Those of you who have been here a while know that I lost my beloved dog, Ashke in 2009.  My family and I have been searching and waiting for the next great dog to come into our lives.  On our way back from visiting family in California we picked up this little beauty.  My 5-year-old, aspiring-Jedi-Knight-son, said he knew this was the one, because he dreamed about her.

Meet Natasha, a three-month old Silken Windhound puppy.

Tasha had been partially raw-fed before we got her.  When we got her home I started offering her large chunks of whole raw food.  She loves it!  I left down a bowl of grain-free kibble that she had been eating before, so that she could transition to raw slowly.  The same bowl of dry food is still sitting on the floor.

I am feeding her “whole-prey-model” diet, which means feeding large pieces of meat, meaty-bones and organs, to simulate what a wolf would eat in the wild.  So far she has eaten: Chicken – quarters, backs, necks, legs, breasts, liver, giblets, and bones.  Pork – meat, heart, and meaty-bones.  Beef – meat, tongue, and bone marrow.  Turkey – necks and giblets.  I plan to get her some more unusual organs, tendons and miscellaneous animal parts to provide her with a full variety of nutrients.

Here are some pictures of Tasha enjoying her meals: