[C210N]

I switched to the "BARF" diet for my new dog. Its been working out fantastic. I recommend anybody interested to read the Dr. Billinghurst books on the subject.

If you have not heard about it: its a diet around 60% raw meaty bones - I'm talking raw chicken winglets, necks, and the like. The other 40% is raw/pureed vegetable and fruits and other things.

[C210N]

oh, and in case anybody is wondering about the old maxim "never feed chicken bones to an animal", it MUST be raw. Any cooked chicken bone can easily kill a dog, as the cooking makes the bone brittle and splintery.

[jacquej]

My dogs eat a species appropropriate diet too.

I prefer Tom Lonsdale's (author of Raw Meaty Bones) approach, and do not feed the veggie slop. I don't give any supplements either. I will give them our leftovers, because we eat pretty well, but not in great quantity.

Basically, it is just raw meat and raw bones. Mostly the whole chicken, cut into parts, my guys haven't needed to see the vet for anything in the past 7 years but the legally required rabies shots.

[streetpreacher]

This the dry dog food that we use as of now:

But I am considering switching to a raw diet.

[gruffwolf]

We can't do that because my wife threatened to throw me and the dog out on the street if one raw piece of chicken got on her carpet.

We feed Nature's Variety kibble mixed with milk, yogurt, or cheese supplemented with whatever we happen to be cooking that day. Our dog is a garbage disposal and she will eat just about anything.

We give her whole hard-boiled eggs once a day and she just wolfs them down shell and all.

[oyez]

Good way to give the tape worms, IMHO.