Fasting your dogs? Do you do it?

[vld 62]

Two questions here really - would appreciate your thoughts/advice:

 

Currently I feed my dogs every day - however, a mate of mine says you should clem (fast) them one day a week. What are your thoughts on this - and if you do fast them one day a week - do you choose to do it on a day when you know you won't be working them?

 

Secondly - after all the advice on here I've gradually moved my dogs from complete dog food over to BARF diet. I'm giving it with some cooked rice,cooked veg/fuit and sometimes fish in oil - obviously they're loving it - volume wise though it doesn't look too much and it goes down in seconds - I'm wondering if its enough - so for example the 42lb dog has 1lb of BARF with rice and other bits shown above per day - should that be enough? She's only working properly 2- 3 times a week although she is walked daily obviously. I'm new to this BARF stuff so bear with me.

Cheers all.

[rocky1 942]

well for fasting them 1 day i don,t see the point ,i feed my dogs on anight about 9.30 /10.30 just incase i get a call saying i,m going out ,and as for the barb ,i use complete dry and barf ,my big dog which is round 60 /70IB 3 big cups of dry and 2IB of barb [tripe] and my other 2 get 2 cups and IB of raw and they get all the scraps

[alan626 305]

look at the condition of ur dogs and that will tell u if there getting enough

[vld 62]

look at the condition of ur dogs and that will tell u if there getting enough

 

 

Cheers mate, will be keeping an eye on them over next few months - its abit early to tell yet - no real noticable change - except theirs less shit and what is there is firmer!

[Catcher 1 639]

look at the condition of ur dogs and that will tell u if there getting enough

 

 

Agree .Unless a vet tells you to fast your dog.feed it as normal.

Edited January 30, 2011 by Catcher 1

[rocky1 942]

look at the condition of ur dogs and that will tell u if there getting enough

 

 

Cheers mate, will be keeping an eye on them over next few months - its abit early to tell yet - no real noticable change - except theirs less shit and what is there is firmer!

by the sounds off it you,ve allready started fasting

[captain jack sparrow 8]

dont over do it with rice they will cramp,veg a handful only for roughage,fruit the same,

everyone feeds different,to me a bullx needs plenty to carry weight for holding etc,a whippet or grey or simular you need to keep a eye on them so they dont get fat,

i feed a percentage of the dogs weight unless they are pups,then they eat all they can

2% percent to hold weight 3%percent to increase weight

my method a 25kilo bitch gets 500gram of meat and 125gram of biscuit,

if i add owt else it comes off the weight of the biscuit,ie handful of veg,i take off 50gram of biscuit,

after they have been run hard day or night i up the dinner by 100 gram of meat and extra 50 on biscuit

this is my way others just fill a bowl and feed that way,others as much as they can eat,

if you dont weigh owt just keep your eye on them,if they look to light add more or less if they get to heavy,

winter time add more summer less,if your adding sardines or mackeral or veg oil,deduct the

amount of biscuit, like i say my way of feeding

[captain jack sparrow 8]

feed everyday as well

[Shazza 52]

I feed smaller dogs that higher motabilisms twice a day every day.

Large dogs once a day and they go without one day a week, here it's a Sunday.

 

Was told by a farmer that he only fed his sheep dogs 6 days a week and it does them good to have a 'clean out day' as wolves and other carnivores do not eat every day. I was only a kid hanging around to watch sheepdogs but it stuck with me and i've always done it with my own dogs.

[rocky1 942]

I feed smaller dogs that higher motabilisms twice a day every day.

Large dogs once a day and they go without one day a week, here it's a Sunday.

 

Was told by a farmer that he only fed his sheep dogs 6 days a week and it does them good to have a 'clean out day' as wolves and other carnivores do not eat every day. I was only a kid hanging around to watch sheepdogs but it stuck with me and i've always done it with my own dogs.

think the farmer was trying 2 save on he food bill lol lol

[takman511 42]

not been funny but try fasting yer sen see if it does u good, i would feed every day mine get as much dried food as they like and every other day they get a hand full of dried meat

and any veg left over from dinners

[Guest RAB.MCKAY]

Two questions here really - would appreciate your thoughts/advice:

 

Currently I feed my dogs every day - however, a mate of mine says you should clem (fast) them one day a week. What are your thoughts on this - and if you do fast them one day a week - do you choose to do it on a day when you know you won't be working them?

 

Secondly - after all the advice on here I've gradually moved my dogs from complete dog food over to BARF diet. I'm giving it with some cooked rice,cooked veg/fuit and sometimes fish in oil - obviously they're loving it - volume wise though it doesn't look too much and it goes down in seconds - I'm wondering if its enough - so for example the 42lb dog has 1lb of BARF with rice and other bits shown above per day - should that be enough? She's only working properly 2- 3 times a week although she is walked daily obviously. I'm new to this BARF stuff so bear with me.

Cheers all.

 

yes i miss my dogs feed 1 day a week , i find they always clear ther bowl .

[bradaz2009 9]

if i get my bull x to heavy he gets a day off feed and 100 gram off biscuits but same 1lb of lamb or chicken minced but if my dogs at a good weight i feed every day and if im trying to put weight on i dont fast them but each to their own eh

[vld 62]

Thank you for all the comments.

 

I've got a bit of a mixed buch - my 1/4 bull is 68lb and the JRT is 17lb- they get mixed biscuits, 1lb of barf, veg and household left overs - I'm not worried about them as I leave food with them and they often goes back to it in the day - ( I know they say that you should take a bowl up as soon as a dog stops showing interest in it- but I dont)

 

The pup is 22lb and is fed twice aday - she started life on complete food and used to eat it fine but since introducing BARF she will not eat the biscuits at all - so she's a worry - I leave biscuits in her food but also give her pasta/rice etc - she eats around the biscuits

 

My 1/2 greyhound/1/2whippet (42lb) - shown in pic has a scabby nose (not contagious or anything but vets have never been able to get to the bottom of it) its her that I'm trying to avoid the biscuits on just to rule out any food intolerances - so she gets the rice, barf and veg and she is the one I'd worry about loosing weight. Shes also getting kelp powder.

 

the advice on here has been great and I think its really good to get feedback from other people and someone to talk to if you have concerns. Thanks lads and girls!

[sandymere 8,263]

Thank you for all the comments.

 

I've got a bit of a mixed buch - my 1/4 bull is 68lb and the JRT is 17lb- they get mixed biscuits, 1lb of barf, veg and household left overs - I'm not worried about them as I leave food with them and they often goes back to it in the day - ( I know they say that you should take a bowl up as soon as a dog stops showing interest in it- but I dont)

 

The pup is 22lb and is fed twice aday - she started life on complete food and used to eat it fine but since introducing BARF she will not eat the biscuits at all - so she's a worry - I leave biscuits in her food but also give her pasta/rice etc - she eats around the biscuits

 

My 1/2 greyhound/1/2whippet (42lb) - shown in pic has a scabby nose (not contagious or anything but vets have never been able to get to the bottom of it) its her that I'm trying to avoid the biscuits on just to rule out any food intolerances - so she gets the rice, barf and veg and she is the one I'd worry about loosing weight. Shes also getting kelp powder.

 

the advice on here has been great and I think its really good to get feedback from other people and someone to talk to if you have concerns. Thanks lads and girls!

Sounds like you are giving a good mixture of protein, fat and carbs so shouldn’t go far wrong. As to starving I can see no real use to this as you just have to feed extra on the other 6 days which will overload a little more than needed and the starve day will empty the stores of energy in the muscles and liver which in turn will lower energy levels for a day or so afterwards.

PS if you feed rice/biscuit etc you are not feeding BARF, you are giving a mixture of raw and cooked, what used to be called a balanced home made diet. BARF has no cooked or cereal, mind I recon what you are doing is better than BARF.