I have in the past fed a lot of raw. I fed it actually for 6 years straight without any kibble to a lot of dogs from starved to obese and chihuahuas to pit bulls.
Sloan however is struggling. I would like to try raw with her to help lean her out and clean her diet up but it's not worth the bloody runs we're facing today.
I started everyone on Saturday with bone in thighs + sojos. They've been having raw meals/treats on and off their whole lives. No problems with anyone else and none with Sloan until Sunday(not abnormal).
Sunday night I threw in a chicken back to add some bone and instead we were up all night with the runs. This morning I did thigh again and at work she had a handful of Now kibble for treats. Still having liquid poop I tried a teaspoon of bone meal in her water after playing ball and then gave her a marrow bone to chew on.
Now the poop is almost entirely just watery blood with minimal crumbs of solidness. I'm sure it's just irritated bowels but having had my fair share myself I understand how much they suck.
I'm frustrated. What would you do? Fast? Go back to kibble? Remove the fat/skin? Add more bone? Remove the bone? Try another protien?
I was not unhappy with my kibble over all but I do miss the cut muscle tone and small poop from raw. Of course if this is what raw is going to do I suppose it's better to have kibble.
My take on this would be that her system cannot handle the mix of stuff. All this digests at totally different rates.
I would do only skinned/fat removed chicken backs for a few days. Just that, nothing else. So she has a chance to detox. Once that becomes too much bone via what her poo is telling you, go to skinned/scraped of fat/organs chicken quarters. Do only this for like two weeks at least.
No treats outside of maybe dehydrated chicken breast meat chunks, though frankly I would be very careful not to give too many treats outside of meals. Her system needs to detox and reset completely after having all that different stuff that digests at different rates thrown at it willy nilly.
Once that is good, very slowly up the amount of fat/skin kept on the quarters until she handle it. Once she's good there add in turkey necks slowly and ditto with all new animal sources until she can handle a good variety.
I wouldn't expect to add in liver until you are 2-3 months in to be honest and I would expect to have to pair rich stuff like beef heart with a chicken back possibly.
Honestly I think this is a classic case of too much variety too soon and that her system happens to be sensitive to the mixing of different types of food.
Scout had major, major issues with mixing raw with other types of food (kibble, dehydrated, etc.), but when I went full pmr it all cleared up. She is sensitive when first getting acclimated to new things like lamb heart or when I first intro-ed elk. She can eat whole meals of elk heart now... so its a matter of just taking the time to properly acclimate them to various things as you go along.
I will say that grass fed green tripe has done a world of good for Scout's tummy as well. That was actually the second thing I added to his diet when I had my foster. Its really low calorie so you could add a little to every meal once she's past the initial chicken part maybe to get the good digestive enzymes.