Dog Food Discussion Here, doing an experiment...

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Here it is: http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1951&p=1

And really, Aly, it is not more work than feeding kibble once you get going into a routine. Although I feed veggies and meat on rotating days, you could (and I do when I visit the folks and bring the dog) just cook a few extra veggies when you make supper and give the dogs some once in a while, or freeze a few veggie meals just for the dog for those times when you are really crunched for time or you are not having the types of veggies your dog will eat. You can do the veggie part of his diet every day or just once or twice a week, relax, it is not so critical.

Especially if the dogs have access to pony poop, fresh from the factory. Lots of veggie fiber in there, already partially digested, just the right thing for dogs!

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Especially if the dogs have access to pony poop, fresh from the factory. Lots of veggie fiber in there, already partially digested, just the right thing for dogs!

But I don't let my dogs eat poop!

 

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Oh, you dear, sweet, and innocent new equine owner. It is a requirement that each dog eat it's weight in pony poop each.....month? Week? Day? Depending on the dogs and the output of said pony.....

 

[sylvie]

Oh, you dear, sweet, and innocent new equine owner. It is a requirement that each dog eat it's weight in pony poop each.....month? Week? Day? Depending on the dogs and the output of said pony.....

Not to sound totally stupid, but is there any seriousness to dogs benefiting from eating pony poop? There is a park that I love but have been avoiding because of all the horse poop that my girl finds irresistible. She eats plenty of grass, as it is.

 

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Well......I don't worry about my dog eating horse poop, as it has lots of pre-digested grass (actually, it is just about 100% grass) and dogs can't digest cellulose. When the local coyotes briefly had access to my horse's poop in the pasture when she was in for the night, they stuffed themselves with it. I could clearly see it in their poop.

When I switched my dog to a homemade diet, he slowed down in the poop eating, and when I started adding a really good quality multivitamin, he all but stopped. They obviously (to me, anyways!) recognize when they need something that is in the poop.

Now, cat poop and dog poop is a different matter. That is a behavior issue. It is only natural for them to eat the poop of an herbivore.

 

[big brown horse]

I had a great book on feeding raw to my dogs (St. Bernards). I don't know the title anymore because I lent the book to someone else who needed it back in TX.

When we can't feed raw, we use Wellness.

We made the switch about a year and a half ago when our 9 year old (otherwise healthy) St.Bernard died from bone cancer. She was fed those vet recommended dry kibbles her whole life. (It didn't make the recall list, so we thought we were safe.)

No more fillers at all for these pups.

Now I know it is more expensive now, but we spent a HUGE HUGE HUGE amount of money on the treatment of our dying dog. That is how we justify it now.

Our raw dog food diet sounds like free's. (We occasionally use organ meets too.)

Horse poop! Yup, it is considered a delicacyaround here.

 

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Oh, yeah, an occasional organ meal.....we call it "chicken farts" instead of hearts because that is what we are in for later!

He won't eat liver raw. Once in a blue moon I'll cook a little for him when I am making catfood.

 

[big brown horse]

Oh, yeah, an occasional organ meal.....we call it "chicken farts" instead of hearts because that is what we are in for later!

He won't eat liver raw. Once in a blue moon I'll cook a little for him when I am making catfood.

 

[dipence71]

This may be a dumb question but on the raw diet, you feed them all "raw" food? Not homemade or home cooked?

 

[SKR8PN]

After a LOT or research,many trials and problems... we started feeding all of our girls Taste of the Wild.
No more ear problems.
No more allergy problems.
GREAT looking coats!
Healthy and HAPPY doggies!!

If you want to really study dog food ingredients.....

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/