So excited.

[BoxerParty]

congrats on finding such a great vet, and definitely take Re's advice on slowly upping the actual fat content they are getting, good fats will be good for them and help them gain weight

and since you have such a perfect support base with your pets, perhaps now is a great time to adopt the fawn boxer you showed us from that rescue? complete your collection? haha

Yes, CLEARLY now that I need to increase the amount of food I'm giving by 50% AND feed more expensive proteins, the right idea is to go out and get another dog. :P

ETA: Strictly speaking, my Boxer collection wouldn't be complete unless I added a fawn and a white. And I think there's an argument to be made for a needing both a classic fawn AND a flashy fawn... I have a problem :)

[frogdog]

Couldn't be better than finding a wonderful vet supporting raw and eastern medicine...TERRIFIC.

Wow, I could really tell a difference in the before and after pics...looked great before Christmas. Here's to ease of adding proteins and weight!

[BoxerParty]

Couldn't be better than finding a wonderful vet supporting raw and eastern medicine...TERRIFIC.

Wow, I could really tell a difference in the before and after pics...looked great before Christmas. Here's to ease of adding proteins and weight!

Thanks for the good vibes!

I'm not well-educated in Eastern medical traditions (my mom is a Western-medicine-educated doctor, so that's been my medical paradigm. To her credit, DrMom is always open to using non-Western knowledge as complementary therapy when her patients choose to do so.), so I'm pretty neutral on using it for myself or my dogs. I'm sure it has merits, but I don't know enough about the field to state authoritatively what the benefits of it will be. But more knowledge is always better than less, in my mind, so I'll be interested to see how the new vet uses Chinese medicine to approach the dogs' health and to learn more myself about that practice!

I have a good feeling about it - I KNOW we're headed in the right direction. I have done the research, I have a plan, and we have the support of a great vet and ALL of the amazing DFC folks! Talk about setting yourself up for success!

The pre-Xmas photos were a great reminder for me of how good they looked before, even with our few missteps in the transition to raw. Even now, they're much too skinny, but they otherwise glow with good health. So I'm 100% confident that we are on the right track. :)