Very smelly wind...

[Ruby Red]

Originally Posted by Doreen

We all know how bad Rex's poop was.... but after giving him the raw meat along with cooked rice and 1/2 a banana a day, he firmed up nicely... Oh and did you try The Honest Kitchen? That really solidified poop very well. My point being, that rice did not hurt Rex's poop.

Doreen I checked everywhere and I just can't get THK over here in the UK. I even e-mailed the company but they didn't even bother to write back. It is a shame, I'm sure it would be ideal for Roddy and Jakey too for that matter, but there you go, never mind as they say, I'll keep trying different things until I hit on something that suits him. Hopefully whoever adopts him will be open minded to the idea of raw feeding - I'm sure Roddy would be fine on that - it's just so unpopular an idea over here. I think I metioned before on another post that hardly anyone I meet and talk to know anything about raw feeding and even when I try and explain it - they find the whole idea of it just too 'different.'

[Ruby Red]

Well, hopefully [all fingers crossed] this will be the last time I need to update this thread. It has taken a long time but we have finally got Roddy on a 100% raw diet. It has taken us ages because we had to take a very slow approach with him - adding just one extra spoon of raw to his food each week. We had a bit of a set back a couple of weeks ago - I tried him with some raw chicken necks [his first bone-in meal - probably not the best thing to give him on reflection as they are on the small side] but the silly boy gulped them down, whilst gagging on them at the same time. It was horrible watching him and quite frightening to say the least. My last dog, dear Sherry was like Ruby, slow and easy with bones and I never had much concern. Roddy has no control and no idea, all he knows is that it is something good so better eat it fast. I spent the whole weekend worrying about him and picking up poops with bits of bones in it.

Anyway I can't watch him behaving like this with them, let alone spend time worrying about blockages etc, so he is on a ground-in bone mixture. He's happy, I'm happy. The reason I am updating this thread is to let you know too, that for the past month, I stopped giving him the probiotics and the digestive enzymes and he remains wind free. His poops are absolutely fantastic too. So there you go, what a journey!

[superpimp]

Congrats, lol

[Doreen]

Yay Roddy!

[purplelori]

Hurrah for Roddy! It looks like the journey was exhausting for him too!

[Erin251]

yay, go roddy.. very cute picture too

[Spyglass Sally]

Glad to hear it. I'm sure he feels much better too, if he could only tell you.