Raw Feeding, What do you think about this? - Page 1

Hi everyone, i have been speaking to a poster on pedigree database and she suggested that i get this looked at by a nutritionist, and i will be doing that, but i would like everyones opinion also.
is there to much or to little calcium?
any information will help

thank you in advance

Here is the ingredient list from the website (http://perfectlyraw.ca/our-products/pro-energy-mix/):

Ingredients: ground chicken backs, ground chicken frames, backs and legs (GLMB), cooked eggs, organ meat (pork)

No two raw feeders feed based on the same model but I personally wouldn't feed this product.

It strikes me as being high in inexpensive boney chicken parts and low in meat (minimum 50% bone based on these parts). If you want to feed boney chicken parts then you could do this cheaper by buying chicken backs/frames in 50 lb cases from a poultry supplier. I also try to minimize the amount of ground food that I feed since my dogs' teeth gets tartar build up very quickly on ground (other people's dogs might be different). I also wouldn't feed a 100% chicken based diet.

You can use the USDA Nutrient database to look up how much bone (ie. refuse) is in chicken parts.

The biggest problem I see with this is the pork organs. If raw, I think that's not good. My vet advised me not to feed pork at all, especially not raw. Too many parasites. When I butcher a hog, the wild critters get the stuff I don't eat, so I prefer ruminants. That way the dogs get tripe and organs, etc instead of so much wast as with pork.

There is debate surrounding whether trichinosis and pseudo rabies from feeding raw pork is still a "real" concern in North America. Many raw feeders do feed raw pork (usually due to the low cost) but I feel uncomfortable and so do not. I don't care if I'm being irrational on this issue.

I don't think you're being irrational. For me, if my vet, who I've been using for twenty-five years, tells me don't feed pork, then I follow his advice. There are too many alturnatives to take a chance of getting my dogs sick. I'd rather use a fresh road kill deer, than pork.:)

Ok, you are definitely more likely to find the Trichinella spiralis parasite in wild game than in supermarket pork. (though I should add, not likely in deer meat.) However, pastured pork will probably have a higher percentage of meat infected with the parasite.

thank you for your comments so far everyone,
i should have said before exactally what i feed my dogs.
my dogs diet does not only consist of this product, i also feed beef twice a week, turkey necks, tripe(everyday), fish, and venison when it is available, and also i alternate between liver,kidney,tongue(beef)
I have bought chicken backs and you have to buy them all frozen together, thaw them to get them apart, and then refreeze them as i feed everything frozen and i just dont like doing that with chicken.
if anyone else has anymore advice i would love to hear it.

thanks

Just something to think about for those that feed their dogs pastured pork: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/7/07-1538_article.htm

vacha...try it...it may do wonders for your dog, it may not work at all...

M&J, that is why pork needs to be cooked thoroughly. If anyone has had the opportunity to have pasture raised pork, they would probably never eat factory farmed pork from the grocery store again. Same goes for any other meat.