jessies_mom
Posted : 5/8/2012 7:15:02 PM
The dog in your sig is gorgeous! I'm not a raw feeder but maybe I can help a little. As far as getting a vet's approval, if you can show that the diet is balanced (meets your dogs nutritional requirements), most vets will be okay with a raw diet. Most wolves in the wild only live 4 to 5 years; that information came to me directly from a wolf biologist. Nature isn't concerned about providing them a well balanced diet; they just need to live long enough to reproduce. This booklet by Monica Segal has balanced raw diets for dogs of different weights;
Raw Food Recipes 2nd edition
Some of the members of this yahoo group are raw feeders and can probably help you;
K9Kitchen : dog diets raw cooked allergies disease
Have you looked into co-ops; they should be a good source of reasonable priced meat. Grinding the ingredients may save some freezer space, but a large dog will require several ounces of meat a day. Jessie weighs 60 pounds and required ten ounces of cooked meat a day when she was on a cooked diet. Good luck; I hope someone comes along with better information.