Originally Posted by andrea 35

Pero labrador i can only get it off the web site it cost me £30 for 15 kilo bag they have 300 gms a day as im trying too get Jessie to lose some weight as she was very heavy when we got her and Daisy to maintain hers as she has a dodgy elbow . they get 1000 mgs a day of glucosamine for the joints on recomendation of our vet and to be honest since giving it to both of them Daisy rarely limps at all . I forgot to say that most weekends they get a knuckle end bone from same butcher its all organic meat he does and they do gnaw it away to nothing vitually and then we get white poo,s for the next few days lol . I do put potato in too but we never had them yesterday with our dinner so i never did them any so i opted for rice , the food they get during the week is based on Salmon and brown rice has added glucosamine reduced fat ( as for the Lab lol) and all the vits ect , i researched the food and as we all know its a case of finding the best of a bad bunch , i was quite impressed with the range they did they guarantee the chicken they put in some of the other foods to be of Grade A human consumption quality and they also have an organic one with certificates from the soil association .

Originally Posted by ajshep1984

It all depends what type of intolerance the dog has to be honest but with raw you know what you're feeding and can remove anything from the diet that causes problems.

Chances are though it'll be something that is only found in commercial dog foods or that arises from the processing of foods so a raw diet of any kind would more than likely sort the problem out fairly quickly. Presuming the vets diagnosis of a food intolerance is the problem.

Like Andrea said it won't do any harm.

If you do decide to feed raw make sure you do lots, and I really do mean lots, of research before you start. If you decide on that route drop me a message and I will direct you to some good websites and answer any questions you might have!

Originally Posted by 4boys

Hi AJ
I would like to look at the sites you mention and look into what's involved with a raw diet. I can see the sense in researching it well as I have four children, work part time outside the home and maintain large house and garden, so do need to be practical about how much more time I can devote to Alfie. I was prepared for him to take up a fair bit of time in the early months, but nothing could have prepared me for what it's been like.

Originally Posted by ajshep1984

Pero doesn't look too bad to be honest, not a food I'm too familar with though. Orijen is the only dog/cat food that I would ever recommend to anyone and that would obviously be second to a raw diet. That has 500mg/kg of glucosamine guarenteed but it's £40 for 13.5kg.

Are you wanting to go all raw?

I think it would benefit your lab with the dodgy elbow, it would probably eliminate the need for added glucosamine as raw bones contain an abundance of glucosamine, chondrotin, collage and calcium among other nutrients which are all good for healthy bones and joints.

Originally Posted by andrea 35

AHHHH ok I see thats cool so on average for dogs such as ours whats the meat amount per day in grms approx bearing in mind the weight loss isssue , and do you just buy from the supermarket,or as i know they do pre frozen meat at pet stores .

Originally Posted by andrea 35

thanx AJ big help .