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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.
 

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Yeah, so long as the main bulk of the diet is a complete meal and you're rotating proteins, I figure anything else you want to add on is bonus! My favorite thing about raw diets is being able to customize them to some degree for the individual dog, so like I said, if I see itchy or dry skin/fur I can add some fish oil, if I'm concerned about joint issues due to breed, size, or medical history I may add a green lipped mussel supplement, bones for enrichment and teeth cleaning, etc... so long as the healthy 'extras' and any treats aren't more than 1/4 of their daily calorie intake, I'd say you're good! And even then, if they have a day where they get more extras/treats every now and then, I wouldn't fret, so long as it's not all the time. Just like a human with a healthy, balanced diet most of the time can have a meal at a fast food place now and then and not worry that it'll harm them.
 
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