terrier food

[dave 0]

has anybody got any ides or even better recipes for food to feed to working terriers i have got 2 the first is a lakeland cross patterdale and the other patterdale cross jackrussell sorry if my spelling is not good.

i have bben feeding then on tinned meat and wagg worker biscuits but would like to stop buying the meat and make my own food to mix with the biscuits.

i would be gratefull for any ideas.

 

thanks

dave

[Simoman 110]

Why not look into raw foods mate, forget the biscuit and switch to carcases, veg and fruit?

[Guest buster321c]

Why not look into raw foods mate, forget the biscuit and switch to carcases, veg and fruit? well said Simoman

 

Where abouts are you Dave ? Sure you could get some proper food near to you Its loads cheaper aswell

[earth&hounds 94]

i feed all my dogs on tripe and chicken carcases then in the winter i add cooked veg like a stew and they look well on it mate

[poacherjim 0]

i keep reading about feeding raw meat but i cant seem to get mine to eat it, i have 2 whippets i gave them a rabbitt last week and they wolfed it down, so i thought that i had broken the habit tried again a few days later and they werent interested just sniffed it and walked away, i know they were hungry as they just kept mooching around the house until i gave then something else should i just starve then until they eat it or shall i give up??

[Guest proudy]

I feed mine on raw mate, chicken carcasses, lamb/beef offcuts, fat & bone. The terrier picked at it 2 start but is fine, the lurcher will eat anything but the pup picks at any food unless its flesh which he'll eat loads of. perservere mate, keeps them in good nick. I get my flesh as waste from butchers & it costs me nothing to feed my dogs

Edited July 20, 2008 by proudy

[FLATTOP 4,546]

Hello mate i have tried to get my 11 month old patterdale bitch on to the raw diet but she just mucks about with it and throws it around the garden, the tinned stuff she dont want to know and i am glad because its rubbish so what i have done is boil up chicken quarters, liver sausages and vegatables i remove all the chicken bones put some gravy into the stock bag it all up into individual bags and this keeps her going for about two weeks i also give her biscuits does not cost more than about three quid and she cant get enough of it i will put a pic of her up soon she is looking good on it.

[dave 0]

thanks for the advice i will see what they think of that and get back to you all thanks all.

[TOPPER 1,809]

we have 18 to feed at the moment all are on BARF proper food ! total cost for the week is about £12 it does help when you do a bit of pest control for the slaughter house

 

main diet is Ox hearts - ox cheek-pigs heads/trotters - breast of lamb and loads of bones and a bit of tripe now and then with kitchen scraps veg etc thrown in

[Guest dee mac]

mine get a mix of tripe and beef with a high quality nut which is popular with the greyhound men .when fed this they thrive and there coats are slick and healthy to look at plus they leave less of a mess behind them. when fed with cheap dog meal which is suppose to be a complete food for a dogs every need it just went in one end out the other they lost condition rapidly and the kennells looked like a sewage plant .