Re: Raw meat diet for dogs with cancer-message did not go through

April 13, 2009

Hi Gita:

Thought I'd send this again, after waiting five days, and never seeing

it come through the list.

Best,

--- Re: Raw meat diet for dogs with cancer

Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:27:35 -0500

From: Airedalean <airedalean@...>

References: <1239255533.705.54599.m5 >

Hi Gita:

I'm glad you brought up organ meat. I had neglected to mention that.

Many of the people on our raw-feeding list feed organ meats of various

types, usually beef, chicken, or lamb, but I would use whatever you have

available where you live. In a cancer diet, you are trying to get the

best nutrients available, and by feeding raw, this provides a dog or cat

the nutrients they need.

Perhaps in the past, Molly vomited up the bones she ate because they

were cooked. If you are worried about giving raw chicken necks, by all

means grind them up--some people on our list do this because it makes

them more comfortable about feeding raw. Or, if you don't have a

grinder, perhaps you could use a meat cleaver and chop them into very

small pieces. Speaking of necks, by the way, I would never feed turkey

necks whole, because of their size. Because they are so much larger

than chicken necks, there is a danger of a dog getting the turkey neck

caught in the throat, trying to swallow it. Turkey necks should always

be cut up up lengthwise in some way (or ground up) because of this danger.

Where I live, I can find canned mackerel (and other types of fish) that

is not salted. Is it possible to find some where you live that it not

salted? If you are not able to find any, then you might want to try

fish oil capsules, if they are available, in place of the canned fish.

Good luck with Miss Molly,

thanks-for the links as well as the precise information.

What " organs " of beef may I begin with-this may be cheaper for me too?

Molly has usually vomited when she ate bones of any sort (cooked of course).

At this point I will not dare to give her chicken neck even as is-might

I grind it up and give?

Canned fish mostly has salt-how do I deal with that?

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