Jacks improvements on BARF.

[cj-sharpy]

Well it's been an uphill struggle to get Jack on to raw. After the improvement I saw in Max when I swapped him over raw was the only way I was going to go with Jack.
With Max we swapped over more out of curiosity than anything else. Just a little experiment to see if I could do it and if he would like it. And I was astounded at how much a 9 year old changed.
With Jack it's different. He had almost constant diarrhea, he smelt awful and he had red elbows and a horrible crusty lumpy thing in his back.
First challenge was getting the missus to feed raw. She can't touch a steak with out retching so raw chicken carcass and tripe was a push for her (everything is now sorted in to meals and bagged up so all she has to do is hold bag upside down over the bowl.
Well wouldn't you know it Jack loves his new regime.
From a grazer with no food motivation at all he know clears his bowl every time.
His rashes have gone and his crusty lump fell off and healed perfectly with in a week.
His coat is a million times thicker and shinier (when he's not filthy) and also his whole demeanour is a little calmer. He's a springer spaniel so he doesn't DO calm, but calmer is good enough for me.
He has become food motivated and that has helped me train some simple commands and also work on impulse control.
Also the place I go for food has employed a new bloke who just can't count. I asked for £5 worth and get given 10. I ask for bags that worked out to £6 and get told it's £2.

All in all a fantastic change for the better.

Next challenge. A no pull walk. Wish me luck.

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[Liz_M]

The first dog I switched to raw was in 1999, an older GSDx. She had several large fatty (benign) tumors and for years her breath and teeth were just awful; she went in to be knocked out for a dental cleaning every year or two. And I was feeding (at the time, this was before grain-free and such), decent food plus the dogs got raw beef bones for chewing on a regular basis. Anyway, after going 100 percent raw all her lipomas disappeared and her teeth got so clean my vet wondered where I'd taken her to have them done, her breath no longer smelled and her fur became amazingly shiny and plush. Really made a believer out of me! I now feed some kibble, but also mostly raw for my older dogs. My JRTx is eight years old and my Lab is about seven and their teeth are pristine, plus I get frequent comments on how nice my dogs' coats are. The EM pup is currently eating more kibble meals than raw but once he's done with the bulk of his growing he'll also be eating mostly raw. Good luck with the walking!

 

[DennasMom]

WOW! I love hearing REAL success stories! Makes me happy we decided to take the plunge to raw, too. Although I went in to it with more of a 'preventive maintenance' attitude than a need to 'fix' anything.Good luck with the no pull walking - it can be done! You can do it!!I find mixing in formal heel time with some 'break periods' (recess?) helps Denna focus better when I DO ask for a heel.

 

[TricAP]

That is so awesome to hear!!!! Our 10 year old Chi had demodex as a pup with massive hair loss that never regrew - poor little thing spent most of the year in sweaters even in SoCal. About 3 months into feeding raw her hair started to regrow. She now has a gorgeous shiny coat! Truly amazing what can happen with correct nutrition. CJ - a trick we've learned with tripe to alleviate some of the smell is serving it frozen in "cookies" - or hockey pucks. We freeze and then cut the packages with a reciprocating saw. Dogs love to chew on them and much less smell for those that find that particularly offensive.