could feeding your pups rabbits lead to problems

[watchman 256]

when you start working your dog,my lad asked me the other day about it so just wondered if anyone had any problems when starting a dog off,ie trouble with retrieving or not wanting to give up the rabbit iv even heard of lads that have had dogs run the lenth of the field away to eat the kill,il be honest i dont really feed mine much rabbit anyway so not had any problems so far,touch wood,whats your thoughts cheers

[bird 10,013]

well any rabbit i feed to my dogs, as been skinned+ froze for 6 weeks before. So when de frosted, its just like norm food to them even though they have 1/2 rabbit each raw+carcass . Dont get prob with dogs running off with rabbits, only when young dogs learning the game you might get it.!

[watchman 256]

  On 16/08/2011 at 11:49, bird said:

well any rabbit i feed to my dogs, as been skinned+ froze for 6 weeks before. So when de frosted, its just like norm food to them even though they have 1/2 rabbit each. Dont get prob with dogs running off with rabbits, only when young dogs learning the game you might get it.!

 

i know what you mean mate but regular see lads put up that they feed hole,just chuck it in types lol so got us thinking that was all cheers

[Simoman 110]

I occasionally "chuck" in whole rabbits for the dogs to eat, i just ensure im upto date with my worming schedule, its never affected my dogs retreiving them whilst hunting though

[Moll. 1,770]

Mine may be weird but i found...my first dogs, who were never fed on whole rabbit would run away and eat them (when they first started to catch) as they progressed they stopped doing it, only ever did it through the day, never at night.

Dogs since then i have fed on whole rabbit, skin, guts an all, never had one of them do it yet?

[Bogger 243]

thats because they,ve got to catch them first simo

[watchman 256]

"chuck" didnt mean that in a derogatory way just getting the point across cheers

[Simoman 110]

  On 16/08/2011 at 11:55, Bogger said:

thats because they,ve got to catch them first simo

 

 

Thats unfair, one of mine caught a myxi rabbit back in 1993...........

[hellyer189 93]

my dog runs during the day especially if there are other dogs near, at night he will just drop it, my terrier is the worst he has swolled a whole baby rabbit because he didnt want to give it up, i took it then the fuker jumped and took it out me hand

[watchman 256]

  On 16/08/2011 at 11:54, Moll. said:

Mine may be weird but i found...my first dogs, who were never fed on whole rabbit would run away and eat them (when they first started to catch) as they progressed they stopped doing it, only ever did it through the day, never at night.

Dogs since then i have fed on whole rabbit, skin, guts an all, never had one of them do it yet?

 

were never fed it so saw them as a luxury food item

[Moll. 1,770]

  On 16/08/2011 at 11:58, watchman said:

  On 16/08/2011 at 11:54, Moll. said:

Mine may be weird but i found...my first dogs, who were never fed on whole rabbit would run away and eat them (when they first started to catch) as they progressed they stopped doing it, only ever did it through the day, never at night.

Dogs since then i have fed on whole rabbit, skin, guts an all, never had one of them do it yet?

 

were never fed it so saw them as a luxury food item

 

I can relate to that, never given chocolate as a kid, would beat my own granny up for it now

[watchman 256]

:laugh:

[stabba 10,745]

Young dogs its best to give them skinned rabbits...as they get older and with plenty more kills under their belt then graduate onto whole carcasses..fur on the job lot...keep up with the worming and they,ll be fine...never feed just rabbit on its own for any great length of time because rabbit alone lacks certain vitamins a dog needs...Case in point ..i iknow its a little off track but its a fact..in the early 1900,s fur trappers in america were dying at an alarming rate...turns out they were living off just rabbit and never recieved the other vital vitamins they needed ..hence a slow and painful death...here endeth the lesson lol lol..atb stabba

[leegreen 2,221]

I feed my dogs plenty rabbit, never had a problem retrieving. Only have problems when I go out with other peoples unruly dogs, the occasional boot when the owners are not looking sorts it out .

[leegreen 2,221]

"Rabbit Starvation" Stabba. It's a form of malnutrition, lack of fat, carbs, vitamins etc.