Guest MOLLY Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 I know you are not supposed to mix raw with complete feed, due to the different levels of digestion. My question is why? Why is it wrong to have different foods digesting at different times from one feed? MOLL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
boerhunter77 1 Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 its to do with bacteria/ stomach upsets. Dogs are able to digest meat quickly, kibble takes longer. When you feed them together the kibble absorbs the stomach acids and thus the meat stays in the stomach longer than it should. This enables bacteria in some meats to spread within the dogs stomach + cause upsets. jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Any thoughts? Only a passing muse on why bother to put the 'complete' stuff into the mix at all. But then, I too chuck all sorts in with my lots meat. I guess we all have our favoured recipes and reasons Incidentally; I get my dog meat from the local butchers. He's crafty and chucks a LOT of fat in there. He's doing this because we have to pay directly, by the pound, for our waste disposal. Sneaky devil. I pay Him to help dispose of His waste! I then - and this is my main point - micro wave the raw meat, to melt away all the fat he's minced into it. So my lot don't, strictly, get fed " Raw ". Oh. And I also occassionaly sling big hunks of purely raw meat out on the land for them. They enjoy that and get fat as moles for a day or two on it. But then they always start fetching bits in and trying to bury them in my arm chair and such :sick: Not sure I can reccomend that for house allowed dogs! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Sorry, Red Tail. I understand perfectly that You use plain biscuit. I was just using your initial " Any thoughts " as a spring board. I suppose I should have quoted your own 'ATs', then stitched in the bits of the others comments. But I didn't want it to get laboured and complicated ..... like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest stantheman Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 raw meat & veg can/t go wrong, leave the dry stuff for the hamsters, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevesel 18 Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 raw meat & veg can/t go wrong, leave the dry stuff for the hamsters, Ive found a butcher that will give me ckicken carcases and bones ect,ive tried feeding my terriers and lurcher on it but it makes them shit concrete.i tried adding a bit of dried complete feed in with it but they leave it. is this constipation normal for dogs on butchers meat?any suggestions? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ditch_Shitter Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 That 'Concrete' used to be considered Healthy Dog Shit. Dogs shitting like that certainly won't suffer the anal gland problems so prevelant today Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paddybarr 77 Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 i feed raw and high protein/fat complete 30% both my dogs race and are fit and heathly dogs guts are cast iron and are more than capable of coping with raw & comp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandymere 8,261 Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 i feed a mixture that way the dogs digestion is used to variety and they get a wide range of nutrients. i worry a little that the weird and wonderful world of diets to be found as a human preoccupation has started to get into the dog world what next plastic surgery for the lurcher? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest stantheman Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 a spoon full of oliv oil with the grub steve. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MOLLY Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Thanks for the replies So i gather it is ok to feed both complete and barf as long as you feed it at different times? How long do you think it takes for the dog to digest raw, or untill the complete has absorbed all it will? MOLL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stabs 2 Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Why would you feed complete and Barf? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MOLLY Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 One of my dogs looks terrible on barf...i havent the foggiest why , ive tried increasing the feed etc but no difference. When looking back through old piccies i found some of her looking amazing, and she was fed on Eukanuba then. So a while back i put her back on it and she is looking good again. But i still want her to have raw and bones. MOLL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyrat 0 Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 stevesel,your probally giving the dog too much bone to meat ratio,chicken carcass is mostly bone,and dont forget a little offal,too much of which can make a dog loose Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MOLLY Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 stevesel,your probally giving the dog too much bone to meat ratio,chicken carcass is mostly bone,and dont forget a little offal,too much of which can make a dog loose , if mine get too much bone i have the same probs...i only give bone about 2-3 times perweek now, not everyday. MOLL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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