As many of you know, my beautiful yellow lab Lux just had puppies! (Of course I added pictures!) Up until this point, I have been feeding her “dog food.” A few months ago I would have told you I fed her premium quality food. While her food was expensive, at the end of the day, it was kibble. By learning so much about my own connection with food, it was natural to include Lux.
It is hard to argue that dogs shouldn’t eat meat, but kibble instead. Our thumbs make us slightly better cooks…just saying. They also have sharp, blade shaped teeth, and a short digestive tracts, not made for digesting vegetables and grains like herbivores and omnivores.
What do I feed her?
Firstly, the amount depends on the dog, and their weight. As a guideline feed 2-3% of the dogs body weight in food daily, divided into two meals. For example a 75lb dog should eat 1.5-2 pounds daily or two meals of 12-18 ounces.
However, puppies under the age of 6 months eat more often 3-4 times a day and need more calcium, cottage cheese, goat’s milk, or yogurt. Puppies at 8 weeks old will eat 10% of their body weight, or 2-3% of their estimated adult weight.
I have been feeding Lux more, because she is nursing, and I also have been feeding her extra calcium, in the form of goat’s milk and yogurt.
An adult dog would eat two meals a day, one of RMB (raw meaty bones), and one of muscle meat, with some juice pulp, and eggs. I also add the milk or yogurt to the muscle meat meal. Fish oils are a great supplement to add in as well.
Raw Meaty Bones: chicken – necks, backs, leg quarters, wings, whole bird; rabbit – all parts, including legs, duck necks, turkey necks, pork – neck, tail, feet, breast; beef – ribs, necks, breast; lamb – ribs, necks, breast, canned fish – mackerel, pink salmon, sardines
I can already hear it, chicken bones will kill your dog!! Cooked chicken bones are certainly unacceptable, but since everything is fed raw they wont splinter. Also weight bearing bones should not be fed (except rabbit and chicken)
Muscle Meats: heart – beef, lamb, chicken, turkey; ground meat – turkey, chicken, beef, lamb; tongue, rabbit, wild game
Organs (5-10% of diet): beef – liver, kidney; lamb – kidney, liver; chicken liver, turkey liver, pork liver
Reminder to freeze pork for three days at -20C or -4F, prior to feeding your fur baby, this will eliminate the chance of T. spiralis, larval worms.
The puppies were born 18 days ago today, and that is how long I have been feeding Lux raw food. I will update this post if I change her diet, to keep it current.
Now for the babies!!
Amanda Greenthumb 
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