poacher3161 1,766 Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Dried beef and a 12% mixer its a good second to barf though the price of the dried meat has shot up from £23 to £35 a 25 kilo sack recently.atbForgot to add the dried beef that comes in bulk from ireland i have been told is about 35% protien so not much is needed to be put with the mixer.atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest lurchers&terriers Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 iv said this before, to much protein isn't good for a dog one bit. people seem to be obsessed by it. i wouldn't feed my dog this complete dry stuff neither its cheap because its crap. if you want your dog to reach full potential barf is the way but be careful of that protein, i wouldn't go above 22% if i was feeding it dry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aaron01 737 Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 23%dry and some barf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NO1 13 Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 dryed food beta greyhound and mix it with chudlys which is % protien Quote Link to post Share on other sites
timjim 43 Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 rabbit and about 90%protein and they do well,even keep catching more to eat of the rabbit i feed em, been thinking about this, have a chest freezer for the rabbits, was thinking of getting a mincer and mincing and freezing and then thawing as needed, and just keep a couple whole for the curries and stews Quote Link to post Share on other sites
emeera 1 Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I feed a working dog dry food, its a VAT free deal and costs £9.28 for 15kg. It contains 23% protein.What do you guys use as an everyday feed? richa 24% protein Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kay 3,709 Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Have i got this right , some of the dry foods contain 80/ 90% protein ? thats hell of a lot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jjbel 0 Posted September 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Excuse my ignorance but what is BARF?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
simon1974 0 Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Barf means Bones and Raw Food its what they used to eat before they were humanised, im just learning about it myself, my dog has been on it for 3 weeks now and his energy levels and his gameness for it all seem to have escallated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jjbel 0 Posted September 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Thanks Simon1974! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
runningdog01 3 Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 just out of interest why do some of you use racing greyhound dried foods, these foods are designed for sprinting dogs that dont work the fields. they contain high protien as racing dogs tear and damadge muscle and ligaments during the sprint and protien is needed to repair these. the food is normally also very dry as most trainers feed it too them soaked so a working lurcher will usually have to drink gallons of water if fed this food and worked hard. you only need a maintainance level of protien for the working lurcher unless it is a young growing dog or one recovering from injury, the most important thing is fat, this is what a dog runs on and burns so surely a working spaniel food would be more suited as its desighned for dogs that spend alot of time running around fields rather than just a quick sprint. does anyone else share this opinion. ( p.s my dogs are fed medium level protien kibble and lots of barf ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sh 08 17 Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 just out of interest why do some of you use racing greyhound dried foods, these foods are designed for sprinting dogs that dont work the fields.they contain high protien as racing dogs tear and damadge muscle and ligaments during the sprint and protien is needed to repair these. the food is normally also very dry as most trainers feed it too them soaked so a working lurcher will usually have to drink gallons of water if fed this food and worked hard. you only need a maintainance level of protien for the working lurcher unless it is a young growing dog or one recovering from injury, the most important thing is fat, this is what a dog runs on and burns so surely a working spaniel food would be more suited as its desighned for dogs that spend alot of time running around fields rather than just a quick sprint. does anyone else share this opinion. ( p.s my dogs are fed medium level protien kibble and lots of barf ) you have a good point to be honest, the food i use is 24% and very oily which is mixed in with mince meat form butcher with laods of fat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 just out of interest why do some of you use racing greyhound dried foods, these foods are designed for sprinting dogs that dont work the fields.they contain high protien as racing dogs tear and damadge muscle and ligaments during the sprint and protien is needed to repair these. the food is normally also very dry as most trainers feed it too them soaked so a working lurcher will usually have to drink gallons of water if fed this food and worked hard. you only need a maintainance level of protien for the working lurcher unless it is a young growing dog or one recovering from injury, the most important thing is fat, this is what a dog runs on and burns so surely a working spaniel food would be more suited as its desighned for dogs that spend alot of time running around fields rather than just a quick sprint. does anyone else share this opinion. ( p.s my dogs are fed medium level protien kibble and lots of barf ) That is a spot on asumption one i totally agree with.The dried beef i feed is very fatty and my spaniels and lurchers are out every day and never loose condition .atb dell Quote Link to post Share on other sites
runningdog01 3 Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 thanks nice to see some other people dont think high protien is the most important thing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
runningdog01 3 Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 just out of interest why do some of you use racing greyhound dried foods, these foods are designed for sprinting dogs that dont work the fields.they contain high protien as racing dogs tear and damadge muscle and ligaments during the sprint and protien is needed to repair these. the food is normally also very dry as most trainers feed it too them soaked so a working lurcher will usually have to drink gallons of water if fed this food and worked hard. you only need a maintainance level of protien for the working lurcher unless it is a young growing dog or one recovering from injury, the most important thing is fat, this is what a dog runs on and burns so surely a working spaniel food would be more suited as its desighned for dogs that spend alot of time running around fields rather than just a quick sprint. does anyone else share this opinion. ( p.s my dogs are fed medium level protien kibble and lots of barf ) you have a good point to be honest, the food i use is 24% and very oily which is mixed in with mince meat form butcher with laods of fat. spot on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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