I was reading up on BARF because I am thinking of switching to it since I'm not to sure about dog kibble and this and that in there so why fight the good fight and go the easy way... BARF it up!!!

Now as I was saying befor I started going off in my own little world...

I read that the poop goes white! has anyone here had this problem (well not really a problem from what I read but still)?

I'm still a little ifie about this since I am having a hard time finding a Butcher here in Edmonton, Canada that doesn't look at me totally funny. Its not really something you hear about here.

As well anyone with some great BRAF sites they know about I'd love to look at them.

Poop turning white is perfectly normal for raw fed dogs and it will do this within a couple of hours if the sun's out! It will dry out and break down and leave nothing behind but crumbs, I've also found that butterflies really seem to like it
If you want to pm me I will send you the diet sheets for feeding a raw diet but this is totally raw and not BARF based, lots of info in them but Christine has got the addy for a UK BARF blub and I'm sure she'll post it up for you, there must be a US equivalent too

Sandy

BritBarf is a very informative and very active list.
It is UK based, but you're welcome all the same. There are raw feeding lists USA based, I don't know them, but on BritBarf someone can point you in the right direction if you want

Myths

raw learning

Carnivores

some stuff in here worth reading

little film

Poo colour in raw fed dogs depends on the amount of bone they get. The white colour comes frome surplus bone matter that the body can't use. After a raw meal without bones the poo is dark.

I disagree with you here Susanna because even if mine don't have bone in their diet their poo will still turn white and I know this because I bag it and bin it and when bin day comes along all the poop has gone white even in the bags

*ducks and hides* now I've done it LMAO

Thanks for the links they'll really help me out... I got a hold of a butchers 45mins out of town via email so I'm waiting to see what they reply with. Well thanks!

This is an interesting observation on your dogs, but I still think it is excess calcium that turns the poo white (other causes might be milk products or suet). As far as I remember you feed a lot of RMB (have seen your feeding plan once, but can't find it again), and parts of bones may linger for a long time in the digestive system. So it might explain why your dogs have bone poo (don't know if there's a special term for this in English ) every day. I can see from the poo quite well wheter Rhian had RMB or not, and so can other people I know who don't feed any dry food at all. Rhians poo is darkest after green tripe: very dark, very firm and small.

Just out of interest, how many days a week do your dogs NOT have any bones?

Sandy - can you email me your diet sheets (for Ruby, not me )

Fair point Susanna I don't think it's excess calcium though I think it's just bone residue, stuff that's left over after they've got everything out of their food and there's more than calcium in bones but you could be right, whatever it is though I would be happy to see a lot more of it around instead of the great big dollops of chocolate looking mush we encounter on our walks I have been known to actually pick up a missed dog poo in our garden, one that I missed the day or night before which has just turned to a chalky blob with my bare fingers and put it in the bin. It doesn't smell and is light's a feather and yes I do wash my hands thoroughly afterwards I wouldn't dream of doing this with a day old kibble or tinned meat poo I can tell you
My kids have 2 bone free days a week but no doubt there could be a bit of bone left over from the previous days meal that helps turn it white. I don't stick religiously to the diet plan I worked out as I did the plan for people new to raw feeding and it was put together to make switching over as easy as possible so neither constipation or loose poo should occur. Having fed raw for so long now I feel I can alter things a bit to best suit the dogs and use whatever is available at the time, seems to keep them all 'regular' so to say

Claire I'll gladly send the diet over for Ruby to have a look at, what size font would she like

Sandy

quite off subject, but ive just eaten 2 aunt bessies dumplings that look remarkably like the white poo your talking about wont be having them again i can tell you

@ Marie

MARIE i just spat my wine all over my lappy