Raw Meat Diet

[NaTiiVe 29]

hi guys, im sure this will be a daft question but what age do you guys think would be ok to start a dog on raw meat, i.e chicken carcasses, rabbits etc, im getting a new adition to the family and wanting to try the barf route, just dont no what age to start, cheers atb

 

[NaTiiVe 29]

and also anyone no of any up and coming collie/ greyhound litters, cheers

[Alimac2 321]

Ours start on sb calf legs at 12 weeks (ontop of there puppy meal)

[NaTiiVe 29]

im thinking of puppy gain, then feeding raw meat, just dont want to mess it up if you no what i mean

[roybo 2,873]

From weaning,as long as the food is decent quality not rank offal and lites

Best thing for them

Edited April 23, 2014 by roybo

[swede40 92]

try mince with there puppy meal when fully weaned personely i dont like a barf diet for running dogs i prefer a good quality complete, raw meat ,fish and veg mixed in through the week i never found just feeding a barf diet cut it when dogs had a few hard days

[jeemes 4,453]

try mince with there puppy meal when fully weaned personely i dont like a barf diet for running dogs i prefer a good quality complete, raw meat ,fish and veg mixed in through the week i never found just feeding a barf diet cut it when dogs had a few hard days

I agree with that. Meat first but mixer and cooked veg. Dont buy pet mince,it always has offal that will give the pup the trots. Get mince for humans or chicken. Tripe is very low protein and needs cooking.

[socks 32,253]

try mince with there puppy meal when fully weaned personely i dont like a barf diet for running dogs i prefer a good quality complete, raw meat ,fish and veg mixed in through the week i never found just feeding a barf diet cut it when dogs had a few hard days

 

My dogs are fed a pure raw diet and work hard every day come sun or rain and they never lose condition or energy ........

[socks 32,253]

hi guys, im sure this will be a daft question but what age do you guys think would be ok to start a dog on raw meat, i.e chicken carcasses, rabbits etc, im getting a new adition to the family and wanting to try the barf route, just dont no what age to start, cheers atb

 

I wean my pups onto meat at three weeks of age and they stay on it for life .........

 

[sandymere 8,263]

Neither humans or dogs need carbs but there’s a big difference between don’t need and can’t use, how many athletes don't include carbs in their diet? Dogs like ourselves have evolved to utilise carbs, they have specialist systems solely for that purpose; so if they are designed to use carbs which can help recovery and performance I'm all for them, after all we're all for doing the best we can for them.

[socks 32,253]

Neither humans or dogs need carbs but there’s a big difference between don’t need and can’t use, how many athletes don't include carbs in their diet? Dogs like ourselves have evolved to utilise carbs, they have specialist systems solely for that purpose; so if they are designed to use carbs which can help recovery and performance I'm all for them, after all we're all for doing the best we can for them.

You don't need to feed a complete meal to get the carbs a dog needs in its diet ...........

[roybo 2,873]

I tend to feed chicken on the bone beef mincechicken mince ,lamb when I can get it plus veg and left overs seem to do well on it I did get Lazy feeding

Complete but the dogs couldn't eat enough to keep Wright on,maybe because they didn't enjoy it,my lurcher in particular struggled to keep weight on

Edited April 24, 2014 by roybo

[sandymere 8,263]

 

Neither humans or dogs need carbs but there’s a big difference between don’t need and can’t use, how many athletes don't include carbs in their diet? Dogs like ourselves have evolved to utilise carbs, they have specialist systems solely for that purpose; so if they are designed to use carbs which can help recovery and performance I'm all for them, after all we're all for doing the best we can for them.

You don't need to feed a complete meal to get the carbs a dog needs in its diet ...........

 

Who mentioned complete, carbs of course come in completes but also rice, oats potatoes etc or in foods like pasta, dog biscuits, brown bread etc etc, take your pick if you don't want to use a complete .

 

Edit to add,

 

and Bananas if course

Edited April 24, 2014 by sandymere

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

 

Neither humans or dogs need carbs but theres a big difference between dont need and cant use, how many athletes don't include carbs in their diet? Dogs like ourselves have evolved to utilise carbs, they have specialist systems solely for that purpose; so if they are designed to use carbs which can help recovery and performance I'm all for them, after all we're all for doing the best we can for them.

You don't need to feed a complete meal to get the carbs a dog needs in its diet ...........

The lad is talking about BARF though. Which is bones and raw food.

 

You feed a natural diet the same as me which is BARF with the addition of carbs and veggies. Don't you?

 

I personally don't think just BARF is the best diet for a dog being grafted.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

 

 

try mince with there puppy meal when fully weaned personely i dont like a barf diet for running dogs i prefer a good quality complete, raw meat ,fish and veg mixed in through the week i never found just feeding a barf diet cut it when dogs had a few hard days

I agree with that. Meat first but mixer and cooked veg. Dont buy pet mince,it always has offal that will give the pup the trots. Get mince for humans or chicken. Tripe is very low protein and needs cooking.

Why do you say tripe needs cooking? I feed it regularly and have never cooked it.