Who here feeds raw?
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I think a lot of hers has to do with that stupid botched eye surgery of hers. That left eye waters so much more.
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Pre-surgery:
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I guess it could just be age too though. I'm sure having a notch missing from your eyelid doesn't help.
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Pre-surgery:
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I guess it could just be age too though. I'm sure having a notch missing from your eyelid doesn't help.
It is weird! She was a chunky pup then went through a phase as an older pup on kibble where she was skin and bones but would get diarrhea if I upped her food. Now I've recently been getting some chub off of her, lol! I'm swimming her everyday on top of agility training and I feel bad feeding her any less but she's almost where I want her.
Yes, I've fed raw for 7 years. 
If I fed strictly prey model bought in bulk, raw would be cheaper for me than kibble. BUT, my dogs collectively eat 2 lbs per day. And I can get raw for $0.50/lb, so it's around $1 per day. I feed a lot of free range meats, some pre-made, and some obscure expensive meats, and a few supplements just because I want to. So it's not that cheap, about the same as kibble, but the results make it more than worthwhile!
TOTW didn't keep weight on my dogs when I tried feeding it, and my dogs pooped twice as much. I'm guessing it's because it is very potato filled. I much prefer Nature's Variety Instinct.
If I fed strictly prey model bought in bulk, raw would be cheaper for me than kibble. BUT, my dogs collectively eat 2 lbs per day. And I can get raw for $0.50/lb, so it's around $1 per day. I feed a lot of free range meats, some pre-made, and some obscure expensive meats, and a few supplements just because I want to. So it's not that cheap, about the same as kibble, but the results make it more than worthwhile!TOTW didn't keep weight on my dogs when I tried feeding it, and my dogs pooped twice as much. I'm guessing it's because it is very potato filled. I much prefer Nature's Variety Instinct.
The kibble portion of my dog's diet is Native Performance. They have slightly different formulas for different activity levels. When we are scootering a lot (3-4x/week) I use the level 3 and when we are scootering less (2-3x/week) I use the level 2. It's a fairly reasonable price and I don't go through it that fast (but I am feeding about half raw as well).
To some extent the anatomy of the face/skull in a lot of toy breeds contributes enough that you may not be able to overcome it completely. It makes the path of least resistance for tears to drain out of the eyes onto their face rather than through their normal internal drainage system.
To some extent the anatomy of the face/skull in a lot of toy breeds contributes enough that you may not be able to overcome it completely. It makes the path of least resistance for tears to drain out of the eyes onto their face rather than through their normal internal drainage system.
It is just so strange to me that it wasn't always this bad. When I first got her, it was bad. Changed her to a good food (EVO) and it went away almost completely for a couple years. Then it's just gotten progressively worse. 2.5 years ago she had little to no problems:
I've really tried changing diet around and no avail. I really am stumped and would love for her to go back to being as free of staining as she was before.
I've really tried changing diet around and no avail. I really am stumped and would love for her to go back to being as free of staining as she was before.
It's been about 2 years, so around 6 or so when she first started having major problems. Looking back at pics when I first got Mia, she was fine. For a while I thought it was allergies from moving a couple times but she's lived here before and been fine.
end of 2010 it started up a little bit.
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2011
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Now
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She is missing a chunk of her left eyelid, which you can see here. Surgery was done when Mia was around 1 year ago, so about 2 years ago.
DSC_5440 by Summer_Papillon, on Flickr
end of 2010 it started up a little bit.
DSC_0190 by Summer_Papillon, on Flickr
2011
DSC_0289 by Summer_Papillon, on Flickr
Now
DSC_1193 by Summer_Papillon, on Flickr
She is missing a chunk of her left eyelid, which you can see here. Surgery was done when Mia was around 1 year ago, so about 2 years ago.
DSC_5440 by Summer_Papillon, on Flickr
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