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So, after all this research and all this hemming and hawing, I buckled down and fed Max a bone-in chicken thigh for breakfast!
He got a chicken thigh weighing 191 grams.
This is the breakdown I figured out:
(Based on Prey Model Raw with 80-10-5-5 ratios.)
He weighs 38 pounds, so I put his target weight at 35 pounds. 2.5% of 35 pounds is 0.875 pounds. That's 397 grams total.
80% of 0.875 pounds is 0.70 pounds or 317 grams.
10% of 0.875 pounds is 0.0875 pounds or 39 grams.
5% of 0.875 pounds is 0.04375 pounds or 20 grams. (x2)
If fed twice per day he should be getting about 198.5 grams at each meal. Since he is just beginning, he is receiving no organ meats, just chicken. The key is balance over time, right?
Here's the video:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quaintlittlelisa/8080020566/in/photostream/
I'm listening to Bones in the background.
He did great! Dug right in, didn't growl when I had to lift his chicken up to place a towel underneath because he decided he wanted to eat it in bed. When he crunched into bone I was startled - what a sound!
He ate about half of it before deciding he'd had enough. I left him with it for a few more minutes, but he was just napping so I picked it up and will offer it again at dinner time.
More pictures:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8080023025_d1e822ed9c_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8080020690_a5f868f160_z.jpg
I couldn't get in the front of him without him stopping to stare at me. No matter how much I ignored him and pretended I didn't care, he wouldn't est until I was on the other side of the kitche again, so you get pictures of his butt instead. Overall I am pleased with how well it's gone. I know when I get comfortable I will be laughing about all my facts and figures up there, but I thought I'd post it all anyway so I can refer back to it, and maybe it'll help someone else.
Lastly, if anyone sees anything wrong, point it out please!
P.S.
Max is a seven year old black tri. He's new-to-me and is my very first sheltie. He was a breeder's dog until she gave him up to me. He has pretty much only known an outdoor kennel. His coat is very bleached out from the summer sun.
He got a chicken thigh weighing 191 grams.
This is the breakdown I figured out:
(Based on Prey Model Raw with 80-10-5-5 ratios.)
He weighs 38 pounds, so I put his target weight at 35 pounds. 2.5% of 35 pounds is 0.875 pounds. That's 397 grams total.
80% of 0.875 pounds is 0.70 pounds or 317 grams.
10% of 0.875 pounds is 0.0875 pounds or 39 grams.
5% of 0.875 pounds is 0.04375 pounds or 20 grams. (x2)
If fed twice per day he should be getting about 198.5 grams at each meal. Since he is just beginning, he is receiving no organ meats, just chicken. The key is balance over time, right?
Here's the video:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quaintlittlelisa/8080020566/in/photostream/
I'm listening to Bones in the background.
He did great! Dug right in, didn't growl when I had to lift his chicken up to place a towel underneath because he decided he wanted to eat it in bed. When he crunched into bone I was startled - what a sound!
He ate about half of it before deciding he'd had enough. I left him with it for a few more minutes, but he was just napping so I picked it up and will offer it again at dinner time.
More pictures:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8080023025_d1e822ed9c_z.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8080020690_a5f868f160_z.jpg
I couldn't get in the front of him without him stopping to stare at me. No matter how much I ignored him and pretended I didn't care, he wouldn't est until I was on the other side of the kitche again, so you get pictures of his butt instead. Overall I am pleased with how well it's gone. I know when I get comfortable I will be laughing about all my facts and figures up there, but I thought I'd post it all anyway so I can refer back to it, and maybe it'll help someone else.
Lastly, if anyone sees anything wrong, point it out please!
P.S.
Max is a seven year old black tri. He's new-to-me and is my very first sheltie. He was a breeder's dog until she gave him up to me. He has pretty much only known an outdoor kennel. His coat is very bleached out from the summer sun.
