Well today is day one of operation feed Lexi a raw diet. I thought it might be nice to do a two week diary, so anyone else nervous to take that step can follow a beginner.

Lexi gets fed twice a day, her main bigger meal of 200g of meat in a morning and about 110g of meat for her tea.

We started raw feeding with her tea today.

For her tea she has just had her first chicken drumstick....she was a bit confused to begin with, licked it for a good five minutes, had a nibble took the skin off, then tried to swallow the thing whole!!!!! anyway due to pre-warning i was keeping a very close eye on her, so grabbed the other end and held it so she had to chew and break the bone up. Except for a very small incident where she chewed my finger (OW!!!!) instead of the chicken leg it went very well and she seemed to enjoy it....
Chicken mince for breakfast tomorrow.

Try bashing up the drumstick, keep an old tea towel or similar for this purpose, wrap the chicken drumstick or wing in it so it doesn't shoot off the counter when you hit it, and use a meat mallet or rolling pin to bash the heck out of it.

That's a really good idea...save me getting my finger chewed...shes a staffie so her jaws are fairly powerful...felt a bit bad as she caught me i obviously went ow quite loudly and then we had maybe a minute when she was scared of chewing the chicken again...I obviously scared her.

I've helped a few people switch over, and have switched a few dogs over myself, so have the practical experience. Good luck, they do well on it, both my girls have been raw fed since pups and they LOVE it!

Oh a diary is a great idea hon, well done u 4 giving it a go

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What a lovely idea

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Bon appetite Lexi!

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Well post first raw meal i thought i would update, I thought she would be really unsettled and confused because we havwen't been through her normal 'teatime' routine but, and i may be reading too much into this, but she has been very chilled out and relaxed all night and seems very content. Seems a good sign.

Morning of day two.

She has been a little bit sick over night, with tiny bits of bone in it...however if you don't know her background we were trying to stop her pooping through the night, and although she was sick she didn't poop. If i hadn't read up first and she had been sick I would have been panicking however I know that it is fairly normal and can happen so remaining calm. She is fine in her self and has pooped normally twice.
She has just had 200g of chicken mince with mushed carrot and parsnip for her breakfast. She adored it, licked her bowl clean and came looking for more.
She looks at you when you feed her as if to say wowo mum this is so yummy!
Will update again either after tea or tomorrow!!

3 out of 4 of mine were a little sick in the night when i first started giving wings.
Glad its going well and shes enjoying her food so much
good news about the poop in the night .

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