Johnny Cone

I had been feeding Canidae for a good number of years. With this latest mess of them changing the formula and outsourcing production I initially switched to Innova but have decided to give Raw a try.

The protein basis of the diet I have begun is raw fresh bone in chicken, turkey, beef and lamb. Feeding chicken backs, necks, wings, leg quarters.turkey parts, lamb parts, and some beef. oxtails, etc. (I am a bit wary of beef bones so I haven't really tried anything but baby oxtails)
I also commonly have ready access to fresh deer meat. So I can feed some of that as well. And.... I have ready access to fish. (I hunt and fish quite a bit) Fish bones make me nervous as well. But I am thinking skin on fillets of oily fish like mackeral, jack crevalle, etc would be good.

I am feeding organ meat as well. Chicken hearts, gizzards, beef liver (been looking for some kidneys) and I will be able to get some really nice deer organ meat in the coming months. I can get my buddies to save it for me.

For the "green/organ" meat part of the diet I am doing the following:
I made two batches.... Each a little different.

Batch one...
For the vegetable portion I made the following:
A Big bunch of collards
4 carrots
1 big sweet potato
1 half an apple
1 zuchini
some safflower oil about a tablespoon
some fish oil less than a teaspoon
some flax seed ground up a heaping table spoon.
one pound of beef liver

I pureed this mixture well. Until it was about the consistency of refried beans.

Batch two....
This one is a little different.

Big bunch of collards
one yellow squash
two sweet potatoes
small head of brocolli
a pound of beef liver
a tad of saflower oil
a tad of cod liver oil
a tad of vitamin c in crystalized form

I pureed this mixture as well.
I plan on rotating the greens around with whatever is seasonally fresh. There are lots and lots of really nice Collard greens around right now. They seem to all be out of Farms in South Carolina.

I have been rotating the green portion feeding batch one then batch two the following day.

My dogs are a 7 year old Lab Mix and a 15 month old Australian Cattle Dog. Both are in good shape and weight. The lab is a professional pet. The ACD is doing conformation, is training for both herding trials and I just started him on agility as well. Lab weighs 67 pounds, ACD weighs 52 pounds.

I have been feeding about 2 percent of body weight daily on the raw bone in meat and six ounces of the green organ puree.
I have also been giving a spoon of cottage cheese and a spoon of plain yogart every other day. And a raw egg with shell every three or four days. I am giving a little bit of chicken organ meat every other day. Like a couple of gizzards or hearts.


Am I on the right track or do I need to tweak things a bit?