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My corgis were on solid gold and then taste of the wild with some can mixed in. For 3 weeks I have them on a raw diet. I started with ground chicken and pureed veggies and vitamins. Ive upgraded to chicken and beef. They are loving it. Their coats are shiny and their teeth look good. Does anyone have any experience to share? My vet is not approving.

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Permalink Reply by Andrea on January 18, 2014 at 9:09pm

We switched Ein to raw over a month ago. Ein had a UTI and her urinalysis came back that she had a high amount of struvite crystals. Our vet recommended we go on a raw diet to help acidify her diet and hopefully get rid of the struvite crystals. Well, it worked and the vet thinks raw is a good fit for our pup. We do a premade complete raw diet. Here is the website: http://www.darwinspet.com/. We get it every 8 weeks on our front door. I do not make my own since getting the right mix of veg, vitamins, and the right meat/bone matter in the right proportions can be difficult and time consuming. So I picked a reputable brand thats easy to handle. I just break off an 8oz portion each night to defrost and give Ein half of it at each meal, with meaty bones (this is important) in between. In doing this Ein is happy, healthy, nicer coat, and lost some chub!

Many vets do not like raw. I know many that love it though (like my vet). You have to do it correctly though. Going out and getting a pound of ground chicken from the store and adding some veg is not the correct way! The diets need the right kinds of vitamins, minerals, supplements as well as the meat, bones, and ofal (liver, hearts, ect).

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Permalink Reply by Jane on January 19, 2014 at 5:36pm

I would just make sure that they are getting all the proper nutrition they need. Usually there are fairly specific amounts of ground meat, organs, bone, veggies, etc that you should be giving.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on January 21, 2014 at 4:04pm

Most vets are against raw diets because providing the right nutrition feeding raw is much harder than offering some chicken breast and a few carrots (which is what a lot of people think is nutritionally balanced). I feed Franklin raw in the morning, I mix Instinct Raw with Honest Kitchen, he gets kibble at night. I honestly have seen zero difference between feeding kibble and fish oil and feeding an all raw diet so I just feed both to save money and hopefully he gets some benefit from the mixed diet. I would recommend feeding a pre-made raw diet because if you don't have the correct calcium:phosphorus ratio in a homemade diet you can cause some very very serious health problems.