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February 1st, 2009
February 4th We gave the dogs a little bit of hamburger with their chicken, for some variety. They loved it. February 5th The dogs received 1/2 a lb of hamburger with their meal tonight. They ate it in seconds. I've seen a big improvement in Zeke's appetite, and he has already put on a few pounds! February 6th First carcass tonight! We took a 5 lb chicken and cut it in half down the spine. They loved it, and the organs are great for them. We have decided that one meal a week will be a chicken carcass. I have also been noticing that already Zeke's fur is feeling a little softer. Of course, that could be all in my head, but I like to think it's the new diet. April 26th, 2009 It has been a while since updating. Raw feeding has become a lot easier in the past couple months. A rythm has formed, and we now have their basic weekly meals done. The specifics can all be found on the Recipes page. I have cut back on Zeke's diet a little. He was getting, on average, 2 chicken quarters and 6 ounces of offal a night, equaling roughly 2lbs. However, even though he is still a desired weight, he is becoming border-line over weight. So I have cut him down to 1 chicken quarter and 6 ounces of offal a night. He still gets half a chicken once a week, so that is a 2-3lb meal right there. Within the next week, I am also going to start fasting him one day a week, as well. The day after his chicken carcass. I believe I mentioned doing this before, but I have yet to actually introduce it to him. Luther, being a puppy, will continue to be fed weekly. I've also found an easy way to feed eggs, as well. Zeke is not fond of the shell, so I just grind everything up in a bowl, shell and all. Then he is forced to eat the shell along with the yolk. January 19th, 2010 Due to personal reasons, Zeke and I are now on our own. His diet has been modified in the last year or so, but raw feeding has become so much easier. Pork was tried, but discontinued. Zeke had extremely bad Diarrhea after eating pork, and just refused to eat it most nights. After doing some reading, I have noticed that many dogs can not handle pork that well. It's a shame, because next to chicken, pork is one of the cheaper meats. Chicken quarters remain to be the main part of the diet. 1 chicken quarter almost nightly. Feeding organs has become easier, as well, after I figured out a system. Because I had problems getting Zeke to eat liver, I decided to liquify everything in a blender. Chicken hearts and gizzards, and Beef liver, along with green tripe when I order it, and wild salmon oil for Zeke's skin. After everything is a liquid, I pour it into ice cube trays, and freeze it. With every meal, Zeke gets 1-2 cubes, and he gobbles them right down. It also cuts down liver handling time from nightly to weekly. Because pork was no longer a cheap meat solution to offset the high bone content of chicken, and because beef is fairly expensive, I've started purchasing saw trimmings from local butchers. Every butcher has left over meat scraps, and most are happy to make some profit. I can get it for 0.89 cents/lb, much cheaper then the 1.50$/lb + I was spending on hamburger meat or beef. 
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