Feeding Before A Hunt?

[Stud dog 632]

My lamping bitch gets two hand fulls of normal snap with tin of tuna two table spoons of honey an two eggs broken into her snap something my step dad used to do i give her about 1 o'clock an we start lamping around 10 ish the bitch will run all night an still be full of beans on way home

Edited September 5, 2015 by Stud dog

[gnipper 6,475]

Any of you lads who feed before hand not find the dog realises what's happening and acts up till you go or if you don't end up going out? I prefer to feed at bed time to settle them down for the night but might give a few scraps at tea time.

[dodger 2,765]

My dogs always seem to there going out what ever I do I don't just mean when I grab my coat put my boots on they just seem to know before I do anything must be that sixth sence or somethin..

[Stud dog 632]

My bitch knows if she's fed at dinner time she's out that night but soon as where home she gets her normal portion routine there not as daft as they make out sometimes these mutts

[dytkos 17,800]

My old dog appears instantly as soon as he hears any Velcro lol he thinks its the lithium gonna be charged

 

Cheers, D.

[possumtrapper 46]

You guys mentioned feeding your dog 3-4 hours before heading out for a mornings ferretting, that would mean getting out of bed at 3, 4am in the morning to feed the dog, bugger that. Best give it supper the night before, just my opinion. As for abit of the night time activities, I'd just give the dog its normal evening meal at around 4-5pm and maybe a recovery meal on the return home, depending how hard the night was, but to be honest, my dogs are not that keen on a feed straight after a hunt, prefer a kip then a feed.