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  • July 10, 2013 at 5:03 pm #21036 Report Abuse Edit Post Visibility
    cearaandtroy
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    Hi all, my name is Ceara and I’m new to the forum.
    We just adopted a beautiful year old husky/labrador mix from ACS, poor thing was going to be put to sleep so we just had to pick him up and bring him home. He is wonderful with our 18 month old son, and I imagine he’s going to be very active once he heals from his surgery, he was neutered 5 days ago.
    I found out he was being fed science diet his whole life at the shelter! Yuck! And when we brought him home, my boyfriend thought beneful was a better option because it had vegetables on the bag, and pretty sure that food is even worse! What I’m getting at is, this little guy is family now and I want him to be as healthy and happy as possible here.

    I want him to eat completely raw if possible, but we are on a bit of a budget so I may just do mostly raw and then a good quality canned and dry food to make sure he is eating enough. I have no idea where to start, and my google search came up with mostly useless information. What kind of foods would I feed him, how would I start him on a raw diet? He’s 52 lbs so about how much should he eat? Any information you have for me would help a lot!

    July 11, 2013 at 7:15 am #21210 Report Abuse Edit Post Visibility
    Cyndi
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    Hi Ceara. You are in the right place, for starters. I have been feeding my dog raw for a little over two months now. I did a TON of research online and eventually, thank god, found this site. This forum section and the wonderful people on here, have been a HUGE help. Here is a link to the thread I started before I began feeding raw, while I was still in the research/question stage:

    /forums/topic/help-with-starting-my-dog-on-a-raw-diet/

    It WAS overwhelming, I do know that. Read thru that thread and maybe that will help. I asked alot of questions, so maybe some of that will help you…

    I can’t help on the canned food topic, I’m not that knowledgeable, but I guess if you just go to the review section and look under some of the 4 and 5 star wet foods, that would be a good place to start. Also Kudos to you for not listening to your boyfriend about Beneful! That wouldn’t have been any better than the Science Diet.

    Good Luck! 🙂

    July 11, 2013 at 7:58 am #21219 Report Abuse Edit Post Visibility
    EHubbman
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    I know hound and gatos makes a decent canned food, 98% meat. My guy loves the stuff!

    July 11, 2013 at 8:00 am #21221 Report Abuse Edit Post Visibility
    EHubbman
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    Also, h&g’s is a 5 star food according to Dr. Mike. 🙂

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