Dog Food - To Feed or Not to Feed?

I've been reading about this BARF diet. Ok, this sounds good - dogs are canines and are supposed to eat raw meat.

I joined a wonderful group and started reading the posts. The one thing I can't do is feed my dog chicken bones - he's like a vacuum and inhales everything that is big enough to fit in his mouth! He gets raw beef, beef heart, pork, whatever I can find on sale. I mix it with his kibble two to three, sometimes four times a week. The rest of the days he gets canned mixed with kibble.

In comes 50 million recalls - or so it seems. I'm not a patient person, so I don't have the patience to look in all the store to figure out which brand has been recalled - or worse - which brand is going to be recalled tomorrow!

I see chicken thighs on sale for $0.89 / pound. Hmmm... I get to thinking. I buy them and cook 5 pounds of them. I break out my grandmother's old fashioned meat grinder - you know - the one where your arm falls off by the time you're done grinding?

I grind up all the cooked chicken - bones and all. I add a can of jack mackeral, 5 raw eggs and about two tablespoons of garlic power - mix it all up. I feed this "glop" to Rambo (not all at once, this lasted me for a week). He LOVES it.

I have been feeding Rambo a combination of cooked dinners and raw for two weeks. His coat has never looked better. His teeth had been starting to get some yellow on them, even though I fed raw meat and bones a few times a week. His cooked and raw still gets mixed with some kibble - but his teeth are now white, his coat is soft. You wouldn't believe how soft.

He's a much happier dog - and I'm a much happier mom - a side effect that I was told about, but did not believe - he poops less! He poops less because his body uses more of the food I give him, since it's not all preservatives and fillers and other junk his gut just does not process.

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Boy oh boy... my mom made me do this sit-stay thing today. She had cheese - mmmmm! I love cheese! But she kept making me stay longer and longer! I don't know if I like this game, but at least I get yummy treats for this one!

The neighbor dog came over today. I like to play with him, but he always growls and snaps at me. He is this little red spaniel looking dog. He's always so grouchy and him mom lets him pee all over my mom's car tires and her plants. My mom growls at his mom when that happens. I wonder what it would be like to make messes in other people's yards? Mom won't let me do that!!

Just a Little Bit About Me

I am a 10 month old German Shepherd Dog. I used to live with a nice lady who was a vet. My big brother used to pick on me - he is a bull mastiff. I think they were right when they named that breed - big BULLies! I could not stay with my first mom, so my new mom brought me home on December 18, 2006.

I like my new home, and I like my new mom and dad. They spoil me rotten. They bought me all kinds of toys and a frisbee! I can't catch it in mid-air yet, but I love to steal it from them and run away with it!

I think my mom has been talking to my old mom - she makes me sit just like my old mom did. But it's worse with my new mom! She makes me "stay." And she wants me to do this thing where I have to stand up and "stack." Geez - what next? At least she takes me for long walks. She lets me have some fun on part of the walk, but on part I have to "heel." Then she stops and makes me "stand" and "move." When she says "move" she wants to run! I like to run. I have a really pretty trot. I lift my legs up high like a Tennessee Walking Horse because I know I'm so handsome!

Well, I'm tired for now. Mom makes me work alot of the time. That is good - at least I don't get bored and start ripping up my house and my yard!