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Title: Dog Feed Question ?? Post by: Georgia-Hawgs on November 24, 2014, 05:15:22 am Alright guys. I might get laughed off this board for this one but I been thinking about it for a while now. I always have a freezer full of wild meat. Rabbit, fish, deer hog meat , squirrel and sometimes other random edible critters. I was wandering how I could go about feeding this to my dogs as well. Maybe half dog food and half whatever . I DO NOT WISH TO FEED THEM A "RAW" DIET. I would like to maybe make up a bunch of this stuff and put it in appropriate sized separate bags and freeze it. (Each bag would contain enough food for one dog a day) or something like that...my question is what else besides meat should be added to it in order to give the dog everything he/she would need nutritionally. Vegetables or whatever. And no im not going to kill everything I can just to feed it to my dogs. I have a buddy that makes a living off his land and has a permit to take deer year round out of his crops. Also my wife is a 911 dispatcher so all the deputies will call me when theres been a deer or hog hit if it isn't to messed up. Any comment , input or suggestion would be awesome..thank yall !!!
Title: Re: Dog Feed Question ?? Post by: Teag_D on November 24, 2014, 08:35:30 am bagging for every day feeding seems like more work initially, than what I do. I feed about half raw and half good kibble.
Take whatever animal and cut it into pieces that fit in freezer. Then I use a LOPPER like this... http://www.lowes.com/pd_155048-89692-FL+3429D_4294612734__?productId=3589522&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1¤tURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar%7C1&facetInfo= to cut off pieces the size I want to feed that day. They cut through bone no problem. I make sure the raw is roughly equal parts fat and lean. I add LARD when feeding lean animals like deer. The dog food I use has all the other stuff, plant matter, veggies, etc. http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/diamondreg%3B-naturalstrade%3B-extreme-athlete-chicken--rice-formula-for-dogs-40-lb-bag Thats it, easy, cheap, dogs do well. Teag Title: Re: Dog Feed Question ?? Post by: Georgia-Hawgs on November 24, 2014, 09:01:34 am May give that a try ..I already feed the diamond naturals extreme athlete feed. It jusy getting expensive feeding 6 dogs with it. Thanks !!
Title: Re: Dog Feed Question ?? Post by: charles on November 24, 2014, 10:20:28 am Make a big pot of stew, adding the vegitables in there and once done, mix ur equal parts of stew/kibbles and freeze it till u need it.
Title: Re: Dog Feed Question ?? Post by: kerreydw on November 24, 2014, 06:13:49 pm Beans,rice,oatmeal,liitle cornmeal,all are good
Title: Re: Dog Feed Question ?? Post by: rdjustham on November 25, 2014, 06:34:20 am Girl I work with feeds all raw to her champion hunting labs. She feeds muscle meat, organ meat, fish, chicken, tripe (which she says is stomach lining). She also makes bone broth and blood soup for them. Ive started feeding my house dog a partial raw diet and noticed a difference in about a week. She has a FB I think. If you want send me a pm (so I don't forget) and ill ask her what it is for ya.
Title: Re: Dog Feed Question ?? Post by: cantexduck on November 25, 2014, 07:56:45 pm Skip the rice. It is nothing but a filler.
Organ , gut , muscle meat , total cereal , yogurt , carrots , and a little molasses. All that you will need. Oatmeal and wheat germ is helpful as well. I have been on raw feeding for the last eight years I think. |