welshnutter69 78 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 feed mine every morning 7am... plenty of time to digest befor i work them at night.... this method works best for me.... all the best Quote Link to post
cocker 2,654 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 A dog's mouth works differently from a human's. For starters, he has 42 teeth and nearly 2,000 taste buds, while a person typically has 32 teeth and 9,000 taste buds. The reason for this reflects a basic difference between species: While we can take our time and enjoy the taste of a meal, getting as much enjoyment from the flavor as from filling our stomachs, a dog generally cannot. In the wild, survival means finding and eating as quickly as possible. Taste is secondary. So a dog has more teeth with which to quickly rip apart meat and chew bone into small pieces. In fact, his teeth are not capable of grinding like ours are. The sole focus of the dog's mouth is to get the food down, through the esophagus and into the stomach as quickly and efficiently as it can. Another big difference between a human's digestive system and a dog's is in the stomach. When we chew our food, we also produce saliva, which contains an enzyme that helps break down the food before it gets to our stomach. For a dog, which will swallow whole large pieces of raw meat and crushed bone, all of the work has to be done in the stomach. The dog's pancreas will begin producing enzymes that will help in breaking down the food; the stomach wall also has glands that produce necessary acids. Since what goes into a dog's stomach can be anything from grass to bone, the acids must be particularly powerful (in comparison, the acid in a dog's digestion is about three times stronger than in a human's). A dog's stomach will work on breaking down food for roughly eight hours before passing it into the small intestine.The broken-down food will remain in the small intestine for up to about two days, depending on how difficult it is to break down further. Simple food, such as corn, will pass in a matter of a few hours, but bone or more complex material takes quite a bit longer. We may think of dogs as carnivores, but because of their powerful digestive acids, they can eat almost anything. A human who picks something off the floor might be in danger of bacterial infection because our digestive system is not as powerful and food tends to take longer to digest. For a dog, the danger is minimal because of the speed and power of his insides. Whatever remains after the dog's small intestine if finished with it (and there is rarely much besides waste) is then processed in a few hours by the large intestine, moved through the color and out. In all, the entire process, from the time a dog bites into his food to the time waste is produced, can take anywhere from around 10 hours to a couple of days. Quote Link to post
BULLDOUG 199 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 A dog's mouth works differently from a human's. For starters, he has 42 teeth and nearly 2,000 taste buds, while a person typically has 32 teeth and 9,000 taste buds. The reason for this reflects a basic difference between species: While we can take our time and enjoy the taste of a meal, getting as much enjoyment from the flavor as from filling our stomachs, a dog generally cannot. In the wild, survival means finding and eating as quickly as possible. Taste is secondary. So a dog has more teeth with which to quickly rip apart meat and chew bone into small pieces. In fact, his teeth are not capable of grinding like ours are. The sole focus of the dog's mouth is to get the food down, through the esophagus and into the stomach as quickly and efficiently as it can. Another big difference between a human's digestive system and a dog's is in the stomach. When we chew our food, we also produce saliva, which contains an enzyme that helps break down the food before it gets to our stomach. For a dog, which will swallow whole large pieces of raw meat and crushed bone, all of the work has to be done in the stomach. The dog's pancreas will begin producing enzymes that will help in breaking down the food; the stomach wall also has glands that produce necessary acids. Since what goes into a dog's stomach can be anything from grass to bone, the acids must be particularly powerful (in comparison, the acid in a dog's digestion is about three times stronger than in a human's). A dog's stomach will work on breaking down food for roughly eight hours before passing it into the small intestine.The broken-down food will remain in the small intestine for up to about two days, depending on how difficult it is to break down further. Simple food, such as corn, will pass in a matter of a few hours, but bone or more complex material takes quite a bit longer. We may think of dogs as carnivores, but because of their powerful digestive acids, they can eat almost anything. A human who picks something off the floor might be in danger of bacterial infection because our digestive system is not as powerful and food tends to take longer to digest. For a dog, the danger is minimal because of the speed and power of his insides. Whatever remains after the dog's small intestine if finished with it (and there is rarely much besides waste) is then processed in a few hours by the large intestine, moved through the color and out. In all, the entire process, from the time a dog bites into his food to the time waste is produced, can take anywhere from around 10 hours to a couple of days. So we should feed Monday morning for a wednesday evening on the lamp? Quote Link to post
artic 595 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 A few chunks of luncheon meat each throughout the day works well. Quote Link to post
cocker 2,654 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 A dog's mouth works differently from a human's. For starters, he has 42 teeth and nearly 2,000 taste buds, while a person typically has 32 teeth and 9,000 taste buds. The reason for this reflects a basic difference between species: While we can take our time and enjoy the taste of a meal, getting as much enjoyment from the flavor as from filling our stomachs, a dog generally cannot. In the wild, survival means finding and eating as quickly as possible. Taste is secondary. So a dog has more teeth with which to quickly rip apart meat and chew bone into small pieces. In fact, his teeth are not capable of grinding like ours are. The sole focus of the dog's mouth is to get the food down, through the esophagus and into the stomach as quickly and efficiently as it can. Another big difference between a human's digestive system and a dog's is in the stomach. When we chew our food, we also produce saliva, which contains an enzyme that helps break down the food before it gets to our stomach. For a dog, which will swallow whole large pieces of raw meat and crushed bone, all of the work has to be done in the stomach. The dog's pancreas will begin producing enzymes that will help in breaking down the food; the stomach wall also has glands that produce necessary acids. Since what goes into a dog's stomach can be anything from grass to bone, the acids must be particularly powerful (in comparison, the acid in a dog's digestion is about three times stronger than in a human's). A dog's stomach will work on breaking down food for roughly eight hours before passing it into the small intestine.The broken-down food will remain in the small intestine for up to about two days, depending on how difficult it is to break down further. Simple food, such as corn, will pass in a matter of a few hours, but bone or more complex material takes quite a bit longer. We may think of dogs as carnivores, but because of their powerful digestive acids, they can eat almost anything. A human who picks something off the floor might be in danger of bacterial infection because our digestive system is not as powerful and food tends to take longer to digest. For a dog, the danger is minimal because of the speed and power of his insides. Whatever remains after the dog's small intestine if finished with it (and there is rarely much besides waste) is then processed in a few hours by the large intestine, moved through the color and out. In all, the entire process, from the time a dog bites into his food to the time waste is produced, can take anywhere from around 10 hours to a couple of days. So we should feed Monday morning for a wednesday evening on the lamp? do what you want you advocate that a minimum of two hours is safe, i wouldnt want to feed mine on carcasses and run it two hours later Quote Link to post
BULLDOUG 199 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Probably best eh? Quote Link to post
bunnys 1,228 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 cockers rate enouhg here all goes by whats going in ,the old saying flesh and bone holds the weight on a dog his for thew very reason how long its on board.atb bunnys. Quote Link to post
killa-combo 142 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Give mine half of a full feed at around 1pm if im out same night. Seen better results doing this rather than no feed at all on day im planning to lamp it, also full feed when i get home Quote Link to post
BULLDOUG 199 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 A dogs stomache is like a piano accordian (pair of open curtains) so in the wild they can go very long periods without eating, and being able to eat massive ammounts in one sitting, with there stomache opening like curtains, that doesnt mean feed the dog a cow and run it for the next two weeks on empty is gonna be of benefit. So like as been said a dog man will know how to get the best out of hgis dogs and have the abbility to tweak to suit. ATB D Quote Link to post
alan626 305 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 A dog's mouth works differently from a human's. For starters, he has 42 teeth and nearly 2,000 taste buds, while a person typically has 32 teeth and 9,000 taste buds. The reason for this reflects a basic difference between species: While we can take our time and enjoy the taste of a meal, getting as much enjoyment from the flavor as from filling our stomachs, a dog generally cannot. In the wild, survival means finding and eating as quickly as possible. Taste is secondary. So a dog has more teeth with which to quickly rip apart meat and chew bone into small pieces. In fact, his teeth are not capable of grinding like ours are. The sole focus of the dog's mouth is to get the food down, through the esophagus and into the stomach as quickly and efficiently as it can. Another big difference between a human's digestive system and a dog's is in the stomach. When we chew our food, we also produce saliva, which contains an enzyme that helps break down the food before it gets to our stomach. For a dog, which will swallow whole large pieces of raw meat and crushed bone, all of the work has to be done in the stomach. The dog's pancreas will begin producing enzymes that will help in breaking down the food; the stomach wall also has glands that produce necessary acids. Since what goes into a dog's stomach can be anything from grass to bone, the acids must be particularly powerful (in comparison, the acid in a dog's digestion is about three times stronger than in a human's). A dog's stomach will work on breaking down food for roughly eight hours before passing it into the small intestine.The broken-down food will remain in the small intestine for up to about two days, depending on how difficult it is to break down further. Simple food, such as corn, will pass in a matter of a few hours, but bone or more complex material takes quite a bit longer. We may think of dogs as carnivores, but because of their powerful digestive acids, they can eat almost anything. A human who picks something off the floor might be in danger of bacterial infection because our digestive system is not as powerful and food tends to take longer to digest. For a dog, the danger is minimal because of the speed and power of his insides. Whatever remains after the dog's small intestine if finished with it (and there is rarely much besides waste) is then processed in a few hours by the large intestine, moved through the color and out. In all, the entire process, from the time a dog bites into his food to the time waste is produced, can take anywhere from around 10 hours to a couple of days. So we should feed Monday morning for a wednesday evening on the lamp? did u read it right bull dog Quote Link to post
martync1967 64 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 feed mine at five in the afternoon,take em out at 12 midnight lamping then feed em when they get back in at about 2am,only on lamping nights tho,other wise its normal feeding at 12am and 5pm Quote Link to post
cocker 2,654 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Gastric dilation and torsion (more commonly referred to as bloat) is a serious medical emergency that can end in death. In this condition, the dog's stomach becomes dilated with gas and twists on itself, blocking off blood flow to the stomach and preventing the stomach from emptying. This results in further buildup of gas and initiates a vicious cycle. The actual cause of the condition is not known, but large dogs with deep, narrow chests like lurchers /running dogs have a higher incidence of gastric torsion than smaller dogs with barrel-shaped chests (such as Beagles and collies). Another factor that contributes to bloat is eating rapidly. Dogs who are picky, slow eaters seem to have a lower incidence of bloat than dogs who scoff down their food like there's no tomorrow. Quote Link to post
bannerboy 4 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Cocker very good posts my friend, just a question, I have heard of people making their dogs sick so they can clear their stomaches of bile, have you ever done this?? Is feeding meat regularly hard on a dogs digestive system?? Quote Link to post
trigger2 3,145 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 dont feed mines atl id lamping hard or daylite get fed when they get home afte here shift , if anything i give them plenty to drink in warm nites ,i just watch the dogs and you get to no when they have had there best sometimes can come unstuck and had to give them powderd gator ade , but only once in a while,dont give them electrose , unless there going wobbly but usaly see there had enough the way they run at times you wont get the wobbles (hypoglysemia) as you put it,, if you give them some food befor mate... there you go ,, you see your never to old to lern somthing of here imo thats correct Tomo. Quote Link to post
cocker 2,654 Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Cocker very good posts my friend, just a question, I have heard of people making their dogs sick so they can clear their stomaches of bile, have you ever done this?? Is feeding meat regularly hard on a dogs digestive system?? i feed mine on meat and carcasses mainly,(along with other stuff, as a meat only diet is not good for a dog) and my dogs do eat grass themselves and then vomit bile pretty regularly,,, its a fact The dog actually has one of the shortest digestive system of mammals but it still takes roughly 8-9 hours for the whole digestive process, (discounting bone and other stuff that is hard to digest) , Quote Link to post
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