You can also use pulverized egg shells in lieu of bone meal...just take your shells from breakfast...dry and throw in a little coffee grinder...1/4 tsp mixed into the raw meat!!!!...per serving!!! Thats what i did b4 I purchased the ginder...easy-peasy!!! Waggin' Tails in The Dog Park, Deanna
and The Dog Park Pack: Nugget, Shuai-Li, Mouse, Myrtle, Mable,and Caleb and honorary non-dog members of The Dog Park: Stella-Macaw, Stanley-Amazon, Miles the cat www.joys4toys.com ________________________________ From: Kavi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, November 17, 2010 4:10:24 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again / Bone Meal ok I understand, but I think I should have it on hand in case I do not feed bones daily. shanna --- On Wed, 11/17/10, Darcy Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: >From: Darcy Jacobs <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again / Bone Meal >To: [email protected] >Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 4:08 PM > > > >try a healthfood store... if you feed wings or chicken ribs daily he doesnt >need >bone meal ... its instead of whole bone. >darcy > >--- On Wed, 11/17/10, Kavi <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>From: Kavi <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again / Bone Meal >>To: [email protected] >>Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 7:05 PM >> >> >> >>Hi again >> >>ok, I check petco and petsmart and neither show that they sell Bone meal for >>dogs. Anyone know a good place to buy it? and does it need to be any special >>kind? (natural I will suppose). so sorry, I know nothing about bonemeal. >> >> >>shanna >> >>--- On Wed, 11/17/10, Darcy Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>>From: Darcy Jacobs <[email protected]> >>>Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again... >>>To: [email protected] >>>Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 3:52 PM >>> >>> >>> >>>easy peasy, follow what Jacqueline said... they need bone daily to avoid >>>loose >>>poops. mix ground beef ground chicken and liver with bone meal and its >>>perfect. >>>use different meats over the month for variety... one pound beef, one lb. >>>chicken, 1/4 lb liver (in blender) bone meal as directed per this many >>>meals... >>>i dont know how to figure that but you can add it per servng and not in the >>>mix. >>>.. i get ground quarters bone and all and mix with ground beef and ground >>>chicken, so its 80-10-5-5. thats meat-bone-organ (heart and kidney) and the >>>last 5 is liver. the organ is 10% of which half is supposed to be liver. >>>this >>>gets way easier ovr time ... he should eat 3% of his ideal weight per day. >>>ill >>>make a mix and squish it nto an ice tray , several at batch, freeze over >>>night, >>>pop out and ziploc keep frozen. thaw 3 per day for the next day ... one per >>>meal.. no vitamines needed. dont skip the bone or the organs or he will get >>>sick... >>>darcy... =)~.. congratulations! he will be so happy and healthy! >>> >>>--- On Wed, 11/17/10, Jacqueline Crawley-Ewing <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>From: Jacqueline Crawley-Ewing <[email protected]> >>>>Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again... >>>>To: [email protected] >>>>Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 4:05 PM >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>LOL - but do you eat Raw!? - you did say your dog likes your food. >>>> >>>>They get everything they need from Raw [Chihuahuas site] - check out the >>>>Raw >>>>websites. When they eat the bones they get the calcium and the meat offers >>>>everything else. I think it's 80% meat 10% bone & 10% organ meat. You >>>>don't >>>>have to feed it all each time but over the week the balance should be >>>>that. >>>>Organ meats are rich so only a little. >>>> >>>>Veggies are not necessary but it is still a controversial subject. Raw >>>>Veggies >>>>need to be really torn up to open the plant cells so the dog gets the >>>>nutrition. I've read that pumpkin - not pumpkin pie filling - is a good >>>>vegetable to have around to help the intestines clean - either from >>>>constipation >>>>or diarrhea. >>>> >>>> >>>>Lots here who feed this way - I don't even have a dog yet!! - just an avid >>>>researcher. Good luck - it will be interesting hearing how it goes. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________ From: Kavi <[email protected]> >>>>To: Chihuahuas <[email protected]> >>>>Sent: Wed, November 17, 2010 2:54:22 PM >>>>Subject: [Chihuahuas] OK, lets talk Raw Feeding again... >>>> >>>> >>>>Hi everyone >>>> >>>>I know we have about exhausted the raw feeding talk. I want to start >>>>feeding >>>>Ricky Raw. He likes our food so much that I am waisting money on dog food. >>>>So I >>>>would just like a very simple recipe for Ricky. I do not want to grind up >>>>food. >>>>I just want to mix like raw beef, turkey, or chicken, the livers etc with >>>>veggies and whatever else. what about vitamins? He will get all the >>>>vitamins he >>>>needs in raw? >>>> >>>> >>>>A meat, livers, veggies? and what about the raw bones? can I just put them >>>>in a >>>>baggie and use a hammer and crush them? >>>> >>>> >>>>I can read about raw feeding online, but who better to ask than the ones >>>>who do >>>>it here! >>>> >>>> >>>>Thanks >>>>shanna >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
