Deb - You're a Genius!!

Well - I did what I said I was gonna do and tried Jade with raw meat. I didn't hold out much hope as shes a fussy little moo and it took us ages to find something she'd consider eating!! Went to Pets at Home yesterday and got some of their chicken and liver mince (only 66p per pertion) on Deb's advice. Took it home and waited for it to defrost, made sure Jade was nice and hungry and I put down 1/2 the packet with some of her Arden Grange. First of all she had a sniff and looked at me as if to say 'I'm not eatin that crap!'. She lay down next to it for 5 minutes then jumped up and ate the whole bloody lot!!!! I nearly fell off my chair!!! She then sat for the next half an hour licking her lips!! Thanks for your advice Deb!! My OH has renamed you the 'dog oracle'!! xx :king:

Yeah my two also have that. My two have one of them between them, not badly priced i dont think, although think you may be able to get it cheaper.

They love it!!!!

Yes I get my chicken mince from a wholsealers (Bodle Bros) and its about 20/30p a packet.

I'll have to have a scout around now that I know she likes it!!xx

Its brilliant when they try something new and like it!! Roxy has improved so much recently. My friends little girl tried to feed Roxy chips at the weekend before she would have gulped them down and any other junk on offer but her meals seem to be filling her up!! (Wish I could say the same for me!!)

When we got her she was used to eating burgers, chips, doner meat etc - everything thats bad for humans so god knows what it must've done to her!!! Took us ages to find a dog food that she didn't turn her nose up to, thats why I was so shocked that she ate the raw mince!!xx

Thats the best thing about being a member of a forum you can always pick up tips from other members!

Glad she likes it Claire. Over the weekend I finally manages to get Kane completely off commercial dog food. He's getting strictly all natural home prepared food now.

Well done Deb, how long did it take you from start to finish to change Kanes diet?

Good going with Kane! I'm so pleased she took to it so quickly!
Still giving her Arden Grange with it but plan to slowly introduce her to a raw meat diet gradually as I learn more about it. I'll get rid of her pot belly if its the last thing I do!! D'ya think raw meat would work on my belly??!! :lol!: Thanks again.xx

claire wrote:Good going with Kane! I'm so pleased she took to it so quickly!
D'ya think raw meat would work on my belly??!! :lol!:

If it does let me know but I'm feeling generous so you can be the guniea pig!

Hey Deb, What does your diet consist of? I am curious to know. You know myself I feed raw .. been feeding it for years to my dogs. Love to hear others and what they feed.

Deb!

I've been trying Tess with raw and she keeps turning her nose up at it
i part cooked some on the 1st day and she ate it and on day 2 she did eat some raw meat but on the 3rd day she's turned her nose up at it and will only eat her jwb kibble
so far i've tried her with
chicken
steak
liver
heart
and even a raw bone all she done with that was take it away and bury it dig it up and bury it a few more times but wouldny attempt to eat it

craigourstaffy wrote:I've been trying Tess with raw and she keeps turning her nose up at it
i part cooked some on the 1st day and she ate it and on day 2 she did eat some raw meat but on the 3rd day she's turned her nose up at it and will only eat her jwb kibble
so far i've tried her with
chicken
steak
liver
heart
and even a raw bone all she done with that was take it away and bury it dig it up and bury it a few more times but wouldny attempt to eat it

Beef is the Hardest for dogs to get to want to eat.
May I suggest taking the chicken grinding it up and cooking half of it and putting the raw mixed in once cold. Many times you can start to get the dog to eat meat cooked then move into raw slowly.
Once the dog gets use to eating raw you can get them to eat other meats and bone.

Deb

Thanks Deb i'll give that a try

Hi Deb, mine get a small amount of a good quality dry mixed with raw meat, pureed raw veg, yoghurt, brown rice, supplements with kelp and flaxseed oil. They also get raw bones regularly.

Deb

engladian wrote:Hi Deb, mine get a small amount of a good quality dry mixed with raw meat, pureed raw veg, yoghurt, brown rice, supplements with kelp and flaxseed oil. They also get raw bones regularly.

Deb

Oh ok so you actually do not feed a total RAW diet. I didnt think you did from talks on the net we have but wasnt sure if you started or not ..

Thanks for the answer

Deb