I don't reccomend feeding raw especially to a dobie their systems are sensitive and it can cause problems. I cook the meats I feed mine and use steamed veggies and such using very little dry dog food if any and I have seen a huge improvement in their health. Their energy levels and coats benifit greatly. Many say that it is pointless to cook the meats as they don't get the full benifits of feeding as you would with raw. I disagree myself. I am anti raw because of the growth hormones and chemicles used in our meats today. Just to be clear on why I feel this way. The choice is entirely yours of course. While it is true that wild dogs eat raw meat domesticated dogs do not get the same benifits from our raw meat as wild dogs do when they hunt kill and eat their food. If you would like information on a cooked diet I would be happy to help you with that as that is how I feed. It sounds like a lot of work but really it is quite simple. As for the meats used I use chicken livers gizzards and hearts, beef and lamb hearts, I also use canned fish such as salmon and mackerl. You can also use hard or soft boiled eggs as a meat as well raw tends to strip the biotin in their system and it will give most dobies the poops. For veggies I use greanbeans, carrots, broccoli, califlower (all steamed) I use spinach occasionally but I found can spinach is easier on them then steamed fresh as they get gassy from the steamed fresh spinach. Canned pumpkin in small ammounts like a tablespoon or so and yogert (plain)  as well as cottage cheese is good for them as well. They can eat some fruits but it is best to monitor the fruits you choose to see if they take them well. I use white rice and elbow pasta as a filler rather then kibble but I do use about 1/4 cup of quality kibble for each of the dobes.

I have sen a vast improvment in their health and attitude since feeding like this. But with my dogs I also add vitimins such as glucosimine and condroitin and fish oil to help keep their bones joints and coat healthy. Rusty my male used to get UT infections a lot until I changed his dies and I have not had one problem with him in several months since I changed his diet over. And Rambo is doing better then ever considering his hip displasia and he needs no pain medication anymore. He runs and can jump and get up and down off of the couches and beds with ease.

I feed my dogs many, many different things.  However, they do always get the same kibble.  I used to feed Nutro Ultra but when I added in some Merrick's canned food and saw how wonderful it was I decided to switch to Merrick's kibble also.  Merricks kibble is slightly cheaper in my area than Ultra but not enough to matter.  I am seeing no differences in the dogs going from Ultra to Merrick's so I don't know what I'll do with that yet. 

Now to the raw.  I feed my dogs some raw about twice a week along with their kibble.  I have a lab/dobe mix (Tucker) and it does give him the poops although not significantly and not enough to matter.  I do the Bravo pre-packaged raw.  It already has the bones and vegetables mixed in.  I will continue to do this forever, at least for Tucker.  Tucker was my sickly puppy.  He was always sick to his stomach, he had the runs, he was puking, we were in and out of the vet at least once a week.  He also couldn't handle medicine.  When I first adopted him he was riddled with worms.  Any kind you can think of.  He had them so bad they thought he had parvo.  It took us forever to get rid of them because he couldn't keep the meds. down.  Since I have been giving them raw twice a week with whatever else they may be having the rest of the week (they have something different every night along with their kibble) I haven't had any more problems with him.  He's just as healthy as everybody else now.  Its actually been a miracle in my house.  The dogs look great, they coats are shiny and beautiful, their teeth look wonderful, my two old dogs, one who has arthrtis in her hips really bad, are doing wonderfully on it and the arthritis has actually eased a bit. 

With that being said, raw is not for every dog.  My dogs do wonderful and have less health problems but that doesn't mean yours will.  I have heard horror stories about raw and I have heard successes.  I made the decision based on what I had heard and when I did start feeding it to them I started out giving them bits at a time, such as for a treat, and slowly eased it to their meal.

It is extremely expensive.  If I did decide to take my dogs off of it because of money reasons, which I won't because of its benefits for them, I would have an extremely hard time.  They absolutely love it.  Just be sure its something you're willing to do and you have the means to do it.  I go every week and buy it from the store the day it comes off of the truck so I know its fresh.  Toby gets 2, 5 pd. rolls a week.  The 5 pd. rolls are 10.00 a piece.  Tucker and Zoe share a 5 lb. roll, and Mikey, Lucy, and Daisy share a 5 lb. roll.  So thats 60.00 a week I spend on the raw.  Just to give you an idea.  I know you only have 1 to feed so it won't be near as much but you get the idea.