Cheap Mince - How Bad?

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

I used to feed excusively raw, but then last year when i swapped jobs and moved house it as a bit much and too messy so went back to dry food.

 

Im now settled in my new place with big garage, fridge, freezer etc up there for the dogs and can get back into feeding them decent grub.

 

Ive filled the freezer this week and im feeding chicken carcasses or lamb ribs every morning and then at night a meal of brown bread, minced meat or green tripe, eggs, fish, cod liver oil, keepers mix etc.

 

Ive found a slaughterhouse local that sell dog mince for 25p per lb. Now i really dont know whats in it. Its dark in colour and i can tell there is a fair amount of offal in there - liver/kidney etc, plenty of fat in it.

 

If i fed this 3 or 4 times a week is this likely to cause a problem if it is full of offal which i predict?

 

Cheers

 

Gaz

[paulus 26]

you should be able to source minced chicken for less than that, i buy 30 kilo boxs for £14 from a man near where the local track was, however i used to buy all the minced offcuts from our local butcher before it shut and that was always a very dark red, never did my dogs any harm

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

30kg for £14??? Now thats cheap!

 

I will use it for now, dogs looking good on it and doing them no harm. Just didnt want to keep them on it long term if too much offal is no good.

 

Cheers

 

Gaz

[inan 841]

I used to feed excusively raw, but then last year when i swapped jobs and moved house it as a bit much and too messy so went back to dry food.

 

Im now settled in my new place with big garage, fridge, freezer etc up there for the dogs and can get back into feeding them decent grub.

 

Ive filled the freezer this week and im feeding chicken carcasses or lamb ribs every morning and then at night a meal of brown bread, minced meat or green tripe, eggs, fish, cod liver oil, keepers mix etc.

 

Ive found a slaughterhouse local that sell dog mince for 25p per lb. Now i really dont know whats in it. Its dark in colour and i can tell there is a fair amount of offal in there - liver/kidney etc, plenty of fat in it.

 

If i fed this 3 or 4 times a week is this likely to cause a problem if it is full of offal which i predict?

 

Cheers

 

Gaz

I can 't see why you would have a problem . You may find the dogs a bit loose at first, if there is a lot of offal in the mince but you are feeding good stuff with it things should soon sort themselves out.

Another poster thought the economy mince was dear, I think its cheap, depends on whom you've tried I suppose.

MInced chicken is fine, but you need red muscle meat to complement it.imo.

Edited October 18, 2012 by inan

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Thanks lads.

 

I thought it might be a good balance, with having the chicken carcass in the morning and then the economy mince at night. They were a bit loose at first but the brown bread seems to stop this.

 

Cheers

 

Gaz

[oxo 441]

If the dogs are looking and performing well on it a teaspoon or so of psyllium husk or even better keepers mix would help firm up their stools.

[''Lamper'' 0]

Well its only my opionion but i dont like feeding too much offal (Liver/heart ect), Likes been said before think of a rabbit and the size of the offal and meat too bone ratio i try for about 10%/15% max when feeding offal

[paulus 26]

Well its only my opionion but i dont like feeding too much offal (Liver/heart ect), Likes been said before think of a rabbit and the size of the offal and meat too bone ratio i try for about 10%/15% max when feeding offal

by the way hello tiny7

[''Lamper'' 0]

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Edited October 19, 2012 by ''Lamper''

[paulus 26]

look above

[''Lamper'' 0]

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