Hippo's Guide to Feeding Your Dog the Raw Way

My dog Hippo has been on the raw diet for over a year and a half. The results of the diet exceeded my initial expectations, so I've made this video in hope that it will inspire others to try this method of feeding their dog. Hippo was born with severe hip displaysia. the raw diet rolled back the clock on his hips and he acts the same way that he did when he was 4 (and he's 8.5 years old in this video).

Hippo is a 110 lb. Akita/Rottweiler mix (aka a Rokita)

Raw is also much cheaper than high quality kibble. This mix here cost me around 75 cents per pound to make!

Category:

Education

Tags:

• raw
• dogs
• dog food
• rokita
• malamute
• natural dog food

[dre3w26]

So no veggies needed for the raw diet?

[dexamethasone]

@dre3w26 you can if you want to (with a minimal amount), but my dogs hate them, and in the wild wolves will just throw the intestines out of the carcass anyhow. Some people feed their dogs green tripe in substitute of vegetables (for extra mineral/vitamins), some dogs like it some don't. If your dog likes veggies, there's no harm in feeding them, go for it.

[keysofluvher1]

plzzz plzz make more videos..i've been trying to make my 14lb shih tzu raw food just like this.but there arent any good vids..my dog is allergic to chicken n beeff : ?

[dexamethasone]

@keysofluvher1 Sorry, the last comment was ment for you @.@

[keysofluvher1]

@dexamethasone yes i meant to say poultry...i tried giving him turkey for the thanksgiving..he's itching like crazy..i know this probably sounds stupid but would be able to tell me how many lbs of what instead of percentages..i suck at math...i really appreciate the advice..and what brand of grinder do you use? i heard its bad to put heavy bones down the machine. is that true?

[dexamethasone]

@keysofluvher1 Then I would stick with lamb and fish. If you get whole trout at a fish market, then you don't have to worry about ratios so much because you are feeding whole prey which is complete. If you'd like to mix serf and terf, then let's make a 10 lb batch, you will need:

7.5-8 lbs muscle meat

1-1.5 lbs bone (they can have meat on them)

1 lbs of organ meat (0.5 lbs of that is liver, the other 0.5 is pancreas or kidney)

[ffiafaap]

Nice video. Inspired by you, I bought a turboforce 3000 series grinder just now so I don't have to make a mess by cutting the meat and bone by hand.

[tottenhamandy]

Hi there. Great video. Could you please tell me what grinder you use?

Thanks

[noodlesmadison]

Hippo is absolutely adorable

[ashleyakt]

Great video! Kind of makes me want to go buy my own grinder instead of manually cutting up everything.

[ashleyakt]

@Fr3edom89

If the meat was 'pre-cooked' to kill of all bacteria then there would be absolutely no need to cook it in the first place, let alone wash your hands after touching it, cleaning surfaces off after they had come in contact, etc. Obviously I am not the one failing to think before commenting. Unless you have some crazy ass futuristic meat down there in the good ol' U.S of A, your debate fails to make sense to me. Anyways, I'm done now. Enjoy your strange food.

[ashleyakt]

@Fr3edom89

This wasn't meant to be an argument. I work in a grocery store, in a meat department, where I see first hand all the meat that comes in to us . While it may not be ORGANIC, it is certainly RAW. If it is not cooked - it is raw. It's a very simple concept.

[ashleyakt]

@Fr3edom89

She stuck blatantly raw beef liver and raw chicken breasts through a grinder - at what point did it looked processed or cooked?

[misorange]

no garlic?