What do you feed your dog apart from tinned food?

sarah*a

littlesnuggy wrote: »

Is Butcher's tripe nutritionally ok? The breeder I'm getting my first dog from at Easter currently feeds him the tripe loaf plus some mixer biscuits. Does this sound ok, or should I ideally be switching him gradually to something 'better'?

It's better than some - but I don't feed canned food very often - so I don't mind giving it them every now and then - and they do love it

emmahip

withabix wrote: »

I would do away with tinned meat and mixer and feed IAMS.

I would recommend that you NEVER, EVER feed your animal Iams, we used to feed this to our cat who ended up with all sorts of health problems - off the Iams problems went away. I really dont understand why anyone would use it.

Our cats get James Wellbeloved and we tried to get the dogs on it too but it didnt agree with one of them, them tried Burns - also didnt agree with one, settled on Bakers Complete Chicken - not because it is better just better for our dog.

They also get the odd tin (only ever co-ops own dog food as this is the only one which smells vaguely edible to me!), mixed in as a treat.

Sometimes I think I worry more about what the animals get than us!
:rotfl:

blushingbride_3

hi everyone!

I am very interested in this thread as i have a jrt x.

I'm interested in these raw meals/ frozen food.

Where is the best place to buy them?

If i just wanted to feed him carcas's etc where do you get them from? i do have a small freezer so could store some.

He's about 10kg so am i right that he would need about 400g BAF food?

tbourner

blushingbride wrote: »

hi everyone!

I am very interested in this thread as i have a jrt x.

I'm interested in these raw meals/ frozen food.

Where is the best place to buy them?

If i just wanted to feed him carcas's etc where do you get them from? i do have a small freezer so could store some.

He's about 10kg so am i right that he would need about 400g BAF food?

Find or borrow an Ian Billinghurst book if you can.

We get ours from Farmers Choice, we buy their meat anyway and they throw in whatever carcasses/ribs etc we want as well. We wouldn't be customers of theirs if it wasn't for the dogs! But you can go round and ask all your local butchers if they throw anything away - most don't now as they get everything in ready cut.

As for amount, you need to feed it and see how he gets on, if he starts gaining weight then reduce the amount, if he starts thinning out then try more pork and fatty meat rather than just bones and carcasses. You should ideally feed vegetables as well though, all raw and mushed up in a juicer.

TomsMom

blushingbride wrote: »

hi everyone!

I am very interested in this thread as i have a jrt x.

I'm interested in these raw meals/ frozen food.

Where is the best place to buy them?

If i just wanted to feed him carcas's etc where do you get them from? i do have a small freezer so could store some.

He's about 10kg so am i right that he would need about 400g BAF food?

Raw To Go

Landywoods

Berriewoods

Darlings

Prize Choice

Check out UK Raw Meaty Bones Support & Action Group

There are probably other online suppliers too. Also Pets at Home and some pet shops sell frozen raw foods. I got some Prize Choice from a localish pet shop, have to say it wasn't as good as the Raw To Go though.

I've also bought chicken portions/wings/drumsticks/thighs from supermarket when on offer. You could get these from butchers. I haven't bought any lamb ribs yet but again you could get these from butchers or the online suppliers.

Check out this thread on Raw Feeding on PetForums. It is very informative, I think you'll find everything you need to know on there. Lots of pages to read but worth it.

You need to get the balance right, you can't just feed carcasses, you need to include some offal. Raw To Go's packs have 80% meat, 10% bone and 10% offal. Whether you feed veggies is up to you.

I can only vouch for Raw To Go, good customer service, very helpful, delivery by courier so a bit expensive but I can feed my Bichon (5kg) for 18p per meal and that takes into account delivery.

Amount of food is between 2% and 3% of body weight per day so for your dog at 10kg would be between 200g and 300g per day. I thought this percentage was very low compared to commercial food but with commercial food there is a lot of filler which the dog doesn't use, with raw it's all used so you don't need as much.

I did an awful lot of reading before I took the plunge as I really wanted to understand it and get it right.

fran2491

Rev wrote: »

IMO Royal Canin is SHICKINGLY overpriced for the ingredients.



First ingredient is maize, so that will be primarily what the food is made up of. But it doesn't say what % that is. Not does it give a percentage of meat (I got this info from RC's web site).

It has two other fillers and a list of stuff I've no idea what it is. and for £40 is for 10kg. Not a change I'd pay that for those ingredients. You can pay half that, feed skinners and get what is IMO a better food. Plus you'll get an extra 5kg of it too. Or the AG mini lamb and rice, or fish4dogs mini. All with better meat content and less fillers.

RC isn't the worst food, and if the dog is doing well, no reason to change. But it really is shocking value for cash.

right ok im back hehe :rotfl:
i changed my boy over to skinners and it works out a hell of a lot cheaper!:D hes been on it for around a week,
i have one complaint though! his wind it smells shockingly bad!
anyone else have this problem with skinners?
im going to have to grin and bere it for the next month or so as i have around 13kg to get through!:eek:

foreign_correspondent

my dog had ryvitas and cottage cheese for breakfast the other day, 'cos I had run out of dog food - she enjoyed it, but it was only as a stopgap... she will eat anything though, and often gets sardines, cooked eggs, rice, veggies, apple cores, raw carrots, and the odd bone...

tbourner

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

my dog had ryvitas and cottage cheese for breakfast the other day, 'cos I had run out of dog food - she enjoyed it, but it was only as a stopgap... she will eat anything though, and often gets sardines, cooked eggs, rice, veggies, apple cores, raw carrots, and the odd bone...

Should be raw eggs and veggies really. Rice is fine if boiled, with boiled chicken breasts as well is great for their bellies.

foreign_correspondent

tbourner wrote: »

Should be raw eggs and veggies really. Rice is fine if boiled, with boiled chicken breasts as well is great for their bellies.

No it shouldnt - cooked eggs for dogs is preferable, if fed on a regular basis, as raw eggs interfere with biotin uptake.

Gemmy_2

My dogs a yorkshire terrior x cain terrior

He gets a mug full of dry lidl food each day, a tin of fish each week
and a pigs ear a week if hes been good which gets demolished in moments.