how much protein?

[Guest little lurcher]

mine are on red mills tracker at 22% with raw mince and whatever else we have about at time , or chicken frames, i boil these down with veg and make like a soup for them with it , the ones in reg work get red mills racer at 27% again with additives , generally you wouldnt add to a complete but with red mills its designed to be added to if you want to raise any levels , i have started adding oil to the feeds as i also show my whippets and italian greyhounds and i need the glossy shiny coats, i havent seen much of a difference as yet though , wity my pups the est complete feed i have used is the greyhound food austrailain formula at 32 % however i add nothing to that as the level is very high!!!! in their four meals 2 would be A F and 2 would be racer with meat and gravy

 

some dogs can cope with higher levels others cant , horses for courses, often you see hair loss due to too much protein and not enough exercise

[Paul in North Lincs 15]

Mine get dried high protien grey hound mix, with a range of mixers......usually paster, rice veggies.....and a couple of raw bunnies during the week......... but Im out every night

 

Protien helps build muscle, so excercise is esential for the dog to get the benefit of a high protien diet..

 

Carbs, provide the fuel for the excercise, so varying degrees of carbs and protien are required, depending on what your situation is....

[Guest HARE]

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Edited June 4, 2008 by HARE

[sandymere 8,263]

I did a literature search on this subject and the seemed to be based on valid research.

 

"Dogs involved in sprinting and weight pulling activities such as sight hound racing or sledge pulling competitions undergo short periods of very intense exercise. A greyhound expends approximately 75 kcal per race. The energy required for these types of activities is solely anaerobic and comes from the muscle energy stores. An appropriate feeding regime for sprint type canine athletes consists of a diet that contains approximately 25% calories from protein, 30% calories from fat and 45% calories from carbohydrates" (Reynolds & Cline)

 

What it means is 25% protein is suitable for a racer though a lurcher may vary a little. I have found research that suggests that 26% for very high activity as below this slowed recovery from and gave increased incidence of injury but that was sled dogs on long distance races.

 

Pups need much higher protein as they are growing so need protein to build new tissue.

[BULL 100]

I did a literature search on this subject and the seemed to be based on valid research.

 

"Dogs involved in sprinting and weight pulling activities such as sight hound racing or sledge pulling competitions undergo short periods of very intense exercise. A greyhound expends approximately 75 kcal per race. The energy required for these types of activities is solely anaerobic and comes from the muscle energy stores. An appropriate feeding regime for sprint type canine athletes consists of a diet that contains approximately 25% calories from protein, 30% calories from fat and 45% calories from carbohydrates" (Reynolds & Cline)

 

What it means is 25% protein is suitable for a racer though a lurcher may vary a little. I have found research that suggests that 26% for very high activity as below this slowed recovery from and gave increased incidence of injury but that was sled dogs on long distance races.

 

Pups need much higher protein as they are growing so need protein to build new tissue.

so it is more like an explosive strength like boxers for example?,what about endurance/stamina to increase that by diet and exercise it would then need more carbs for long distance walking/jogging as that would be cardiovascular exercise

[SkeetChamp 0]

i feed mine bout 25% nd they seem fine on that!!!