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I have been feeding our two (now three) fox terriers raw food for years. It is the healthiest way to feed IMO. I was convinced of this, long before the China recalls, when a friend’s 12 year old fox terrier was having so many skin, allergy, digestive, and other problems. He was on his last legs. His diet was changed to raw, and places on his body that hadn’t grown hair in years started growing hair. His allergy & digestive problems were solved, and his over-all health improved greatly. He lived to be a few days over 16 years old.

Basically, what I do is feed 2/3 ground meat to 1/3 fruits and vegetables. To make the vegetables more easily digested for our 12 1/2 year old, I steam some of the vegetables (broccoli for instance). The rest I just grind, mix, and freeze in ice cube trays.

Some of my favorite sites for raw or BARF feeding are

http://www.njboxers.com/faqs

http://www.diamondpaws.com/health/barfadult

There are also already prepared raw foods.
http://www.bravorawdiet.com/products.html

http://search.onlynaturalpet.com/search.aspx?searchterms=Raw-Food-Dogs

http://www.omaspride.com/index.htm

http://www.pawsforhealth.net/

http://www.stevesrealfood.com/

These lists are by no means all that there are. Do a search for BARF feeding for canines.

I have a friend who feeds raw whole chicken parts to her big Great Pyrenese. She tosses him a neck and a back in the morning, frozen, and he gnaws on it throughout the day. That method wouldn’t work for me I know. He’s an only dog, no one to bicker over his bones with.

With the raw ground meat, do you grind it yourself or you buy regular ground beef/turkey/etc?

The grains in the kibble might be what’s causing the itching as well. I’ve been feeding my dogs a true raw diet for 5 years now, and while one still suffers with seasonal allergies from ragweed this time of year, the overall health improvement has been remarkable! It’s the easiest thing, as I feed totally raw chicken, beef, pork, venison, fish, whatever’s available, bones and all. It solved a LOT of problems with teeth, dandruff, smelly ears, anal sac blockages, activity level, coat dryness, etc. IMO subjecting a dog to a vegetarian diet would be animal abuse.