dog nutrition

[kerrie and stan]

landywoods wont deliver to me

well i will just get on with it and see what happens 

[kendal]

landywoods wont deliver to me

well i will just get on with it and see what happens 

where abouts is it you stay. twhey have delivery points that the go to. the trainer at me dog school gose and colects our orders the we meet up in the local park to get it from him.

is there not a delivery point near where you stay.

[rooooooooby]

hi,

perhaps its because it costs so flipping much to get there Kerrie !! 

claire x

[kerrie and stan]

hi,

perhaps its because it costs so flipping much to get there Kerrie !! 

claire x

  that is so true

i live on the isle of wight and they dont have a drop off point here.

[kerrie and stan]

ok i have come up with this (with help from my butchers )

chicken and rabit will be his main stable diet
however when the butcher gets it in he will also get
beef shanks
little bits of beef

but he also mentioned:
ox and goat
also the only offal he does is lamb and pork

what do people think of ox and goat?
also would pork offal be ok to feed or should i spend the extra to get beef offal or would he be ok without offal?

[kendal]

i used to know a girl who fed her dog Ox tail, she loved it.

[Sweetypye]

Rabbit - be careful a diet which consists mainly of rabbit would be deficient in fat and could lead to rabbit starvation syndrome, the best diets consist of varied sources of protein.

pork - fine

ox  is just another name for beef!

goat is fine

Any meat is fine for a dog unless it has a problem with it. Offal provides essential sources of nutrients and is particularly rich in Vitamin A, source is not a problem.

[kerrie and stan]

ok what about chicken, rabit and beef as starting diet with pork offal.

how should i intreduce chicken bones?
he crunches ribs well and has marrow bones aswell.

can you feed beef, rabbit, chick in a meal together with each other or should they be fed by themselves?

how often should offal be fed?

[Sweetypye]

I would always start a dog on one protein source, see how he deals with it and then introduce a new one eg chicken wings etc to start as even 7 week old pups can manage these.
Personally I avoid mixing meats as I do not see any advantage in this although I might mix in offal from one species into mince of another to a dog that will not eat offal.

offal is usually high in Vitamin A so should not be fed in excess and is usually laxative, so once or twice a week

[SuzAndTheDiva]

I dont normally mix meat in a meal - though she will often have different meat in tea to breakfast. However at the moment shes so hungry shes eating whatever she wants..............

[kendal]

got our meet delivery yesterday.

our meet comes pree minced and mixed. ie chicken and tripe, mixed orgen meet etc                                                                                                                                                                                                     

dopnt seewhat diference it make to feed sepret or mixed