winterfarm

After 20yrs, I finally got fed up with kibble and went completely raw 6mo ago. It is definitely a learning curve, but now it is dead easy and cheaper than the expensive kibble I fed for years. And it's the REAL stuff! Chicken, pork, beef, fish, all sorts of organs, and any scraps leftover. Most shopping we do at the Asian Supermarket where the variety and price can't be matched. I freeze everything in dinner portions (~1lb ea/day) when we get home from the store, then pull a meal out of the freezer and only very slightly thaw it in lukewarm water before feeding. We live in a very hot, urban area with only a pool and patio out back, so the dogs eat on old towels on the kitchen floor, so mostly frozen meals keep things clean, tidy, odorless and simple. The time it took me to figure out how to find and organize and parcel out raw food, was about the same as it took the dogs to develop their jaw muscles and wake up their stomachs...maybe 3mo. After six months it seems like nothing, but the first couple of months were a little edgy while we figured it all out. We have had several weekends with a dogsitter although have not yet traveled with the dogs. No problems so far and the raw diet even seemed to kickstart my older dog's thyroid...we had to reduce her Thyroxine after 2months and 3yrs previously on the same dosage. Tripe is the only thing I haven't tried feeding yet! I may give it a go next shopping trip edit: Forgot to add that I save about 25% off the price of expensive kibble by feeding raw. I spend about $75/mo USD.

Emily H. Best contact - winterfarm@gmail.com goes directly to my phone Location: NEVADA, Las Vegas Distance willing to travel: most of NV, AZ, NM, SoCal, UT Can also possibly fly dogs with notice. Vehicle: Large SUV Extra Crates: Yes - 1 large plastic airline, 1 large wire Pull from shelter: Absolutely - tell me what to do Hold overnight: Yes Times Available: off every other week for 7 days. contact anytime. [transferred to database]

I'm new here but a lifelong working dog, herder fan. Both of my current kids are rescues, Kiva (SF, BCx) 8.5yo and Kai (NM, BC) 1.5yo. Both came to me at 5MO and it took a good two weeks for either of them to get a name! My advice is take your time, let them roll off your tongue a few times in context before you stick your pup with one for good