Quote Originally Posted by orangeena View Post
Magicre, thanks so much for your helpful post. I am printing off this list of ingredients and heading to costco and the grocery store after work tonight.

I am still considering raw. I do want what is best for my dog. I'm assuming these ingredients would work ok raw if I froze everything in batches and thawed as needed? If I would need to make an adjustments for raw, let me know.

Also, is there any guide as to how much to feed? I've looked for some type of weight chart, but can't seem to find one. My dog is 12 lb. Huge for a chihuahua, but he's actually a bit underweight for his size after all the chemo he just finished. Somehow, with a sire and dam both between 5-7 lbs, we ended up with a pure-bred chihuahua giant!
i have a feeling...and i'm not trying to push you.....honest....i guess, after having to put down four dogs in less than two years...has made me a true raw advocate, because to my dismay, i have hindsight...which does my four dogs no good, but certainly is helping the two i have left...

that IS pretty big for a chi....but i would start with chicken backs....and then go over to the raw section and read, read, read....

if you're going to stay with home cooked, i suspect the recipe you were using......the carrots were probably the cause of diarrhea...for your chi...

we used whole eggs in our formula....we poached the egg and then dried the shells...and used a coffee grinder to grind the shell and then added it to the recipe....that was in place of bone....and egg shell has calcium.

it comes out to 900 mg per pound of food, i believe.....

also, NOW is a human supplement that is nutritional bone meal....if you're going to keep cooking, you can use that, although i don't know what the ratio is....don't want to constipate either...

don't give any veggies at all....dogs can't digest it, veggies have sugar in them and sugar feeds disease.....

so, meat/fowl/fish/organs/eggshell and bone meal....

but the best scenario for your chi would be to come over to the raw side, where any number of us will hold your hand and walk you through the transition.