dog food allergy

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Originally Posted by Gilroy

I guess I,am a lazy guy,phone up my raw food guy,he calls me back after he kills a few animals I pay my $40.00 drive of with my 40lbs of very fresh frozen meat.

I agree not all the food is the same especially for raw,tried a new source a few days ago,minced down chicken.Felt very greasy in the hand,rendered it down in a skillet and it turned to a liquid mush of mostly fat and water,very little chicken.

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I have had that happen as well and got tired of how inconsistent meat mix's were becoming. The first and second batch was good then the third was terrible. Finally I gave up and it was either start mixing my own again or start feeding a high performance kibble. I thought about feeding raw to my two hunting dogs but it's much easier to feed a high quality kibble.

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Originally Posted by yellow dog

I have had that happen as well and got tired of how inconsistent meat mix's were becoming. The first and second batch was good then the third was terrible. Finally I gave up and it was either start mixing my own again or start feeding a high performance kibble. I thought about feeding raw to my two hunting dogs but it's much easier to feed a high quality kibble.

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I agree its not that easy to get a good raw supplier,I have one and his raw is excellent but its hit and miss for supply as I,am a small order guy 6 cases at a time and some of the breeders near him give him big orders.The prices on raw in or near the GTA are nuts.

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Originally Posted by yellow dog

Because I had allot of dogs 18 sometimes more it became a full time job mixing a raw diet. I would purchase large chunks of beef, tripe ,horse and whole fish or fish meal and run through my gas powered grinder. A bunch of us guys would spend days mixing adding supplements and then freeze into 50lb blocks.
Years later I purchased premixed raw meet mixture with supplements but felt the diet was not consistent enough from my supplier out of Quebec. They did do very well on a raw diet with exception of a few dogs that needed to be fed a high performance kibble to maintain weight and muscle.
Eventually I switched to a high performance race proven kibble National Dog Food, Red Paw and finally Dr. Tim's Momentum . Feeding took less time , clean up as well and more time spent on the trail with my dog team. The dogs looked and performed as good if not better on kibble than the previous raw diet I was feeding.
I do believe some dogs can do better on raw than kibble or vice versa. I use to really enjoy mixing up raw diet recipes along with working with an animal nutritionist. It's most satisfying when you see how hard they are working day in and day out being fueled by something you took part in.

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Id say you are the exception to the rule not the rule itself. A show of hands would show most people own 1-2 dogs. Id be more frustrated with cleaning 18 poops per day than making the food lol must be fun cutting the grass

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Originally Posted by GrizzlyAdams

Id say you are the exception to the rule not the rule itself. A show of hands would show most people own 1-2 dogs. Id be more frustrated with cleaning 18 poops per day than making the food lol must be fun cutting the grass

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Actually very little stool when feeding raw and my dogs were on sand not grass staked out. Made for easy cleaning on well drained sandy soil. The dog yard was shaded by huge white pine tree's.

I use "go". They have a sensitivity line that has no chicken or tomatoes. Oddly enough we found out dog allergic to tomatoes as well. The bag is black and yellow and we have had good results with it.

To help with yeast I have been giving her a probiotic in her food twice a day. This has helped clear up about 90% of the yeast.