Hi im new to this site and have read several threads relating to feeding a raw diet. I have a 10 year old German Shepherd called Sasha and have in the last few days changed her diet to raw. I have been feeding chicken mince from pets at home and the odd bit of liver mixed with finely chopped kale and carrot and today added a raw egg. She seemed to be doing really well, no bad smells and her energy levels have increased but tonight on her walk she had a very runny poo and was wondering if I am doing something wrong. Very concerned that I could be doing more harm than good, especially with her being an older dog.
Any advice or reasurance would be greatly appreciated.

My boy gets an upset tum if he's fed chicken for more than two days!!!!

What else do you feed him? I have read chicken or turkey but dont know anyone with dogs feeding a raw diet, they all think im mad for trying it!

Sorry ,I don't feed a raw diet, just thought I would mention it as most people think chicken is good if dogs have upset tum. There are a few people on here that feed raw, just can't be online at the moment

OK, thanks

all my dogs eat raw diet... including my 9yr old GSD bitc Sasha,

Do they ever have the runs on it? I gave Sasha a bone tonight and she just wandered round the house serching for a good place to hide it! In the end she gave it back to me lol bless. Loving the name Sasha by the way.

a couple of mine get runs if they have a lot of rich beef.. but apart from that my dogs have never been healthier on any other diet.

My 2 are also fed on raw. My boy was about 17 months old when we changed and my girl a puppy at 3 1/2 months. They get chicken, turkey, lamb, beef, rabbit, tripe, kidneys, livers, hearts, various fish, raw liquidised fruit & veg, raw eggs and to be honest they haven't had a runny bum on it at all.

Has she eaten something nasty of a walk or had some commercial treats beacuse this can upset my 2.

Also did you make the change over gradually? beacause sudden diet change can upset the mechanics for a while.

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This is not uncommon when transfering over to Raw. Firstly offal (liver, kidney) has a tendancy to cause runs initially. Whilst the ideal is 5 - 10% offal, when just starting you should limit this to ensure that you dog is comfortable with main food sources.

Chicken is a good start (some dogs are allergic so you have to watch for this) feed it for a couple of weeks and the slowly introduce other foods. Beef can sometimes be a little rich for the new starter as well.

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