Puppy food

[ian p 0]

I'm looking for some advice. I currently feed my dogs on the BARF diet and they're doing pretty well on it. However i've been advised by a few people (including a vet) that i shouldn't feed a pup on this diet until it's fully grown. This seems odd to me but i'm no expert. What do you all feed your pups on?

[Guest little lurcher]

mine have a varied mix , puppy complete or red mills racer (similar make up but red mills can have additions without doing harm) cooked mince and soaked cereal , raw meats , as long as the pups are doing well looking plump and plenty of energy i should worry too much

[skycat 6,173]

I'm looking for some advice. I currently feed my dogs on the BARF diet and they're doing pretty well on it. However i've been advised by a few people (including a vet) that i shouldn't feed a pup on this diet until it's fully grown. This seems odd to me but i'm no expert. What do you all feed your pups on?

 

 

Excuse me for being blunt: but that is a load of bollocks! My own vet is anti BARF and whittles on about pups not getting enough protein etc, but I've reared several pups now on only raw food and they have never had a sick or sorry day.

 

Just remember that it is not only meat that dogs need. Fat: for energy. Bones: for minerals, jaw exercise plus the marrow inside even little bones contains nutrients. Red meat: protein for building muscles and general growth. Minced veg and fruit for all those other vitamins and minerals they need, plus it is roughage which is essential to healthy digestion.

 

Of course it won't hurt a pup to get some carbs in the form of cereals: brown bread, but they really don't need a lot.

 

By all means feed your dog on some high powered, super high protein livel complete food if it makes you feel better (I used to feed Purina Pro Plan before I saw the light LOL). The only problem with that sort of food is that it is so 'pre digested', cooked to intense temperatures to kill bacteria, then boosted up again with artificial vitamins and minerals that have been destroyed in the cooking process, not to mention the fact that you really don't know what exactly goes into it: there's been a few threads on here about the disgusting crap and left overs that go into dog food.

 

Hey Ditch: if your'e reading this you know I've been avidly reading your posts! I can't put it as succinctly as you, but I hope I haven't let you down with my pared down version! LOL

 

Oh, and there's one more thing.......dogs really love chewing on things like rabbit and chicken carcases, to the extent that if I had the cheek to offer mine some dry food now they would look at me as if I was trying to poison them> plus, they NEVER EVER get the sh*ts on raw food, which should tell you something.

 

Hey! Before they invented little pots of mush to feed human babies on, babies just got given mashed up adult food.........and the human race survived all too well. I grew up perfectly well and fit despite never being given instant baby food: so how come puppies need this 'special' puppy food> just give them the same good quality meat, bones etc, but make sure they don't get bones that could choke them (chicken leg bones for example), and feed them more often than you would an adult.

 

Hope this helps.

[pointer 543]

pups do well on raw food.

[stormrider8 59]

pups do well on raw food.

Biggest ears in the world.. Ha

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

I'm looking for some advice. I currently feed my dogs on the BARF diet and they're doing pretty well on it. However i've been advised by a few people (including a vet) that i shouldn't feed a pup on this diet until it's fully grown. This seems odd to me but i'm no expert. What do you all feed your pups on?

 

 

Excuse me for being blunt: but that is a load of bollocks! My own vet is anti BARF and whittles on about pups not getting enough protein etc, but I've reared several pups now on only raw food and they have never had a sick or sorry day.

 

Just remember that it is not only meat that dogs need. Fat: for energy. Bones: for minerals, jaw exercise plus the marrow inside even little bones contains nutrients. Red meat: protein for building muscles and general growth. Minced veg and fruit for all those other vitamins and minerals they need, plus it is roughage which is essential to healthy digestion.

 

Of course it won't hurt a pup to get some carbs in the form of cereals: brown bread, but they really don't need a lot.

 

By all means feed your dog on some high powered, super high protein livel complete food if it makes you feel better (I used to feed Purina Pro Plan before I saw the light LOL). The only problem with that sort of food is that it is so 'pre digested', cooked to intense temperatures to kill bacteria, then boosted up again with artificial vitamins and minerals that have been destroyed in the cooking process, not to mention the fact that you really don't know what exactly goes into it: there's been a few threads on here about the disgusting crap and left overs that go into dog food.

 

Hey Ditch: if your'e reading this you know I've been avidly reading your posts! I can't put it as succinctly as you, but I hope I haven't let you down with my pared down version! LOL

 

Oh, and there's one more thing.......dogs really love chewing on things like rabbit and chicken carcases, to the extent that if I had the cheek to offer mine some dry food now they would look at me as if I was trying to poison them> plus, they NEVER EVER get the sh*ts on raw food, which should tell you something.

 

Hey! Before they invented little pots of mush to feed human babies on, babies just got given mashed up adult food.........and the human race survived all too well. I grew up perfectly well and fit despite never being given instant baby food: so how come puppies need this 'special' puppy food> just give them the same good quality meat, bones etc, but make sure they don't get bones that could choke them (chicken leg bones for example), and feed them more often than you would an adult.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Very well put SC, I feed my pup on mostly chicken, as my pup before that, in my book raw is best.

[shepp 2,285]

If your worried about the bones then you can get a mincer and stick he whole chicken and other meat through.

[ian p 0]

thanks for the advice. I suspected as much but like i said i'm no expert. Now wheres that rubbish bin......

[Simoman 110]

Excuse me for being blunt: but that is a load of bollocks! food.

 

100% agree skycat, vets are trained in medicine not canine nutrition.

[terrierguy 1]

Raw all the way for me, turkey, chicken, rabbit, beef, lamb, knuckle bones, the odd pilchard, bit of boiled veg, dogs do magnificently on it, my dogs wont go near commercial feeds