EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

What internal parts do you save? kidney, heart, liver, etc?
I am going to try and start feeding all meat just trying to get pigs in a row first. ;D

If you cut a slab of ribs that is what I would call mostly bone do you give them more meat?
Can you get small 10 week old pups small ground portions or small chunks?
What do you cut your meat up ?
Could you buy a small wood chipper and grind it all up then feed it or would it be better whole?

"Could you buy a small wood chipper and grind it all up"

That is starting to sound kinda creepy.  Like an old horror flick. ;D

Less mess and quicker too. ;D

Part of the point of feeding raw is to give them the bone to chew, Grinding or chipping is not going to beneficial in any way other than making freezing and storage esaier but you loose part of the benefits.
heart, kidneys, liver are all good sources of vitamins according to the literature that I have read on the subject. The bone marrow and chewing of the bone are beneficial to the dogs, chewing is good for their teeth and gums prevents plaque that leads to many other diseases

One day feed a slab of ribs, the next chunks of meat, we cut the leg bone with meat attached and give whole, the next day there might be a tiny part of bone left hollowed out, but usually nothing left from leg bones and never any rib bones.

I have fed 4 week old Jagd pups chicken wings which are softer bones and they devoured the whole entire thing, with the skin on and all, and were extremely healthy active pups with really good stools to clean up.

 All my curs wont eat a rib bone. The only bones I can get them to eat are chicken. The dogo is a different story. She will crush anything.
  I cut up chciken for my pups from 6wk-10wks. After that they have to figure it out. Feed for the adult weight.
   Freeze all wild game meat before you feed it. I think one of my young pups got sick from me not freezeing some deer meat. Almost lost her.
 

How many pds of meat per body weight of dog? 

Id start at 2.5% of the expected adult weight. If the dog is already an adult, 2.5% of its current weight. from there, adjust up and down as needed to suit the individual dog.

mine all get between 2.5 and 5 %

Steve

I am NOT good with math and trying to figure percentages, but I remember being told about the average size dogs stomach is about the same size as my fist, some of my dogs are rather large so it takes a little time to figure out what each dogs needs are, metabolism ect. Plus the meat is not dryed like commercial dog food so a smaller volume will weigh alot more due to moisture. It is rare that your dog will become obese or overweight by over feeding raw meat, So don't worry about that

 I feed around 1.5-2 lbs per dog per day......feed whole and not cut up.....Organ meat once every couple weeks.....lungs, kidneys, liver, heart......

how often do you feed em fish????

pregnant females: once a week.....others once/twice a month

do you give them straight fish for that meal or do you just add fish to they're exhisting meal for the day??  sorry not trying to high jack just wanting to get this squared away.

straight fish for that meal because they'll pick chicken and leave the fish if I mix it

gotcha...... i think i'm gonna give it another try, after i finish out this high priced kibble.. :o   better to get in the swing of it now before i start adding more dogs to the kennel.