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[darci]

Hello,

My name is Cindy and I am from Tennessee, I am married and have 1 son who is 18 and still living at home.

We are owned by the worlds greatest dog ever, Darci our 2 yr old pem corgi.

So glad to meet you all and look forward to our discussions.

[Jane Austen]

Cindy,
Welcome! I am glad you mentioned on another thread about IAMs putting on weight. I have gotten my Duchess a bit heavy. Have been feeding IAMs but cutting back on the kibble part of her allotment. Now have some dry food I bought at Trader Joe's.
You seem very knowledgable, you should be an asset. Not that we don't have some experts but another view doesn't hurt.
I just wanted to add that I thought I was partial to tricolors, but Darci is a very lovely shade in the picture. Jane

[herdingdogs]

Welcome to the list Cindy!
Linda

[anniimc]

welcome to gocorgi. I have just joined myself. As you will see I have just acquired a beautiful little girl which I am still waiting for as she arrives tomorrow. I also have a son who is still at home and he is 19. We are all so excited about our new found love and I am sure she will be ruling the house in no time ......don't let that sweet little innocent face fool anybody!!

I spoke to the breeder and she has fed "Lucy" softcoat (kibble) with a fattier mince and yogurt on the side. She told met that I have to continue it on and slowly change her diet if that is what I want. Which I do because I feel that giving my corgi fresh food would be better for her stomach. Do you know, if I can feed her, heart mince (lean) mixed with chicken or fish and add raw vegetable such as carrot, parsnip, pumpkin and brown rice (cooked) then give her a little yogurt on the side. Somebody even told me to give her porridge in the mornings for breakfast. Also instead of giving her processed buscuits is there any site where I can make my own buscuits for her as treats!

We just lost our x corgi on September 1st 2005. She was 15 years young and only ever ate what we ate. If I was to make her food up she would eat cooked mince with rice(cooked) and carrot(raw). But somebody told me that corgis should eat fresh food all the time with little white carbs in it!!

I would appreciate your views on this.

I do hope that finds you and your family all well.

Kindest Regards
Anna

[Michael Romanos]

Hi Anna
You've put together a lovely mixture for your new pup. I don't know what "softcoat" kibble is but if it is the usual hard, biscuity stuff, don't forget to soften the kibble portions in a little hot water and allow to soak in before giving the food to your pup. Puppy Corgis up to nine months at least, should be getting a cereal breakfast - and my advice is a baby(human) cereal is best, such as Baby Rice or even better is Complan or Farex. Don't add cow's milk but some other type of milk from the supermarket such as goat's milk. I'd go easy on the brown rice for a while. Make sure the veges are cut small. I'd prefer lean beef to any offal or lamb or pork or chicken in the initial stages of puppy feeding.

[darci]

Thanks so much for the warm welcome.
I have been looking at the photo gallery, they are soooo sweet.
I wish I could have a house full of corgi's.......

I would be known as the scary dog lady.... hmm.

[corgimom]

Anniimc,

I am sure there will be people who will disagree with this, but my vet told me
to not feed my new Corgi the raw food diet because of the possibility of
E-coli contamination to my Corgi - he said "why take the risk". I know the
breeder was feeding my Corgi a semi-raw food diet, but my vet advised against it. So I am feeding him dry kibble.

[Michael Romanos]

I don't know what raw food diet you are talking about. Is it this packaged raw food for dogs that seems to be coming into vogue in the USA. If it is just plain raw meat such as beef and lamb - fresh or frozen from fresh and fresh veggies - then this business the vet is talking about shouldn't exist.
It's a shame that a lot of vets are promoting a dry food(kibble) only diet for dogs when they should have better knowledge. - but then again that is where a lot of them are getting big bucks from selling the stuff.

[corgimom]

The vet is talking about just giving him ground up hamburger or turkey that
you would get from the grocery store - that is what the breeder was doing.
My vet is highly against it because of the E-coli possibility - in his defense,
he wasn't promoting any particular brand of dry kibble, he just said whatever
the dog likes, but to forget the raw food diet. He doesn't mind the vegetables or fruits now and then, just not the raw hamburger or turkey.

[Michael Romanos]

You've changed your story from your original posting. Obviously, there are alternative raw meats to give your Corgi and I would stick to the more everday meats whilst your Corgi is a pup, in any case. There is a level below raw meat and that is cooked meat. Why not simply cook the turkey and ground-up hamburger. and then find something more acceptable in its natural state.
Vets don't have to recommend any dry food in particular in order to do a selling job. But as I always say, a completely dry food diet is much superior to what many indiscriminant people feed their dogs.