29th May 2014 | two month anniversary on RAW

Snowie started raw on 29th March. So she's been on two months. Her switch was a little difficult. and her detox was really long. the tears, the shedding, the smell!!!! argh! i'm happy to see that tho..

We've started our third protein. Duck. She seems fine with it. i can't wait to do offals.

The obvious change is smoother fur. more energetic, and a surprise i found yesterday when i check her teeth. such clean and nice bright teeth. If only i have a "before" picture! you'd understand how a happy mother i am!

 She used to have really bad teeth. Brownish, black stain on gum with tartar. Her vet did warn me to watch for her teeth as it will affect her heart as well(she have heart murmur). i was so worry i put her to scalling last year. and i brushes her teeth with orozyme. that was when she was still on kibble. The tartar quickly build up after the scaling. it only lasted a month of clean teeth.

Slowly she starts having aweful breath. I've never smell something that bad in her past 11 years. when she pant. The whole room was filled with her bad breath.

2 weeks after i switched her to raw there's no more bad breath. (i even brought her to the vet regarding her breath, the vet find it normal for an old dog.)

This is a photo taken a day before.

I know many people still do not like idea of raw feeding theirs or "ours" (u know those people) dogs. i also know the fact that the theory is not backed by a scientist or researcher. but how much do u know about kibbles too? the pedigree commercial says "scientifically proven pet food". and all i see in their ingredients are corn, fillers..

your dog's diet is your own choice. i do have friends coming to ask me how to switch to raw diet. i gave them my advice but at the same time i asked them to read more online. Some people are really lazy to read. they just want to try. but don't you wanna know how to do it the right way? and how to feed it balanced? i always offer to send them the starter guide so they can read it briefly. but they want me to spoon feed them. Seriously??? i don't mind giving an advice or two AFTER you've read something. if you're that lazy to read up. i suggest u go back to what u've been feeding.

Lots of people wouldn't do their own research and end up blaming the person who taught them. and blaming RAW killed their dogs! which in fact, they are the one who killed their dogs. so READ!!!RESEARCH!

Lastly, i'm not a "Raw advocate". just another owner who wants to give the best to her own baby. If there's something even better than raw. i don't mind trying. but if raw helps to keep my old gal healthier. i'll stick to it. i guess all owners out there are the same. and i hope they are the same.

Cheers,
Happy Owner Yi <3

Snowie's Diet Change | Prey Model Raw | 29 March 2014

Snowie's first switch to raw meal finally. Didn't expect that early but we discover Calcium Oxalate Crystals in her urine. After going through internet and the most advice is switch your dog to raw. So i did. I'm gonna try.

However, Snowie have a really sensitive stomach and get diarrhea easily. I did a mistake on her raw menu.

She's been on kibble for 10 years. My previous raw feeding experience was with Clover, and she's a robust. i should have been more careful.

That day when she have gurgling noise in her stomach. She won't eat when she have upset tummy.

Her stomach was upset starting the 3rd day. I'm always ready to wake up in the midnight for her to go poo poo. a loose poo or a soft one. Then i fix her diet with more bone content and with help of pumpkin. She finally had a solid poo on end of 2nd week.


Then i stopped giving pumpkin. thought all was well and i started giving more meat and less bone. I admit here this is my mistake. I've been giving chicken keel with so less bone. sometimes she gets to eat chicken feet as a snack. So there goes my nightmare again. Loose poop.

She was suppose to start taking beef, her second protein on the 4th week but we couldn't make it. her poo was never solid off pumpkin. I am going too fast on her.

So i buy a bottle of digestive enzyme. i should've bought it on the first day of raw. After that day with digestive enzyme she wake me every few hour in the midnight to go for poop. Mucus poo! she even puke twice in the morning. Today is the third day with digestive enzyme and her poop is starting to shape, although still soft.

The change so far that is obvious is the bad breath. She got no more stinky bad breath. i can put my nose really close to her mouth even when she's breathing hard.

She started detoxing on the 3rd week. Scratching, fur shed, tears, smelly poo. i should be happy for that. All the toxic from 10 years of kibble is starting to shed!

Hopefully  her tummy will adjust quickly with the digestive enzyme. i really want her to be on raw. It's the most natural food for dog that i believe in. She's old and i hope she can live longer.

As for her eating style. it's really cute. for the first day, she was unsure whether she can really eat it. So she's slow and i let her be.

Then it's Chicken feet, i normally hold chicken feet with my hand to feed her since it's so small and im afraid she will choke on it. After she get used to eating bone, i place it in her bowl to let her handle the feet herself. and then she'd look at me. Sometimes i'd pamper her and "ok i'll feed you". sometimes not. I say Eat it.. and she will.. although she hope i can really feed her.

I teaches her how to wait before food. i don't do that on kibble. I bought her the blue towel. So everytime when the food drop outside of towel i'd say "take it back". She will.. the towel now become her "Eating zone". i love how obedient she become.

Pink is the new Black!

Changed a theme for my blog. rather pinkish, not really my style :\ well i guess i'm gonna keep it like this until the next few months. tired fixing my blog.

Mess!! Blog under maintenance!

the blog is such a mess! still working on the background template! something seems to go wrong and the burning laptop is not helping ;'{

Hope nobody visit this week!

Metal

The Etsy Calculator

i'm in progress of setting up an Etsy business. soon after reading the charges from Etsy store, i check out google for more review. here's what i found from auctionsitenews.com . very informative.

So i tried the Etsy Fee Calculator provided. hmm.. so many charges. i wonder why are there so many people using Etsy. guess i'll need more research before i start losing so much money on one site.

Metal

Rm5 lunch plan!

Its my second week of recovering my wallet. Oh! Or maybe i should say, saving money for Snowie's future diet!

Snowie was suppose to go raw after a few months - a year. That was my plan. But plan always change. Due to the calcium oxalate crystals found in her urine ive decided not to take the S/O and go for raw diet.

It's going to be in two weeks time. Glad i found a wholesaler of cheaper meat.

But still.. i can't spend so much anymore. She's on prilium the heart liquid medicine and many other supplements.

Im trying to find the best way to save money. I notice the most we spend is on food, coffee.. so my plan is to find lunch with budget not more than rm5.

Going to mall is the most suffering to me. I'd tell my sister 'you know? At this second I'm suppose to be holding a cappuccino ice from pacific coffee? '

Yes it's tough! Most of my meals are instant noodle ( I'm addicted) . Yesterday i manage to find one rm2.50 lunch from street side. And man! I suffer the stomach ache in the mid night. Sucks!

My sis and i both agreed, that we'll only go for one good meal with no budget, once in a month. Sounds great! We've already enjoyed our March great meal. I can't wait for April to come!

Right now the only thing i fear most is ppl would invite me out for a drink. My job ain't stable YET! Can't wait for more job to pour in then probably i can enjoy 2 great meal in a month :p

Hungry Yi
16.03.14