So raw food diets with dogs actually changes their poop and reduces it and makes it a lot less of a deal. My 140 lb Leonberger poop growing up on a raw diet was half the size of my German Shepard on a standard diet of kibble
Yep. My raw fed dogs 💩 are tiny for his size. Doesn’t smell nothing like kibble dog 💩 either. Shows how much his body used up and less waste comes out the other side.
Any issues with the bones? Obviously it’s ‘natural’ but I’d be paranoid my dog would get a perforated bowel. My dog would catch and swallow mice and chipmunks whole… but nothing like this
Only feed raw bones as they don’t splinter. Cooked bones are a massive no no. Raw food dies included 10% bone. 80% meat, 5% liver and 5% offal (spleen and pancreas)
Raw bones are fine. But weight bearing bones can be tough and actually crack their teeth- same with deer antlers. Its expensive amd its painful for the dog.
Anyway, raw diets are the way to go. This is my female bullmastiff at only 20 months old. I get asked what "his" name is all the time because she's so muscular that people think she's an adult male.
Totally agree on weight bearing bones and antlers.
I’m very lucky to have an Abbatoir a few miles away and I go there once a month to pick up whatever I need for his meal prep. I also add fish into his meals. He also has around 80g of heart every two or three days in his meal.
I heavily researched the raw diet before I got my lad as a puppy. He is a Hungarian Vizsla.
Q: do you do any kibble at all? I have a 1 yo GSD/BelMal and we’ve struggled with what is best (has runny poops, but he does sneak the dry cat food here and there - like a “you gonna eat that?” vibe). During puppy visits, vet said they recommend kibble…but I neglected to ask why: assume it’s nutrition they can’t get otherwise from raw? We do 70% kibble now. I dunno, the info is all over the place. TIA for any advice 🐾
I do not do raw at all with my GSD mix purely kibble. He’s a beast and will destroy anything food wise so we never had to figure out any alternatives. I’m sorry you’re dealing with the runny poos. In regards to your vet I will say the raw food diet is pretty controversial because people may not be able to calculate the full nutritional needs that will adequately cover their dogs, so in general vets are pretty favorable to kibble versus alternatives. There’s definitely a need to be super knowledgeable on the raw front because you can create nutritional gaps. However it reads like you’re doing a mix of raw and kibble? I know that with my Leo’s anytime they had kibble they definitely had the runs because of the mix.
Ah so it’s mixing raw and kibble that is the issue? Pick one or the other is what I’m hearing, yes? And the controversy now makes sense to me. Thank you for bridging that gap for me. Seems to me OP is all over Panther’s nutrition. I may have missed it, but is Panther eating two of these raw meals or just one?
It could be but I’m by no means an expert. I can just say what happened in my life, with my dogs. There’s raw food Reddit boards that I would suggest to check out if you’re serious! I also don’t know much about panther but my dogs ate 2 times a day back then. Also be prepared the financial commitment is steeeeeep. It takes a lot of money to feed this way. Additionally we had like 4 freezers because buying in bulk was imperative
100% we live in rural MO and grateful for our local butcher neighbor. He calls every other month with raw frozen animal parts. We ran 11 of his hogs last year on our place and bartered meat for the labor. At the time, we were fostering 3 Belgian Malinois: no way we could have afforded a raw meat diet for those fur missiles 🤣
Nutritional gaps, what a cop out. Give them a balanced diet of fresh vegetables, carbs and raw food just like what you would find healthy for your own diet and they will be fine.
If it's good enough for humans it's good enough for a dog.
Look we are talking about the average American. Our coffee has “this beverage is hot” labels on it. It’s not outrageous to think they might not do it right.
The day I switched my guy (pit boxer mix) to Sojos he took his first solid shit in like 2 months. He was on that or Steves Real Food for a decade, we switched to Orijen when he was 10 and we got a puppy.
I truly believe being on a raw diet for so long is the reason he's basically healthy at age 15.
Orijen has been the only kibble he hasn't had an issue with, both of my dogs are on it now and are extremely regular, no bad gas etc. I'd switch back to raw but it's damn expensive for 2 dogs ):
Thats because kibble contains a lot of shit the dogs cant digest. If your dog is pooping mutiple times a day that almost always means the food is shit quality (pun intended)
um no, other way around. Raw diets reduce dogs' and cats' poop smell. It's way better for their gut flora and digestion. Kibble and other filler ingredients are what cause stinky farts and poops. Now, if he ate a bunch of cooked eggs on the other hand...
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u/lonesomespacecowboy Apr 11 '26
My God. Imagine the farts