we always give ours tripe, chicken, lamb etc with soakd biscuits.

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I have a ten yr greyhound and i had that for a couple of days. Over two weeks i took her off kibble and onto what i call a raw meat diet. Like what you have described; fresh meat with a little veg and mixer. I actually gave her tinned meat or fish and mixer. When i changed the mixer to a plain biscuit i had softer verging on runny stools. Clearly the biscuit was not right for her but the mixer was fine. Basically the biscuit was passing through her too quickly. Chopped veg must be as fine as possible; prepared using a Hachoir, food processor or knife if you can chop v.finely - too large and it'll go straight through. I feed twice a day... three smaller meals when switching over initally - easier on their digestion.

If your dog has been on kibble then i reckon a 1.5 - 2 week changeover. Some kibble does contain substance that induces almost an addiction to it and dogs can suffer a little until it is out of the system. That may be the case with your dog particularly if they have been fed the same food for several years.

I'd recommend you try some Chappie, white fish or tinned pilchards and see how that settles. Fish is easily digestible and dogs love it. [I weighed the dogs last week and when i called into the vets i noticed a whole load of Chappie on the shelves and less of the complete feed sacks. I asked the receptionist why they seemed to be changing to tinned food - apparently customers had been asking for Chappie.] Maybe some cooked rice as well to remove any possibility of biscuit allergy. My parents had a dog that suffered from that and eat raw meat/fish with cooked rice , a little raw veg, [and a vitamin additive] all his life. The biscuit allergy disappeared with age.

RAW DIET - WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN? Raw Meat Bone [RMB] or BARF as some people call it is exactly that. Meaty bones where your dog chews off the meat and crunches some of the bone.

I feed raw diet - fresh meat/fish with a mix of veg and mixer. Some folk say veg isn't required but it does add to their diet. Quantity is important a dog should have 2-3 % of their body weight.

My quantity guidline per day per dog
2 parts meat : 1 part veg-mix [veg-mixer being in equal proportions]

Veg - green mostly and some carrot and swede/turnip. Fruit some of the time but never pips (poison for dogs but occasional one isn't going to do any harm). Mixer a good quality one like pedigree or Tesco's premium. I mix the meat and veg together by hand and then put the mixer at the side of the bowl [dry to help clean off the teeth - mixed in with the meat stops this].

my lurcher weighs 18 kg. 2 % gives 0.36 kg meat [13oz], 0.09 veg [3oz], 0.09 mixer [3oz]. I do add a vitamin additive tablet and garlic tablet. I used to give evening primrose oil for the coat but use a higher quality mixer now which has a higher oil content.

Obviously this depends on age and exercise etc. I call that the base diet and they get chicken wings some days and a marrow bone. I always weigh food to monitor their weight.

I don't fed my dog by raw meat or fish. I'm afraid of harmful bacteria. Have your dogs never caught any bacteria by eating raw food?

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hi can any1 tell me wot the raw diet is-i no its raw food-but ive read somewhere thar u cant gice them raw chicken an pork

raw chicken is excellent. my dogs love raw chicken carcass

Not many people know that there have been cases of Salmonella in dry dog food?

I am a manufacturer of Raw food. In the UK the regulations that you have to adhere to are more stringent than for producing food for human consumption. All batches have to be tested for bacteria and completley traceable.

If you follow basis hygines rules, like you do for yourself there is no risk.

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A raw diet is feeding your dog or cat raw meat and bones, no dry food and no processed wet food.

The pork issue is a bit of a myth nowadays. There used to be concerns over trichinosis which is a parasite that affected pigs and caused serious problems in anything that ate it. Nowadays this is eradicated from pigs bred in the UK. There is still a possibility that wild game especially boar can pass it on but most suppliers of game freeze it for at least 2 weeks to ensure that the parasite is dead.

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www.kiskasiberians.co.uk - The home of Hypoallergenic Siberian Cats
www.back-2-nature.co.uk - Raw Food for Dogs, Cats and Ferrets

www.rawfed.com - Information on Raw Feeding

NO - like us i imagine their bodies build up immunities. My sister was also an animal welfare inspector and never came across a problem. More damage to a dog is done by ethoxyquins that are in dry complete food.