world is unfolding as it should." -Desiderata Christy Sylvest [email protected]
