My raw feeding pics (meals) - Doberman Forum : Doberman Breed Dog Forums

**doberkim** · 02-12-2008, 09:40 PM

Figured since I may go a little off topic, I'll do my own thread

Berlin's ground turkey (she ate a few ground meals since she had an abscess on the side of her face healing up)

someone else sees her food and steals a bit

A rah dinner - whole turkey frame and whole slab of pot roast. frozen.

**doberkim** · 02-12-2008, 09:43 PM

Berlin eating a whole cornish game hen

Whole lamb neck
(rah)

Whole duck (split between the two of them)

Ground green tripe (split between the two of them)

So this is what they have eaten so far this week!

**doberkim** · 02-12-2008, 09:45 PM

oops, forgot the ostrich necks berlin had for breakfast this morning!

SASHAS POPPA · 02-12-2008, 09:49 PM

Yours looks nice and clean to Kim. They eat better then half the people on earth.

Oh and why do you feed rah frozen food. Is there a reason?

**DreamDoby** · 02-12-2008, 09:51 PM

Those kitties want some too. Give them some!

TracyJo · 02-12-2008, 10:59 PM

I love the last pic of Berlin and the game hen!
I have to echo the frozen question though... Why frozen - I thought frozen bones were bad, bad, bad - or was just the meat frozen and the turkey was thawed?

Andrea · 02-12-2008, 11:50 PM

Great pics - yummie yummie

!

Do you feed no vegetables or fruits?

sorthund · 02-13-2008, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by SASHAS POPPA

Yours looks nice and clean to Kim. They eat better then half the people on earth.

Oh and why do you feed rah frozen food. Is there a reason?

She'll answer for herself, but I'm sure it's to slow Rah down when he eats - makes him work harder and not just swallow everything in one gulp.

Great pics Kim - thanks. Now I think I remember that you don't necessarily feed Rah every day, depending, correct? Hence bigger meals....

**doberkim** · 02-13-2008, 06:13 AM

Yup Rah eats frozen (and has since I got him!) because he eats too fast - this was to give me time to myself. Though he does eat more and more thawed, because now its just a pain with all the other dogs in the house. I haven't had any problems with the bones, they react the same frozen or thawed! Raw inhales them the same

Nope, no veggies or fruits, except what he eats off my plate, or the veggies in the gross green tripe.

I have to go to the foodstore for some chicken tonight, I forgot to get anything out to thaw!

Lexxsmom · 02-13-2008, 07:55 AM

nice pics kim, those ostrich necks are impressive, good little berlin will have beautiful white teeth

hlm04 · 02-13-2008, 08:04 AM

great pics! i will definitely consider feeding raw

Dobesanddragons · 02-13-2008, 08:08 AM

What I am wondering - are you going to feed those kitties???

LOL.

**doberkim** · 02-13-2008, 02:58 PM

when i tell you every animal in my house has extreme food motivation, i mean the cats too

red_dobe_syd · 02-13-2008, 03:41 PM

Looks yummy! Thanks for you efforts and contributions.

**elly** · 02-13-2008, 03:57 PM

Great pics! It makes the boys here hungry!

**dobermansrule** · 02-13-2008, 06:17 PM

if you don't mind me asking, what is your weekly raw food budget? I feed premium kibbles which are costly but just wondering how raw stacks up costwise. No doubt raw is healthier I think.

**Luvbirds** · 02-13-2008, 06:43 PM

Kim....how often and how much Tripe do you feed a week. It cost me about $3.50 a pound.....I'm on a quest to find it cheaper.

Carol
ox

**doberkim** · 02-13-2008, 06:50 PM

Well, I don't think I'd pay more for feeding kibble - if I do feed them kibble, my dogs would be eating approx 20 cups a day. Tyler eats 6-7 cups of EVO a day, rah is 7-8 cups/day when he is fed kibble, and Berlin was eating 6 when she was eating kibble. So, 20 cups a day between three dogs means you go through 60 dollar bags of Innova EVO pretty quickly, right?

I average feeding about 40 lbs a week - some of my meat is very inexpensive (chicken and turkey, or instance, i can get well under 50 cents a lb, for instance, and I would say that makes up about half of their diet) - but some of their diet is over 2 dollars a lb. I would say on average I pay about 1/lb, maybe 1.25/lb? So say on average I spend 100-150/month feeding Berlin and Rah - Tyler eats mostly EVO, so he eats about 50 dollars worth of kibble a month, plus some Raw (and he's working through random other kibbles right now too - puppy kibble I had for berlin, leftover kibble elle couldnt feed to her dog - Tyler is an iron trash can! I actually got a GREAT deal on venison and rabbit as well right now, and I can get pork for a dollar a lb, so it's really just beef that ends up being expensive, and lamb - so I can feed most of my meals right now for 1/lb or less.

So - long story short - about 100-150/month to feed the two dogs. But we shall see as Berlin starts to grow where she ends up and how much she ends up eating. We are still adjusting.

Carol -
I feed tripe about once a week, maybe once every week or two?

I'll let you know next time I order it through my co=op, maybe you can just order some through me? I paid 1.75/lb i believe ? When I feed it I split the 4-5 lbs between Rah and Berlin, and sometimes Tyler too. Like I said, I go for simple. I buy things in 1-2 dog sized meals on purpose

Rah eats 2-3 lbs and Berlin gets the rest.

**Luvbirds** · 02-13-2008, 07:00 PM

Thanks Kim....I did put a call in to my store that carries Bravo brand, to see if she can discount it in bulk, she is going to check on it for me.

Carol

**doberkim** · 02-13-2008, 08:16 PM

how many lbs of food does petey eat a day, carol?

i like the bravo just because it comes in nice 2 lb plastic containers, so i dont have to handle it

my current tripe comes in plastic chubs so i have to dole it out... yuck.

muski-joe · 02-13-2008, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by doberkim

Well, I don't think I'd pay more for feeding kibble - if I do feed them kibble, my dogs would be eating approx 20 cups a day. Tyler eats 6-7 cups of EVO a day, rah is 7-8 cups/day when he is fed kibble, and Berlin was eating 6 when she was eating kibble. So, 20 cups a day between three dogs means you go through 60 dollar bags of Innova EVO pretty quickly, right?

I average feeding about 40 lbs a week - some of my meat is very inexpensive (chicken and turkey, or instance, i can get well under 50 cents a lb, for instance, and I would say that makes up about half of their diet) - but some of their diet is over 2 dollars a lb. I would say on average I pay about 1/lb, maybe 1.25/lb? So say on average I spend 100-150/month feeding Berlin and Rah - Tyler eats mostly EVO, so he eats about 50 dollars worth of kibble a month, plus some Raw (and he's working through random other kibbles right now too - puppy kibble I had for berlin, leftover kibble elle couldnt feed to her dog - Tyler is an iron trash can! I actually got a GREAT deal on venison and rabbit as well right now, and I can get pork for a dollar a lb, so it's really just beef that ends up being expensive, and lamb - so I can feed most of my meals right now for 1/lb or less.

So - long story short - about 100-150/month to feed the two dogs. But we shall see as Berlin starts to grow where she ends up and how much she ends up eating. We are still adjusting.

Carol -
I feed tripe about once a week, maybe once every week or two?

I'll let you know next time I order it through my co=op, maybe you can just order some through me? I paid 1.75/lb i believe ? When I feed it I split the 4-5 lbs between Rah and Berlin, and sometimes Tyler too. Like I said, I go for simple. I buy things in 1-2 dog sized meals on purpose

Rah eats 2-3 lbs and Berlin gets the rest.

Hi Doberkim , where do you live . I would like to get some tripe in a couple of weeks.

**doberkim** · 02-13-2008, 09:19 PM

Im in NJ, so I don't think getting tripe to you in canada is feasible

sorry! carol is only about 1.5 hours from me, which is why i offered

**triciakoontz** · 02-13-2008, 09:33 PM

This thread is really helpful to me as I am in the stage of having made my decision to go to raw feeding but not quite ready to start. I see that you feed most of the meals in bowls. Do your dogs drag the food around a bit on the floor as they are eating? When I have occasionally fed raw to my dogs I put down a towel and make them stay on it because they tend to make a big mess. Do they just eat it down right over the bowl after they master the raw eating skills (my two are pretty clumsy at it but they don't get it very often)? Thanks for the photos and info!

elle · 02-14-2008, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by doberkim

oops, forgot the ostrich necks berlin had for breakfast this morning!

haha my cat looks CONVINCED you are going to give her those necks!

sorthund · 02-14-2008, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by triciakoontz

This thread is really helpful to me as I am in the stage of having made my decision to go to raw feeding but not quite ready to start. I see that you feed most of the meals in bowls. Do your dogs drag the food around a bit on the floor as they are eating? When I have occasionally fed raw to my dogs I put down a towel and make them stay on it because they tend to make a big mess. Do they just eat it down right over the bowl after they master the raw eating skills (my two are pretty clumsy at it but they don't get it very often)? Thanks for the photos and info!

Personally I only use bowls when I feed cut up stuff with veggies, (or if I'm taking pictures of meals). If feeding lets say 1/4 chicken I just toss it on the ground outside. I got tired of trying to keep the meals on towels etc.