A Question For Lamper,s Who Run Dogs Hard

[swg dave 334]

My question is those of you who run their dogs on a regular basis in

the lamping season and work their dogs hard,, do you feed your dogs

before or after ??. ONLY i use to run my dogs lamping and feed them on our return

home, and my dogs were fit. One night last season my young dog become looking

a little bit wobbly, staggering slightly after a hard night, he had run many times before

and coped well, but after this funny turn i decided to feed him before lamping

say 8 - 9 hours, and thankfully he has always been fine since that night.

 

I know some may not agree with feeding before working,, but i am on about at least

8-9 hours in advance.

It would be nice to hear your views, as i always feed before now

and he runs fine,, cheers SWG DAVE.

[TOMO 27,314]

This topic has been covered a lot mate,,,,and like you I fed the same along time ago,,,,but changed for the same reasons,,,

 

I now feed around tea time ,,between 4 and 6 pm,,gives you 6-8 hours to digest,,there food if lamping from midnight onwards...I don't feed bone though at this feed just mince ,vedge ect...

 

I have read on here from folk like socks,,skycat ect,,that dogs only need 8 hours to digest food

[slip lead 862]

Just take a small Mars bar with ya if the dog gets the wobbles it soughts it out ,but I wouldn't keep running him, as you can do real damage

[nans pat 2,575]

i give them a few squtrts of greyhound energy drink through the night,

[D Lloyd 2,790]

feed about 4/5 hours be for but as tomo sed no bones brown bread and mince or similer but always feed a good meal on your reater if its about 4 or 5 am.10am good rub down small walk let them empty then a nother meal if you are out for a lot of nights on the trot running hard.dogs will shock a lot of foke what they need to eat to sustane they heathy condishoin

[TOMO 27,314]

Forgot that Dave ,,,,yeh when I've been on the big nights,,,I take a bowl of food for when they have finished.....

 

Just don't put it in the back of then van with the dogs

Edited July 9, 2015 by TOMO

[bird 10,013]

This topic has been covered a lot mate,,,,and like you I fed the same along time ago,,,,but changed for the same reasons,,,

 

I now feed around tea time ,,between 4 and 6 pm,,gives you 6-8 hours to digest,,there food if lamping from midnight onwards...I don't feed bone though at this feed just mince ,vedge ect...

 

I have read on here from folk like socks,,skycat ect,,that dogs only need 8 hours to digest food

same here tomo , give 1/4 food about 4pm, then start lamping from 12pm onwards , never had prob dog will run al night long, just let him drink from streams etc as the night goes on when they need it .

[D Lloyd 2,790]

Forgot that Dave ,,,,yeh when I've been on the big nights,,,I take a bowl of food for when they have finished

and a bit of glucous in a drop of milky walter thro the night dont do no harm mate

[swg dave 334]

After lamping we gut the rabbits, make sure the livers are clean

and give the jooks some hearts, livers, and kidneys,

they love em, lol.

[paulsmithy83 567]

Feed every morning at 6am as normal which is about 1/2 - 3/4 there meal then always at about 4pm for top up. Seems to work well here.

[dytkos 17,863]

Half their food about 4pm full meal when I come back.

Take some water or maybe recharge etc with me.

 

Cheers, D.

[the big chief 3,099]

I all ways feed on return but to the guys who give a small feed before do you only do it that way on lamping nights ?

[TOMO 27,314]

No ,,I feed a full meal every day between 4-6,, regardless of weather I'm lamping

[Ideation 8,216]

Spot on, found the same. Dog had a wee wobble, then realised, she had not eaten in. . . . . probably 24 hours. . . . . . . .no wonder she had a wobble!!!

 

Not I make sure they get a feed in the day if i'm planning on a good shift at night.

[the big chief 3,099]

Think I will start to do this my dhxgh had a wobble last season makes sense really its a long time between feeds and plus a good nights running on top will have an effect on the dog