At 08:51 PM 8/4/99 EDT, you wrote:

>Based on the way my dogs were behaving, I would say that (maybe they're not
>RAVENOUS) but their appetites have increased to a point where I could not
>feed them enough - cost and time effectively.

This does not go on indefinitely though. Mine too ate me out of house and
home for about 9 months - and no matter how much I fed, they were skinny.
Eventually, they started to gain weight and I was able to back off on the
food, particularly the raw meat. It's been a lot less expensive to feed
them this year than last! I think it may have something to do with "fat
adaptation", the adjustment to getting calories from mostly fat and some
protein, rather than carbs.

FWIW, *all* my dogs now maintain a nice weight on BARF. On commercial foods
I had a terrible time with skinny dogs and some of them could never
maintain a normal weight.


Kathy
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