Feeding A Pup Raw (advise Please)

[jimbh]

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hi all , at the moment i have a lurcher (a bit of a rescue case ) when i got her she had a shocking coat and teeth and despite trying various branded comercial dog foods she always looked pretty rough and suffered from terrible wind ect.so after a bit of reserch i put her onto a raw food diet and have never looked back .so ive been toying with the idea of getting myself a pup as ive only ever had dogs that somebody didnt want so after 18 months of looking im picking up a lurcher pup at the weekend .the pup has been weaned on raw.so would it be ok to feed chicken mince morning and dinner then red meat(beef, lamb ect)at night ,eventualy over a couple of weeks changing to chicken wings instead of mince?also over the first few weeks should i introduce liver and heart in small amounts ? i really want to give the pup the best start so any advise or feeding program would be greatly recieved.....thanks JIM

 

[bertha]

Good luck with your new pup, sounds like you have the raw diet sussed out. I would be careful with liver and hearts, they are both a bit rich for a puppy. I feed my whippet pup raw good quality pet mince from my butcher, chicken wings, he grabbed one and managed to eat it all!!! So he now has the same as my adult dogs, plenty of meaty bones. I also give him wholemeal puppy food, cod liver oil and yeast tablets. Eggs, fish, mine love raw sprats, tinned sardines, one each weekly. Any cooked veg left over from our meals, in fact anything left over. The love pasta cooked with cheese.

Hope that helps.

:thumbsup:

 

[moonglow]

Chicken wings will be fine for your pup,i start mine off early with just the small end piece & by 8 weeks they have all the wing but with the large end bone removed.

It's be a good idea to also give seaweed powder daily & omega 3 oil :thumbsup:

 

[jeano38]

Good luck with your new pup, sounds like you have the raw diet sussed out. I would be careful with liver and hearts, they are both a bit rich for a puppy. I feed my whippet pup raw good quality pet mince from my butcher, chicken wings, he grabbed one and managed to eat it all!!! So he now has the same as my adult dogs, plenty of meaty bones. I also give him wholemeal puppy food, cod liver oil and yeast tablets. Eggs, fish, mine love raw sprats, tinned sardines, one each weekly. Any cooked veg left over from our meals, in fact anything left over. The love pasta cooked with cheese.Hope that helps.

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Hi all, I am new to this as well.

We have a 14 week old Whippet bitch

i have been feeding her on Raw Tripe which I buy in frozen blocks from Pets At Home. and JWB puppy mix. Along with a Puppy Milk (Toplife) as she doesnt drink much water

I have just started to introduce fish and gave her tinned pilchards in brine for the first time yesterday which she loved.

Our breeder advised Chicken Wings but when I mentioned to my Vet she was sceptical, which has put me off a little.

She went on about Salmonella etc etc, but after reading all the posts on here I am keen to try on her.

How do you suggest I start, How much ? How often?

Is there anything I should look out for or avoid/remove.

All help would be very gratefully rec'd as I would love to keep her coat lovely and shiny and ensure she gets everything she needs nutritionally.

Many Thanks in advance

 

[jinnyfizz]

I have fed raw to all mine from puppyhood (8 weeks old) - mainly chicken (bone in), rabbit (bone in), some lamb mince, tripe and also pet mince supplied by my butcher :thumbsup: They have also had raw beef bones at least once a week, either rib or marrow.

Chicken wings are excellent food and are absolutely fine when fed raw as the dog's digestive system contains enzymes which break down raw bones. It's the cooking which causes the problems as the bones become brittle and can then stick in the dog's throat/intestine and wreak havoc!

Some vets can be reticent about raw feeding because they want you to buy complete foods from them (makes them money - and, also, they can be "out of their comfort zone" when advising about raw food. Salmonella isn't an issue if you freeze and defrost the wings before feeding and, even if you don't freeze them, the healthy canine digestive system is designed to cope with bacterial infections such as Salmonella, unlike us pathetic humans!! :b

Raw is a completely natural way of eating to a dog and my way of thinking is that if the dog was wild and eating as intended it would be catching it's meals ....... raw fur and feather, as well as eating vegetation, berries, earth (for minerals) etc :thumbsup:

 

[Janimal]

Good luck with your new pup, sounds like you have the raw diet sussed out. I would be careful with liver and hearts, they are both a bit rich for a puppy. I feed my whippet pup raw good quality pet mince from my butcher, chicken wings, he grabbed one and managed to eat it all!!! So he now has the same as my adult dogs, plenty of meaty bones. I also give him wholemeal puppy food, cod liver oil and yeast tablets. Eggs, fish, mine love raw sprats, tinned sardines, one each weekly. Any cooked veg left over from our meals, in fact anything left over. The love pasta cooked with cheese.Hope that helps.

:thumbsup:

Hi all, I am new to this as well.

We have a 14 week old Whippet bitch

i have been feeding her on Raw Tripe which I buy in frozen blocks from Pets At Home. and JWB puppy mix. Along with a Puppy Milk (Toplife) as she doesnt drink much water

I have just started to introduce fish and gave her tinned pilchards in brine for the first time yesterday which she loved.

Our breeder advised Chicken Wings but when I mentioned to my Vet she was sceptical, which has put me off a little.

She went on about Salmonella etc etc, but after reading all the posts on here I am keen to try on her.

How do you suggest I start, How much ? How often?

Is there anything I should look out for or avoid/remove.

All help would be very gratefully rec'd as I would love to keep her coat lovely and shiny and ensure she gets everything she needs nutritionally.

Many Thanks in advance

Instead of buying the puppy milk you mentioned..have you tried Goats milk, mine have all had this from being puppies and they can digest it better

than cows milk and its very good for helping them gain weight.

My dogs are all on the BARF diet too...and I DO FEED....liver and heart without any problems although it can give them the runs if fed too often.

mine get chicken wings for breakfast or sometimes sardines.pilchards for a change...then the goats milk.

My pup who is 18 weeks is on four meals a day so he gets raw mince beef or lamb for his dinner and raw chicken/tripe/beef/lamb for his teatime meal

and sometimes scrambled eggs, and also raw lamb or beef bones once a week.

Also make sure your raw food is frozen first and thoroughly defrosted before feeding, to kill off any bacteria.

Hope this helps. :thumbsup:

 

[stef thomas]

Jeano38

If your worried about your pup eating the chicken wings to fast you could always break the knuckle part with a hammer lol I used to do this with my lot when they were pups.

My mums raised her 2 whippet pups successfully on a raw diet and they have a nice varied diet , turkey necks are also good.

As pups they had the same as all the older whippets who have been on raw food for a long time now.

eggs mine love them with the shells still on them and their tuna pilchards and fresh sprats

You can also get bags of vegetable nuggets from natures menu which are good they have apple peas ect in them and save time on mincing veg yourself

I have read that although dogs don't require an awful amount of veg they do benefit from veg but they should be minced and raw (the same consistency as found in preys guts) this helps aid absorption of vitamins and nutrients.

Vitamin c is good as well for developing joints and bones, flax seed oil is also good for coats as is seaweed powder added to their food

Also whilst very young giving a little amount of good quality puppy biscuit also makes sure they are getting enough

There are a few very good sites on the internet that tell you what things are toxic to dogs.

My dogs love their fruit ie apples strawberries but avoid grapes.

 

[jimbh]

thanks everyone who has replied as I feel a little better now that im doing the right thing ,but please keep the advice coming .i have been reading a few articles and ive seen that some greyhound trainers have been feeding raw with good results and no bad effects (on greyhound data).if you feel im NOT doing the right thing please add your comments ......many thanks JIM

 

[jeano38]

Jeano38
If your worried about your pup eating the chicken wings to fast you could always break the knuckle part with a hammer lol I used to do this with my lot when they were pups.

My mums raised her 2 whippet pups successfully on a raw diet and they have a nice varied diet , turkey necks are also good.

As pups they had the same as all the older whippets who have been on raw food for a long time now.

eggs mine love them with the shells still on them and their tuna pilchards and fresh sprats

You can also get bags of vegetable nuggets from natures menu which are good they have apple peas ect in them and save time on mincing veg yourself

I have read that although dogs don't require an awful amount of veg they do benefit from veg but they should be minced and raw (the same consistency as found in preys guts) this helps aid absorption of vitamins and nutrients.

Vitamin c is good as well for developing joints and bones, flax seed oil is also good for coats as is seaweed powder added to their food

Also whilst very young giving a little amount of good quality puppy biscuit also makes sure they are getting enough

There are a few very good sites on the internet that tell you what things are toxic to dogs.

My dogs love their fruit ie apples strawberries but avoid grapes.

Thanks Steph

Its nice to hear all your comments from experience

I have written down all your notes and will be sure to incorporate in her diet from now on, Can you tell me how much you feed at each meal time please?

Will let you know how I get on

Thanks once again all