Hound Feed

[PMul 145]

A question for the guys feeding hounds...........

What are you feeding?

I have a small pack of Beagles that I usually cook for (rice, venison, fat etc, etc)but often resort to commercial feeds as I can't keep weight on them in the winter.......

I have heard flaked maize might work..........Any advice?

Edited December 11, 2010 by PMul

[wilbur foxhound 480]

fresh raw tripe and biscuits,it hangs on to them for longer, if youre going to feed complete meal make sure its no less than 24% also make sure there bed is warm if not theyll lose weight atb

[stormrider8 59]

fallen stock

[PMul 145]

fallen stock

Raw? cooked? with cereal?

[Johnny85 50]

Raw Tripe, and chips and burgers and milk from local take away once a week. Give them plenty of wormer and plenty of food and they wont loose weight. Flake maize is only a filler like spuds to us. No feeding in it.

[skycat 6,173]

Raw animal fat is the best way to keep weight on dogs in winter. Beef or lamb fat is best: the hard, suety stuff. They still need a decent base food though. Too much cereal takes a lot of energy to digest: raw meat, bone and fat is best. Fat is instant energy for dogs whereas cereal (carbs) takes longer to be converted to energy by dogs.

[bubba_gump 1]

get yourself down to the nearest farmer and tell him you will take his fallen stock i'm sure you would get it for free, skin it gutt it free it raw

[neil cooney 10,416]

Unfortunately the days of just taking a dead bullock of a farmer is gone. Every beast nowadays is registered and when it dies the farmer must prove it's dead, how it died and then dispose of the beast in a legal way.

Your local hunt is the most common method of collection of fallen stock. All liscensed of course.

[bubba_gump 1]

Unfortunately the days of just taking a dead bullock of a farmer is gone. Every beast nowadays is registered and when it dies the farmer must prove it's dead, how it died and then dispose of the beast in a legal way.

Your local hunt is the most common method of collection of fallen stock. All liscensed of course.

 

does this guy not live in canada?

[neil cooney 10,416]

Looks like he does Bubba Gump and your in Northern Ireland telling him to get down to his nearest farmer.

[PMul 145]

Yeah.......the farm thing won't work.....the nearest one to me is 2 1/2 hrs away......

But I do have as much deer and moose as I need (very lean meat though) I guess I need to increase the fat content in the food.

[whin 463]

what about a bear plenty fat on them get them before they hibernate or salmon affal or just lard melted into there dry food

[neil cooney 10,416]

Just be carefull on the venison. Most packs wont feed mutton for the reason that they believe it would cause hounds to go for sheep. If that's the truth then venison would most certainly cause your hounds to riot on deer and deer are the hardest game to break hounds too. Their scent is irresistable to hounds.

Maybe cooking will change all that, I don't know.

[fmwtc 12]

We feed flesh just more of it during winter

[bunnys 1,228]

flesh his alls we use ,cows bellys tongues fat an all bones the lot .natural diet clean yard these dry foods maybe convenient .but crap in comparisondogs dehydrate on dry needing excessive amounts of water bloat can be a problem with some hounds like the large blood hounds etc,