Terrier Food Consumption

[leethedog 3,071]

They get whole chicken and duck caucus with organs left in fatty lamb and beef green tripe when available like I say about a pound each lol but they are very active 2 hours free walking a day and free roam of garden and house kids playing with them and the Mrs is always throwing toys for them in garden spring pole has got a dog hanging on it a lot seem a steady weight

[skycat 6,173]

My terriers get a ridiculous amount of food for their size. All my terriers have needed at least twice the amount that a lurcher gets, in comparison that is. I put it down to the fact that they are super active, have fast metabolisms. Only when I've had an old terrier have I needed to cut its food down because of weight issues. I just feed raw: tripe, chicken carcases, lamb ribs, minced beef, maybe bit of rice and veg and plenty of animal fat for active fit dogs. Feed enough for the dog to hold condition and look good: very simple really.

[super d 85]

Pedro gold great stuff

[BGD 6,436]

If they're looking good on a lb of meat+bone each no need to change it. If I remember right your terriers are still young and growing? A very active young terrier can easily burn enough calories to need a lb of feed a day.

 

Keep cracking on as you are and just keep a keen eye on your dogs condition

[leethedog 3,071]

I was wondering more along the lines of nutrients not mass

[marshman 7,758]

Keepers mix is good

[Glyn..... 5,208]

flesh fat skin bone tripe, all they need and a lot less shit to pick up than complete food

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

That's it Glyn, the better the food you feed the less shit there is. Shows how little goodness their bodies must take in from dry food etc as it just seems to pass through them.

[BGD 6,436]

Variety is the key when feeding flesh and bone, plenty of organ meat and bits with a lot of connective tissue along with the more meaty and fatty cuts. If you keep their diet varied there's no need for any supplements or mixers.

[leethedog 3,071]

That is some thing I've noticed less shit

[crazydave 185]

When you feed your dog's vegetables how do you go about it? Has thinking about boiling a big pan then splitting it in to bags and freezing it?

[socks 32,253]

When you feed your dog's vegetables how do you go about it? Has thinking about boiling a big pan then splitting it in to bags and freezing it?

Just feed them raw that way you not lose any of the goodness they provide .......

[skycat 6,173]

 

When you feed your dog's vegetables how do you go about it? Has thinking about boiling a big pan then splitting it in to bags and freezing it?

Just feed them raw that way you not lose any of the goodness they provide .......

 

Mince it finely: helps to break down the cell walls of the vegetables and the dog gets more nutrients that way.

[bob.243 8,864]

lol

 

[Mosby 355]

Dogs don't need vegetables. 10 years of wild studies by 30 people, never did any of them see a wolf eating anything but carcasses. The old idea that the first thing wolves go for is the "veggie soup" in the bowels was also proven to be the wolves going for the stomach and organs first but shaking out all the grass and shit. Full carcass first will satisfy all the needs a dog has. Granted, they'll still eat grass from time to time for digestion.