Raw feeding 911 Part IX
In the previous entry titled "Raw feeding 911", "Raw feeding 911 Part II", "Raw feeding 911 Part III", "Raw feeding 911 Part IV",
I wrote basic of the raw diet for dogs such as what to feed, how much to feed,
what to do when your dogs had digestive upset, what to do when traveling,
and other tools that are good to have such as freezer. Also, you have
found the videos of our dog "Palette" eating her meals in the entry "Raw feeding 911 Part IV".
In the previous entries titled "Raw feeding 911 Part V", "Raw feeding Part VI"you have learned how I feed Palette when she has a big meal day.
In the previous entry titled "Raw feeding 911 Part VII", you have learned where you can buy all the raw diet food and what green beef tripe is.
In the previous entry titled "Raw feeding 911 Part VIII", you have learned what benefit your dogs would get when you feed raw diet meal with bones,what you can do when your dogs are having problems eating bones, and whether feeding raw diet pre-made patties can be an alternative ways to feeding a real bone to your dogs, and about giving supplement to your dogs.
Holding the bone with my paws...
As you can see in those series of entries, with fresh food diet, you would notice by now that your dogs can eat various kinds of protein source, and they can get all different kinds of nutrients from each protein source.
Also,raw diet for your dogs is not just about food being fresh without preservatives, additives etc. You can see what your dogs would be eating every single time you feed your dogs, and you know where your dogs' food is coming from. Then, if the menu you have offered had problems, you can always tweak the menu detail accordingly. You can have full control over the menu your dogs would get.
Since they can get all kinds of vitamins and minerals through wide variety of real food, you would see the difference in their coat,energy level,digestibility,sweet breath (No more doggy breath), and white teeth etc..as well.
And I have to add that our lady vet commented the other day that she thinks that our dog's immune system must be strong because she recovered from hot spot with more than the level she thought Palette would recover to.
Whether for human or for animals, good diet is the base of the good health and, we should feed real food, not processed food.
Don't run with meal,please?
On and off, I see people asking what you can do when dogs are prone to run with meal to places of their choice and munch on the meal on the spot.
With this situation, management on your side can help prevent the problem happening again. You have to be consistent with the response, but dogs are smart and they can learn very quickly where they should eat the meal on, and where they cannot eat the meal on.
As you can see from Palette's raw diet pictures and videos, I use the vinyl shower curtain as feeding mat.
When she gets big meal, I spread the vinyl shower curtain feeding mat to maximum and let her use the maximum space in the kitchen. When she gets regular size of meal, she eats on folded vinyl shower curtain with smaller space.
When I just started out raw feeding, she did not know where is the appropriate place to eat the food on and, I used straightened puppy exercise pen to limit the access to the next room.
The puppy exercise pen had 5 panels and, my husband took 2 panels off, and I placed the 3 panels zig zag way in between the rooms, and I sat next to her feeding mat so that I can let her know food stays on the mat.
I used to feed like this..
From high point view..
You can see what I meant by zig zag way to set the puppy exercise pen panel..
Right when the food gets out from the feeding mat, I said "Oops", and I put the meal back on the feeding mat.
If she picked up the meal on her own, I said "Good" and I walked toward her without any touch (they should walk back as you walk toward them) and, said "On the mat" by pointing to the feeding mat. Then,I guided her toward the feeding mat and when her paws touches to the feeding mat area, I said "good" and retreated to the spot I was sitting on.
It was repeated over and over.
After a while, she started tugging her meal to the feeding mat right when she sensed the meal will be out from the feeding mat, and after seeing that, I took out the puppy exercise pen panel, and I just stayed near her for just in case.
As time passes by, I did not feel the need to be so close to her to supervise so, I just started supervising her from some distance away,and started reading magazine etc and check up on her now and then.
Again, if her meal was out and if she were ignoring to putting the meal back on the feeding mat, I said "On the mat" and she picked up the food and brought the food back to the feeding mat.
When/If she ignored my "On the mat" cue, I went to the kitchen and guided her to the feeding mat to tell her that food stays on the feeding mat.
If you have a dog that loves to dine on wherever she likes, be consistent in your response to the behavior and help them learn that food stays on the feeding mat.
Being consistent, calm, patient are the 3 keys to the success.
You can teach your dogs to eat their treats on their bed as well with the similar method.
Every time they started chewing on the preferred spot of their choice on the carpet,couch etc.., walk toward them without any touch and just point at the doggy bed and tell them "On the bed" and use your body to guide them to the doggy bed they can chew treats on.
Then, next time you hand their treats to your dogs, tell them "On the bed" and they would go trot to their bed and eat the treats on their bed.
Just like any other rules you would train them to understand,all of your family members have to response to them the same way you do too, so there will be no discrepancy in the message to your dogs regarding the rules in the house.
Hmm... Egg! I love egg!
If you were wondering what happened to the shell, I ate them.
I ate them all. Yum! No yummy left behind
Oh,yes, that was one good meal!
You should have one too!
In the previous entries titled "Raw feeding 911 Part V", "Raw feeding Part VI"you have learned how I feed Palette when she has a big meal day.
In the previous entry titled "Raw feeding 911 Part VII", you have learned where you can buy all the raw diet food and what green beef tripe is.
In the previous entry titled "Raw feeding 911 Part VIII", you have learned what benefit your dogs would get when you feed raw diet meal with bones,what you can do when your dogs are having problems eating bones, and whether feeding raw diet pre-made patties can be an alternative ways to feeding a real bone to your dogs, and about giving supplement to your dogs.
Holding the bone with my paws...
As you can see in those series of entries, with fresh food diet, you would notice by now that your dogs can eat various kinds of protein source, and they can get all different kinds of nutrients from each protein source.
Also,raw diet for your dogs is not just about food being fresh without preservatives, additives etc. You can see what your dogs would be eating every single time you feed your dogs, and you know where your dogs' food is coming from. Then, if the menu you have offered had problems, you can always tweak the menu detail accordingly. You can have full control over the menu your dogs would get.
Since they can get all kinds of vitamins and minerals through wide variety of real food, you would see the difference in their coat,energy level,digestibility,sweet breath (No more doggy breath), and white teeth etc..as well.
And I have to add that our lady vet commented the other day that she thinks that our dog's immune system must be strong because she recovered from hot spot with more than the level she thought Palette would recover to.
Whether for human or for animals, good diet is the base of the good health and, we should feed real food, not processed food.
Don't run with meal,please?
On and off, I see people asking what you can do when dogs are prone to run with meal to places of their choice and munch on the meal on the spot.
With this situation, management on your side can help prevent the problem happening again. You have to be consistent with the response, but dogs are smart and they can learn very quickly where they should eat the meal on, and where they cannot eat the meal on.
As you can see from Palette's raw diet pictures and videos, I use the vinyl shower curtain as feeding mat.
When she gets big meal, I spread the vinyl shower curtain feeding mat to maximum and let her use the maximum space in the kitchen. When she gets regular size of meal, she eats on folded vinyl shower curtain with smaller space.
When I just started out raw feeding, she did not know where is the appropriate place to eat the food on and, I used straightened puppy exercise pen to limit the access to the next room.
The puppy exercise pen had 5 panels and, my husband took 2 panels off, and I placed the 3 panels zig zag way in between the rooms, and I sat next to her feeding mat so that I can let her know food stays on the mat.
I used to feed like this..
From high point view..
You can see what I meant by zig zag way to set the puppy exercise pen panel..
Right when the food gets out from the feeding mat, I said "Oops", and I put the meal back on the feeding mat.
If she picked up the meal on her own, I said "Good" and I walked toward her without any touch (they should walk back as you walk toward them) and, said "On the mat" by pointing to the feeding mat. Then,I guided her toward the feeding mat and when her paws touches to the feeding mat area, I said "good" and retreated to the spot I was sitting on.
It was repeated over and over.
After a while, she started tugging her meal to the feeding mat right when she sensed the meal will be out from the feeding mat, and after seeing that, I took out the puppy exercise pen panel, and I just stayed near her for just in case.
As time passes by, I did not feel the need to be so close to her to supervise so, I just started supervising her from some distance away,and started reading magazine etc and check up on her now and then.
Again, if her meal was out and if she were ignoring to putting the meal back on the feeding mat, I said "On the mat" and she picked up the food and brought the food back to the feeding mat.
When/If she ignored my "On the mat" cue, I went to the kitchen and guided her to the feeding mat to tell her that food stays on the feeding mat.
If you have a dog that loves to dine on wherever she likes, be consistent in your response to the behavior and help them learn that food stays on the feeding mat.
Being consistent, calm, patient are the 3 keys to the success.
You can teach your dogs to eat their treats on their bed as well with the similar method.
Every time they started chewing on the preferred spot of their choice on the carpet,couch etc.., walk toward them without any touch and just point at the doggy bed and tell them "On the bed" and use your body to guide them to the doggy bed they can chew treats on.
Then, next time you hand their treats to your dogs, tell them "On the bed" and they would go trot to their bed and eat the treats on their bed.
Just like any other rules you would train them to understand,all of your family members have to response to them the same way you do too, so there will be no discrepancy in the message to your dogs regarding the rules in the house.
Hmm... Egg! I love egg!
If you were wondering what happened to the shell, I ate them.
I ate them all. Yum! No yummy left behind
Oh,yes, that was one good meal!
You should have one too!
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