you are welcome shanna, im so pleased with the condition of all my dogs from feeding a raw diet ..(2 yrs now) .ill never go back to kibbles.... chewing raw bone keeps teeth clean even in the elderly dogs! and you know , if you ever had a toy size dog before, they get rotten mouths fast! raw fed dogs who eat bones dont ...they have puppy looking teeth at 14!... not to mention hot spots, hair loss, disease... etc... darcy
________________________________ From: Kavi <kaviescontin...@yahoo.com> To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, September 19, 2010 2:24:32 AM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] New To Group: Please help with thin recused chihuahua thank you Darcy! shanna Visit my eBay Store For Childrens Wear Specializing In Christening & Communion @ http://stores.ebay.com/Kavis-Christening-n-Communion-Store --- On Sat, 9/18/10, Darcy Jacobs <flyway7...@yahoo.com> wrote: >From: Darcy Jacobs <flyway7...@yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] New To Group: Please help with thin recused chihuahua >To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com >Date: Saturday, September 18, 2010, 8:30 PM > > > >no, he can NOT catch worms or anything from raw meats...just wash up as you >already do when preparing dinner for people....dogs are made to digest raw >meat. >darcy > > > > ________________________________ From: Kavi <kaviescontin...@yahoo.com> >To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sat, September 18, 2010 12:59:17 AM >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] New To Group: Please help with thin recused chihuahua > > >Hi Everyone!! > >I really really appreciate all the info on feeding raw foods to my new chi. the >last few days he has been eating pretty good 3 times a day. he is picky, but >funny thing is he will eat one type of food in the morning (his choice), >another >one at lunch, and another at dinner. it is dog food. one is cearer wet, one is >purina simi moist, & then Mixables. Oh, I have to hadn feed him. (lol) I think >he might have gained a bit of weight. I will take him to the vets office >tomorrow and have him weighed. I will try the raw meat. Can he get worms from >raw ground beef? The vet did say his teeth need a good cleaning! I will be >doing >that next. > > >THANK YOU EVERYONE! will be looking forward to reading more info about >chiwawa's. > > >shanna > > >Visit my eBay Store For Childrens Wear >Specializing In Christening & Communion @ >http://stores.ebay.com/Kavis-Christening-n-Communion-Store > > > > > > > > >--- On Fri, 9/17/10, Darcy Jacobs <flyway7...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>From: Darcy Jacobs <flyway7...@yahoo.com> >>Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] New To Group: Please help with thin recused chihuahua >>To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com >>Date: Friday, September 17, 2010, 11:34 AM >> >> >> >>i also found a well played out chi is a hungary chi!! lol >>darcy >> >> >> >> ________________________________ From: Rylee O'Neill <ryleeone...@gmail.com> >>To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com >>Sent: Fri, September 17, 2010 2:29:09 PM >>Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] New To Group: Please help with thin recused chihuahua >> >> >>What a lucky little guy. Maybe try some of the home cooked meals Scott and >>the >>others make? I've been really impressed with how other's chi's look after >>being >>put on raw or home cooked meals. I haven't made the change but I do use >>Natural >>Balance products with limited ingredients. Frida loves the soft food warmed >>up >>some. They also have food rolls or treat rolls that smell great when warmed >>up. >> Sounds like you really saved his bacon. Send pictures, sounds like a sweetie >>pie. >> >> >> >>Rylee and Frida >> >> >>On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Darcy Jacobs <flyway7...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >>>hi shanna, i just got 2 chi's in the last 2 months ...brother and sis... both >>>pooping bloody water , hair loss, way too thin, coccidia, giardia, worms....i >>>started them at one pound, on the raw diet... they started with ground >>>chicken >>>quarters mixed with ground beef and ground liver and kidney... they are in >>>perfect health and weight now... if you want to see ifhe will like it offer a >>>teaspoonful of raw ground beef or chicken... at his age he can eat a whole >>>chicken thigh bone and all raw only never cooked. you can cut it in half . >>>raw >>>food is best for him. >>>darcy >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ From: dasha <dash...@hughes.net> >>>To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com >>>Sent: Fri, September 17, 2010 6:12:40 AM >>>Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] New To Group: Please help with thin recused >chihuahua >>> >>> >>>Feed him the chicken. He needs to put on some weight >>> >>> ________________________________ From: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:chihuah...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Kavi >>>Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 2:10 PM >>>To: Chihuahuas >>>Subject: [Chihuahuas] New To Group: Please help with thin recused chihuahua >>> >>> >>>Hi everyone! >>> >>>I am new to this chihuahua group. We adopted a 4 year old male chi one week >>>ago >>>from the SPCA (non-Kill shelter) of las vegas. His name "was" Taco, but we >>>changed it to Ricky. He was turned in by his owners. He is black & tan. He is >>>very very thin. He should weigh about 7 lbs the vet says, but he weighs about >>>4.1. His ribs and hip bones show. At first I thought he was starved by his >>>other >>>owners, but, I am having a real tough time getting him to eat now. The first >>>3 >>>days, he ate 4 times a day. Now its barely one time a day. Its not that he >>>wont >>>eat, its that he picks and chooses what and when he wants to eat. I have >>>tried >>>to feed him S.D canned, simi-moist, mixables, dog cookies, good dry dog food, >>>and now he is not eating much at all. this morning he took 4 little bites of >>>his >>>S.D canned food, but I had to feed it to him by hand! If he were at a normal >>>weight, I would not worry so much, but he is very under weight. I bought some >>>Nutri-cal for him yesterday. he is not thrilled with taking that willingly >>>either... have to put it in his mouth. The only thing he will eat that he >>>loves >>>is either human chicken or those pup-a-roni treats. Loves them! >>> >>> >>>So I know someone here might have some ideas about how to spark his >>>appetite. He >>>has seen a vet, and seems ok. he is happy and playful. if anyone has any >>>ideas, >>>please let me know. He has been through a lot. He was at the shelter 2 weeks, >>>shots, micro-chipped, fixed, and put in a kennel with 2 other bigger small >>>dogs, >>>which one of the dogs was picking on him, barking and bitting at him. that is >>>when I decided I wanted to see him... and we took him home! PS: I take him >>>almost everywhere I go. He loves the car. >>> >>>Thank you >>> >>>Shanna >>>Las Vegas >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>Rylee O'Neill >>Email: ryleeone...@gmail.com >><a href="http://pitapata.com/";><img src="http://pdgm.pitapata.com/N9lQm6.png"; >>width="200" height="80" border="0" alt="PitaPata Dog tickers" /></a> >> >> > >
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