Nik_B 3,791 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I know it sounds like a dumb question I fed mine once a day and usually in the evening. I'd rather feed him twice a day but I found he wouldn't eat his kibble in the morning, sometimes he would pick at it so it got impossible to have a routine of two smaller meals a day. I assume it's probably because he just doesn't like it. Now we're switching over to raw I'm going to try two meals a day again but I was wondering what everyone else does. Last night I tried him on 1KG of minced beef with a smashed up egg and a chicken drumstick and he demolished it in a few seconds and then followed me round the whole evening so he obviously thought he'd been treated ha ha. Cheers Nick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeppi26 1,855 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Feed mine once a day about 8/9 ish pint of dry meal 1lb of mince chicken and half of lamb ribs and twice a week mix in some veg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I know it sounds like a dumb question I fed mine once a day and usually in the evening. I'd rather feed him twice a day but I found he wouldn't eat his kibble in the morning, sometimes he would pick at it so it got impossible to have a routine of two smaller meals a day. I assume it's probably because he just doesn't like it. Now we're switching over to raw I'm going to try two meals a day again but I was wondering what everyone else does. Last night I tried him on 1KG of minced beef with a smashed up egg and a chicken drumstick and he demolished it in a few seconds and then followed me round the whole evening so he obviously thought he'd been treated ha ha. Cheers Nick 2.2lbs of beef and drumsticks ??? How big is your fukcing dog ??? ... To answer the question I feed my dogs once a day last thing at night so that they have a nice full belly and digest their food overnight whilst sleeping ....... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,791 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Thanks Socks He's around 33-34 Kg and I understood he was supposed to get 3-5% of his body weight. Is 1 Kg too much? This was just the first time, he would regulate his own intake of the kibble because he clearly doesn't like it so I never had to bother with weighing his food before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 All dogs are different mate if he isn't overweight on it and he has plenty of stamina then it must be right .... Dogs that I have had that size have only needed 1 1/2 lbs of meat a day ... But as I said all dogs are different ....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,791 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Thanks again. Got some stuff from the farmshop which looks pretty good, its got offal and bone mixed in with the mince so it saves a lot of hassle for me. His crap today was pretty disgusting and a bit slimy hopefully that will change! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Thanks again. Got some stuff from the farmshop which looks pretty good, its got offal and bone mixed in with the mince so it saves a lot of hassle for me. His crap today was pretty disgusting and a bit slimy hopefully that will change! my two big dogs are just under 70lb a piece they have half a kilo of minced chicken and added pasta as a main meal and a piece of lamb back/rib or bone of some description at some point during the day. a couple of times a week they get whole carcass, rabbit/hare/deer or whatever i have in the freezer instead of the mince and pasta. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,791 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Thanks guys I see why socks was so surprised. I just gave my dog 1/2 a KG of the minced beef I got from the farm shop padded out with a little pasta, it's miles bigger than the 1 KG of finely ground mince I got from the shop and it's taking him a while to get through it as well. looks like this whole raw food diet is nowhere near the pain in the arse I thought it would be. Only thing I need to remember is to get it out to thaw in advance, mind you he'll happily eat bones straight from the freezer. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
albert64 1,882 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 which farm shop are you using nik Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Thanks guys I see why socks was so surprised. I just gave my dog 1/2 a KG of the minced beef I got from the farm shop padded out with a little pasta, it's miles bigger than the 1 KG of finely ground mince I got from the shop and it's taking him a while to get through it as well. looks like this whole raw food diet is nowhere near the pain in the arse I thought it would be. Only thing I need to remember is to get it out to thaw in advance, mind you he'll happily eat bones straight from the freezer. bone ice poles are good in the summer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,791 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 which farm shop are you using nik Nixons in Handforth/Heald Green http://www.nixonsfarmshopcheshire.co.uk/ Was £5 for 5 Kg so I'm not sure if it's cheap or expensive but they're pretty trustworthy. I think this is actually going to work out cheaper than the dry food as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,791 Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 How small should the stools be, these are tiny about 15% of the original size on the kibble. Is that about right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 How small should the stools be, these are tiny about 15% of the original size on the kibble. Is that about right? small and hard enough to catapult 7 doors down is about the norm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,791 Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Blimey! Just goes to show how much indigestible crap in in that kibble. Cheers for the help Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 This is all I get daily from a 50lbs dog ........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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