Hi,  i am currently feeding my dogs Autarky complete and three times a week raw steak mince   and cooked rabbits mixed in with the complete food and the dogs seem to be thriving on this. My question is should i feed extra calcium vits and minerals ie SA37 on the meat given days understand raw  can be low in calcium..mmany thanks for  any help

I'd say only if they were puppies or in-whelp, other than that the Autarky fed during the week should contain enough.

Hi,

I would definately NOT add extra vits and mins to a complete food, I wouldn't even add extra meat either raw or cooked because you are unbalancing it.

Make sure you have the right type of food, ue. puppy for a puppy or bitch in whelp/lactating, senior for an older dog or better still ditch the complete food and go raw!!!!!

Manda
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Why cook the rabbits - give them raw and whole, possibly paunched if they have to sit a while but the dogs should eat them fur and all - mine do when I can get hold of them.  This will provide them with calcium and many other required minerals.

A proper raw diet is not lacking in calcium - unless you just feed raw mince of course :)  The idea of feeding raw is balance over time (weeks) not for each meal.

Imagine your own diet - do you take in the required amount of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals etc etc at each meal?  The dog food companies have brainwashed consumers into believing this is necessary - it is not.  Providing your dog eats a balanced diet, balanced over time you could, for instance, feed nothing but chicken carcass's for a couple of weeks without harm (in fact some people recommend this when first switching to raw and then introducing a more varied diet.

Why not try feeding completely raw?

Christine