Whats the best thing to feed your dogs?

[folly terrier foot 1]

i feed my lurcher red mills racer and beef hearts and lamb hearts!!!!!!!!! and veg

[foxfan 479]

I find, feeding lamb breats and butchers scraps, puts on weight on my lurcher, which does not make her as sharp when lamping, so most of the time, she gets Gain greyhound 28 and rabbits. Gain one day, rabbit the next, never feed complete and meat together.

Once a week, i get her scraps/bones from the butcher.

 

Frank.

 

 

Erm. . . . . you could soak the complete before you feed it !

 

 

Still digests at a different rate.

 

 

 

 

Bones and meat digest at the same rate ?

[shepp 2,285]

I feed dry food with raw meat and i think it's fine.

Bones,meat and fat will digest at different rates.

Mixer biscuit will too, i have never seen anything other than here-say about the problem with feeding mixed.

I think it is just a saying that has gone around but nobody has looked into it to find out if it has any foundations.

[sandymere 8,263]

I find, feeding lamb breats and butchers scraps, puts on weight on my lurcher, which does not make her as sharp when lamping, so most of the time, she gets Gain greyhound 28 and rabbits. Gain one day, rabbit the next, never feed complete and meat together.

Once a week, i get her scraps/bones from the butcher.

 

Frank.

 

 

Erm. . . . . you could soak the complete before you feed it !

 

 

Still digests at a different rate.

 

 

 

 

Bones and meat digest at the same rate ?

No, protein, fat, various carbohydrate, bones etc will have different rates of digestion ie fat slowly simple carbs quickly. The digestive tract will sort out the most appropriate rate to suit any given meal mixed ingredients or just one, they may be a varience in nutrients absorbed but if a decent balenced diet is the norm the dog will get all it needs. I usually feed raw a couple of days a week and usually don't feed biscuit a this meal but only because the meat is frozen in meal sized feeds so no room for anything else.

Edited June 16, 2009 by sandymere

[awen 29]

I find, feeding lamb breats and butchers scraps, puts on weight on my lurcher, which does not make her as sharp when lamping, so most of the time, she gets Gain greyhound 28 and rabbits. Gain one day, rabbit the next, never feed complete and meat together.

Once a week, i get her scraps/bones from the butcher.

 

Frank.

where abouts do you get greyhound 28, whats it made up off?

 

 

Here you go, website below.

 

http://miranda.hemscott.com/servlet/HsPubl...eader=greyhound

thanks frank but its a bit far to deliver or collect to warwickshire lol

[blackrivers 0]

I find, feeding lamb breats and butchers scraps, puts on weight on my lurcher, which does not make her as sharp when lamping, so most of the time, she gets Gain greyhound 28 and rabbits. Gain one day, rabbit the next, never feed complete and meat together.

Once a week, i get her scraps/bones from the butcher.

 

Frank.

where abouts do you get greyhound 28, whats it made up off?

 

 

Here you go, website below.

 

http://miranda.hemscott.com/servlet/HsPubl...eader=greyhound

thanks frank but its a bit far to deliver or collect to warwickshire lol

 

i feed my Labs bitches on WAGGs - been feeding them for the last 2 years. some reason my Dogs dont like WAGGs so i feed them on Chudley's. I dunno why but I think that kind of strange. All the pups i get them onto chudley puppy mix.

[deputydog 68]

I find, feeding lamb breats and butchers scraps, puts on weight on my lurcher, which does not make her as sharp when lamping, so most of the time, she gets Gain greyhound 28 and rabbits. Gain one day, rabbit the next, never feed complete and meat together.

Once a week, i get her scraps/bones from the butcher.

 

Frank.

where abouts do you get greyhound 28, whats it made up off?

 

 

Here you go, website below.

 

http://miranda.hemscott.com/servlet/HsPubl...eader=greyhound

thanks frank but its a bit far to deliver or collect to warwickshire lol

 

As far as i know, their is Gain in the UK, but i hear its not that easy to get.

But, i also hear, that Chudleys, is much easier to get and is also very good.

 

Frank.

 

gain is easy to get over here

[deputydog 68]

I find, feeding lamb breats and butchers scraps, puts on weight on my lurcher, which does not make her as sharp when lamping, so most of the time, she gets Gain greyhound 28 and rabbits. Gain one day, rabbit the next, never feed complete and meat together.

Once a week, i get her scraps/bones from the butcher.

 

Frank.

where abouts do you get greyhound 28, whats it made up off?

 

 

Here you go, website below.

 

http://miranda.hemscott.com/servlet/HsPubl...eader=greyhound

thanks frank but its a bit far to deliver or collect to warwickshire lol

 

As far as i know, their is Gain in the UK, but i hear its not that easy to get.

But, i also hear, that Chudleys, is much easier to get and is also very good.

 

Frank.

 

gain is easy to get over here

 

 

Thats good. Where would be the best place for ye over their to get it from?

 

here http://lawsonpetfeed.co.uk/store2/index.php

[donk 12]

Raw minced meat,liver,chicken,beef,tripe (the smelly stuff) anything that the dogs catch,guts and skins included. Bones,meaty bones,sheeps heads.Also feed fish once a week,normally mackerel.

Used to feed dried complete but only use it as a last resort now.

Dogs shit less on raw,like a lot less,drink less water so therefore piss less. Teeth are in better condition,coats are better condition and strangely,the dogs are more responsive??? Additives in dried foods????

I dont know?

 

I get 30 packs of 3 different types of raw meats,thats 90 packs in all, £25. The lad also throws in a bin bag of meaty bones for free. Sheeps heads for a quid.

No more dried food for my dogs,i dont understand all the technical stuff about feeding dogs and i couldnt be arsed to read up on it anyway. All i know is that i tried feeding raw stuff and the dogs are much better than they were on dried.

[jackard 36]

Raw minced meat,liver,chicken,beef,tripe (the smelly stuff) anything that the dogs catch,guts and skins included. Bones,meaty bones,sheeps heads.Also feed fish once a week,normally mackerel.

Used to feed dried complete but only use it as a last resort now.

Dogs shit less on raw,like a lot less,drink less water so therefore piss less. Teeth are in better condition,coats are better condition and strangely,the dogs are more responsive??? Additives in dried foods????

I dont know?

 

 

i do the same as above but mine get liquidized raw veg twice a week mixed with mince and raw eggs .

 

its called BARF diet every thing is raw with no dryed food at all

[Wild_and_Irish 11]

i feed mine, eggs srcaps, butcher meat, greyhound 20 all mixed in with flake maize and a drop of linseed oil for there coats!

Linseed oil? I put that on me hurl!!

[ragwort 0]

Raw meat, bones, veg, egg once a week mixed in with mince, cottage cheese once in a while, rabbit but usually freeze it for a month before feeding it, aparantly helps kill off any eggs or worms that can be passed onto dogs, plenty green tripe, usually get it from dog track, and chicken necks, oh sounds awfull but we do starv them once every two weeks and fish once a week, also found garlic in moderation and rosemary does wonders for their coats and skin. Other than that feed them with loads of time, encouragement and praise.

[awen 29]

Raw meat, bones, veg, egg once a week mixed in with mince, cottage cheese once in a while, rabbit but usually freeze it for a month before feeding it, aparantly helps kill off any eggs or worms that can be passed onto dogs, plenty green tripe, usually get it from dog track, and chicken necks, oh sounds awfull but we do starv them once every two weeks and fish once a week, also found garlic in moderation and rosemary does wonders for their coats and skin. Other than that feed them with loads of time, encouragement and praise.

 

am i asking a stupid question but why do you starve them once every two weeks, just for a day?

[blackpack 70]

raw meat raw meaty bones chicken carcasses etc jeffs tripe in n wales but also here landywoods website is spot on and deliver all the raw food you need

[ragwort 0]

Raw meat, bones, veg, egg once a week mixed in with mince, cottage cheese once in a while, rabbit but usually freeze it for a month before feeding it, aparantly helps kill off any eggs or worms that can be passed onto dogs, plenty green tripe, usually get it from dog track, and chicken necks, oh sounds awfull but we do starv them once every two weeks and fish once a week, also found garlic in moderation and rosemary does wonders for their coats and skin. Other than that feed them with loads of time, encouragement and praise.

 

am i asking a stupid question but why do you starve them once every two weeks, just for a day?

A proper good old man I know once told me that if your feeding them a natural diet like nature intended then nature doesnt always catch everyday, I could see his point and he told me it helps clear their system and keep their matabolism working correctly, Ive always trusted him and his judgement and gave it a go. Four years later had my old 14 year old terrier into vets for him look at two lumps on her back, he looked at her teeth and couldnt get over she was 14, he said her teeth were like a 7 year olds and her condition was brilliant, and then said " she's on a natural diet isnt she ". His view on the lumps was that its down to her age and how fat starts to deposit, he didnt perscribe any medication just recommended that I started to starv her once a week instead of once every two, it would help with her matabolism now that she's slowing down with age, although these lumps havent gone they have gone down quite alot and have not got bigger. So although I dont understand 100% how and why it helps it just has really done our dogs some good. I class my self as very blessed to have a good old man to ask and give advice, he's good old timer, and a firm believer in love and nurture when it comes to your dogs over all balance, ability to learn and perform well in the field, as he once put it " that wudnt put shite in one of them top sporty cars coz tha wants it perform well, its just same with your dog, look after em well in they will do you right and perform grand ". Well ive got four happy and healthy dogs from 11months to 15years, so must be summert in what the old man says.