One step forward...two steps back...

[ciaBrysh]

Well...things have been going extremely well with the chang over to raw. Raj has been taking it like a champ, which I am sort of surprised since he has such a sensitive stomach....well..I began adding boneless chicken this week. Started on Monday adding chicken gizzards as the am meal with a bone in and then pm another bone in meal.
I did that until Wed and Thursday I cut boneless chicken breast into small pieces as the am meal and then the pm meal was a bone in meal (the bone in was always the bigger meal)

Welp...today...5 days later Raj has some looseness in his stools. It was really depressing being he has been doing so well and I was going to throw in a sliver of chicken liver into his meal tomorrow =/

Oh well...

Okay rant over!! =)

[luvMyBRT]

No worries!! Just add a bit more bone back in. Problem solved.

Don't rush. It could set you back if you do. I waited until I was a full 2 months in before adding any organ. Just remember: the slower you go, the faster you'll get there!

Looks like your doing great!

[ciaBrysh]

Thanks!

I also am thinking that since he had 5 boneless meals 5 days in a row that could have been wayyyy too much lol I think what I will be doing is a little boneless every other day with some more bone in. I knew he was going to need a bit more bone than "normal" dogs lol

I think I will still do the sliver of chicken liver tomorrow and just leave it at that, since Willow seems to be doing well I will keep moving her forward but a bit slower so they are somewhat close in pace :)

[magicre]

if her stools are soft, adding in liver won't help.....

maybe give her some bony meals for a day or two and then add in that sliver of liver.

i know that gizzards are richer muscle than boneless breast or thigh for instance....

if your dog is sensitive, adding things in finger nail size pieces might be the way to go.

[swolek]

How loose? A little soft isn't a big deal, it happens sometimes. I'm not too worried unless it's watery. Feed a boney meal and he'll be fine :).

[ciaBrysh]

if her stools are soft, adding in liver won't help.....

maybe give her some bony meals for a day or two and then add in that sliver of liver.

i know that gizzards are richer muscle than boneless breast or thigh for instance....

if your dog is sensitive, adding things in finger nail size pieces might be the way to go.

Oddly enough...he did better on the gizzards then he did with the boneless breast.

[ciaBrysh]

How loose? A little soft isn't a big deal, it happens sometimes. I'm not too worried unless it's watery. Feed a boney meal and he'll be fine :).

He was loose enough where it surprised me lol Not watery though, which I was glad for. I just find it odd that he did this five days into the boneless being on its own meal...

[DaneMama]

Welp. Adding in that liver tomorrow will probably turn that loose stool into watery diarrhea. Put it back in the freezer and don't pull it back out for another month or so...at the very least. You want to get through the transition of more proteins, especially the rich ones before you take organs head on.

He should be doing 100% fine with WHOLE meals of boneless chicken before even moving on to turkey.

Don't rush things, slow and steady wins the race.

[ciaBrysh]

Okay. liver refrozen, I have two bone in meal days to firm back up his stool now made (those were the meals that already had the liver I took out.)
So would you suggest I take boneless chicken and use them as whole meals alternating with bone in once firm?

Okay, so I will do boneless chicken in the am, chicken quarters at night boneless in the am turkey at night etc until his stools are firm then I will add boneless...I guess pork since boneless turkey is freakin expensive here... >.<

[barneysmom2510]

This happened with Barney in the beginning chicken backs would solve it. I waited close to three months before adding organs. I waited until I got through chicken, turkey, pork I still just give a little bit.