Raw Diet.

[thefensarefarbutistillgo 2,480]

1 minute ago, Greb147 said:

You feed this kibble to both your puppies and adults? 

Yes adults through the winter when working, the only difference between puppy biscuits and adult performance biscuits is the size of the biscuits, use to feed Arden grange for a while but dogs seem to struggle to hold weight on it for some reason, Eukanuba backs like coffee tables and don’t need to give them that much, used it for 20 years, good tackle 

[jackthelad 1,855]

Both my lurchers get raw but as the man above said quality puppy feed gets a dog in top order quickly my mate gets me bags of puppy food free both lurchers looking good on it with whatever bits n bobs they catch

[shaaark 10,112]

37 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

Or will you be out in the slop upto your nutts in muck with old Magoo

You knows the score there, d c!  'Magoo and Grebby up a tree' 

[mC HULL 10,392]

50 minutes ago, shaaark said:

You knows the score there, d c!  'Magoo and Grebby up a tree' 

k   i   l  l   i  n  g  

 

 

[shaaark 10,112]

41 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

k   i   l  l   i  n  g  

 

 

What you get up to, when you're 'up a tree' is your business, Magoo.  lol.  Just messing, Magoo

Anyway, I thought you offered greb a pup a couple of weeks back?

[Greb147 6,808]

3 minutes ago, shaaark said:

What you get up to, when you're 'up a tree' is your business, Magoo.  lol.  Just messing, Magoo

Anyway, I thought you offered greb a pup a couple of weeks back?

He did a couple of months back but it was a bitch mate, would be after a dog fella, don't want the Akita stuck up it.

[shaaark 10,112]

2 minutes ago, Greb147 said:

He did a couple of months back but it was a bitch mate, would be after a dog fella, don't want the Akita stuck up it.

Ah right

 

[mC HULL 10,392]

7 hours ago, Daniel cain said:

i swear by the raw,alot of folks can't be f****d with the smell/prep work...got a  litter due next few days..they will be weaned on a good mixed barf diet,give them the best start,less smell,shit to pick up..handy when you got a few dogs on

i’ve use raw place close now mate 90lb so dearer but there fully sealed packages it’s a nightmare going to the freezer out back and kids or missus unplugged the c**t a load a shit to clean up  

[mC HULL 10,392]

these them serrano bones

[oblivious 26]

20 hours ago, Greb147 said:

I've seen lads on here swear by putting pups on a BARF diet and I've also seen lads claim that you get just as good as results mixing kibble and raw. 

Is it more difficult to give them a balanced diet going only raw if you don't know what you're doing, is the added kibble just back up incase they aren't getting all the vitamins and minerals? 

There's a place local to me that does the raw feeds, out of the list what would you say is best for the dog and essential. 

 

I got my first pup recently and went back and forth in my mind on whether to feed BARF or not, in the end I decided to just feed a decent kibble (Skinner's field and trial) with some cooked meat mixed in. He also has some Butcher's puppy wet food with the kibble because that's what he was on at the breeder's and coating the kibble in a third of a tin of that means he eats it all no problem

My conclusion on raw feeding was that to do it cost effectively you have to do yourself, rather than use the pre packaged stuff. My pup was going to end up on 1kg a day or something silly which would be costing me £5 per day from one of the pre-made raw companies. Can't quite stretch the budget that far unfortunately!

To my mind (and of course other people may differ) I decided that there was too much room for error trying to make sure I covered all his nutritional bases myself. They need 80% muscle meat, 10% bone and 10% offal to do it properly, by all accounts. I think that feeding decent kibble makes sure that he doesn't get deficiencies through my own accidental error. 

He gets cooked Pheasant, Beef mince, Chicken or boiled egg mixed in too so that he (hopefully) gets some of the benefits of having those things in his diet. He seems to be doing well on this regime from what I can tell - putting on muscle, coat is soft and he's digesting it well enough. 

If I had the money I probably would feed him 100% BARF on the ready made stuff, but for my situation now doing it this way works well for me and him

 

[chartpolski 20,368]

£5 a kilo is very expensive.

Most charge between sixty and eighty pence per pound, around £1.50 per kilo.

A lot of BARF, or raw, can be sourced from butchers for free or very cheaply.

But if your happy with your feeding regime, that's fine

Cheers.

[vfr400boy 3,112]

Am lucky my cousin is a butcher so get fatty lamb ribs , lamb skin,chicken carcass, wings , beef trim , beef hart , some times lambs liver , and what evers fallen on floor , u put a bit of sf50 on and salmon oil   they get veg me kids don't eat and a tin of sardines ones a week 

[Big Ron 1,138]

14 hours ago, mC HULL said:

i’ve use raw place close now mate 90lb so dearer but there fully sealed packages it’s a nightmare going to the freezer out back and kids or missus unplugged the c**t a load a shit to clean up  

Why you buying venison mate ? Thought you had the ultimate deer killing machines ? 

[Aussie Whip 3,822]

I've fed a raw barf type diet and to be honest the dogs have more energy and look better on good quality kibble, raw meat, chicken, eggs and table scraps. Supposedly good kibble is complete but I wouldn't want to eat dry weetbix every meal.

[riohog 5,621]

23 hours ago, Greb147 said:

Doesn't boiling it defeat the purpose though mate? 

I suppose the kibble has back up ensures they are getting all the nourishment. 

no need to boil it  !!, and some good kibble