I wasn't sure how to title this. I wanted to first crow about how amazingly fantastic raw is. We tried some for two days, just to see how they liked it before we go about it in earnest, and they loved it AND for the first time since we got him Ragnar had consistently solid poops!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For anyone housebreaking, you know this is a major victory/help.
We get the raw food from an organic free-range farm and it's a mix of "leftovers" from turkey, chicken and beef. We also have a place we can get it that has chicken, beef and pork, also all organic and free-range.
Aber is 10 and he had back surgery about 4 months ago. He isn't walking, but he's not paralyzed. He can stand if you help him, but he's had some blockage problems since he just can't push as well as he used to. For the record, he blocked up from eating smoked bones. He never used to devour the whole thing, but he's feeling rather competitive about food since Mr. Puppy arrived.
I know with raw you have to make sure there's enough bone matter and such in the food.
So these are my questions;
1) Should I be worried that the bag of mixed raw food, since it's just leftover skin, organs, meat, etc., might not meet all of their needs and should I then supplement with canned or kibble some days just to make sure?
2) With Aber's problems in mind, and the lack of crushed bones in the food, should I add bone meal or something to the raw?
Ideally I would like to have them on straight raw food. I'm a true believer in it, and it would be significantly cheaper (which is always a plus---better food, lower cost, what's not to love?). I know this stuff is good quality--we get our own meat there. But I want to make sure they don't become malnourished in the meantime, or I give Aber another horrible blockage. Any advice?