Raw Feeding (prey Model Diet) For Puppies?
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Is it better to use puppy specific premium dog food for puppy nutrition or is it better to do raw feeding? Raw feeding is awesome, but I don’t know if I should do it for my pup (he’s a doberman) and I don’t know if it has too much protein for his puppy needs. I was thinking about doing premium puppy kibble until he is around 18 months then slowly switch to raw. Can anyone give me some info on this, and what the nutritional needs of a large deep chested breed like a doberman are? Which would you recommend?
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Maybe not for puppies. If you give it too much protein, it may not be good.
Obviously, raw diet has A LOT of protein. Wait it out. For now, feed it normal puppy food.
Whichever you can afford easily. Raw does not have as much protein as people would like to think.
Here is a group you should join for more insight. There are plenty of pups from chihuahuas to great danes raised on raw. There are even breeders who wean their pups onto raw.http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawPu…http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawCh…
You could switch but honestly you might as well start him on raw now, that’s just my opinion because puppies are much easier to transition than adults.
With raw and with pups you can either feed based on their current weight or what their weight will be as an adult, most go with the second.
although meat here in america is very clean. parasites can still slip through.i feed my pits some raw ,but not exclusively. as long as you keep up on their worming and other health stuff it should be fine.
Sometimes, if a puppy gets too much protein, they tend to have growth spurts and develop weak bones. Switching to raw at about 18 months is probably the best idea.
My dogs eat the same thing from weaning to the grave – a natural diet of raw meat, meaty bones and offal. The pups start eating ground chicken frames and kangaroo mince at four weeks and by six are crunching through chicken frames and drumsticks. By the time they leave at about 10 weeks they have eaten chicken, beef, lamb, pork, kangaroo, heart, kidney, liver, whole fish (tinned and raw) and maybe even some prawns as a treat
Pups do need a lot of nutrition and by about three months they are eating the same amount of food that they will need as an adult; between 2 and 4% of their ideal ADULT weight per day. Just reduce the number of meals as they age.
If you aim to feed (over a week or two) about 2/3 meat and muscle (including heart) and the rest meaty bones and organs, your dog will get all the nutrients it needs. BTW when a raw feeder talks meaty bones they mean meat with a bone in it (chicken quarters, lamb ribs etc) Not a large shin or knuckle bone.
** I don’t know where people have got the idea that meat based diets (notice I didn’t say an all meat diet – bones and organs are essential) is high protein!! It is not high protein it is perfect protein eg – raw beef liver is about 20% protein, raw chicken is about 14%, lamb heart 16.5%, most game meats about 23% and raw Atlantic salmon 20% this averages to about 18.5% protein by weight).
** protein does not cause growth spurts – CARBS do!!
This website has nutritional breakdowns of 1000s of different foods.