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Hutch33
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« on: August 20, 2015, 11:07:25 am » |
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Anybody feed an only raw diet?
Any opinions on it?
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Black Streak
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« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2015, 12:07:55 pm » |
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I don't strickly feed a raw diet but feed it as much as I can. It's a very inconvenient way to feed dogs the way I do it. I feed everything I kill or they catch. I keep most of the deer meat but they get everything I don't keep for myself. Would take 2 or 3 freezers for me to strickly feed a raw diet. I have one large feeder for the dogs and one for me. Skinning the dog food all the time is the biggest pain. I'm all the time skinning pigs in the middle of the night and putting them in the freezer. I cut the meat up with an ax when I'm ready to feed it which is pretty nice. Dogs that eat kibble out of the same bowl will fight over 1 chunk of meat so you need to give each dog their own piece or seperat them before giving them meat if they share a large pen together. If you feed kibble a lot then raw, their crap stinks extremely bad! Strictly raw is not bad at all after the first couple days but them first couple days is horrible smelling. The dogs love the bones and the bones really do a good job at keeping their teeth clean and white. I have to collect the skulls , back bones, pelvic bones, etc out of the pens after a week or two before mowing the pens. Your also having all the time to haul off hide and guts, I don't feed the guts in the summer. If you don't mind the work of scrapping the hide and letting it turn to raw hide, the dogs love chewing the raw hide. Again good for their teeth and works them jaw muscles out  |
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liefalwepon
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« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2015, 01:49:20 pm » |
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I saw a video by a new zealander where he fed his dogs what they call possums over there, he had hunted the possums at night with a light and a 22, took them home and skinned them, didnt gut them and tossed them in the kennel guts and all, came back the next day and there wasnt a trace left, he was saying the dogs eat the guts and all and its really good for them, with vegetable matter and probiotics and all. I thought that was pretty cool
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Reuben
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« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2015, 07:29:48 pm » |
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as a youngster I hunted 4 to 5 dogs...I fed them what they caught but only after we got home...usually a rabbit per dog and a whole one...just pulled a little fur off the rabbit and tossed one to each dog...and Yes...they get a balanced diet when they it the whole rabbit...
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
A hunting dog is born not made...
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spazhogdog
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« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2015, 08:17:10 pm » |
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Have fed 95% raw for 5 years. A lot of work/ prepping but worth it. I clean at a slaughter house so I feed a variety of beef, goats, sheep and pigs.
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TheRednose
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« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2015, 10:38:08 pm » |
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I have fed raw before and if you know what you are doing it is really good for the dog. I fed small animals whole (rabbit, guinea pig, chicken etc), fur, bone and all. Man it will get your dogs looking good though.
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liefalwepon
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« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2015, 11:50:16 pm » |
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as a youngster I hunted 4 to 5 dogs...I fed them what they caught but only after we got home...usually a rabbit per dog and a whole one...just pulled a little fur off the rabbit and tossed one to each dog...and Yes...they get a balanced diet when they it the whole rabbit...
did you ever have a dog that wont eat raw meat? I have a couple that wont touch the stuff, ones a young dog, the other one I tried to force him to eat it and he didnt eat for four days so I gave in, I almost culled him for it but hes making a good dog so far. |
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Reuben
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« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2015, 02:36:19 am » |
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no...dogs didn't have a choice...we were a family of 9 kids, both parents and our grandfather living with us...so there were no scraps and we barely had the money to put food on the table...we ate a few farm animals for meat and had a garden...we raised grain for our cattle and poultry...killed deer as needed and no extra cash for dog food...most of the dogs I adopted were throw aways...if they wanted to eat they hunted with me...all hungry dogs will eventually hunt to eat...raw can be good but not important to do so...just feed a dog food that has it in writing on the bag, 100% nutritionally complete for all stages of life and it should be a good dog food...
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
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liefalwepon
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« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2015, 01:36:09 pm » |
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no...dogs didn't have a choice...we were a family of 9 kids, both parents and our grandfather living with us...so there were no scraps and we barely had the money to put food on the table...we ate a few farm animals for meat and had a garden...we raised grain for our cattle and poultry...killed deer as needed and no extra cash for dog food...most of the dogs I adopted were throw aways...if they wanted to eat they hunted with me...all hungry dogs will eventually hunt to eat...raw can be good but not important to do so...just feed a dog food that has it in writing on the bag, 100% nutritionally complete for all stages of life and it should be a good dog food...
no wonder why youre so smart, when you grow up like that you have to learn how to learn fast, good lessons for a youngster having to take care of a dog in that manner |
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