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[zigzag dan 784]

1 hour ago, OldPhil said:

Yeah,.. I think as the years roll by, the feeding regime changes alongside...

Its crazy, but when I was lamping most nights, and catching plenty of game, I fed the dogs on a pretty poor diet..

They still did ok, and I often wonder if I was just lucky, or would the jukels have taken more quarry, if I had fed them a superior food?

Most nights,.. were Vitalin nights

Unbelievable, Muesli style shite,...but there ya go,.. we knew no better, and the dogs ran spot on...

Nowadays, I only keep companion dogs, wee Mouchers,.. and we rarely catch much, so I feed what comes my way, and I don't get too serious about it.

Lol .....My family had an animal feed business and in the 70/80s we used to sell loads of Vitalin or Wilson's, both were muesli type feeds ........ plenty of rabbits were caught on it

[Ferretman65 2,265]

43 minutes ago, shaaark said:

I'll never forget the smell of my dog's shite, after I started to feed them that stuff!!  Strewn all across the kennel run like someone had been in there with a muckspreader!! 

Close to 40 years ago, but NEVER again!! 

Remember vitalin OK but there was another one we used special Blend u called it like rabbit food back in the early days 

[mC HULL 13,161]

3 hours ago, chartpolski said:

A few years back, I was at the feed merchants for poultry food, and the owner told me a Greyhound trainer had ordered a pallet of this, but had let him down. The supplier said it wasn't worth sending it back so just sell it for what you can get.

It retailed at £28 but he was selling it for £8. He gave me a bag for free to try it. The dogs looked great on it, even though some people said there was to much protein. Anyway, I went back to buy more, but a lad who worked there an kept coursing dogs had bought the lot !

I think it was made by Alpha, but had the feed merchants label.

Cheers.

i was on arden grange charts when i went to buy a few sacks there wasn’t any were i go they had alpha pup and adult i remember seeing fuji saying it wasn’t bad feed so i got that pup and adult bag same price as one arden grange it seems to be spot on dogs love it in good order from it i stayed on taht as me dry 

[shaaark 10,885]

10 minutes ago, Ferretman65 said:

Remember vitalin OK but there was another one we used special Blend u called it like rabbit food back in the early days 

Yeah, my mate used to work in a pet shop, and I bought a bag of it  from there once.  Tried em on it for a few days, but they didn't do well on it, even though they ate it readily enough lol. 

[shaaark 10,885]

2 minutes ago, baker boy said:

I think most of us who used it feel the same

You know the shop I bought it from b b 

[chartpolski 24,203]

A lad who had an allotment next to mine worked for a large bakery and got me 25 litre tubs of broken and misshapen energy bars for the hens and high calcium baby rusks for the dogs, for £2 a tub ;

Sadly he left the job, gave up the allotment and moved away..........selfish c**t ! !

Cheers.

 

[ollieollie 766]

No wonder it’s reduced!! Skinners muesli is £18 in my local farm shop that does me for the nights they’re not eating raw 

[Ferretman65 2,265]

1 hour ago, zigzag dan said:

Lol .....My family had an animal feed business and in the 70/80s we used to sell loads of Vitalin or Wilson's, both were muesli type feeds ........ plenty of rabbits were caught on it

Probably fed on it to  

[jigsaw 11,875]

3 hours ago, SheepChaser said:

There was I thinking it was a chicken he was munching lol bottom photo I'm on about 

Edited January 11, 2022 by jigsaw

[SheepChaser 8,089]

58 minutes ago, jigsaw said:

There was I thinking it was a chicken he was munching lol bottom photo I'm on about 

 

[Blackmag 6,102]

What happened to  a tin of chappie and kitchen scraps we have always mainly fed raw as old man was a foreman slaughter man we always  had allsorts boiling in big pans in yard sheep heads wessels throttles  whatever he could get went in  always ended up with a jelly fatty crust on top  .the old girl use to bring her washing in before a boil up because of the smell .dogs always looked well .my mate brings me allsorts ox and lamb hearts beef tripe whatever he can get I take of him we just agree a figure .I get chickens from wholesalers that aren't fit for human consumption again I take what he has and mince it up again it's not much .and I get fish heads and put them through the mincer a couple of times and boil them in pressure cooker .the fishmonger saves me the juices and blood from the bottom of the trays and I boil the heads in that costs a bottle of bells at the end of the month .all mixed with  biscuit for running dogs minus the fancy name 14 quid a sack .

Edited January 11, 2022 by Blackmag

[Black neck 16,076]

3 hours ago, Ferretman65 said:

Remember vitalin OK but there was another one we used special Blend u called it like rabbit food back in the early days 

It's still on sale now 

[dytkos 17,818]

Was in the vets today for the pups booster. Should have took a pic tbh but kitten food, 1.5kg £11.70 FFS 

Cheers, D.

[Daniel cain 45,875]

4 hours ago, shaaark said:

I'll never forget the smell of my dog's shite, after I started to feed them that stuff!!  Strewn all across the kennel run like someone had been in there with a muckspreader!! 

Close to 40 years ago, but NEVER again!! 

Only ever used it for spod mixes and pre baiting campaigns on big waters....the stuff looks like hamster food

[SheepChaser 8,089]

They made short work of that back leg. It’s an efficient feeding method