Dry Food

[whippet 99 2,613]

dogs bodies need certain things to function, protein,fat, certain vitamins and minerals, along with a few other things. dogs can survive and flourish on a lot less food than you think, get yourself to your local hunt kennel and see how and how much they eat and how good they look on it, we have become obsessed with what we feed our dogs. mainly by being brainwashed by manufacturers and experts, if the dog is healthy then to be honest it will perform on any food that meets its basic requirements, dogs evolved to eat meat, if you can feed a synthetic that is comparable but easier to obtain then so be it.

great post

[whippet 99 2,613]

if you can you want too go too local kennels and ask if they want too sell some meat on the quite, or find out people who work with meat and offer them a few quid ,..........some are sound and some are nobs,.........just be polite ,.it don't hurt to ask..........get a big sack for a fiver,............every so often,...........the only problem you will get is that hunts are ran off there feet and yet some feed just biscuit,............which cost the hunt a few ££££

[Westy76 546]

I think a lot of people look into the ingredients too much personally!! I mean I wouldn't feed absolute shite but If it works for your dog then it works, simple as....

My bad!!!! Lol

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

Top and bottom of it is that there's a massive difference between filling a dog and feeding a dog....any dozy prick can fill a dog....

[Joe67 239]

a search before posting, had a read through this thread.. ive been feeding pup wainrights pup complete, whats your thoughts on the stuff? shes geting more meat, but at the moment its still more complete..

[lurcherman887 178]

Beta greyhound mix. Sardines few time a week. Pasta mix veg. Brown bread. Raw egg. Scrambled eggs cupple time a week for brekkie and good cup tea

[bedx 51]

seems most people feed dry and meat mixed if sometimes you add more meat how much dry would you leave out seeing that raw meat contains a high percentage of water.100grms of dry 28% protein =how much minced beef/chicken +/- 3grms please :-)

[dirty twister 31]

I found this site useful www.dogfoodanalysis.com

[Country Joe 1,411]

I found this site useful www.dogfoodanalysis.com

Seems all American brands, I have been using Gain, but have been looking at CJS dog feeds, i use the 20% as a mixer,

been hearing good things about CJS, they sent me three samples, and the Pooch loved them, they don't use a lot of expensive advertising, and use agents, so keeps the price down.

[Giro 2,648]

What samples did you get Joe ??

 

See they do a sled dog mix 30 odd % protein

[Country Joe 1,411]

Champ Adult protein 20%

That'll do/ hi lost 21%

Complete Tripe 22%

nutritionist said put a small amount of each sample in a bowl and see which one he prefers, but he started at the first, and finished off all three, fancy the tripe, as it has no beet pulp the other two have .

Complete Tripe

Tripe 26% Rice, Maize, Beef meal, Chicken fat, alfalfa, full fat linseed, peas, yeast, salmon oil, salt, mannan oligosaccharides glucosamine, milk thistle, seaweed, yucca, blackcurrant, ,green lipped mussel, kale, beetroot and rosemary, plus all the usual vitamins.

I will use this as a mixer.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Maize and beef meal? Yeast and salt? Feck that.

 

Does anyone know what Mannan-oligosaccharide is without using google? Lol.

[Giro 2,648]

There is salt in lean fresh beef..

 

All animals need salt including us.. so any animas we eat contain salts - sodium.

 

Yeast is B vitamins , Zinc , protein & amino acids . Aids immune system and skin & coat..

 

Its good shit

 

Maize gets mixed reviews but as a small proportion of a balanced diet, I would not mind it going in the dogs bowl.

 

Beef meal is just what's scrapped off the floor, hooves the whole lot.. rendered down its not going to have a detrimental effect its just not choice cuts of meat..

 

Even the purists of Raw feeders give a mix of bone, flesh , pig trotters, ox tails , white meat, red meat.. So what they make the beef meal with they would feed it anyway..

 

 

 

I have looked at that scran a few times Joe..

 

I could get that food easier than gain.. Its more expensive tho..

 

I would like to hear how you get on with it mate ..

 

I though about using the 30 odd % a few handfuls in with meat and bread or rice .. Its got a really high fat content as well.

[The one 8,483]

It used to get a cheap mixer bag of complete dog food ,set up the Hobart and put a handful of dry grub a bit of chicken in it and any veg ,brown bread. I could lay my hands on and mince the lot mix it up well and put it in plastic kilo containers and freeze them .never knew the protein content but the dogs did well on it

[dirty twister 31]

 

I found this site useful www.dogfoodanalysis.com

 

Seems all American brands, I have been using Gain, but have been looking at CJS dog feeds, i use the 20% as a mixer,

been hearing good things about CJS, they sent me three samples, and the Pooch loved them, they don't use a lot of expensive advertising, and use agents, so keeps the price down.

Thats because It is an American site but there are loads of UK brands on there CSJ being one of them

You have to use the search bar to find what food your looking for

After reading what's in CSJ on this site I wouldn't feed it the the pigeons

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