swinn's Comments

I take it that is Audrey in the Avatar. She is a sweety and looks as though she was having a festive season. What breed is she?

I definitely did my research, because I wanted to know for sure I was doing everything right! My dogs depend on me to make good choices for them ;)

We feed a good variety of different protein sources: chicken, turkey, beef, pork, lamb, venison, elk, llama, goat, rabbit, several different kinds of fish, etc. Pretty much anything we can get our hands on for relatively cheap. We don't give many supplements, just omegas. 

In my mentoring, people come to the forum to get help with feeding raw. Its there that I do most of my mentoring. So usually we get people who have yet to switch OR people who have screwed up the first time, the former being the majority. I do find that a lot of people end up rushing things during the transition (usually out of excitement) but in the end that isn't a huge deal. I guess you could say that we don't get a lot of "screw ups" on my "home" forum. But I'm always so happy when they do come to get help...as well as the kibblers that want to switch. I can't keep count of how many people I've helped. 

I double checked the last round of bloodwork I did on Bailey (4 year old Dane, been on raw for almost 3 years) and her BUN was 17 (6-31mg/dL reference), phosperous was 4.1 (2.5-6mg/dL reference). Everything else was normal as well. On high protein kibble their BUN was always high...I don't have the exact number right in front of me though.

I actually (I know this will sound gross LOL) don't clean my floor that often...the girls do an excellent job licking the floor clean. The only cleaner I use is distilled vinegar on my floors. I don't use antibacterial anything...avoiding those products like the plague! Other than that they aren't exposed to cleaners of any kind really!  

why thank you swinn.  your dog is cute as well! :)

Men and woman deal with toxins differently due to the estrogen v. testosterone thing. While your body displays all these smaller signs of illness, your husbands is, statistically speaking, not going to get the preliminary "overdraft notices." He'll just get his "account closed"... heart attack, stroke, cancer. Men tend to get silent killer conditions, where women get adverse health conditions that build. i.e. "chronic fatigue to fibro to chemical sensitivity, add renal fatigue, and ovarian cystes, etc.

Jenn