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Pre Packaged Raw

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Question
Hello, I've got a couple of questions.

I have a new puppy at home (Pit Bull/Great Pyrenees, five months old) and she has been on a decent food her whole life (Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lovers Soul) and I would like to change her to a full raw diet.

The only problem is I can not do a whole prey model diet. I just don't have the freezer space at this time. I do have a butcher lined up and will be getting chicken necks, chicken wings, whole chickens and other cuts of meat and organs to feed to the pup (named Kaylee) but I will not be doing it as a whole diet, or everyday.

But I do want to do a raw diet so I'm stuck using prepackaged raw.

I was planning on using:

Nature's Variety
http://www.naturesvariety.com/content.lasso?page=1483&-session=naturesvariety:44...

Paw Naturaw
http://www.pawnaturaw.com/analyses.html#chicken

Nature's Logic
http://www.natureslogic.com/products/dp_rf_bee.html

I will be switching around between those (not mixing the raw together) and feeding different meats and adding raw eggs with the shells.

I want to know if you believe that this is ok, if these pre packaged raw is a good substitute until I can go full raw. Is there anything I should add? Any supplements you would suggest?

I was planning on using:

Wholelistic Canine Complete
http://www.thewholisticpet.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=5...

Organic Green Alternative Herbal Supplement
http://www.animalessentials.com/moreinfo/organicgreen.html

Is this a good idea? Or not? Or do you believe it's not needed?

Basically I any suggestions you might have or helpful tips. I just want to make sure that this will be good for her.

Thanks!

Answer
I think you made some good choices. I prefer to make sure that any chicken with bones are ground together so they are basically getting bone meal mixed with chicken. I don't particularly like a completely raw diet,. and like to add things like home made vegetable soup etc. What you're doing looks pretty complete. I would add chondriotin and glucosomine as supplements, as well as vit E, vit C and if you don't plan on using some type of fish, sardines, salmon etc, I would add a good Omega oil daily or even cod liver oil. Also you might want to try adding a bone meal to ground chicken rather than using whole chicken or chicken with bone. Add co enzyme Q10,4n1 probiotic enzyme, and Nzyme digestivce enzymes in the morning to food.
Use frozen green beans as treats and raw carrots. Be really careful with your protein content. It's going to be hard with adding ingredients to keep the kcals and protein levels where they need to be for large breed dog. Be on guard for pano.
Good luck~
Cindi