Some places offer raw food already packaged into 1/2lb, 1lb 2lb packets - some are already frozen. I will be looking into that too - see if it is economic or easy to get. You can contact the dog stores in your area or web search in your area.
________________________________ From: Brea Hicks <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, November 18, 2010 8:25:37 AM Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Re: OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again.. I'm convinced on trying it... Now don't thet sell raw food already packaged at the pet store? -- Sent from my Palm Pre ________________________________ On Nov 17, 2010 8:06 PM, Darcy Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: if you put a whole chicken, bones, organs, skin, and all into a grinder its a perfect balanced diet..adding fish (canned mackeral bones and all, and a red meat once a week or even bi-monthly, its perfection. without grinding its hard to get enough bone in a chi so its best to watch poops... too loose add more wing bone too hard add more liver...if they will eat it whole dont grind. if they wont grind... a grinder is about 100. get stainless gears. darcy =)~... --- On Wed, 11/17/10, Christy Sylvest <[email protected]> wrote: >From: Christy Sylvest <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Re: OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again.. >To: [email protected] >Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 8:19 PM > > > >Wings have a pretty high bone content. If you do wings I would do every >couple >days and other days meat only. You can leave the skin on. > > > >"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, 18 Nov 2010 00:32:48 +0000 >> Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again.. >> >> 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 >> >> >> >
