Dog Food!!!?

Question

i have a question about feeding a dog a raw food diet
we have been feeding our dogs raw meat diet for the last couple of weeks. is there any meat i should aviod and how many pounds of meat should i give them we have 10 dogs (we breed siberian huskies) and how will in affect a dogs pregnancy

why should i aviod hamburger

Answer 1

Here are several sites that might be helpful and are full of information.


http://www.rawlearning.com/rawfaq.html http://www.rawlearning.com
Theses
are both Jane Anderson's sites and any of hers are worthwhile.

http://www.rawfed.com/myths/index.html

http://www.rawfeddogs.net/ Very good pictures..check out Recipes

http://www.skylarzack.com/rawfeeding.htm

Answer 2

Avoid hamburger you might not believe this but it is true. You'll likely be getting around 50% water.

Ever wonder why when you buy hamburger meat at the store and make big juicy patties. Then when they are cooked they shrink up to have their size that's the reason.

You take 100 pounds of course bull meat or cheap cut meat then mix it with 100 pounds of ice and you have 200 pounds of hamburger meat. Old butcher's and slaughter house trick.

Hope none of your people are the ones trapped in the mine we're praying for them.

Answer 3

I know many people advocate the raw food diet, but I do not. In the wild, when dogs were free to kill prey, they ate fresh killed meat - bones, entrails and all. In today's world, the meat we select was usually killed days or even weeks ago. There is just a much chance of your dog getting salmonella as you from handling fresh meat. Additionally, the natural bacteria that grows on fresh meat after a few days is destroyed when we cook it for human consumption, but that is not the case if you feed your dog a raw diet. Unless you kill your meat source and then feed it to the dogs in the next day or two, your dog runs the same risk of infections as you do. The rule of thumb should be - if you would eat it yourself, or feed it to your children - then it's safe for dogs. If not...then your dog may run the same risks of poisening as any human.

Answer 4

Sign up on Dogster.com it is a free web community for dog owners. There are forums where you can discuss these things and there are some people who have been raw feeding for ten years or more and they are very knowledgeable! You can even probably get in touch with other husky owners who are raw feeders...

Answer 5

Avoid hamburger for sure !~!

hamburger and other ground meats contain spinal chord often during the grinding process. That is how mad cow was spread.

Answer 6

You can give him any meat. 1 1/2 lbs each.

Answer 7

check out Nature's Variety you can find it on line they have a good line of food and a break down of how much to feed..

Answer 8

try feeding your dogs merrick

Answer 9

Doesn't raw meet make them mean? Why do that?

Answer 10

try
http://www.rawlearning.com
and
http://www.rawfed.com/