Hello, Another Raw Newbie here!

[DaneMama]

Hello and welcome! Very happy to have you here and don't hesitate to ask any and all questions during your transition to PMR!

[luvMyBRT]

Welcome!

The main thing with keeping struvite crystals from forming into stones is to keep the urine acidic and dilute. Feeding meat is the best way to keep things acidic. Acidic meats are chicken, beef, fish and pork. Once through the transition to raw you can add whole raw eggs, which are acidic, to the diet.

Another *huge* thing in the prevention of crystals developing into stones is water. Keep the urine dilute and the bladder flushed. Make sure your dog gets plenty of water. I float my dogs food in warm water to insure he gets plenty (he gets urate bladder stones).

Again welcome! :0)

[swolek]

I just wanted to say welcome to DFC and I love your dogs! They're adorable! :)

[Imgliniel]

for the kitty with kidney problems...

WATER WATER WATER WATER!

haha. I am such a freak about getting water into my cats that 1 meal a day is a mixture of ground meat (ground myself, not ground meat that has sat in a refridge case for a week) some meat chunks and water. Basically a bloody raw stew lol. They inhale it, still have to chew the large chunks and lap up all the blood water mix. I am getting about 1/2 cup extra water in addition to the moisture in their raw food into them this way (had a cat die of kidney failure after more then half a lifetime on cheap kibble before I got him, so yeah...)

WATER!

[xellil]

When my first crested was a puppy I was feeding him SD. And we couldn't understand why a young pup was covered in big pussy zits, had rotten breath and gas. My ex-vet just wanted to push a medicated bath that was incredibly drying and stung my hands, couldn't imagine what it felt like to my puppy. So we took him to a dermatologist and the derm said the SD was causing all those symptoms. And she was right, we changed his food and everything cleared up. That advice cost me $500.

That doesn't surprise me. But it's pretty sickening.

[Mlaperformancedogs]

Welcome! Congrats on the transition! I really like the Vital Essentials raw because they go by PMR standards! And my dogs love it too!

[luvMyBRT]

Okay....this doesn't have anything to do with the thread.....

But I posted the same thing twice....once on page 1 and once on page 2. I have no idea how that happened.

Does anyone else see that? Or am I losing my mind??!!