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Admin reply: Hello Jane,
Glad the Dogmatic was a help for you and your boy. Pleased you enjoyed the web site. It's great to have you back in the breed after so many years.
Best wishes, Jean
Private post. Click to view.
Admin reply: Hello Jane,
Glad the Dogmatic was a help for you and your boy. Pleased you enjoyed the web site. It's great to have you back in the breed after so many years.
Best wishes, Jean
Added: November 23, 2017
Name: John E Lowery
From: Put in Bay, Ohio
E-mail: Contact
I have a larger than average male Borzoi,6.5months old. I feed raw diet. The breeder in Sweden, (I visited both breeder and raw meat dogfood "factory") The business owner had at one time, two Borzoi and fifty-two Alsatians! Ergo, the practicality of opening his own plant. I wanted info on daily calcium needs for a Dog his age. As well total calories per day. I weigh and journal each meal. Yogurt,spinach, zuchinni,tripe,honey,a bit of buttermilk on occasion,sweet potato, are some of the many items that he enjoys. Apples & banannas are well received! Any info on calcium per day and for differences that occur for the first three years.
Admin reply: Hello John,
Thanks for getting in touch. Your question is not that easy to answer, as rearing Borzoi puppies on a homemade raw diet is a bit of a minefield. For that reason most breeders rear their pups on a suitable commercial complete food, even if they switch to raw feeding as an adult when the composition of the diet is not so critical.
Dietary calcium requirement is quoted as 50mg/kg body weight/per day. If you are feeding just raw meat plus the extras you list then the best way of ensuring there is enough calcium in the diet would be to add raw meaty bones. Chicken wings or necks are ideal. Otherwise you could use a supplement. Many years ago when I reared puppies on a raw meat/biscuit diet I used to add bone meal but it must be good quality. It is important that the calcium/phosphorus ratio is correct. There are also various supplements available now specifically for addition to raw food diets.
Hope that helps.