Running *Pup* Maintainence

[poxon 5,766]

3 hours ago, 3dumb said:

Wow, did not expevt such an influx of answers so quickly! 

Thanks guys

@poxon your dogs eat well! Do you rely on the kibble for veggie nutrients and additinal carbs?

@Balaur I hadnt thought of mince as a good introduction whilst she's still teething, great shout, thank you! 

How do you guys assess the weights and amounts of food out of interest?

Below is a handy guide to go off I just feed a bit of biscuits I don’t go to mad as I found my dogs prefer fully raw but feed as a little bulker there’s plenty of carbs in biscuits brown bred an pasta I feed sea weed powder as well over there mix raw I also feed veg scraps as well but dogs don’t really need them to be honest being a carnivore. Likes already been said don’t worry to much about all the weights per dog weight I don’t I over feed if there pups weight can always be burned off. People say raw feedings a cheap way to feed dogs but to be honest it’s not no more as everyone as cottoned on to the raw feeding of waist products they bunged or the prices up on everything 

[iworkwhippets 12,690]

Just now, iworkwhippets said:

 

dunno what happened there, my butcher used to fill me a nice variety of raw, then the bugger clocked on he could make a few bob, so sunday mornings I used to climb over his gate wi bin bags and fill the buggers

[mC HULL 13,383]

1 minute ago, iworkwhippets said:

dunno what happened there, my butcher used to fill me a nice variety of raw, then the bugger clocked on he could make a few bob, so sunday mornings I used to climb over his gate wi bin bags and fill the buggers

All the good stuff at bottom lol 

[iworkwhippets 12,690]

15 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

All the good stuff at bottom lol 

im not joking pal, boxing day over his gate I went, whole chickens galore lamb hearts I just chucked missen in his bin n helped missen

Edited November 30, 2020 by iworkwhippets

[mC HULL 13,383]

Just now, iworkwhippets said:

im not joking pal, boing day over his gate I went, whole chickens galore lamb hearts I just chucked missen in his bin n helped missen

No lads used to at it mate swill bins school Chinese bakery’s how times change and not for better

[poxon 5,766]

Often get bags of lamb lites from the farmer I do a bit for as a freebie mine are not keen on lung 

[3dumb 219]

9 minutes ago, poxon said:

Below is a handy guide to go off I just feed a bit of biscuits I don’t go to mad as I found my dogs prefer fully raw but feed as a little bulker there’s plenty of carbs in biscuits brown bred an pasta I feed sea weed powder as well over there mix raw I also feed veg scraps as well but dogs don’t really need them to be honest being a carnivore. Likes already been said don’t worry to much about all the weights per dog weight I don’t I over feed if there pups weight can always be burned off. People say raw feedings a cheap way to feed dogs but to be honest it’s not no more as everyone as cottoned on to the raw feeding of waist products they bunged or the prices up on everything 

Thats a stella share, cheers @poxon!

Hadnt thought of a wee bit of seaweed powder either, thats a great shout!

[3dumb 219]

1 hour ago, Maximus Ferret said:

Try your local Lidl for some cheap raw. Over here (Ireland) they have a box in the freezer where they put short date stuff at a reduced price. Set yourself a top price (like £1 a kilo) and buy everything that's cheaper. Add it up in your head because sometimes they shove it through the till carelessly and the full price sticker can get read instead of the reduced one.

I often get whole chickens for 2 euro but rightly or wrongly, I cook those in a pressure cooker and take the meat of as I don't trust the tiny thin ribs and the like. All else I feed raw and I add some "Gain puppy and sapling" as it's cheap at 30euro a bag and contains meat as it's first ingredient.

Best of luck mate, that's a nice looking pup.

Nice shout on looking out for cheap meat at lidl and the like bud.. as others have said the price of raw off some hunters is bloody ridiculous here in England. 

Last time i was on social media, there was a lad on a group selling unprepared rabbits at £5 a go.. feck knows if he sold any, but the cheek at the ask is unreal. 

Thanks for the advice

[iworkwhippets 12,690]

3 minutes ago, poxon said:

Often get bags of lamb lites from the farmer I do a bit for as a freebie mine are not keen on lung 

no mate my bitch never took to them lungs the ungreatful bugger

[poxon 5,766]

2 minutes ago, 3dumb said:

Thats a stella share, cheers @poxon!

Hadnt thought of a wee bit of seaweed powder either, thats a great shout!

I did try the apple cider vinegar crack an salmon oil for a few months but felt it was a waist of money 

[poxon 5,766]

2 minutes ago, iworkwhippets said:

no mate my bitch never took to them lungs the ungreatful bugger

I was thinking the other day I wonder if it’s the texture of em why they don’t like em as much I was thinking there not really a solid so was wondering if they were boiled would they become a solid 

[poxon 5,766]

Don’t be shy of hitting the reduced sections up I’ve no shame in doing it there’s a bargain to be had I always tuck the Morrison’s fish counter up I always ask what’s the cheapest fish they got when there packing down for the evening I tell them it’s gotta be cheap it’s only dog food usually come a way with a bargain 

[mC HULL 13,383]

With a pup I just worm and give a variety 

but very rarely now do I feed any raw apart from bones 

everything from kibble meat fish to porridge and goats milk and scraps lol 

 

[iworkwhippets 12,690]

3 minutes ago, poxon said:

I was thinking the other day I wonder if it’s the texture of em why they don’t like em as much I was thinking there not really a solid so was wondering if they were boiled would they become a solid 

dunno mate never tried boiling them, I don't think there was any goodness in em anyways so boiling em  would take what goodness in them away

[iworkwhippets 12,690]

Easy to bung down a dish of complete , and don't get me wrong ive used it, but put a dish of webbox complete  in front of any dog or a dish of raw , I can see my nells face now  good days I looked after her she was my best mate