Laura, You have many options. You can feed it whole, just throw a chicken at them. You can buy a grinder and do the grinding yourself. The veggies need to be ground or put through a food prcessor to get the maximun absorption and digestion. Or, you can buy pre-mixed meals. It's all what works best for you and your dogs and how much time you have to prepare meals. Cooking? NO! Heat destroys the benefits. And, you do NOT want to feed cooked bones. Bones are a must for the proper calcium/phosporous ratios. Laura -----Original Message----- From: LauraEG@xxxxxxx To: almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; sally@xxxxxxxxxxx; spotted101@xxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 10:09 AM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Raw feeding GSD In a message dated 4/3/2007 1:21:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, almanya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: I order turkey necks, chicken backs, chicken leg quarters and gizzards...............but you can feed most anything. Beef and lamb is extremely expensive and i can't afford to feed it to my dogs......A small amount of liver is good to feed but it is so gross to deal with, a real mess. I also do buy canned mackeral for a once in a while treat.............i don't do all the veggies and stuff though.............so far it has been great and i can breathe a sigh of relief that my dogs aren't going to croak from all the toxins being found. Now god forbid if our human meat supply gets tainted......... Ok, I think I am climbing in to this boat with the rest of you. When you prepare this, do you do it in a food processor? Do you cook it? How much do you feed to your dogs, how many time each day? Laura in Chesapeake ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================