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    Re: Raw meat diet questions

    Quote Originally Posted by SRMD94 View Post
    I have been considering getting a dog and have a question, this is for people who feed their dogs raw meat.

    If you do feed your dogs raw meat I would like to know...
    what/how often and how much you feed your dogs from puppies to adult, this may seem like a stupid question but I would just like to know.

    The breed of dog I may be getting is either a:
    Staffordshire bull terrier

    or a
    English bull terrier

    Thanks.
    I have a Pointer/Staffordshire mix and a Malamute mix, both of whom are on raw. The Malamute mix was a puppy when I got her. She basically required the same diet as my grown dog, just in a different amount.

    I follow the "prey model" version of the raw diet. IN a nutshell this means feeding ratios of organ, bone, and meat that would be found in a prey item. Some people take it a step further and feed whole prey (I actually did for a time). My dogs get about 2-3% of their body weight, divided up into 2 meals a day. My malamute gets a steady 2-2.5% per day throughout the year, but my other dog needs close to 3% in winter, and closer to 2% in summer (to keep enough fat/not too much fat on her bones - she's VERY active and pretty much just skin, muscle, and bone).

    What they get varies from day to day. Their diet is based on chicken. Lamb is too fatty and doens't agree with them. Pork makes them a little gassy. Beef is given on occasion, as is turkey, quail, and fish. I would give them rabbit if it were more available and more affordable. They also get beef heart. For organ I do one of two things: Give them liver, or grind different organs together and feed the mix.
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