Monday, October 10, 2011

Raw Feeding (Warning: Photos of Raw Food!)

The boys have been doing extremely well on their raw food diet. Several weeks ago, my friend, Kim, went fishing with her dad. They caught a couple of salmon, and she made them for dinner for me, and our other friends, Chris and Kira. It was very yummy. Kim was discussing with Chris how to dispose of the remains, and I piped up, "Do you still have the fish heads?"

Kim knows I feed the dogs raw, and she turned and looked at me and said, "Are you going to feed them to the dogs? Gross," and walked away, knowing what I was about to explain.

Chris and Kira were intrigued why I wanted the fish heads. I told them I was going to feed them to the dogs. Chris said, "They're not cooked - we chopped them off before putting the fish on the grill."

I replied, "Oh, the dogs will eat them raw."

Kira said, "But what about the eye balls? And the bones?"

"They'll love that stuff! They'll eat it right up!" I exclaimed.

I don't think I convinced them to feed their dog raw with that conversation!

Since the salmon were caught here in the PNW (Pacific Northwest), I froze the heads for three weeks. I was so excited to feed them to the dogs. The boys didn't know what a treat they were in for! Eventually, the three weeks were up, so I took out the heads and put them in the dog bowls.

Fish heads! Fish heads! Yummy yummy fish heads!


I placed the bowls down for the dogs and waited for their reaction.

Swift already moved his out of the bowl by the time I snapped this photo.


The fish heads were a big hit! I'm pretty excited about this. Even though fish isn't a necessity in a raw food diet, it's always good to throw in a little bit here and there in case they aren't getting the appropriate Omega-3s from their other meat. If you don't know that your meat source is grass-fed, you might be missing out on those important minerals. I want to get some whole sardines from the Asian Food Market in Bellevue. I'll let you know how that goes!





14 comments:

  1. Pallo loves him some fish heads and salmon trim. I can get wild-caught salmon trim at a local store for .70 per pound, then freeze for a few weeks. Koira, on the other hand, doesn't care for salmon at all. I need to pick up more flash-frozen whole sardines, which are the only fish she really likes (though she has eaten trout as well).

    Always nice to see what the other raw feeders are feeding their dogs!

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  2. Eat 'em up YUM. Pork & chicken today for us. Jaxx, Jetty, Cassi & Brandi

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  3. Well....glad you guys enjoys da heads. We never eated anyting like dat before!

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  4. My Moshe had a fish head once. I should have taken a picture, he was so excited but not sure what to do with it.

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  5. Do you freeze them first to get rid of the parasites? I recently heard raw Salmon was really bad for dogs because of a deadly parasite in some of them. I am sure you did your research though :)

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  6. I'm not too squeamish with fish. I used to go fishing all the time when I was younger, and actually enjoyed cleaning the fish out and chopping the heads off, lol. Those fish heads look bigger than your pups though, hee hee. :)

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  7. Cool, I don't eat raw but I do eat homemade. It's scary what's in dog food. I like your blog, beautiful Dachshunds. I'd love for you to stop by
    Kisses and Tail Wags
    Dachshund Nola

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  8. Oh my goshies... I don't think my mommy would get fish heads for me. They're kinda creeeepy!

    Woofs & hugs, <3

    ~Bailey (Yep, I'm a girl!)

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  9. Koly & fe would have gone WILD! They love love love fish heads. Our family is getting used to the idea that we will take pretty much all their "meaty cast offs" - turkey necks, fish heads & skin, whatever they've got! We had a fresh salmon a while back and poor Koly was beside himself when he had to wait for his to be deep frozen before he could eat it. Patience is not a puggle's string suit!!

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  10. Interesting, I had no idea that fish heads could be so beneficial and high in minerals which is just what I am looking for in my dogs diet!

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    1. It's not just fish heads, but all fish. We just happened to get the leftovers from our friend that the humans weren't going to eat. If you're interested in more info, you can contact me directly!

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  11. Now that is just funny!!! Those crazy dogs! I wonder if the girls and the boy would eat it! They probably would after rolling on it! LOL

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    1. Lol. The boys just love their raw meat! They gobble it right up!

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