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Just to confirm - the raw grinds you're using are meant to be a complete diet, not just a supplemental feed, right? If they're complete, I'd say you're doing fine. I preferred green tripe to adding veg personally when I was feeding all raw, but I honestly believe there's a lot of ways to do raw 'right', so long as your base diet is balanced.
As for things like Omega-3s and bone, I just watch the dog. If I'm seeing really hard, pellet poops, bone gets cut back. If I see itching or dry coats, I might add some fish oil (I prefer high quality brand that include vit E, and NO cod liver oil - that's high in vit A and you can actually overdose). Like humans, dogs are so individual in what they do best on that there's no real "one true diet", even in the raw feeding world (despite the many people who'd like to say otherwise, lol). It's such a 'know your dog' situation.
As for things like Omega-3s and bone, I just watch the dog. If I'm seeing really hard, pellet poops, bone gets cut back. If I see itching or dry coats, I might add some fish oil (I prefer high quality brand that include vit E, and NO cod liver oil - that's high in vit A and you can actually overdose). Like humans, dogs are so individual in what they do best on that there's no real "one true diet", even in the raw feeding world (despite the many people who'd like to say otherwise, lol). It's such a 'know your dog' situation.