[BANNED TEXT] food to give your bull crosses

[garry2 0]

hi just wondering [bANNED TEXT] food to feed my lurcher cos she seems to be loseing weight not sure if it is the food or she is just cold any info will help thanks

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Raw flesh and bones, mate. I'm the forums breast of lamb fiend myself. That'll put weight on a burst balloon. Bit of beef heart now and then, for variety. Veggie's go down well too. Par boil or steam them to help the Dog digest them. Bit of vegetable oil on top of any of that's good too.

 

It's what we used - in the old days - to call a 'Complete and balanced, natural diet for a Dog'.

[snoopdog 1,256]

the best food to put weight on your dog is chicken its as simple as that worm it and then feed it chicken tuna pilchards chicken and fish and wholegrain bread...jmo...it works for me ...

[skycat 6,174]

If you think she may be cold get a coat and put it on her in the kennel: I take it she's kenneled or you wouldn't have mentioned her being cold> make sure she has a small enough space to sleep in so her body heat stays in the box around her, and make sure she has plenty of bedding.

Another reason for losing weight is a heavy worm burden. Have you wormed her recently and if so what with?

Make sure she has enough fat in her diet: dogs get their energy from fat. If you are feeding a complete dog food and its costing you less than £30 per bag the chances are there's not a lot of fat in it: maybe enough for a pet dog in the house, but not for a working/active dog living outside in the winter. Check the ingredients and the percentages of fat/protein etc. As Ditch says, get her on meat bones if you can: and despite what folks say, tripe is good for putting on weight IMO, but not tripe on its own.

[subaruwilly 8]

If you think she may be cold get a coat and put it on her in the kennel: I take it she's kenneled or you wouldn't have mentioned her being cold> make sure she has a small enough space to sleep in so her body heat stays in the box around her, and make sure she has plenty of bedding.

Another reason for losing weight is a heavy worm burden. Have you wormed her recently and if so what with?

Make sure she has enough fat in her diet: dogs get their energy from fat. If you are feeding a complete dog food and its costing you less than £30 per bag the chances are there's not a lot of fat in it: maybe enough for a pet dog in the house, but not for a working/active dog living outside in the winter. Check the ingredients and the percentages of fat/protein etc. As Ditch says, get her on meat bones if you can: and despite what folks say, tripe is good for putting on weight IMO, but not tripe on its own.

f****n hell thirty quid a bag i couldn`t afford to feed me an the family on that never mind my running dogs

[gilster 54]

i give my bullx a complete food only about tenner a bag plenty of protien and minerals in it ill give it just 1 cup in the morning with a bit of mince in it just to take the edge of it being hungry then later at night ill give it a couple of cups of complete with about half a pound of mince cooked or raw doesnt bother it and a couple of times a week ill give it sardines instead of mince full of oils good for coat and bones hope you get it sorted cheers gilster

 

could probably do with losing the odd pound realy but not worried about that this time of year and as its only a pup good luck mate

[Guest ceredigion bull cross]

what's all this £30 a bag for feckin dog food at that price i would eat it myself , £7 a bag i use 23% protien , i also use raw flesh , anything goes , and i put a little cooking oil on the dry biscuit , another good additive is SA37 multi vitamin........i will try and put a pic up of my bull cross's the brindle bitch wieghed about 70 lbs.

 

what's all this £30 a bag for feckin dog food at that price i would eat it myself , £7 a bag i use 23% protien , i also use raw flesh , anything goes , and i put a little cooking oil on the dry biscuit , another good additive is SA37 multi vitamin........i will try and put a pic up of my bull cross's the brindle bitch wieghed about 70 lbs.

and the black dog wiegh's about 60 lbs , the dog is 1/4 ...3/4 and the bitch is 1/2 ....1/2 ...i also have a pup ouy of mating these two an at 7 months stands 21 and 1/2 inch tts and wiegh's 60 lbs all are fed the same

 

what's all this £30 a bag for feckin dog food at that price i would eat it myself , £7 a bag i use 23% protien , i also use raw flesh , anything goes , and i put a little cooking oil on the dry biscuit , another good additive is SA37 multi vitamin........i will try and put a pic up of my bull cross's the brindle bitch wieghed about 70 lbs.

 

what's all this £30 a bag for feckin dog food at that price i would eat it myself , £7 a bag i use 23% protien , i also use raw flesh , anything goes , and i put a little cooking oil on the dry biscuit , another good additive is SA37 multi vitamin........i will try and put a pic up of my bull cross's the brindle bitch wieghed about 70 lbs.

and the black dog wiegh's about 60 lbs , the dog is 1/4 ...3/4 and the bitch is 1/2 ....1/2 ...i also have a pup ouy of mating these two an at 7 months stands 21 and 1/2 inch tts and wiegh's 60 lbs all are fed the same

here is the pup the black one

[TOMO 29,268]

there are already a lot of good answers here. WORM IT. thats most important . it also could be somthing else wrong, so go to a vet if your not sure.

 

but if its none of these FEED THE FECKER MORE. its that simmple dont know why folk are saying chicken and fish. there alright a couple times a week . but if i wanted to put wight on it . use beef and lamb + loads of fat. also suet. also you could feed it twice a day. like skycat said. make sure its warm

[garry2 0]

thanks for all your info. i have wormed her a few weeks ago but she was still the same so i will try some of the thing you lads have suggested