Re: Transitioning onto Raw Foods

[Gina Heitz <brier@oregonsbest.com>]

Hi Deb,

I am off to slave away out at Timberline, grooming Judy's dog and checking 
in o the rescue pup's. So here is a brief non specific guide...

(  Sorry I didn't read your post to raw list.  I have that list in it's own 
box now and seldom even open the box which is why I didn't see your post.  )

Basically I just followed my regular dog diet for Seiko (who went raw at 8 
weeks)  But fed her more of it.  I only feed two times per day even pup's 
because I don't want protein spikes that cause fast growth.  With raw I 
feel this is way more important because the quality of the protein it good 
and absorption is better...  Seiko was a natural and eats ANYTHING 
including all veggies.  She has never turned her nose up to anything.  I 
started her out on the small ends of T-necks about 6 ounces and 3/4 pound 
of veggie mix for breakfast to that I added couple tablespoons of cottage 
cheese, V-C powder, and a child's chewable vitamin.  Dinner at first was 
kibble for about a week.  The next week I gave just RMB for dinner and 
started adding supplements to her breakfast such as flax and kelp.  I just 
worked into it slowly but with her again never a problem.  By 4 months I 
would say she was eating as much if not more than SeaJay:  full pound of 
flesh meat ( chicken hind quarter)  or 3/4 pound of ground with veggies 
about 25% veggie.  And dinner, a full Tom neck at about a pound.  I fed her 
this till about 7 months.  Just cut her back last week a bit as she is in a 
slower growth stage now.  Also I don't do egg whites with puppies.  I did 
give her a raw yoke every day too though.  Snacks during the day were whole 
carrots or other veggies like broccoli stems.  I am sure there are things I 
am forgetting...

Got to zip, more on the grain thing later, I did forget about that post.

Gina

At 05:48 AM 6/23/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Anybody on the Raw list notice the lack of help given when I asked for
>discussion on getting Boomer transitioned over? LOL. Don't know why it
>surprised or bothered me but it did. Only one lady wrote me privately with
>anything even approaching a useful reply. Sigh.
>
>Ok Gina, which is who I should have started with in the first place by the
>way, so I already have egg on my face, lol.
>
>Are you switching Haus over to Barf and if so, do you have ratio's of veggie
>to meat for me to learn? Should I give you a call instead of email? Boomer
>is happily eating everything the big girls do, but I don't want to screw up,
>I've got one dysplastic dog already, damn sure don't want to create 2 with a
>growth spurt.
>
>Your humble slave, groveling away here in the great Frozen North (ggggg)
>Debs