Can I Feed My Dog Dry Food In The Morning And Raw Diet At Night?
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Dec 10th, 2009 |
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He is a 7 month old Beagle pup and my dog trainer really encourages feeding the raw diet. We bought some of his homemade food and fed it to my pup at night. He seemed to have liked it, but we are not sure whether to continue feeding him only that (it is also expensive). Would it be possible to feed him a high-quality dry food in the morning and raw diet at night for the rest of his life? Or do I eventually have to make a complete switch?
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Actually.. I’d do it the other way around. Raw in the morning and then kibble late afternoon or early evening.
You may want to consider doing some research on raw feeding. It doesn’t HAVE to be expensive to feed a fully raw diet if you are willing to do a little bit of work. I feed 4 BIG dogs raw on less than what it would cost me to feed a high quality food.http://www.eastwooddanes.com/Getting-Sta… has some great tips on finding raw food less expensively. I’m making a trip to my butcher this evening to pick up scraps and bone (free) from his wild game processing he did this weekend.
I do that. I fed my pup dog food in the morning and raw food in the evening. Its better I think to have a mix of both. A pup still needs proteins and nutrients that are available from dog food only. But raw food to make him grow bigger and more energy. I think it’s good.
High quality dog biscuits are definately far better but they still contain too many carbs which are unatural for a dogs digestive system. Dogs are designed to eat raw carcassess and vegetable matter with very little carb. Unfortunately a dogs liver cannot metabolise the sugars released by carbs and are toxic. Plus dog bisciuts contain added vitamins which arnt utilised properly. Leave youre dog with a raw meaty bone in the morning or a raw chicken neck and give a larger meal at night, a dogs stomache ph level is 1 which is highly acidic and they digest food far better on a very full stomache unlike other animals. Leave bikkies for the odd treat and save all youre veggie scraps, peel, cores etc and really overripe fruit and add to roo meat. shouldnt be too expensive, some kelp twice a week is great for extra nutrients and cheap sardines. Hope this helps.
Yes, you can do that.
You want to make sure that you feed the raw and kibble in two separate meals (I’ve read they digest differently).
What is in this trainer’s food? Is he charging you big bucks for it? (Just wondering if he only recommends it to make a profit.) If you aren’t ready to take the full plunge into raw yet (i.e. buying the meat and putting the diet together yourself), you can also use raw frozen diets:
- Nature’s Variety – http://www.naturesvariety.com/content.la…
- Primal – http://www.primalpetfoods.com/
I use the raw frozen diet in the morning and kibble at night. My dog has been doing quite well on it. (I personally just wanted more meat in my dog’s diet. Her dog food is 40% minimum meat, but the frozen diet I use is 95% meat/organ/bone.)
Note: If you use a raw frozen diet or a premade raw food like it sounds like the instructor makes, you do lose some of the benefits, such as the teeth cleaning that comes from eating raw meat off the bone. Just something to be aware of.
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No. This will cause major stomach drama and discomfort for your dog. If you cannot commit to feeding raw 100% then it’s best for your pup to stick to the kibble. A complete switch to raw is the only way to do it.
If you want to learn more about canine nutrition, Dr. Pitcairn has written a book about it that also includes recipes. He talks about raw food too. Good luck!http://www.dogwise.com/itemdetails.cfm?I…
Actually, lots of people do both. Raw is supposed to be rotated 3 times a week (protien source) and kibble is fine IF you are feeding one that has a very high meat content.
Examples:
Orijen, Innova Evo, Wellness CORE, Timberwolf Organics, even Merrick (it is low grain and 40% meat protien)
The Evo is great because you can rotate between red and white meats, which is really good for your dogs.
Another thing is that you want to make sure you are giving some sort of probiotic if you feed both. There is a great all natural supplement called Gentle Digest. Even plain yogurt or cottage cheese is ok until you can get a supplement. This balances out puppy’s digestive tract.
I have fed my dogs this way for years and have not had any stomach issues with them. I do it for convenience as well, and when I go away it’s easier for the neighbors to just feed them kibble.
http://www.fearfuldogs.com
Since the two (raw & kibble) digest differently, you need to feed the two seperate meals at least 12 hours apart to avoid digestional upset.