Posts Tagged ‘dog’

Preparing raw dog food for our pack

I am in Austin, Tx. Our dogs eat raw meat. This video shows the preparation for each meal. After feeding raw for awhile, I got rid of the scale and notes and could just “eyeball” what my dogs needed. But I do recommend starting off with a scale until you get a grasp on what the weights look like. UPDATE: 1/2012 – I still feed raw meat to my dogs and spend about 0-0 a month to feed two 70-pound Boxers and a 40-pound Basset/Corgi mix. I feed a base of chicken (leg quarters) almost every day, turkey necks and turkey hearts and add a new protein once a week. I like duck and rabbit when I can find them in my supermarket. I also use beef and pork neck bones as treats. I shop around a lot for the best prices, but I do belong to a local Yahoo group (www.arfcoop.org) that is open to new members in the Austin area. This is a “raw feeding” group, meaning a group of people who feed their animals raw or home-prepared foods. The group buys in bulk from several suppliers and get discounted prices on meat. This is all “human grade” and some organic meats. Another great way to save money is to shop the local meat markets for the “throw away” parts – such as chicken frames, necks, hearts, turkey necks, pork trimmings, leg bones, etc. Dogs and cats can eat all of these parts and they are usually less than per pound. There are LOTS of different opinions about feeding raw (exact ratio of meat to bone, deciding whether to supplement or whether to use veggies or fruit, etc), but the

Pet Food Recall – PURINA – Baby died on 04/21/07 – melamine poison

Publix supermarket killed my dog, my baby … My ex-husband bought this food on 04/04/2007 … wasn’t supposed to be on sale … ** Baby died on April 21, 2007 ** I went to talk with the general manager of Publix Supermarket in Orlando, Florida, he said: ” Publix has nothing to do with it! We do not contaminate the food!” I agree, but how do they explain that the food was both after March 30, 2007, after the Recall date, ON 50% OFF? When you go to a supermarket, especially a renowned supermarket, you expect to buy food not expired and within the law, FDA regulations. When I took Baby to the vet he was only 5% chance of surviving. I did everything a could to save him. I miss him! I need it! He’s my baby! Some people do not realize how important they (pets) are in our lifes. The video is in Portuguese (my first language), but you can see how he was sad. He tries to make me happy when I call his name (Baby), He was a sweet heart. Thousands of people lost their best friends so cruel. And yes I think that most of the responsibility was of Publix supermarket. They will not bring my friend back, alive, but I promised to him (Baby) and myself, I’ll let everyone know how these companies are irresponsible! They sell junk food to us like water, and they don’t even care about it! ** Baby died on April 21, 2007 ** He has eaten Purina (Nestle) (Menu Food) We got it at Publix supermarkets in Orlando FL, 20 days after the Recall on 50% off sale. Fox News did a story with me, but Publix