munsterlurcher 0 Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 can meat be added to gain record breaker complete feed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
munsterlurcher 0 Posted September 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 can meat be added to gain record breaker complete feed any body help me here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
munsterlurcher 0 Posted October 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 can meat be added to gain record breaker complete feed any body help me here gone very quite here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skycat 6,174 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Right: the problem is that if you mix meat and a complete food not only are you upping the protein content considerably, but meat and dry food take different lengths of time to digest. In some dogs this may not actually be a problem but in many dogs it does give them diarrhoea, which of course means that the dog is not getting the best from either type of food as it is being wooshed through the gut too fast. If you want to feed both then feed at different meals and wait 12 hours before feeding a different type of food. I know some people who do this and they are very happy with the results. I prefer not to feed dry unless in a complete emergency and I've run out of meat etc, but in the past I did feed complete and meat, though not at the same meal. The trouble is with a lot of cheaper complete foods is that they are bulked out with wheat, sugar beet pulp, soya etc: any of which can give a dog problems as they are not natural foods for a dog. If you feed a top quality complete food where the first ingredient on the bag is listed as meat, then you won't need to feed meat as well except if you want to, and in the manner I've already described. Hope this helps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
munsterlurcher 0 Posted October 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 Right: the problem is that if you mix meat and a complete food not only are you upping the protein content considerably, but meat and dry food take different lengths of time to digest. In some dogs this may not actually be a problem but in many dogs it does give them diarrhoea, which of course means that the dog is not getting the best from either type of food as it is being wooshed through the gut too fast. If you want to feed both then feed at different meals and wait 12 hours before feeding a different type of food. I know some people who do this and they are very happy with the results. I prefer not to feed dry unless in a complete emergency and I've run out of meat etc, but in the past I did feed complete and meat, though not at the same meal. The trouble is with a lot of cheaper complete foods is that they are bulked out with wheat, sugar beet pulp, soya etc: any of which can give a dog problems as they are not natural foods for a dog. If you feed a top quality complete food where the first ingredient on the bag is listed as meat, then you won't need to feed meat as well except if you want to, and in the manner I've already described. Hope this helps tanx skycat u always seem to no ur stuff tanx again for ur help very greatful Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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