Is a good point and I can explain it. If you used to feed them with dry food or with some cabrohydrates from very young age, the internal system have to do something for accept those components and digest it. If you try to change dry food to raw food in fast way, the body reject the changes and the results will not be favorable. It has to be with a transtition with the daily ingest for the body of your dog can handle the new diet. Thats why i recomend to go to your veterinary for see how long can be the transition and how to do it, because not all the internal systems works by equals.
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You have a very good point. Even giving the dogs an occasional bone can have very messy results, which is a shame because they enjoy them so much.
I think that if (or when) I get another pup, this would be a great time to start it off on raw food.
Have you noticed a big difference in Toby's poop? I've observed that when the dogs do have a good bone mean then their poop (I guess, full of calcium) isn't as smelly, turns white and crumbles rather than the messes we are used to. A bonus benefit. :)
Dogs should ONLY be given raw bones, not cooked bones. This is because the cooked bones produce chips that damage the digestion system causing intestinal bleeding.
In the diet it is very noticeable how the way of pooping for dogs changes. Toby has always given good color, good smell and good firmness except when he has a stomach problem, which is as common as a human.
The advantage of calcium in the diet is for puppies that are constantly growing and along with breastfeeding their mother, they need to meet their demand for calcium. That is why sometimes small raw bones or eggshells are added to give a little calcium that is needed. The intention of giving them big bones is to maintain the health of their jaws.