Spreadsheet for Raw Feeding
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LILYLARUE
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I'm wondering why a spreadsheet? It's not really that complicated. By raw, do you mean bones, meat and organs, or meat, veggies and fruit?
I would think you would need to email the admin to approve the diet before posting. It's better to post correct information than have wrong info for newbies. The diet should be species appropriate, not a concoction of what someone thinks is a good diet. Trust me, there are many "raw" diets out there with incorrect ingredients it can make my head spin! I've even seen them with raisins or grapes! DUH!! Poisonous to dogs! So personally, I would rather have it reviewed before posting.
I would think you would need to email the admin to approve the diet before posting. It's better to post correct information than have wrong info for newbies. The diet should be species appropriate, not a concoction of what someone thinks is a good diet. Trust me, there are many "raw" diets out there with incorrect ingredients it can make my head spin! I've even seen them with raisins or grapes! DUH!! Poisonous to dogs! So personally, I would rather have it reviewed before posting.
SlyR
Boxer Buddy
Its nothing really that special but is a good tool for someone just starting. Admin contacted me and is reviewing it to see if it is accurate.
Just trying to help
Thanks, we got it
It's neither right nor wrong, really. It's just a simple excel spreadsheet that has basic simple formulae to tell you what a given food percentage works out to in lb, for a specified body weight. Thing is though, percentage to feed isn't an exact science
And the 2-3% rough guideline that's often talked about is really a rough guideline to which there are many many exceptions, especially amongst puppies and adolescent dogs (not that that would stop anyone entering an amount greater than 3%, but one has to have sufficient raw feeding and spreadsheet knowledge to do that).
It's main purpose though seems to be to ensure that you feed 10% of the dog's food as organ meat, and 5% as liver.
Anyway, there's no problem with the speadsheet per se. But the percentages it uses are very open to debate. I have no problem with you posting a link to it if you upload it somewhere else online, but we wouldn't upload it on Boxerworld - as that would imply indorsement of the diet stipulations behind it (i.e. how much organ meat, liver and food overall a dog should have relative to his body weight). As above, whilst the stipulations of your spreadsheet aren't "wrong" nor harmful, they're not right for every dog either (nor something all mainstream raw theories would support). That's not a problem for any individual wishing to have a calculator, but it is a bit of a problem for a site like this to endorse (which would be assumed, were it uploaded here).
It's neither right nor wrong, really. It's just a simple excel spreadsheet that has basic simple formulae to tell you what a given food percentage works out to in lb, for a specified body weight. Thing is though, percentage to feed isn't an exact science
And the 2-3% rough guideline that's often talked about is really a rough guideline to which there are many many exceptions, especially amongst puppies and adolescent dogs (not that that would stop anyone entering an amount greater than 3%, but one has to have sufficient raw feeding and spreadsheet knowledge to do that).It's main purpose though seems to be to ensure that you feed 10% of the dog's food as organ meat, and 5% as liver.
Anyway, there's no problem with the speadsheet per se. But the percentages it uses are very open to debate. I have no problem with you posting a link to it if you upload it somewhere else online, but we wouldn't upload it on Boxerworld - as that would imply indorsement of the diet stipulations behind it (i.e. how much organ meat, liver and food overall a dog should have relative to his body weight). As above, whilst the stipulations of your spreadsheet aren't "wrong" nor harmful, they're not right for every dog either (nor something all mainstream raw theories would support). That's not a problem for any individual wishing to have a calculator, but it is a bit of a problem for a site like this to endorse (which would be assumed, were it uploaded here).
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