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rawfedpetsHi Everyone,
I'm new here. So, hello from my Guide Dog Marie and me. After a few months of battling to find the right commercial dog food for my guide dog, I finally was able to identify and get over my fear of feeding her a raw diet. I discovered that the one and only thing holding me back was travel. When I sat down and looked at a calendar, i saw that even taking work-related travel into account, I don't travel more than a handful of times a year. So I was really just using that as an excuse. This past Sunday was Marie's first day on raw. She is a 46 pound, almost two-year-old Labrador retriever. Being a Guide Dog, she gets a lot of work and exercise every day. So right now she is eating about one pound of bone in chicken (usually leg quarter or a really big thigh) in the morning and a half a pound of boneless chicken breast in the late afternoon.
So far the transition has been great! She has gone from pooping four or five times a day a mound the size of a toy poodle to pooping just a small handful every other day. She also has stopped having bathroom emergencies while working. This is a huge accomplishment for both of us. She is much happier which makes me much happier.
I watch her dance and prance around for her food with her big brown eyes shining knowing that I'm doing what she as a carnivore not only deserves, but needs. Sure, some people are grossed out or think it's "too much work" but it's no harder to plop chicken down on a plastic mat than it is to dump kibble in a bowl! Scoop or scale. Measuring is measuring. I'd rather measure the good stuff. :)
So, what's the best and easiest way to do travel with a dog on a raw diet?
I'll be traveling for over a week for work in July and don't know if I'll have access to a refrigerator or freezer while on the trip.
I'm new here. So, hello from my Guide Dog Marie and me. After a few months of battling to find the right commercial dog food for my guide dog, I finally was able to identify and get over my fear of feeding her a raw diet. I discovered that the one and only thing holding me back was travel. When I sat down and looked at a calendar, i saw that even taking work-related travel into account, I don't travel more than a handful of times a year. So I was really just using that as an excuse. This past Sunday was Marie's first day on raw. She is a 46 pound, almost two-year-old Labrador retriever. Being a Guide Dog, she gets a lot of work and exercise every day. So right now she is eating about one pound of bone in chicken (usually leg quarter or a really big thigh) in the morning and a half a pound of boneless chicken breast in the late afternoon.
So far the transition has been great! She has gone from pooping four or five times a day a mound the size of a toy poodle to pooping just a small handful every other day. She also has stopped having bathroom emergencies while working. This is a huge accomplishment for both of us. She is much happier which makes me much happier.
I watch her dance and prance around for her food with her big brown eyes shining knowing that I'm doing what she as a carnivore not only deserves, but needs. Sure, some people are grossed out or think it's "too much work" but it's no harder to plop chicken down on a plastic mat than it is to dump kibble in a bowl! Scoop or scale. Measuring is measuring. I'd rather measure the good stuff. :)
So, what's the best and easiest way to do travel with a dog on a raw diet?
I'll be traveling for over a week for work in July and don't know if I'll have access to a refrigerator or freezer while on the trip.
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Date: 2010-03-24 04:05 pm (UTC)There are dehydrated and freeze-dried commercial raw foods that you can feed while traveling. As mentioned by
Another option is a high-quality, mostly meat canned food--this isn't raw, obviously, but I do consider it the best of the cooked commercial food options out there.
A third option might be to purchase meat on the days you'll need it. If you'll have access to any grocery store while traveling, you could just go out, get enough for a meal, and then feed it. A cooler might also help you by allowing you to store meat for a day or two. If you bring frozen meat in a cooler, it'll stay fresh for many days as well.
I hope one or more of these ideas are options for you! :)