Anyone Give Their Dog Supplements ??

[jeemes 5,088]

When I worked with Greyhounds (long time ago) they used to get glucose in the breakfast. I couldnt see the point of this because when i took it myself i only got a burst of energy which soon burned off,so I stopped using it on my own dogs. When a deerhound/grey bitch i used to have got bad cramping after a gruler I gave her electrolites BEFORE and after coursing which cured it. This bitch was trained and fed the best. She had a massage every day wether running or not,but the supplement did the trick for me. The day the hunting act came into being she coursed and killed two Hares. The point is that unless you have experience of supplements and keep learning you cant gain knowledge. Getting yourself a set of opinions and closing your mind wont help your dogs health or performance.

[paulus 26]

When I worked with Greyhounds (long time ago) they used to get glucose in the breakfast. I couldnt see the point of this because when i took it myself i only got a burst of energy which soon burned off,so I stopped using it on my own dogs. When a deerhound/grey bitch i used to have got bad cramping after a gruler I gave her electrolites BEFORE and after coursing which cured it. This bitch was trained and fed the best. She had a massage every day wether running or not,but the supplement did the trick for me. The day the hunting act came into being she coursed and killed two Hares. The point is that unless you have experience of supplements and keep learning you cant gain knowledge. Getting yourself a set of opinions and closing your mind wont help your dogs health or performance.

so electrolytes are a mixture of water,glucose.potassium and salts, giving it before i sort of understand as at worse it will do no harm but to add something that is part of the reason afterwards im sorry i just cannot get my head around, glucose and water are missing i agree but sodium and potassium are already causing a problem so why add more i have had experience from EIC to full blown rhabdomyolysis over the years and have researched the subject quite a bit and still can not find a good scientific reason to add anything other than a good diet and to keep the dog as fit as possible coupled with the common sense of not running when its too hot and knowing when to give the dog a break,

[C Hall 552]

If a novice reading this topic is confused about using supplements before reading this topic

they certainly will be after reading it

paulus and border lad have dementia setting in

[paulus 26]

If a novice reading this topic is confused about using supplements before reading this topic

they certainly will be after reading it

paulus and border lad have dementia setting in

so whats you position on supplements and what do you use and why? always best to get a good spectrum of ages

[Suzy Ross 236]

If a novice reading this topic is confused about using supplements before reading this topic

they certainly will be after reading it

paulus and border lad have dementia setting in

f**k it, I'm gonna add to the confusion after a dogs worked hard, is it ok to let it drink cold water or is it best heated. I know horses can't take cold water after hard running and what about puddles, do you let them drink out of puddles, especially they ones near farmer gates, serious answers only please

[Suzy Ross 236]

As for supplements, my dogs get all the supplements they need licking cow shit

[paulus 26]

 

If a novice reading this topic is confused about using supplements before reading this topic

they certainly will be after reading it

paulus and border lad have dementia setting in

f**k it, I'm gonna add to the confusion after a dogs worked hard, is it ok to let it drink cold water or is it best heated. I know horses can't take cold water after hard running and what about puddles, do you let them drink out of puddles, especially they ones near farmer gates, serious answers only please

 

where the fook are you going to find hot water at stupid o'clock in the morning in the middle of nowhere , dogs will drink wherever they find water when out and about very difficult if not impossible to stop them, yes it can be worrying, i once walked through a field in the dark and rain that had been sprayed that day with good knows what, i ended up in A&E and the dog in the vets imagine if the bitch had drunk water out of a furrow in that field

[C Hall 552]

Paulus I don't use supplements unless you can call glucose and recharge that?

[Suzy Ross 236]

 

 

 

If a novice reading this topic is confused about using supplements before reading this topic

they certainly will be after reading it

paulus and border lad have dementia setting in

f**k it, I'm gonna add to the confusion after a dogs worked hard, is it ok to let it drink cold water or is it best heated. I know horses can't take cold water after hard running and what about puddles, do you let them drink out of puddles, especially they ones near farmer gates, serious answers only please

where the fook are you going to find hot water at stupid o'clock in the morning in the middle of nowhere , dogs will drink wherever they find water when out and about very difficult if not impossible to stop them, yes it can be worrying, i once walked through a field in the dark and rain that had been sprayed that day with good knows what, i ended up in A&E and the dog in the vets imagine if the bitch had drunk water out of a furrow in that field

I take a flask lamping, I've noticed 8 week old pups drink more than old 6 month dogs when worked

[paulus 26]

Paulus I don't use supplements unless you can call glucose and recharge that?

as i said i understand glucose both before and after a run as its what fuels the dog and its whats deplenished after a run, i understand the potassium and sodium in recharge before a run but not immediately afterwards as the dogs blood is already overloaded with them

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

The only supplements the average lurcher owner should be giving their dog, is supplementing their shite diets with better grub and supplementing their life in a kennel with a bit more field....

 

[whenthemoongoesdown 54]

i use cod liver oil tablets all the time

[Suzy Ross 236]

i use cod liver oil tablets all the time

It don't half give them a shiny coat

[Suzy Ross 236]

Anybody ever used cortaflex? Just wondering

[paulus 26]

i use cod liver oil tablets all the time

i did try evening primrose tablets but couldn't see any difference but the same as cod liver oil theres nothing in a daily tablet or spoonfull that would do any harm and might indeed do some good.