I am living in a country at the moment that does not have prefrozen/prepared raw dog food (which is what I am used to giving my dog), so now I feed my dog raw chicken, raw beef, tripe and cow bones that I get from the local butcher. Is there anything I should be adding to make sure he gets all of his nutrients and stays super healthy?|||All dogs need is Raw meat, edible bones, and organs to be ultra healthy! Here is a guidline to follow when feeding raw: 80% meat (chicken, pork, beef, deer, fresh water fish, whatever you can find! A variety is good, but make sure you're dog gets more red meats than the others) 10% bones - The bones must be edible though, like pork or chicken bones (bones are only unsafe for a dog to eat if they're COOKED because they can splinter) Dense bones, like cow bones, are actually not very good to give your dog, because they can chip they're teeth on them. Only give your dog bones that they can consume. 10% organs - This includes liver, kidneys, heart, etc. Liver has the most nutrients tho, so make sure that at least half of the organs you give your dog is liver! That's all that you're dog needs :) Dogs are carnivores and don't have any need for veggies, grains, etc. They get all the nutrients they need from organs and meat. Tripe is alright to feed your dog every now and then. And so is raw eggs (egg shell and all), but only once in awhile, not every day. If you're dog's coat isn't as great as it should be, or his skin is dry, he could be lacking in Omega-3's, so you could fish oil supplements for him. Good luck to you and your dog, and Kudos to you for feeding him an appropriate diet! EDIT: You should consider checking out this Yahoo! Group for raw feeders of cats and dogs. I'm a member, and the people there are really knowledgeable and helpful. I learned ALOT from them! The site is posted below.|||It all depends on what you want to do. Some people make a veggie glop to go with the raw food. Using pretty much any veggies and you can add your supplements into that. Good supplements include, fish oil or flax seed oil, vitamin c, and vitamin e. Veggies shouldn't be more than 10%, and I personally will only be using enough to give supplements when I start raw with my dog.|||If you read the BARF books they will advise you that you need to add Veg pulp, mixed up of different veg, the same with fruit and then adding in eggs, cottage cheese or pro-biotic plain yoghurt. Fish also as well. Though not at the same time, they give you the amount a day of what you should be feeding to make it balanced.|||Raw fish and eggs would be the other things I would add... but ONLY if the raw fish there is parasite free OR if you can freeze it to kill any parasites. I wish I had an easy supply of good green tripe!! (I envy you!) Oh.. chicken feet are great sources of natural glucosamine.|||Vegetable/fruit (well rippened) and pureed. Yogurt (natural) Omega acids (3-6-9) I guess it all depends on the way and shape your dog poops.|||I have heard that RAW GREEN tripe is actually supposed to be completely nutritious in and of itself (recent Whole Dog Journal article).|||how about some rice

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