FOOD

[ivanh 4]

Whats the best type of food for your dog to put on weight?

am using supa greyhound but the dogs no putting on weight

Edited November 7, 2009 by ivanh

[shepp 2,285]

Tripe or anything else with plenty of fat in it.

[ivanh 4]

tripe aint no good its mainly water, an not sure the percentage

[T78 4]

i read somewhere that tripe is only about 8% protein so i can't understand why its so popular. lamb is good meat for putting weight on a dog,plenty of fat in it(plus decent protein!)

[NO1 13]

feed the dog meat like beef rabbit etc but more regular feeds like instead of two big feeds a day trythe dog whit 3 or 4 smaller feeds

[Rainmaker 7]

i read somewhere that tripe is only about 8% protein so i can't understand why its so popular. lamb is good meat for putting weight on a dog,plenty of fat in it(plus decent protein!)

 

As-is, maybe. All fresh food is around 75% water, just like you and I are. On a dry matter basis (which is what counts for an objective analysis) 8% works out quite well indeed. But for banging weight on you can't really beat fresh raw breast of lamb, and (obviously enough?) any fatty foods. Whole eggs and a spoon of fish oil won't hurt either, and are excellent for building a dog up.

[sandymere 8,263]

Feed more calories than it burns and the extra calories will be stored as fat but why would you want a fat dog?

Fat has more calories pound for pound than carbs or protein so feeding fatty/oily foods will increase the calories without adding bulk to the diet.