Yesterday she went 5 times, each time a substantial amount, solid to start and then a bit sloppier toward the end of the day.
Any further thoughts and opinions would be much appreciated.
Maybe she ate something you don’t know about? Someone else been slipping her some treats? Or, as others said, it’s early days and she’s getting used to the new food.
Yes I do, but have to admit I don't wash her as often as I should. We're having unusually warm weather for Feb, so I will try to wash her tomorrow. She's not too bad at the moment but once the grass starts to grow, Molly starts to itch.
I have a very very itchy dog and over the years have tried every diet, ointment and potion under the sun, including feeding raw until about three months ago. Nothing made a huge difference. Three months ago I became quite ill with a campylobacter infection and I was worried it was handling the food that had given me the worst tummy upset of my life. I had been very careful, but who knows?! Anyway, now my dog is on a monthly Cytopoint injection and on a single protein grain free kibble. He hasn't scratched once since we made the switch. I can't quite believe it but I hope it will last.
I think it depends what you're feeding to some extent. The raw I feed is human food, from the supermarket, so I don't see there's any increased risk than I have from cooking that same food for myself. Maybe there is a higher risk of campylobacter from non-human-grade foods?
I fed only human grade free range organic meats. No doubt better quality than some of the meat I eat myself.
In which case, I don't understand how it can cause significantly more of a risk than if you handle it for your own consumption? Other than the fact that you're handling more, and more frequently. I'm certainly not saying there is no risk, of course there is because it's raw meat, but if you cook with meat regularly anyway... well, you catch my drift
Totally understandable
) doesn't really matter - that's the association his brain made, and just the thought of eating chocolate cake after that event - even decades later - was enough to make him feel nauseated.
We stopped feeding raw (human grade) for a similar reason to @Heidrun as we'd had four family gastro outbreaks in 18months. The source of the gastro wasn't obvious as there were no known cases at childcare/swimming. Of course, I can't be sure if the raw food was the source, but I feel more comfortable avoiding the risk.In which case, I don't understand how it can cause significantly more of a risk than if you handle it for your own consumption? Other than the fact that you're handling more, and more frequently. I'm certainly not saying there is no risk, of course there is because it's raw meat, but if you cook with meat regularly anyway... well, you catch my drift
Yes. He came kibble-fed from the breeder. He scratched from the day we got him and got worse and scratched his armpits raw. I called the breeder who owned his father and she admonished me for not feeding raw. So we switched him to raw at about 5 months. He’s still itchy at 7 years old, but not to the point of scratching himself raw. I really do think a fresh food diet is much healthier than a kibble diet. I can’t get my head around how eating such a processed food as kibble, no matter that the macro nutrients are in equal supply, can be healthy if fed long term. As humans we are advised to eat a variety of fresh fruit and veg each day because nutrients are so complex, it’s impossible to recreate their complexity in a processed food, and in a single-fed food. Having said that, one also needs to ensure a home made cooked or raw diet is properly balanced and varied in protein sources to ensure exposure to all nutrients.
This is it. The dog licks themselves, you pat the dog.... Also, salmonella etc pass through a dog and into their poo, which gets into your yard etc etc.
