Raw: thin poo-not enough bones???

D.Schäferhund · 11-17-2005, 04:01 PM

Hello
As you know we started raw feeding.
We experienced thin poo. sometimes all sometimes just the last little bit.
They do not have the"runs". Could it be that I do not feed enough bones?
They eat the raw meat, the veggies, no problem.
They do get every other night bones. Sometimes it is chicken and sometimes Rib bones with spine on it.

Or am I doing something else wrong?
any ideas?

GSD · 11-17-2005, 04:17 PM

I noticed sometimes that if I feed too much meat, too many days in a row, my dogs gets a little loose. I haven't done that in a while though. No big deal really. I feed a little more bone now than i did in the past, but you can over do the bone too. Then they get backed up.

#1GSDFan · 11-17-2005, 08:27 PM

Sometimes they will react if you introduce a new meat as well, especially if they havent' been on the diet for that long. I don't really worry about it- I monitor them to make sure they aren't backed up or super loose but if they are loose or backed up one day and then normal after that I let it go. You can try giving a couple tablespoons of canned pumpkin, that will help, whether they are loose or constipated. (unflavored, not pie filling)

KennelMom · 11-17-2005, 09:34 PM

Our dogs get bones every day. Our 'staple' RMB are chicken frames/carcasses. Sometimes rabbit, turkey necks, wings or backs. We try to switch it up. Our greys averaging about 60 pounds get a pound of RMB's in the morning and ground meat with veggie mash or offal at night.

We only give recreational bones like deer ribs, femurs or pigs feet a few times per week....

theGOOCH · 11-18-2005, 05:58 AM

Who wants fat poo?

...OK I have nothing useful on this subject, I just saw an opportunity to make a sophomoric joke.

D.Schäferhund · 11-18-2005, 06:57 AM

Thnaks for the tipps... will try to find me some pumpkin today, may feed some rice, too.

well it kinda seems they theynare rotating arround.... everyone has it now and then.
with one of my little ones I am a little scared to feed bones, she once swallowed a rib, about a hand long. I thought she hid it because it was gone so quik, but something told me she didn't hid it.
At 2 at night she puked it out..... I wonder where she could possibly put it in her belly without feeling uncomfortable....
that amazed me but scared me a little, too. so I always feed meat first and then give bones. We have calf bones they are not that big....
Hope to get some deer when season starts....

@ the GOOCH: is liquid poo, better????

GSD · 11-18-2005, 02:30 PM

for little ones, chicken necks and backs are great, they can start eating those right away, and are soft as far as bones go.

and no liquid poo isn't any better than fat poo, or thin poo. I like more of a medium poo??

D.Schäferhund · 11-19-2005, 09:06 AM

hi
Yes chicken is the most wanted.... they love it....

how about a small poo that is easy to pick up, nice and firm??? ;-)

11-17-2005, 04:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
D.Schäferhund let's work Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,765 Rep Power: 108	Raw: thin poo-not enough bones??? Hello As you know we started raw feeding. We experienced thin poo. sometimes all sometimes just the last little bit. They do not have the"runs". Could it be that I do not feed enough bones? They eat the raw meat, the veggies, no problem. They do get every other night bones. Sometimes it is chicken and sometimes Rib bones with spine on it. Or am I doing something else wrong? any ideas?

11-17-2005, 08:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
#1GSDFan Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 58 Rep Power: 0	Sometimes they will react if you introduce a new meat as well, especially if they havent' been on the diet for that long. I don't really worry about it- I monitor them to make sure they aren't backed up or super loose but if they are loose or backed up one day and then normal after that I let it go. You can try giving a couple tablespoons of canned pumpkin, that will help, whether they are loose or constipated. (unflavored, not pie filling)
#1GSDFan Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 58 Rep Power: 0

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11-17-2005, 04:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
GSD Herding dogs Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WI Posts: 1,093 Rep Power: 133	I noticed sometimes that if I feed too much meat, too many days in a row, my dogs gets a little loose. I haven't done that in a while though. No big deal really. I feed a little more bone now than i did in the past, but you can over do the bone too. Then they get backed up.

11-17-2005, 09:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
KennelMom Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Piedmont, SC Posts: 658 Rep Power: 83	Our dogs get bones every day. Our 'staple' RMB are chicken frames/carcasses. Sometimes rabbit, turkey necks, wings or backs. We try to switch it up. Our greys averaging about 60 pounds get a pound of RMB's in the morning and ground meat with veggie mash or offal at night. We only give recreational bones like deer ribs, femurs or pigs feet a few times per week....

11-18-2005, 05:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
theGOOCH Doberman Pinscher Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH USA Posts: 745 Rep Power: 92	Who wants fat poo? ...OK I have nothing useful on this subject, I just saw an opportunity to make a sophomoric joke.

11-18-2005, 06:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
D.Schäferhund let's work Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,765 Rep Power: 108	Thnaks for the tipps... will try to find me some pumpkin today, may feed some rice, too. well it kinda seems they theynare rotating arround.... everyone has it now and then. with one of my little ones I am a little scared to feed bones, she once swallowed a rib, about a hand long. I thought she hid it because it was gone so quik, but something told me she didn't hid it. At 2 at night she puked it out..... I wonder where she could possibly put it in her belly without feeling uncomfortable.... that amazed me but scared me a little, too. so I always feed meat first and then give bones. We have calf bones they are not that big.... Hope to get some deer when season starts.... @ the GOOCH: is liquid poo, better????

11-18-2005, 02:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
GSD Herding dogs Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: WI Posts: 1,093 Rep Power: 133	for little ones, chicken necks and backs are great, they can start eating those right away, and are soft as far as bones go. and no liquid poo isn't any better than fat poo, or thin poo. I like more of a medium poo??

11-19-2005, 09:06 AM	#8 (permalink)
D.Schäferhund let's work Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,765 Rep Power: 108	hi Yes chicken is the most wanted.... they love it.... how about a small poo that is easy to pick up, nice and firm??? ;-)

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