The dog I just recently adopted is supposed to be a malti/poo but has ears as long as a cocker so I may have to re-think DVP's food. I will probably get it tomorrow anyway to tide me over until I can get something else since I'm concerned with the Iams dry.
We are very limited here [small town], so I will have to order over the internet.
The only concern I have with the raw food diet is they should be frozen according to the website and I don't have a very large freezer. If I read the info correctly raw foods will tend to mold if you don't freeze or use refrigerated food fast enough. Is that correct?
The food from Hare-today is great (grass-fed) though coming to this side of the coast is expensive for shipping. In California I know there is quite a few raw co-ops..
Onlynaturalpet -- is located in Boulder and very reliable in their shipping. They have the Natures Logic and it looks good, no grains.... we give the Natures Variety Raw Instinct for breakfast and the raw for dinner... the raw from Hare contains tripe, bone, organs, etc., and I add about 1/4 green tripe. You give 2 - 3% of what the dog should weigh a day.
I make our dog cookies w/o grains and buy beef ribs for them to chew on along with dehydrated turkey liver and other good things. I usually buy from sitstay.com or onlynaturalpet.com.. good thing is my dogs are not fat or hyper (grains turn to sugar in dogs and it's like feeding pepsi to them to give grains) and almost never have to see a vet for anything.
A lot of people think it's difficult to feed raw, actually it's very easy... BTW Onlynaturalpet and sitstay both sell and ship Natures Variety Raw and both carry a freeze-dried raw (which is handy if you are traveling or have to have someone feed for you when you go away)...