It makes sense to me (but I can't find cites nor sites) that
it's not a good idea to feed mixed meals of raw and kibble
because of the different digestion rates.

I recall buglady posting about this, but my dejagoogling didn't
find much.

Can anyone point me anywhere?

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

"Rocky" wrote in message
...
It makes sense to me (but I can't find cites nor sites) that
it's not a good idea to feed mixed meals of raw and kibble
because of the different digestion rates.

........Actually it's bones and kibble that don't mix very well. You can add
meat to kibble and be fine, but in reality it all depends on the dog.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

"Rocky" wrote in message
...
It makes sense to me (but I can't find cites nor sites) that
it's not a good idea to feed mixed meals of raw and kibble
because of the different digestion rates.

........Actually it's bones and kibble that don't mix very well. You can add
meat to kibble and be fine, but in reality it all depends on the dog.

buglady
take out the dog before replying

Rocky wrote:
It makes sense to me (but I can't find cites nor sites) that
it's not a good idea to feed mixed meals of raw and kibble
because of the different digestion rates.

I've read pages that suggested no mixing, and others that said that
there is no problem with mixing the two, although none of them are what
I'd consider unbiased sources. I've been mixing freeze dried raw and
frozen raw in with Khan's kibble for quite some time now, with no ill
effects. However, the raw constitutes only a really small portion of
his food intake, and might account for this.

Suja

Rocky wrote:
It makes sense to me (but I can't find cites nor sites) that
it's not a good idea to feed mixed meals of raw and kibble
because of the different digestion rates.

I've read pages that suggested no mixing, and others that said that
there is no problem with mixing the two, although none of them are what
I'd consider unbiased sources. I've been mixing freeze dried raw and
frozen raw in with Khan's kibble for quite some time now, with no ill
effects. However, the raw constitutes only a really small portion of
his food intake, and might account for this.

Suja

buglady said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

It makes sense to me (but I can't find cites nor sites)
that it's not a good idea to feed mixed meals of raw and
kibble because of the different digestion rates.

.......Actually it's bones and kibble that don't mix very
well. You can add meat to kibble and be fine, but in
reality it all depends on the dog.

Thank you. I thought that you'd written that it was OK to add
up to 10% raw to kibble (or vice versa), but I must be
misremembering.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

buglady said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

It makes sense to me (but I can't find cites nor sites)
that it's not a good idea to feed mixed meals of raw and
kibble because of the different digestion rates.

.......Actually it's bones and kibble that don't mix very
well. You can add meat to kibble and be fine, but in
reality it all depends on the dog.

Thank you. I thought that you'd written that it was OK to add
up to 10% raw to kibble (or vice versa), but I must be
misremembering.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Suja said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

It makes sense to me (but I can't find cites nor sites)
that it's not a good idea to feed mixed meals of raw and
kibble because of the different digestion rates.

I've read pages that suggested no mixing, and others that
said that there is no problem with mixing the two, although
none of them are what I'd consider unbiased sources.

Heh, I don't think there *are* any unbiased sources when it
comes to dog food.

I've
been mixing freeze dried raw and frozen raw in with Khan's
kibble for quite some time now, with no ill effects.
However, the raw constitutes only a really small portion of
his food intake, and might account for this.

Which freeze dried raw do you feed? The frozen raw that I use
is inconvenient when we travel.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Suja said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

It makes sense to me (but I can't find cites nor sites)
that it's not a good idea to feed mixed meals of raw and
kibble because of the different digestion rates.

I've read pages that suggested no mixing, and others that
said that there is no problem with mixing the two, although
none of them are what I'd consider unbiased sources.

Heh, I don't think there *are* any unbiased sources when it
comes to dog food.

I've
been mixing freeze dried raw and frozen raw in with Khan's
kibble for quite some time now, with no ill effects.
However, the raw constitutes only a really small portion of
his food intake, and might account for this.

Which freeze dried raw do you feed? The frozen raw that I use
is inconvenient when we travel.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Rocky wrote:

Heh, I don't think there *are* any unbiased sources when it
comes to dog food.

Know what you mean. Never thought people would get quite so passionate
about what to feed the dogs.

Which freeze dried raw do you feed? The frozen raw that I use
is inconvenient when we travel.

Nature's Variety. Comes in Chicken & Turkey, Beef and Lamb. Each one
pound package contains about a dozen (guesstimating, never counted 'em)
or so patties. I am not crazy about the Chicken & Turkey because I
think that it smells weird, but Khan absolutely loves this stuff, and
especially likes the Lamb, which smells very lamby and is the stinkiest
of the lot. More info he
http://www.sitstay.com/store/edibles/food2.shtml

Suja