raw feeding gsd puppy??

[Courtney]

I am doing some research into raw feeding as the foods she is on now just don't seem any good, my question is I know it Needs to be 80% meat 10% raw bones and 10% organs I think that's right, but is that it no carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals if so what percentage, and how often can you feed a dog a raw egg because I've read it's meant to be really good for them

And help? Thanks

[gigantichill796]

Go with the 80/10/10 ratio. If you stick with that you realy shouldn't need anything extra. But remember you need to feed you pup for it's ADULT weight not current weight.

Eggs factor into protein, and calcium if you feed the shell. You could really give an egg every day and be just fine. There can biotin absorbtion issues with eggs, but that's only a problem if you're not feeding the whole egg and really your dog would have to eat so many eggs that they'd be sick before they reached point of that issue.

[DADDYO_XOXO]

I add a mix of vegetables to my dog's raw meal everyday, and give him one egg (with the shell) blended in his food every week.

[Steven]

I have had GSD's for over 50 years and I am proud to say they never once had a tin of derivatives or flavoured maize this is how I feed my current GSD (I also have an old JR) he's only 22 months old weighs over 100lbs and is muscular. First of all you can't give a dog a raw egg you can scramble one however my GSD gets one hard boiled egg a day. He is fed on processed tripe which is delivered and does not smell with this is mixed 1/4 lb small terrier mixed biscuits, he also gets boiled chicken with biscuits raw red minced meat with biscuits and every weekend he gets a raw breast of lamb no biscuits. He gets the egg in the morning and with table leavings his last meal weighs 1 1/2lbs because he has to go a full 24 hours until his next evening meal. My GSD poos once a day he has never seen the vet since he was 12 weeks of age.
I feed my cats with human food fish ham turkey cheese in supermarkets you buy 'sell by date' meat and other food items. I think people are lazy today therefore a scoop of dry food in a dish is wonderful might be for them but I like my pets to taste real food. My JR is 14 years of age he digs in out buildings all day searching for rats and mice he works a 6 hour day before the old boy comes home for some snack and his bed.
You have picked a wonderful breed of dog brush him twice a week with the Fuminator his coat will shine.
I hope I have helped because apart from buying cheap chickens that I cook the other foods are raw. The tripe is great for our breed they are famed for tummy upsets.
Finally I love the GSD females but got a dog this time because we had to many memories of our GSD female.

[E. H. Amos]

Your percentage of meat is FAR TOO HIGH, bone AMOUNT FAR TOO LOW. You have NOT done adequate reading on the subject. Pick up some books by the experts (on the subject) like Billinghurst, Pitcarn or Volhard. Organ meat does need to be about 10% of the total of meat.

Adding green leafy veggies is thought to be very helpful not ONLY for fiber (which is not in meat or bone) but they supply trace vitamins & minerals.

Rotating the diet every few days (or every day) & adding some fatty fish like: salmon, cod, herring mackerel or sardines, is also important. However salmon cannot be fed raw due to the flukes in it. Egg is only necessary (really) if you need a calcium source and you (currently) do not understand the correct percentage of calcium to meat.

Until & unless you do figure out how to feed raw (correctly, esp for a growing puppy) you can pick up pre-packaged raw by companies like: Bravo, NuDimension BARF, The Honest kitchen.

top 50 FAQs on BARF:
http://www.njboxers.com/top-50-barf-faqs...xmK9Zunxzo

Prey Model:
http://preymodelraw.com/how-to-get-started/

Learn How to feed RAW: http://www.rawlearning.com/

Figuring out how much to feed:
http://www.howtodothings.com/pets-animal...t-for-dogs
http://www.raw4dogs.com/calculate.htm
Raw Fedding spreadsheet: http://www.dogster.com/forums/Raw_Food_D...ead/491589

Feeding fish: http://www.rawlearning.com/fish.html

[Lorraine]

Do lots more research. It is far simpler than you realise but you need to be confident in what you are doing.

You are right there are no carbs...dogs don't need them, but if you haven't researched enough to know that the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients are in the very meat that you feed then you haven't read enough.

If you start then stay on chicken for a week...and only fine bone such as wing. Take it slowly and introduce one meat at a time and only as you are still seeing no reaction. It takes about 2 to 3 weeks for the stomach acids to change completely to deal with raw so don't overwhelm with lots of stuff. Worst mistake you can make.

I'm actually helping two people transition to raw at the moment and both are doing fine because they are not throwing everything at the dogs. Take it slow.

The key in the end is variety. (something kibble doesn't give)
You give as many different animals and as many different parts as possible.
Include fish also, and preferably an oily fish like sardines.
Also tripe a couple of times a week once established.

Here's a good site, and the guy has a facebook page and willing to answer questions.

http://www.vetsallnatural.com.au/index.p...Itemid=113

There are also yahoo raw group and facebook raw groups along with raw group forums etc... LOADS of people willing to help.

[puplovetft]

http://leerburg.com/webboard/thread.php?...e=1#389371

Here's a link to a thread about feeing pups raw. http://leerburg.com/ also has an excellent article / ebook regarding raw feeding.

The main thing with puppies is you have to be very careful that the pup gets the correct nutritional balance. I, and many others have used a combination of premixed raw, Honest Kitchen and homemade raw to make sure of the balance. You don't have the leeway with pups that you do with adult dogs.

You want to start out with one meat source. the most common is chicken from which the skin and fat is removed. It takes time to do it correctly but it is well worth the effort.

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/RawPup/info A Yahoo Group regarding feeding pups raw.