We switched our 2 boys to raw from kibble about 6 months ago. The switch came because we were simply exhausted from walking them 3 times a day because they had loose stool (we don't have fenced in yard, so we need to walk them to go to the bathroom). Our vet recommended more fiber in their diet to help with loose stool. This intuitively just didn't resonate with us. Basenji are one of the most ancient breeds of dog… why on earth would more fiber be a solution to their problem (I know the theoretical why, but logically it was counter-intuitive)? We read many sources or literature on the raw diet and thought this would be a good switch for them. Again, they are an ancient breed so moving toward raw foods seemed appropriate and logical. It took that about a month for them to get really accustomed to eating raw chicken quarters, rabbit halves or pork shoulders but now they have no problem gulping their meal right down, bone and all (for those of you who don't feed raw, gulping is a normal behavior and bone is an essential part of the diet). Their digestion issues have vanished and we've even seen marked improvement in their destructive behavior. Two super happy boys now, two super happy Basenji owners!!
Carnibest, Mirtillo's new food
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Mirtillo started on his new (raw) 'diet' today. He loooooves it. I took some pictures:
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Mmmm. Looks yummy !:p
The petshop around the corner is selling "Duck" raw food fot now but he will switch to "Farmfood" by the end of the year. Any experiences with "Farmfood" ?
And keep sending lots of great pictures of Mirtillo please !
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There are a lot of grains in Duck, so that wouldn't be my choice.
Farmfood isn't raw food, but kibble: www.farmfood.nl I think it's a good choice if you want to feed kibble. Do you know this site: www.hondenforum.nl ? Here you can find some diffirent opinions about farmfood. (and about all the other dog subjects :)) -
Thnx for the info !
And please keep us informed about the switch to frozen raw.
The more I read about the benefits of feeding raw the more I get convinced in trying it when we get our pup. I received my copy of "Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health For Dogs & Cats" from Beagle Books California a few days ago. It gives a lot of information on BARFing but that's the theory. I wonder how Mirtillo is doing it on the yummy Carnibest Red in practice? -
another good forum: http://www.barfplaats.nl/forum/index.php
Mirtillo is still doing great. I switched to Carnibest 'cold turkey', so without mixing it first with his former kibble. It didn't bother him at all. He has no diarrhea or something like that. His coat is still shiny and he is still very active
The only problem I have is that I still have 8 kilo of his other food :rolleyes:
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Hi Janneke. Just returned from a 4 week vacation in Portugal. How is Mirtillo doing on Carnibest ? I looked at the most recent pictures of him and he looks great. Very nice boy !:)
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He's doing great! He gained some pounds and that's a good thing! Last week he had some diarrhea.. but that was because of him eating out of the trash can…:rolleyes:
He really enjoys his food and I find that very important! He's jumping around and when it takes to long he's crying for it
Thank you for the compliment
Are you getting excited about your puppy already?? Last week I saw Alain Alaerts at the Dutch Basenji Speciality. He was second with his import male pup... but he should have won.. He brought some nice dogs with him anyway.
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And four weeks Portugal…??? I'm jealous.. We've only had rain, rain and rain here... What about the global warming?!?!
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I received a mail from Alain yesterday telling me he acquired a male B from the US. His picture and pedigree can be found on his website :
http://www.dodgydog.be/nederlands/onzeKennel.html
Really impressive.
BTW did you spoke to him about our correspondence on the Basenji Forum ? I'll meet him next Saturday in Mechelen-Nekkerhal on a dog show and will tell him about me knowing Mirtillo (virtually ). Hope to see Eldorado's Keeper of Flame on the event too.
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No, I didn't speak to him. And yes, it was the Eldorado boy Very handsome pup
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Glad he is enjoying his new food.
I see Alain has a bitch out of my Cali's sister that was exported to the US.
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Glad he is enjoying his new food.
I see Alain has a bitch out of my Cali's sister that was exported to the US.
Yes, Eldorado's Zari by Saqqara. He also brought her with him.