Dog food
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Re: Dog food
Very good video JTG. Sums up exactly what I've been preaching for years. Dry food is not a good food for our dogs. People feed it because its convenient. Dogs are meat eaters.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for posting.
Dean Hendrickson
Pine, CO.
Rocky Mountain Wildlife Studios
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Pine, CO.
Rocky Mountain Wildlife Studios
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Re: Dog food
This is all a great read, guys. Thank you for sharing all of your years of experience. I recently started adding elk meat to my hound's diets (I have a friend who processes wild game, so I get a lot of scraps). My question is, how often are you feeding your animals? Once a day, or twice a day? I've done both ways and the only difference I have seen is that the dogs seem more excited for food when fed once a day.
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Re: Dog food
I'm all over the place when it comes to feeding my dogs. My preference is not to feed on any set schedule. Why? Simple. I think "pressure", when used correctly, is a valuable tool in developing and maintaining any working dog.
My situation is different from most on here in that I presently have one dog. Nevertheless, it's a working dog, just not a hound. At the end of the day, my dogs condition and the activities they are doing often dictate what, when, how often, etc. I feed.
My situation is different from most on here in that I presently have one dog. Nevertheless, it's a working dog, just not a hound. At the end of the day, my dogs condition and the activities they are doing often dictate what, when, how often, etc. I feed.
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Re: Dog food
Dean Hendrickson
Pine, CO.
Rocky Mountain Wildlife Studios
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Pine, CO.
Rocky Mountain Wildlife Studios
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Re: Dog food
It causes anxiety when dogs are fed, at random times and prefer consistency. Adults dogs should be fed, twice a day and at least 8.5 hours apart, especially when it’s cold. The heavier meal, should be fed at night or during the day, if you hunt at night. Proper food combinations enhance performance and increase energy and overall health. No food of any kind in between meals, except for treats when training puppies and I do not use treats for that. Fasting adult dogs once a month, will give them a chance, to burn off toxins in their digestive system. Fasting should be done on an easy day, in a small kennel or limit their exercise. Hard boiled eggs are a great way to break a fast or something light. The second meal of the day, can go back to normal feeding practices.
Pups meals should be spaced 4.5 hours apart and do not require fasting, until after a year old. (Pups, at least three meals a day.)
Clean water and feed bowls, are a must, for good feeding practices. Electrolytes added to the water will enhance, performance, especially in the summer.
I have two or more set's of food and water bowls, one set in a 5 gallon bucket under water,with bleach and rotated. The outside of the bowls can be loaded with germs, so they need to be clean.
Pups meals should be spaced 4.5 hours apart and do not require fasting, until after a year old. (Pups, at least three meals a day.)
Clean water and feed bowls, are a must, for good feeding practices. Electrolytes added to the water will enhance, performance, especially in the summer.
I have two or more set's of food and water bowls, one set in a 5 gallon bucket under water,with bleach and rotated. The outside of the bowls can be loaded with germs, so they need to be clean.
Re: Dog food
Thanks for all the input. I was feeding once a day until about 3 months ago when I switched to twice a day. I feed around 5-6am and then again around 4-5pm, depending on what’s going on. I haven’t tried fasting the dogs, but sounds like maybe I should try that.
I just purchased all new food and water bowls because the old ones were grimy. I plan to clean them very well and do a rotation.
There’s a lot more to a feeding system than simply putting food in a bowl.
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I just purchased all new food and water bowls because the old ones were grimy. I plan to clean them very well and do a rotation.
There’s a lot more to a feeding system than simply putting food in a bowl.
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Re: Dog food
One of the most overlooked things when feeding and nutrition are being discussed is gut flora, a lot of times it's one of the underlying problems for a number of different ailments, a healthy and happy gut is a healthy and happy dog, I give mine a pro-biotic at least once a month, I get them at a local pharmacy for cheap and dump the capsule over their feed, and this may be a bit off topic but I gave one of my gyps 3ccs of a liquid additive by the name of "cattle active" that my father in law had next to the chute in the barn, it's some expensive stuff, at the time, 2013' it was 700$ a gallon and was labeled as an "anti biotics best friend " and was also a major aid in nutrient absorption and all other kinds of benefits for cattle, so I wasn't able to get enough to give all my dogs and ever since I've given her that no matter what I feed her, her stool is always excellent shape and minimal and she heals up quick and is an easy keeper and milked like a jersey last time I raised a litter off her, she was the only one I give it to and the only one I've noticed the stool consistency with no matter what I've fed. Could the stuff worked that good for her? Maybe so, I certainly won't say it hurt anything.
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