what do u feed your dog?

im feeding bruce on freeflow minced beef at the minute mixed with his junior age biscuits. i also feed him minced tripe which he seems to love also mixed with biscuits. Its the frozen stuff, i leave it to defrost in the fridge in the morning and its ready for his evening meal. he gets 2 medium sized bowls a day, one after his morning walk, one after his evening walk.

i also feed him an egg twice weekely and fish probably once every week. he also gets the usual treats mostly fed to him by my mrs :/. hes packing on the weight looks really solid, not overweight tho imo, had him on the scales and hes just over 19kg .Just wondering what everyone else fed their staff see if i can get some ideas

I do a prey model raw with a base of chicken quarters. He also gets egg, fish, offal, with occasional feet and other meat scraps. I also give him a freeze dried mixture a few times a week as it has some other vitamins and such added into it (besides when he needs a little roughage to get "things" moving if he has had extra bones). Lots of food stuff here and at the top Steve has put in a feeding portion now. Sounds like Bruce is doing well!

I also do a prey model raw diet for my two with lamb and beef as a base of their diet, and add in fish, eggs, ACV, salmon oil, garlic, herbs etc

Prey model raw here, too!

I'm struggling with my english bull at the moment : ( He's 14 weeks old. He came to me on WAG and mince, but he was getting bored of it. Tried him with tripe but it just gave him the runs : ( I've had him on rice and chicken to help with his runny stools, then tried him with rice and chopped up minced beef burgers, and now the wag again ... I am completely stuck with what to feed him and to stick to it : (

Just lately I've been tryin Visa Debit cards, and anything plastic thats on the coffee table, or in the bin ... he seems to really like it

Andy wrote:Just lately I've been tryin Visa Debit cards, and anything plastic thats on the coffee table, or in the bin ... he seems to really like it

Moo is on Fish4Dogs and lurves it!!

i feed mine on tripe and soft dog biscuits called cobby dog, its excellent goes down a treat try it

I feed raw, chicken quarters, tripe also make up a veggie pack for them raw eggs every other day, they love it..

Andy wrote:Just lately I've been tryin Visa Debit cards, and anything plastic thats on the coffee table, or in the bin ... he seems to really like it

Andy wrote:Just lately I've been tryin Visa Debit cards, and anything plastic thats on the coffee table, or in the bin ... he seems to really like it

That may be the only food to feed that actually saves you money!

bbimson wrote:

Andy wrote:Just lately I've been tryin Visa Debit cards, and anything plastic thats on the coffee table, or in the bin ... he seems to really like it

That may be the only food to feed that actually saves you money!

Andy you crack me up. To be honest, I dont think feeding dogs raw is either well known or popular here. I had never even considered it. Ty is fed Royal Canin dry food (kibble) with things like chicken and sardines added about twice a week for a little variety. His food is only available from the vet. Am I doing it all wrong?

Ty wrote: Ty is fed Royal Canin dry food (kibble) with things like chicken and sardines added about twice a week for a little variety. His food is only available from the vet. Am I doing it all wrong?

Not at all! Moo was on Royal canin sensitivty control, it helped heeps A raw diet doesn't suit us.

I would suggest ordering offline if you can though, although the vets endorse it, its a lot cheaper online Xx

Thanks for the tip Janey - it is rather pricey.

It is expensive, but good also. Get what you pay for. Saved quite a bit ordering over the net and its delivered

we feed our 2 pedigree complete dry food. we have just got lemmy off the puppy and onto the juniour with lottie now he is almost 12 months (in a few days) they have pedigree for their main meal and the oily fish (mackerel or sardines on a monring

Violet is just on dry food, with a bit of wet mixer to make it a bit more exciting for her. Sometimes she'll have eggs too, or some fish. And very often she'll manage to get a bite of my dinner too

Ty wrote:Andy you crack me up. To be honest, I dont think feeding dogs raw is either well known or popular here. I had never even considered it. Ty is fed Royal Canin dry food (kibble) with things like chicken and sardines added about twice a week for a little variety. His food is only available from the vet. Am I doing it all wrong?

Nope, you are doing fine. Each dog and owner is different. Mine just thrives on raw. The key is knowing what works for each dog and owner and going with that. There are some horrible foods out there but I don't know of anything wrong with Royal Canin (always considered it a good food). My last dog was on Canadea Lamb and Rice. If Ty does best on Royal Canin, can't nobody mess with that!

Blue buffalo with eggs, yogurt, er this other stuff we get is like a meat brick thing that we shred into the dry kibble add a tablespoon of hot water and mix it around, Daisy has had so many issues with foods, we have tried all kinds of dry kibble, out there. she also has allergies, unsure to what.

Dora is on any flavour of James Wellbeloved kibble. She always seems keen to eat it and seems to be developing and growing nicely.

We like feeding kibble cos we can put it in her food ball or shaker and it takes her a while to get it all out and eat it. She only gets it in her bowl when we are short on time.

My boy is back on Tripe with WAG, but his stools are soft and very very very dark .. still in trial and error process

Maria. wrote:My boy is back on Tripe with WAG, but his stools are soft and very very very dark .. still in trial and error process

Tripe will often make a dog's poo soft. Also, if you suddenly change your dog's food he can get a bit of an upset. What sort of tripe do you feed?

We have ours on csj dog biscuits, i add prizechoice mince meat just recently have been cooking it was giving it too them raw, i add carrots and peas too it aswel carrots sometimes cooked sometimes raw i also cook the biscuits now and again as a change. they get boiled eggs added now and again too.

ok I am not up on all the differnt foods, What is Barf, WAG, and others, around here people usually go with dry kibble. Daisy is the frist dog of my own and we are exploring all options that are extremely healthy for her, she has a hard time likeing foods, and other things

After years of getting 2/3 different bags of dog food ( for different age dogs) and experimenting with different foods. ive just recently find a dry food that not only do they all like (which is a first) but it is suitable for all age groups. its acana (wild prairie). they love it. They also get fresh bones every week

You talk about fresh bones what type of bones do you kgive them prk beef, venison?

wentzer wrote:You talk about fresh bones what type of bones do you kgive them prk beef, venison?

Any are fine but must be raw and marrow bones shouldn't be given too young (plus they can be very messy).

wentzer wrote:ok I am not up on all the differnt foods, What is Barf, WAG, and others, around here people usually go with dry kibble. Daisy is the frist dog of my own and we are exploring all options that are extremely healthy for her, she has a hard time likeing foods, and other things

There is a link at the top of the forum home page that goes through a bunch of the feeding options and what they are. Remember, most of the members here are not in the US so some of the brands are not available here (i.e. WAG). Barf is a kind of raw diet philosophy as is prey model. Those are just two variations of feeding raw.

I know recently we did give daisy a venison bone, but we boiled it first, then she ended up with some larger chunks in her stools, and seemed as if she had an upset tummy, including very soft stools. would this be normal?

wentzer wrote:I know recently we did give daisy a venison bone, but we boiled it first, then she ended up with some larger chunks in her stools, and seemed as if she had an upset tummy, including very soft stools. would this be normal?

Boiling is a no-no. It makes it brittle and that's why chuncks were there. It actually hardens the bone. Keep it raw and it will be 1000 x better. Also, if it makes her tummy upset, it could be that she isn't used to it and also could be she doesn't do well with venison. Perhaps beef bone would work better for her. Whatever you do, please do it 100% raw. Sounds gross, but it is better for her.

This is wonderful information. you all have been a wonderful help on everyything. I feel so dumb sometimes lol. I just wanna do what is best for my dog, but it is so hard to find any type of info over her, for alot of things.