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Permalink Reply by Wendt Worth Corgi's on October 31, 2008 at 3:54pm

I've never fed my dogs a raw diet except for a finicky female that is pregnant. As long as you have the essentials that is fine but make sure you do the research. The only issue I would see w/this is the hygiene care needs to be stepped up then. Just like dogs on canned food.

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Permalink Reply by Wendt Worth Corgi's on October 31, 2008 at 3:55pm

oops..dental hygiene care which includes being able to have some good mastication like chewing on a cow hoof or compressed rawhide.

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Permalink Reply by Tekozi on April 27, 2009 at 1:00pm

Yes, I have been raw feeding mine for a short while. AMAZING improvement. all my corgis had horrible plaque (despite tooth brushing!) there breath was awfull, there coats had that "dog smell", my boy pooped 3 times a day ( A TON) and it was stinky and nasty. I was feeding my male 3 cups of supposedly holistic dog food and he was still skinny (this food was expensive too!) After 1 week of raw feeding, my boy's plaque was completely GONE... no odor to the breath at all, poops once a day I tiny little bit and its very firm and not stinky... even his urine isn't smelly. He has way more energy. his coat is getting shine back and he doesn't stink.

You will be in awe! Start them off with chicken leg quarter's, be sure to hold them (with gloves) if they gulp, had to teach my boy to chew the bones not swallow them whole. I also give them a raw egg a day and liver or chicken hearts.

I am now introducing beef (ground is all we have around here at the moment) be sure if you feed ground meat you include a meaty bone for chewing (I feed about a quarter pound of ground beef with a raw egg and then after a Turkey neck or chicken back)

I am still new to this, I was scared at first to switch, but now i will never go back. Just be sure not to feed kibble and raw, kibble takes longer to digest and can cause bacteria to stay in the intestine to long.

My only regret is not taking a picture of my boys teeth before I switched him! I would love to be able to post a before and after pic!

Oh and don't worry about veggies, (AKA barf diet) Dogs are pure carnivores ;)

here is an extremely awesome FAQ!

http://www.rawlearning.com/rawfaq.html

Take care, and if you want any more support message me!

-Kat

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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on April 27, 2009 at 1:23pm

There's a Seattle company (Darwin's) that delivers frozen raw meat to our door. I don't even want to know what it costs. It's allegedly human-grade, but I trust nobody and you're dealing with raw ground meat in the kitchen so you want to be scrupulous about hygiene and sanitation.
My wife started this when our first corgi had skin problems (chewing until she had sores). That disappeared, so perhaps a food allergy or something was the problem.
We started adding some kibble, which softens the stool but makes it a bit harder to clean up.
They get about 1/2 c meat, 1/2 c. kibble 2x daily. The kibble is that Wellness(?) stuff, whitefish & sweet potato, no grain.
It might be interesting to stop the kibble and see if their breath/plaque improves.

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