Raw meat for dog food

[xdpatriot]

We've got two German shepherd guard dogs. I hunt and usually harvest a couple of deer for the family, we don't buy hamburger. I usually kill a couple of wild hogs a year and because they're a nuisance in this part of the state and people just dump them, I was wondering about feeding raw pork to my dogs. The benefits of raw meat are very well documented and since wild wolves and coyotes are eating it, I'm assuming our domestic dogs can as well? I think it would be a good idea to have a once monthly worming regiment put into place for our dogs if we go ahead with this. Does anyone have any experience feeding raw, wild pork to their dogs?

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I don't have experience in pork alone. We fed dogs a similar variety, in SE Okla as I grew up, of unwanted cow parts, deer, both wild and domestic hogs, turkey parts etc. Bird bones will splinter and get caught in the throat so be careful with that. Some small fish bones can do the same. I prefer the fish to the cats anyway. Domestic dogs do well but need some time sometimes to change diet. Special breeds such as pugs do not do well at all. Larger dogs seem to do better in my experience though I do not know why.

This is a decent article on the subject IMO. It is very important just to monitor them and their poo and demeanor as you feed.

http://rawfeddogs.org/rawguide.html