Calcium

[BULLDOUG 199]

I agree JD but i cant always feed bone (as regular as i would wish) so somtimes have to call on bonemeal and eggs.

 

I think finding a vitamin level is the hardest part of a raw diet, i think ive cracked it but always willing to learn from other dog men (such as yourself)

 

I think turkey is a great source of protein for that extra push, but as you say raw meat and bone is half the battle.

[skellyb 8]

As long as you are giving a good variety of raw meaty bones, fish, organ/offal such as heart and liver, eggs etc then there is no need to worry about vitamin levels.

They will be getting all they need and natural rather than the synthesised vitamins which are in most supplements and commercial feeds.

[BULLDOUG 199]

Dogs are natural scavengers and in the wild they would eat all sorts, from worms to rotten apples etc, if a wild dog was lucky enough to come across a carcus they would eat it from the stomach inwards, therefore eating the quarrys feast (digested grass etc). we must provide them with some form of veg/fruit IMO. (PUREID)

[skellyb 8]

Each to their own, but even if they did eat the stomach contents (which is debateable see http://rawfed.com/myths/stomachcontents.html ) then it would be as you say grasses, leaves or shoots not half a pound of bananas and a pound of carrots and peas.

[BULLDOUG 199]

Well thats debatable, if it was a Charlie from my allotment it would be fat as a moon pig

[sandymere 8,263]

I'd agree with JD the average dogs diet is likely to be a little higher than needed in calcium rather than low so wouldn't worry about egg shells just give em the eggs as part of a balenced diet.

 

The raw feeding link, a load of hippy tut, ignores a large proportion of wolves that feed on small prey and eat them whole including a gut full of seeds etc such as twenty lemmings eaten by artic wolves per day, as usual just picks the stuff that backs them up and ignores anything contary to their beliefs lol. :wacko:

[skellyb 8]

I'd agree with JD the average dogs diet is likely to be a little higher than needed in calcium rather than low so wouldn't worry about egg shells just give em the eggs as part of a balenced diet.

 

The raw feeding link, a load of hippy tut, ignores a large proportion of wolves that feed on small prey and eat them whole including a gut full of seeds etc such as twenty lemmings eaten by artic wolves per day, as usual just picks the stuff that backs them up and ignores anything contary to their beliefs lol. :wacko:

 

As i pointed out above, whatever is in the gut is not half a pound of bananas and a pound of carrots and peas.

Think about it before jumping to conclusions and dismissing everything as "hippy tut", how on earth is fruit and veg replicating what is in the guts?

And fyi lemmings eat mostly plants such as mosses, grasses, herbs, shoots, and lichen.

[sandymere 8,263]

I'd agree with JD the average dogs diet is likely to be a little higher than needed in calcium rather than low so wouldn't worry about egg shells just give em the eggs as part of a balenced diet.

 

The raw feeding link, a load of hippy tut, ignores a large proportion of wolves that feed on small prey and eat them whole including a gut full of seeds etc such as twenty lemmings eaten by artic wolves per day, as usual just picks the stuff that backs them up and ignores anything contary to their beliefs lol. :wacko:

 

As i pointed out above, whatever is in the gut is not half a pound of bananas and a pound of carrots and peas.

Think about it before jumping to conclusions and dismissing everything as "hippy tut", how on earth is fruit and veg replicating what is in the guts?

And fyi lemmings eat mostly plants such as mosses, grasses, herbs, shoots, and lichen.

Some might advocate bananas lol.

[skellyb 8]

I'd agree with JD the average dogs diet is likely to be a little higher than needed in calcium rather than low so wouldn't worry about egg shells just give em the eggs as part of a balenced diet.

 

The raw feeding link, a load of hippy tut, ignores a large proportion of wolves that feed on small prey and eat them whole including a gut full of seeds etc such as twenty lemmings eaten by artic wolves per day, as usual just picks the stuff that backs them up and ignores anything contary to their beliefs lol. :wacko:

 

As i pointed out above, whatever is in the gut is not half a pound of bananas and a pound of carrots and peas.

Think about it before jumping to conclusions and dismissing everything as "hippy tut", how on earth is fruit and veg replicating what is in the guts?

And fyi lemmings eat mostly plants such as mosses, grasses, herbs, shoots, and lichen.

Some might advocate bananas lol.

Yes some might, but not me LOL