pork

[stormrider8 59]

Cheers peg leg, and this is why you dont ever see the flavour in dog foods. thanks for your replies.

[Guest little lurcher]

i get pork rind free from my butchers which i dry quickly or cook like scratchings then feed as a treat and apart from an incident with puppies getting into where it was stored i havent had a problem and i feed pork ( cooked ) weekly? my dad has given his guard dogs a boiled pigs head weekly since i can remmember and ive never seen a problem , yet one of mine cant even tolerate a pigs ear? try a small amount and see what happens?

 

How come you dry or cook it. Why not raw? Thanks for replies.

 

my dogs are fed on a variety of raw and cooked meats , simply as i show my italians and the whippets when season ends , and i find i dont get any stomach upsets if i have to change a food when away?

 

i refuse to pay 65p a pigs ear at shops, so when i get the whole load for free all i have to do is air dry and it goes just like id buy or cook it in oven at high temp to again make like scratchings , this is a treat for the dogs i leave at home when im away , also i either oil down the trotters with some pasta as a meal or i again slow cook them for a chew for the big lurchers , at end of month when moneys a bit tight we have a boil up of all the end bits of meat etc , veg waste or pasta and they love it

 

the bones i get are always fed raw, be it pork or beef the lamb bones i do boil to get the meat to slowly fall off the bone for the show dogs , keeps the coat shiny and plenty of fat , just in caser they lose condition whilst travelling long distances

 

thats just my reasons for doing it , i think my dad cooked it due to the old times when it was thought it increased worms if uncooked ?

[stormrider8 59]

thanks. I also feed loads of different raw meat. The local butcher i get all my stuff from is allways offering me pork bits and bobs ,and there so cheap could feed the dogs for weeks. It sounds like a bit of a chore preping it though. reckon ill stick to the chicken lamb and beef.. Thanks for the help chris

[dogman89 0]

i work in a butchers and i get pigs feet and i feed them to my dogs and they love them and ive never seen anything wrong with their stools

[slickdicko 0]

if its cheap or free i never knew.....im of to the butchers in the morning

[halfmoongh 0]

The real danger is pseudo rabies which dogs usually die from if they eat infected raw pork. If UK is certified free, then there should be no problem. What a chance to take if you don't know though.

 

Otherwise, there's nothing at all wrong with pork, the other white meat. Back to Bascis in the US has a pork based kibble I fed at one point.

 

 

I used to feed pork all the time and never had any bother. I used to get heads, tails and trotters for nowt so I wasn't going to turn that down. Never had a problem with it either.

A lot of people consider it wormy which is where the problem stems from. If you are on top of the worming then I don't see a drama.

 

I think a lot of the worm concerns came from problems with infection by trichinella BUT trichinella isn't a problem in the UK these days.

 

If anyone is worried then just freeze meat for couple of days because that would kill the trichinella worms.

[Rocks 77]

I was feeding pork scaps and found that some of the dogs get hot spots and all get the trots. The stuff was high in fat and was not cooked. Now when I feed pork it is fat free and no problems.

[Funfuret 1]

The real danger is pseudo rabies which dogs usually die from if they eat infected raw pork. If UK is certified free, then there should be no problem. What a chance to take if you don't know though.

 

Here (Britain), Aujeszky's Disease is a notifiable disease. The last case recorded was in 1989 and Britain was officially declared an Aujeszky's Disease free area in 1991 following a serum testing based survey.

 

It seems to be a valid concern in the US though 'cos you seem to have had a couple of outbreaks in 2007

Edited May 9, 2008 by Funfuret