Reason why I love feeding saya raw

This is a pork rib I fed her it was free range coarse she didn't eat it all at once it was spread out throughout the year she still has a couple ribs left.

 I started feeding Raw to Saya on March 22, 2009 for many reasons mostly because I thought it was best for her, seemed natural, and more variety than kibble.

Don't get me wrong I'm not anti kibble or kibble hater or anything I'm fine with it if it's of decent quality then go for it. Saya gets wellness core ocean and dog treats as treats and for training.

Saya's diet has been going great her coat is nice, she's happy, loves her meals sometimes she can be picky about things, but usually after offering it to her on various days she'll try it and start to like it.

Saya used to hate beef tongue, but now she loves beef tongue, pork tongue, and even lamb tongue same for beef heart. I don't feed those often usually when I get them is when the farmer's market is open I love buying her grass fed or free ranged meats I buy local farm meats for myself too.

Since going raw Saya started to reverse sneeze less and less which is of coarse good! She used to do it every night or during eating her kibble, but now she rarely does it anymore. She will reverse sneeze every once in a blue moon, but not often so that's good.

I really think raw boosted Saya's immune system a lot.

Saya's more able to jump higher too before she'd hesitate before jumping now she jumps on my bed with no issue, jumps a bit over her agility jump and even jumps up on fallen down trees before she had to crawl under it or I had to help her over it.

I love how much variety raw brings yesterday she ate lamb ribs, beef liver, and green tripe, today she got pork, tomorrow she's fasting and day after that gets ground sheep.

She really loves the whole prey quail I got from hare today also she loves the beef gullet and beef lung, ground goat, duck, and tripe.


Anyways just saying how much I love feeding raw diet I owe it to They are what they eat blog, Masakado shiba inu, and few other people that inspired me to look into what makes good kibble and about raw etc.

Another reason I started raw was due to all the kibble recalls I did tons of research and decided to do rotation for Saya's kibble meals.

It just got so annoying trying to figure out what was the best kibble to feed her I just said to myself screw this and eventually got a few packs of chicken thighs then later got ton of pork that was on sale, chicken breasts, chicken gizzards and hearts, and beef liver and kidney and got full on into raw.

I don't think I'll ever go back to kibble ever again if needed I'll home cook for my dogs if need be, but I just can't stand to put Saya or any of my future dogs onto kibble.

Saya's blowing her coat

Saya and Bella have been enjoying this warmer weather with me on my walks in my field and when I relax in the backyard the two usually walk around playing with their toys and then they relax with me.

Saya enjoys playing fetch with her toys, and when done she likes to lay under my chair.

Saya has started to blow her coat now and at the time is blowing on her legs and her chest so fair she has been enjoying being groomed.

Saya's birthday is on April 20ths I might get some ground elk, ostrich, and beef and make a yummy meat cake for her. Two chicken foot as candles also cooked smashed sweet potatoes as icing since she really loves cooked sweet potatoes.

May I'll be gone for a week will be boarding while I'm gone. I plan to board her at a really nice place they will feed raw just fine which is good and reviews have been good.

I bought some ground pre mixed raw for the time she'll be boarding I got it nicely packed so it'll be easy for them to take out with no need to guess or measure.

Bella our two year old boxer will be boarding with Saya too she is kibble fed so I worry Bella will eat her meal fast and steal Saya's I hope the staff will keep an eye so Saya can eat it with no issue..

The picture I posted is of Saya during her young years she's walking on top of a fallen tree in my woods.

Hi again!

Haven't posted in awhile almost been two years wow! =\

I'd hoped to update this more, but haven't due to my slow internet. Now my pc has been broken need to fix it hopefully I can get a decent internet speed so I can post more pictures and updates.

Anyways Saya will be raw fed for two years this March 22nd! can't wait!

She'll be getting whole quail for her special meal since she never had it before hope she likes it if not she might take a bit to like it we'll see.

Here's the quail I got.
http://hare-today.com/product_info.php?cPath=23_51&products_id=244

Saya also has beef lung, beef gullet to try she really loves the beef pancreas, green tripe, duck, goat and beef organ mix.

Can't wait to get more from hare today I'll have to try different stuff like the whole rabbit, pigs head etc.

I added a picture of one of Saya's meals I'll take pictures of Saya trying her quail out on March 22nd.

fitfh week on raw

Saya is now on her fifth week on raw and doing great she can get beef, pork and liver with no problems at all.

This week I'm increasing her meat meals she is no longer getting a bone in chicken every day she's getting beef meals and she gets her bone in chicken two days in the week.

So far she has handled this well I plan to increase the meat meals next week.

I've ran out of pork, but luckily the store is having a sale on pork so I plan to pick up some pork, pork hocks, and chicken gizzards, and hearts. I also plan to buy some caned tripe and salmon oil for Saya and a kitchen scale so I can get things weighed before packaging the meat up.

April 29th will be Saya's birthday so I plan to buy her some lamb ribs for her bone in meals on that week she really loves lamb. =)

Day twelve on raw.

Today is Saya's twelfth day on raw she's been doing great of coarse on it.

Yesterday she had chicken drumsticks and she loved them. Today for her breakfast she ate chicken breast which she loved she also got some pork and for dinner she'll eat the rest of the breast there was still some meat left for her also she'll get some pork for dinner too she seems to do fine so far with the addition of pork no upset tummy or runny stool so I think I'll start adding it as her meal for her boneless meats.

Today I hope to get back to the store to pick up some more chicken, pork, and to pick up some beef to start Saya on too.

Day five of raw.

As of today Saya will have been on raw for five days. She has just been eaten chicken thighs for breakfast and dinner I did give her raw eggs with her meal too..

So far besides that one runny poop her stool has been pretty nice and well formed not runny and she doesn't have any problems pooping either..

Funny I pay a lot of attention to her poop, but I guess that's the only way to tell if she's settling it the diet well.. lol

Here morning poop had some bones in it, but on her second walk she pooped again and it didn't have it so I think she's getting better at digesting the bones..

This week she got a lot of bone in items, but I think that's good for her first week or so at least.

I plan to buy some more chicken thighs and there is some good deals on chicken breasts, boneless chicken thighs, and pork so I plan to buy those pork will be her new protein source once she's settled in.

I think instead of moving to the new protein first I think I'll slowly introduce her organ meats to her once she's settled on raw.

So far I'm happy with the results and the great thing is she doesn't have to drink as much water since raw has a lot of liquid in it.

First post!

Well today will be my first post I kept meaning to blog about my experiences with Saya my first shiba inu, but I never got around to it and well Saya is 10months now and almost 11months.

She is my first shiba inu I've been wanting one for 14 or so years she is my first shiba inu I've ever met up close my second was her brother of coarse which he was so cute I hope he's doing well also my third shiba inu is a red shiba named Rukia I met her at the park during a dog charity walk.

As a puppy Saya is an angel she never bitten me hard she'll playfully bite, but not too hard. She also gives me shiba hugs as I call it I need to get a picture of her doing it.. lol

Well lets fast forward to today for now Saya is now being fed prey modal raw which right now she is still transitioning to she's eating chicken thighs and raw eggs I guess I was being too much of a newb in this new diet and gave Saya some Denver lamb ribs for breakfast and dinner which she loves lamb ribs.

Monday is when I started her first day on raw in the morning she got a chicken thigh and dinner was leftover chicken thigh from breakfast and another chicken thigh she ate the whole bone in one of the chicken thighs and just ate the meat on the other. She is pretty amazing at crunching up her bone.

Tuesday she got chicken thigh and some Denver lamb rib, dinner was chicken thigh and lamb ribs.

Wednesday for breakfast she got a mixture of canned salmon with one and a half sardine in it all mix up with her seameal powder mixed in and she ate a little bit of her lamb rib and for dinner she got the rest of the fish mixture and the rest of her lamb ribs and she ate a chicken thigh.

So far she's doing well on this diet and she is still in transition so now that the lamb ribs are gone she is on all chicken till she's settled.

The grocery store has some good deals on chicken and pork so I hope to stock up on some chicken and some pork for when I introduce a new protein I'm probably going to introduce organs first I plan to make a order from haretoday I was going to order tripe, but I think I'll wait till the next time I order and once I see how she likes the things I've ordered for her.

I'll try to blog more often and add some nice pictures of Saya.