With the skin or with out? Also when you grind it do you keep the skin on it to grind as well? I recently found some dehydrated chicken fillets to give as snaks to Sissy and she loves them! Ellen
--- In [email protected], Darcy Jacobs <flyway7...@...> wrote: > > wings are a great first food!! for a chi... my danes got quarters whole. > darcy > > --- On Wed, 11/17/10, Deanna Corey <myowndogp...@...> wrote: > > > From: Deanna Corey <myowndogp...@...> > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again.. > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 6:40 PM > > >  > > > > > > > >  Simple raw diet for Ricky...start with Chicken breasts...cut in in little > pieces he won't chock on...don't feed skin. Let him have fun chewing on the > bones. Or...just toss the kid a wing!!! > Waggin' Tails in The Dog Park, > Deanna > >                                                             > and >  The Dog Park Pack: > Nugget, Shuai-Li, Mouse, Myrtle, Mable, and Caleb and honorary non-dog > members of The Dog Park: > Stella-Macaw, Stanley-Amazon, Miles the cat > www.joys4toys.com > > > > > > > From: Kavi <kaviescontin...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, November 17, 2010 3:21:42 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again.. > >  > > > > > > Hey Peggy > > I did try Ricky on Wellness recently. I did the small breed chicken kibble > too along with canned. Yes the wellness kibble was the first he had ever > eaten, but now it just sits in the bowl. he never eats it. (money down the > drain) and even the freshpet select that I buy, he still eats it but very > little and I have been throwing alot away. As far as by-products in dog food, > I understand what you are saying. If you do a google on dog food by products > you will find out the difference. what goes into dog food is nasty old > diseased, road killed, rotten animal parts. With raw feeding, you are giving > them fresh wholesome meat from our stores. In the wild, animals do not eat > old, rotten, diseased, road killed animals, they kill there food and eat it > right then when its concidered fresh. raw bones do not splitter. cooked bones > do. bigger dogs can eat the bones raw as they come...but I myself would chop > up the bones for my Ricky. I would think it would be > cheaper also, if you just have one or 2 small dogs. You can get chicken > marked down at the store, chop it up and freeze it. I know for a fact, that I > will never ever feed Ricky any food that has by-products or other crap in it. > If I dont feed raw, then I will cook human meat for Ricky. The way I look at > it now, is: "Would I eat that"? meaning the raw food I would feed Ricky would > I eat if I can cook it. > Would I eat dog food out of a can? not unless I have not eaten in a month > and needed to do it to stay alive. Many dogs do not have a choice between > better or raw food, or canned crapy food that they are fed. they can not talk > to us and tell us and they can not cook or shop for them selves. (I am being > a bit extreme here... but) these are our babies we love so much. part of our > family like a child. we spoil them rotten, why not feed them that way? > > I would just like a simple raw diet for Ricky as I said in my orignal post. > > Shanna > > > > > From: Peggy & The Girls <phr...@...> > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again.. > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 1:47 PM > > >  > > > For any one who can answer my questions to: >  > From what I understand is that a dog has to be on all raw or on all kibble > diet, I have gotten the impression that you can't mix both. Or maybe I am > wrong? I also understand that if you go raw, they have to have the bones as > well, and in order to avoid splinters from the bones, it Has to be grinded. > Yet someone posted a picture of their dogs eating a whole > raw turkey, so I am confused on the grinding issue!!  I would think for a > dog that doesn't have a lot of teeth like my Gigi (I adopted her that way) > that raw wouldn't be a good idea because she can't chew as good as she > should. Which also makes me wonder what will raw fed owners do when their > Chi's get into their senior years and loose teeth? >  > I am also confused about people saying that the by products of chicken and > beef is bad for dogs, yet, if you feed raw, they Are eating the by-products > of the animal, so what's the difference? >  > What I also find interesting is that I had two Maltese PM puppies (RIP) that > were supposedly never to have made it past the first couple of days that I > owned them because they were so sick with being overdosed with Parvo shots, > were on a diet of Iams kibble and milk bones for their whole life and never > saw a Vet except for their shots, and only had their teeth cleaned once, and > never lost any teeth, and yet they both lived to 14 yrs and 16.6 years old, > with no health issues. The only people food that they ever had was egg and > cheese. I had always kept them on a strict diet of their own food and never > gave them the leftovers. It just makes me wonder if all of the controversy > over raw and natural kibble diets is really worth it. In fact I look back at > all the dogs that I had prior to the Malteses, and they all lived to 14 to > over 16 years old and never saw a Vet. None were ever on HW and Flea Spot > stuff either. Some never even had Boosters or > a Rabies shots either. I some times think that more health issues are > related to the shots and flea and HW stuff then their diet. And Iams > kibble was the only food I ever fed any of them. They were all different > breeds to. It all just makes me wonder.. >  > I'm not a raw feeder, but I wanted to tell you that if Ricky is a picky > eater, like my Princess is, then, have you ever tried the Wellness Chicken > kibble? Princess has never been big on eating, but now that she has been on > the Wellness Chicken, she looks forward to meal time and even ask for > seconds, They breed and raise their own chickens and everything is processed > in their own plant, so you don't have to worry about cross contamination. > It's mostly pure chicken plus veggies and the omegas are added in, no > fillers, preservatives,artificial colors etc.. The chicken type is a larger > chunk, so for Gigi, I put her portion in the blender and chop it smaller, and > I have noticed by doing this that she is not downing the chunks, but now > takes her time in eating it. >  > I did not like the turkey and fish blend, which is marked for small breeds > because her poop and breath stank. She actually likes the Chicken better.The > chicken blend is called Super 5 Complete Health blend and is all natural. I > tried other brands and this was an instant hit. Their canned chicken is 95% > pure chicken. If you email them, they may send you samples. >  > http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/product-details.aspx?pet=dog&pid=52&dm=completehealth > >  > > > ⥠Peggy & The Girls ⥠> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kavi <kaviescontin...@...> > To: Chihuahuas <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Nov 17, 2010 2:54 pm > Subject: [Chihuahuas] OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again... > > >  > > > > > > > > Hi everyone > > I know we have about exhausted the raw feeding talk. I want to start feeding > Ricky Raw. He likes our food so much that I am waisting money on dog food. So > I would just like a very simple recipe for Ricky. I do not want to grind up > food. I just want to mix like raw beef, turkey, or chicken, the livers etc > with veggies and whatever else. what about vitamins? He will get all the > vitamins he needs in raw? > > A meat, livers, veggies? and what about the raw bones? can I just put them in > a baggie and use a hammer and crush them? > > I can read about raw feeding online, but who better to ask than the ones who > do it here! > > Thanks > shanna > ------------------------------------ " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
