Keeping The Terrier Going Whilst Ratting

[Matthew Phillips 36]

So my little man is 2.5 years old and a great ratter (although he is a pet first) but he sometimes looks fatigued when working.

 

We make sure we've got water down for them but they from time to time look like they're short of food. My terrier eats raw chicken carcass and vegetables, with the odd addition of pork bones.

 

What can i give him when we're out to give him a boost?

[neil cooney 10,416]

If your terrier is getting tired after a couple of hours hard action then diet and fitness are the factors that need to be addressed, not a fix to keep him going.

However, if your rat hunts are non stop for 5 or 6 hours then I suggest you keep the venue to yourself, LOL.

A fit healthy terrier should be able for 6 or 7 hours in the field.

[slip lead 862]

Beef mince has lots of fat, a must for any dogs doing hard/long shifts, especially in cold conditions...

[sandymere 8,263]

Google

 

"carbohydrate in the working dogs diet sandymere"

 

I did a bit back along that might help.

[bsat10pip 20]

peanut butter sandwich made with brown bread

[Hot Meat 3,109]

Weetabix.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joke..

[skycat 6,173]

Feed more fat, more protein, and yes, more carbohydrate. Some dogs can do without carbs, but others, especially those which are working long shifts and expending energy over a greater period of time, do need carbs. A chicken carcase may or may not have a lot of meat on it, depending on where it was butchered. Some may have a lot of fatty bits on them, others virtually none at all. We get ours from both the local butcher and a dog meat supplier: the ones from the butcher are pretty much all bone and nowt else.

Add carbs: cooked rice, pasta or brown bread.

Feed fatty meat such as lamb. Boiled liver is high in protein and minerals: feed in small amounts every other day. Fatty beef mince is excellent.

[sandymere 8,263]

Peanut butter sandwich lol, bit salty so would need access to water but would do the job if little bits were used every now and then.

[sandymere 8,263]

Weetabix and peanut butter would do as well lol.