It feels great, Im in the kitchen preparing my dogs food!  I have decided to raw feed him, I have introduced things to him over the past few days along with his regular dry food, its been interesting!!!

I am budgeting £5 a week for his meat, I got: 
Lamb mince
Heart
Pigs liver
Chicken drumsticks
Turkey drumstick
Sprats

I have mixed the mince, sprats and heart weighed them and put them in daily food bags in the new 'dog' section of the fridge for eve meals, I am going to feed the drumsticks whole for breakfast, the liver Im going to make a cake! I will give a carrot every other day and raw egg twice a week. I will add grinded shell to eve's mince, is there anything I am missing? 

Sounds great! Also you could add in some raw tripe chunks, or mince if you prefer. Tripe is not as protein-rich as the other meats you mention and might help you phase out his dry food if that's what you have in mind. As well as the carrot we liquidise raw spinach (good for skin) and freeze the mixture, then you can give a cube-sized bit each day with one of his meals.

Good luck!

sounds brilliant, wish I could get that lot for a fiver thats really good. You should have some happy dogs there

Veg wise, carrots are a favourite with a lot of dogs but the majority of the veg should be leafy greens, I also add a few bits of over ripe fruit and a bit of garlic. I wizz it up in the food processor until its 'apple sauce' consistency then freeze it in either ice cube trays, or small tubs. Whole carrots are okay for treats but they cant digest them properly.

Chicken wings are also quite good, the bones are chewier than the drum sticks.

Just make sure you introduce the offal gradually as it can sometimes cause looseness. Dont overdo the liver either. About two times a week if you are giving it raw, its very high in vitamin A.

Good Luck & have fun.

Ok ive read so much about RAW and BARF that im confused as to what exactly and in what amounts i should be feeding. some people dont feed any veg fruit or carbs, some only a small proportion as a seperate meal, I understand meet and veg will take differnet times to digest and the wild wolf would only eat the already partiually digested stomach contence of prey (and this is not always) therfore consuming some vegatable matter. i am still inclined to make my dogs meals myself and not to use any potato (when would a wolf dig up a potato, boil it and eat it ) and only small amounts of cooked brown rice, so its mosty meat, meaty bones and organs inc tripe.

when would a wolf dig up a potato, boil it and eat it
maybe at the same time its boiling its rice :)

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That is true also ! well i was thinking brown rice has a lower GI then potato which releases sugers slower into the blood stream, preventing sugar cravings, and later risk of diabeties.
Maybe rice is not needed unless the animal is over weight, opinions welcome.

Misty and K5Kees - love the veggy ice cube idea - Brilliant!

Dawn R

> veggy ice cube idea - Brilliant!

Also works if your dear dog is not too keen on eating veggies, you can stuff the veggie ice-cube inside the chicken wing by pulling the skin away slightly and pushing it down the gap. Works every time. Mind you, if you've mixed in some liquidised carrot or something sweet like pear, with your leafy greens, they tend to wolf it down anyway.