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Raw feeding - what about beef fat?

Ok Everyone, I cut WAAAY back on the beef fat, and they do have dry food daily. The dog with the chronic intestinal issues has been thoroughly tested, poked and prodded by his veterinarian and has no known cause for his diahreahh. I plan on giving beef bones with marrow to them next week as a treat, and will be adding a fresh egg once or twice a week. I am also thinking of giving Chicken Leg Quarters about 3x a week. I may also start giving cooked rice and/or oatmeal. All the time having the base of kibble available to them. I also have Cottage Cheese or Yogurt that I will add on oposite days of the eggs.

Does this sound any better? Not having an attitude about it at all, I really appreciate everyones concern and responses.

Thanks

Hi Barb,

there is a good guide at http://www.rawlearning.com/

I feed my dogs meaty bones in the AM, usually chicken drumsticks, and thighs with the fat cut off. I switch to Calf Neck Bones once a week and usually Pork Neck bones a couple times a week.

for lunch my younger dog (13 mos) gets his muscle/organ meat. (beef liver once a week around 5 oz.)
at night they get ground turkey and beef stew meat
they get a raw egg 3 or 4 days a week with the evening meal.

I also feed them Green Tripe with Trachea and Gullet - you can order it from greentripe.com
there is also a formula of muscle meat and organ meat at green tripe.com called Xcaliber, good for younger high drive dogs. Ok for seniors once in awhile.

They get plain yogurt once or twice a week as well as fish. I was feeding them pureed veggies and stopped once I started the green tripe.

My older GSD is 10 and when she has a bit of an upset system, I give her raw unsweetened pumpkin, gets her back to normal quickly.

I never feed any marrow bone, or any type of rib bones, for treats they get Beef Knee Bones with the ligaments attached or cow hooves.

Training treats - k9 magic or zukes mini naturals. Check out the raw learning site, you'll get a lot of good info there and also leerburg has great meal ideas on the forums.

Good luck.

I have a female who always has very good hard stools. Meat, kibble, it doesn't matter. Give her a bone and she has the aquirts for 2 or 3 days. No bones, great stools. Go figure

Have you tried adding canned pumpkin yet, to help with diarrhea? Also, Abhay mentioned B12 deficiency can cause diarrhea, in a past thread.  Whenever we give a raw marrow bone treat, my dog will have loose stools, so be prepared.

The purpose of canned pumpkin is added fiber, and it's ok for acute symptoms.  But this seems ongoing and I wonder if meidcations have been tried, how do you know all nutrition is being absorbed if the dog has chronic diarreah.  Some of the medications can be used for that type of thing depending what it is metro, flagyl, probiotics, low residue prescription food, the dog could have an irritable bowel disorder or something.

Demedia, sounds like a great plan!  Green tripe is good stuff.  Many raw feeders never give any large bovine bones b/c of the possibility to chip or fracture teeth, so I'm not sure if the bones are a good idea.  What kind of fish do you get?  I wish I could feed mine fish, but it's so expensive!  The cheapest fish I see is like 4,00 a pound, and salmon is 9.00 a pound, it's so expensive. 

I feed mostly chicken quarters and thighs, boneless chicken to balance out all the bone in the regular chicken, veal liver, chicken liver, ground beef, lamb hearts, some boneless pork chops when they go on sale about every 2 wks.  I also make a mixture every few days: brown rice, green beans and carros, chopped apples, eggs, and yogurt, fish oil pills.  I know grains are not the norm for raw diets, but I think the brown rice is good for dogs and it's also cheap, I am feeding 4 so cheap is good.