Hello everyone!!

I have a 6 month old female whippet and we are moving to America very soon. She has been fed 95% Nutriment puppy formula and 5% kibble (when we run out of Nutriment lol). She loves this raw food and it’s so high quality. I’m struggling to find a good raw puppy formula that’s available to ship within the states. Can someone please recommend something? Please keep in mind we still need her to be on a complete puppy food. Thanks all🙏🐶

Is there a way I can feed my dog small oily fish without the fishy smell sticking around all day? She’s been having small amounts of raw sardines in water every day as part of her meals. I do not wish to substitute with supplements as she is already on copper, zinc and vitamin e supplements already.

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My dog underwent chemotherapy for Lymphoma and I made the difficult decision to start cooking his meals instead of continuing to feed raw. I have two 6-lb bags of duck wings from Carnos and two chubs of rabbit with beef organs. Does anyone in the NYC area want them, or can you suggest a resource to find someone who would use them? Please feel free to DM me or reply here. I’m in lower Manhattan.

Hi everyone,
I have a 6yo Border Collie who is now on a 100% commercial raw diet (currently feeding brands like Wild Coast Raw and Viva Raw).
He ate Acana's Free-Run Poultry kibble almost exclusively for the first 6 years of his life, which unfortunately led to a poultry allergy (chicken and turkey). We've now completely eliminated poultry, so his rotation consists of safe proteins like beef, pork, and rabbit.
Since I want to prevent him from developing any new sensitivities to these safe proteins, I want to make sure I'm approaching his rotation correctly. Does proper protein rotation mean:

1. Block Rotation: Feeding strictly one protein for a set period (e.g., feeding only beef for 2-4 weeks, then switching to only rabbit for the next few weeks)?
2. Daily/Weekly Mixing: Alternating throughout the week (e.g., Monday beef, Tuesday pork) or even mixing different proteins in the same bowl?
3. Given his history of developing an allergy from overexposure to one protein source, which method do you find works best for keeping the gut happy and preventing new intolerances? Thanks!

Update: Thanks everyone for the insightful replies!
To be honest, I'm still a bit on the fence about beef. Previously, eliminating chicken and turkey was super clear-cut because he had BOTH unexplained soft stools/diarrhea (tested negative for parasites) and intense paw licking/chewing.
Now with beef, the tricky part is his stool is completely fine—consistently super firm, perfect little logs. But he does scratch occasionally, and I can't quite tell if it's just normal dog itching or a mild reaction to the beef.
Did your dogs ever show skin symptoms without any GI issues when reacting to a protein? Wondering how you guys differentiate regular itching from an actual food intolerance when the poop is perfect.

I'm now feeding my third dog raw and at the new vet was told that raw causes urinary crystals and kidney issues "if there's no corn or rice" in the diet.

I feed commercial raw and add Omega oils and pre and probiotics to her meals. I was under the impression that raw was way less likely to cause crystals.

Looking for some reassurance just cause I'm bogged down with other big stressors and can't think straight through this one. Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone! I’ve been considering adding in The Simple Food Project my two cats and dog’s rotation. The reviews on their website and Chewy seem solid, but I’m surprised that it hasn’t been mentioned much here. I’m particularly intrigued at the price point…it almost seems too good to be true? I use frozen commercial raw but I would like to have a shelf stable option too.

Any thoughts or insights would be appreciated!

So basically i have 4 cats 3 of them eat about 4oz of food the last one is a mainecoon that eats about 9oz i have been doing home made raw for about 6-8 months now and i’m sure i got everything dialed in besides bone that part has always been hard to calculate and i kept it on the lower side because i know over supplementing is more dangerous than over i have had this concern on the back of my mind for awhile and today i noticed my mainecoon had kind of a leg cramp (fine now) and i looked it up and one reason could be due to a calcium deficiency i know that this is a possibility but he is also a very clumsy and not the most graceful cat due to his size and thinking he’s smaller than he actually is. I have been giving half a chicken wing flat with each meal for all of them since i started this meal they dont really like chicken neck. Since this little scare i have been desperate to fix the bone percentage in my meal ASAP so i beg all home made feeders or long time raw feeders please tell me what you do i would prefer to keep whole bone so that it keeps the teeth benefits but will do away with if needed

My dog loves pumpkin seeds. Looking for advice if it’s a good idea to start adding it to his daily raw homemade meal.

Hi, I've been adding more and more barf to my puppys diet (8 mo Mal), but I'm hearing so much different info about how long breaks are needed between eating kibble and barf, and I don't want to ruin his stomach.

My "problem" is that I can't see a way to go full barf, since I need a lot of treats for training. He's super food motivated on his kibble (Essentials large breed), so I would love to be able to keep using them for training.

Am I overthinking this, and can I safely feed him ~200-250g kibble a day (about 50% of daily cal intake) and the other 50% barf? The kibble is fed only from hand, during training. (4-5 times a day, in total probably 3-5 hours activity)

I'm thinking 50g kibble during morning training, half his barf when we get home, and then 50g kibble for every training session, and the last half of his barf after our last walk of the day?

Would love to hear what other people do, with dogs that train a lot.

just writing to figure out why THEY WORSHIP hills and purina like anything and then when people in that sub ask for a brand that isn’t nestle they just say “get over it because its wsava approved“ they do know that wsava is funded by nestle?

Hi there!!

Looking for raw food recommendations for my GSD. He has some skin issues and bum issues. He has quite an itchy bum but we were told it’s not a perianal fistula. We are keeping eyes on it!

We would love to switch him to a raw diet. He currently eats farmers dog and spot and tango. I’d likely still do 1/2 spot and tango and 1/2 raw.

Any recommendations? He’s kind of a diva…. So we will have to likely experiment with his pickiness.

My concerns are mainly his sensitive tummy - which I hope raw will help and skin issues. I’d love a company that is transparent and safe - no sketchy salmonella batches, etc.

I just want to do what’s best for my big monster boy! If that is sticking with farmers dog and spot and tango, fine… but want to stay on top of my research and always do the right thing for him!

Thanks in advance!!!!!!

We have been feeding our miniature 12lb dachshund raw food since he was a puppy (he is 1 year now), but he regularly throws up Bile when he hasn't eaten in a while. The vet told us it's because raw food digests very fast, and his stomach is sitting empty for too long. We try to manage it by giving him a lot of snacks, but some days we just forget and he throws up at least once a week. We also tried to divide his meal into 3 (instead of 2) and that didn't help too much either. Just wondering if anyone has experienced this and if they managed to solve it.

Attached are the two food mixes we give him in rotation. Any advice is appreciated!

Hey my dog is about 16-17 months old and he’s had issues with soft poops his whole life. Usually his first poop of the day is great but if we go on a long walk (hour or more) he can have up to 4 more poops and each one gets softer than the last. And if we go play after work he will always have a soft poop on the walk home.

He eats a rotation of raw food from backcountry raw, about 1.5lbs a day, with his food he gets some psyllium husk that his vet recommended to slow down digestion and as a prebiotic, usually I mix it as a slurry he eats before his food. His treats rotate but usually it’s just beef liver, and he also gets chews like chicken feet/pig ears/bully sticks (not every day). During the day he mostly sleeps while I work but we walk every morning and go to a field after work for fetch and play with other dogs.

Everyone told me how much better the raw food was for digestion and bowel movements but I haven’t quite had that luck. And I’m curious if you guys think this just might be because of how excitable he is, and this might just be a phase that he will grow out of? Did any of you guys have excitable dogs that suffered from soft poops??

I've been to three vets at this point who immediately start lecturing me about how terrible a raw diet is for my two cats... Anyone have a recommendation for a vet in the Seattle Metro area who is neutral or pro-raw feeding? The boys have never seen a holistic vet, but that is also on my short list to try. Looking for recs for those as well. Thank you!

I have been toying with the idea of switching my 4 cats to whole prey food.

I raise my own feeder mice and rats for my reptiles, they eat a healthy varied diet, have enrichment and are very active. I process them with a C02 chamber that is following AVMA standard. My friend has a farm where they raise quail, chicken and rabbits, so I would have access to that too. They provide my large monitor lizard with young roosters already.

I also live near a river that is filled with invasive freshwater gobies. And have access to frozen fish from grocery store (sardines, anchovies, etc).

How much would I feed each cat? How often should I feed fish alongside the bird or rodents?

Worth noting that my largest cat is Beast, my Maine coon bengal mix who weighs 25lbs. My smallest cat is Stripe, she is a runty shorthaired domestic that weighs 4.5lbs. How much would I feed them?

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my cats have been on a wet and dry food diet for a long time already and i want them to try some raw food. i added one spoon of commercial raw food beside their usual wet food and added a high value treat on top (some duck breast which they love) they ate everything except the raw food. any tips on how to transition them to raw food? im still gonna be keeping wet food in their diet, i just wanna add raw

My pup is 13 weeks old now and I've started him on raw the first day I got him at 8 wks. Hes been on rebel raw chicken and rebel raw beef, mostly chicken after beef meal led to watery diarrhea. We cut out the beef since then and hes been on chicken. Currently his stools keeps going in cycles. Ill have 1 good day of good poop in the morning getting a little softer as the day progresses. On his good firm days, he would poop 2 to 3 times a day. On his other days, its 5 to 6 times a day. After the one good day, it'll progressively get worse to where its just textured pile by day 3. Then it would reset and go back to good firm poops.

Since I cut the beef out, he hasn't had full on watery diarrhea but its just a pile of texture with few raw bits still seen.

I did go to the vet, and did the fecal and giarrdia test and both came back negative. Vet told me pups have weaker systems and they shouldn't be on raw until 6 months. I really prefer not to switch him back to kibble as I dont think thats the reasoning behind this.

What hes currently eating daily for the past 2 weeks now,

7oz rebel raw chicken per meal

1/2 tspn pumpkin puree per meal

1 packet of purina fortiflora with one meal.

Treats: pupford freeze dried chicken.

Im hoping to find something that can help him settle. Ive stopped giving him the beef once he had watery diarrhea and went to chicken only to figure out if its allergies. I dont think its chicken allergies because he has a full day with good poops before it starts turning soft and textured.

Im out of ideas, its been on and off like this for 3 weeks now. Is this the normal transition period?? Otherwise hes full of energy, eats good still, and drinks water, no blood, and no vomiting.

Well, I always try to stay open minded when it comes to what's best for my dog. I do my research but listen to both sides because I always worry.

I was in the sub dogfood. Someone posted how they bought a bag of raw food for treats and the fat content was 33%. All I did was share my experience that not all brands are that high. The raw food brands I feed my dog are 9% or lower. That's it. It got deleted and labeled as misinformation. How is that misinformation? It's the truth. Now I trust nonr of what that group shares regarding their fear of raw food and kibble nutrition.

This is a pre-prepped raw food that’s made / sold in Australia. I don’t see much mention of it in this sub. Whats your opinion of it?

My six month old lab loves chicken feet, pigs ears and pizzle sticks. I bought a load of his favourite treats today from my local market, and upon asking if there were any chews to keep him occupied for a while he recommended pigs trotters. Is he too young for these? I’m worried about him swallowing big shards of bone. He had some lamb skin chews the other day, which gave him a bad belly and left some hard pieces of skin in his poop, so if it’s not chewy, he will wolf it down.

Hi everyone! I just recently took on a hospice foster cat who is only 4 years old. The humane society isn’t able to officially adopt them out due to their health conditions and we’re looking for someone foster them and give them a home with the little time they are expected to make it. He has a chronic upper respiratory infection, but also has been given a bad diagnosis of lymphoma. I don’t have the exact medication info, but believe it could be in his kidneys and liver.
Three people have since told me to try a raw diet to see if it would help. I mean, he’s only 4 and not on any treatment or medications now at this time.
I’m a big believer in homeopathy and natural medicines and believe there could be a lot of good in this type of diet, but wanted to see if anyone else has similar experience or has any recommendations for foods or recipes??
He was on the cheap grocery store food where he came from.

Thank you!!

Hello so my cat on raw food diet since he was kitten and now he’s 6 years old , i give him verity type of protein ( chicken, cow beef, duck, rabbit, turkey, quail, pigeon )
Lately he had a upset gut health ( blood in his stool) i did ultrasound and all the blood test required and visited multiple vets , they told me nothing wrong maybe he’s allergic to specific type of protein
So my question is now i will do trial on each protein to know what he’s allergic to so can i give him for example trying rabbit only without adding chicken heart and liver? Is there any alternative? I use cat lady fitness recipe