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[frost 4]

THat would be fine in theory but very time consuming and as i said i personally have never had any problems (touch wood) but it doesn't mean that other people havn't in the past. {quote name='minion' date='Jan 4 2008, 10:18 AM' post='384556']

How about feeding cooked rabbits to the dogs? as in gutted, and cookeded ready for human consumption? Is that as good for them or are the raw rabbits better for them? Just the meat I mean.

[frost 4]

I feed my lurchers meal,bread and pasta along with the rabbit or any other meat and every now and again make up a vegetable broth for them as a change.I normally give young pups till they are about 9 months old before i give them whole rabbits.Hope that is some help and don't be afraid to ask questions its the only way we all learn.

What else do you feed your dogs on? when ive got my lurcher i will definitely be feeding him rabbit (skinned, frozen 21 days, defrosted and fed raw). Can a dog live off just rabbit? dont they need anything else? a biscuit of some sort?

 

Also what about pups? can they eat just rabbit? and how old can you start feeding them whole raw rabbits?

 

What do dogs do with the bones? leave them or eat the lot?

 

Sorry about all the questions, im curious! Lol

 

Gaz

[Guest markbrick1]

The first thing a dog eats if it gets the chance is the guts there must be some good in them. Mark I think your palate is a different to a dogs or at least I would hope so or Iam not coming to yours for tea

[Bona 0]

i feed my dogs the rabbit and skin fresh and now and then if i havn't gutted them the guts aswell but worm them more often, i would of though that if the skin can get caught up in a dog and kill it, there wouldn't be many foxes about afterall theyre near enough the same animal, never heard of anyones dog dying from it myself

[frost 4]

Have only heard of it once or twice myself but would rather not take the risk myself

i feed my dogs the rabbit and skin fresh and now and then if i havn't gutted them the guts aswell but worm them more often, i would of though that if the skin can get caught up in a dog and kill it, there wouldn't be many foxes about afterall theyre near enough the same animal, never heard of anyones dog dying from it myself

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Cheers frost. I like the vegetable broth idea. My mum used to give our english bull a good helping of chicken and veg broth whenever we had it. Went down a treat!

 

Cheers.

[frost 4]

No problems anytime

Cheers frost. I like the vegetable broth idea. My mum used to give our english bull a good helping of chicken and veg broth whenever we had it. Went down a treat!

 

Cheers.

[hound dog 19]

Feeding whole carcasses is the natural way to feed a dog, its a good idea to freeze them first to kill all the worms and other unwanted things.

[Guest Frank]

i feed my dogs the rabbit and skin fresh and now and then if i havn't gutted them the guts aswell but worm them more often, i would of though that if the skin can get caught up in a dog and kill it, there wouldn't be many foxes about afterall theyre near enough the same animal, never heard of anyones dog dying from it myself

 

It has happened.

As for foxes, who knows what happens to them in the wild??

Apart from that, foxes have such a stomach, that they can eat rotting flesh, that would otherwise, kill a dog.

[Guest BIG FRANK]

I have seen, not my own, dogs die of unskined rabbits folks, becarfull, as the skin gets cought in the gut and twists.

A freind lost a great dog, due to not skining the rabbits when feeding them.

Also, boiling rabbits with the bones, makes the bones very sharp and brittle, could cause the dog to Choke!!

WONT THE DOGS KILL THE QUARY THE BEGIN TO EAT IT AS THEY SEE THIS AS FOOD?????

[Guest Frank]

BIG FRANK. Yes, dogs eat what they catch, its up to us to regulate what they eat ect.

[porkypowell 2]

No body skins or cooks meat for wild dogs/wolves and they manage to survive.

I feed my dogs skinned and paunched rabbit when available never had a prob. I Skin the rabbits for two reasons, So nothing is left to clean up after they have fed and so the dogs know not to touch the rabbit until its skinned for them.

Simon

[Meerihunter 7]

I have feed all my dogs entire raw rabbits and never had any of them even attempt to eat their catches. IMO there would need to be something sadly wrong for a dog used for hunting to do that.