The Real raw diet

I’ve been feeding my dogs a raw diet for about 9 years now, and only in the last 3-4 years have adjusted my ratios to the prey model raw diet (80% meat, 10% bone, 10% organ meat).   This is an easy guideline to follow, and is more appropriate to what wolves eat in the wild.   Supplements are generally not necessary, though I have always fed egg a couple times a week, some yogurt daily, veggies a few times a week.  I feed ground meat for many of the meat meals, mostly so I can mix in the supplements, though it’s more appropriate to feed big chunks of meat.

Well– I still have “Six” (Ms. Green) here for a time, and she seems to be trying to  get me to feed her the “Real” raw diet.  She refuses all ground meat and most supplements.  But hand her a whole steak, pork loin, chicken breast, duck neck, or chicken back and she’s all over it.  “Organ meat blend?  Forget it.  Give me a whole chicken liver, gizzard, or decent-sized piece of beef liver.”  Any supplements I give her like a salmon oil capsule needs to be stuffed in the middle of a turkey heart, which she devours with gusto.

I guess I’m being trained here!  This little girl says she is no urban carnivore.  🙂 Good dog!