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Martin and Claire Forum Regular
Joined: 03 Feb 2008 Posts: 88 Location: cumbernauld
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: moving cadbury to full raw diet. advice please |
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now i finally got a freezer ,only £15!!
I'm planning on moving him to full raw, currently he is half kibble half raw. The last few nights i gave it a shot and he loved it. with half-an-half he tends to pick at it.
However is he too young for full raw at 7 months and about 25-30kg?
The kibble i buy is 23.5% protein and the mince is 16.7%. Will the 16.7% be enough for his remaining developement to adulthood. does he need the extra vitamins in the kibble?
He gets two rib bones a week, treats like "dentasitx" and "tubos" every couple of days and always has a rawhide around. i give him a marrow bone for a few hours a week. Is this enough calcuim?
btw where can i get suitable scales to weigh him so I know how much to feed him? do wets charge if i come in to use their scales? |
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marcella Guest
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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you're worrying too much Martin!
Firstly he's not too young. Fionas dog Jake was weaned onto raw as a new puppy before she even got him. He has thrived on it. Many breeders now choose to feed raw from the word go.
Don't give him dentastix they are full of caramel!!!!!!!!! Bones will clean his teeth and gums better. |
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Martin and Claire Forum Regular
Joined: 03 Feb 2008 Posts: 88 Location: cumbernauld
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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i know i know. but how can you not worry with a face like his!!
all i knew was is he loves raw better than anything.
what are more suitable treats in between the rib bones? |
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marcella Guest
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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Janis's liver cake!!!!!!!!!
We can also get natural treats from AMP. Have a look on their site Martion and if there's any you want let us know.
Pigs ears are also quite good. |
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Martin and Claire Forum Regular
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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will a butcher have pig ears? |
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Claire/Mark I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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Does Janis sell the liver cake every Sunday? I meant to get some on Sunday and totally forgot |
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John Thomson Site Admin
Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 4780 Location: Cumbernauld
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Martin and Claire Forum Regular
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks John. Who need a gym when I can lift cadbury!! |
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kendal I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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yes she does, or if i or she is on a walk (although if its me you would probably have to tell her what you want and i would bring it with me) _________________ microchiping and grooming www.chipnclip.co.uk
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Janis I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:19 am Post subject: |
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i will be making liver cake twice a week for those of you who are interested!
either see me or kendal at the training class on a sunday or forthcoming thursday evening, while out at the glen or kendal on her long walks, which i don't do.....................(at present, if i cut out visits to the carvery with friends i might make them more!!!!
all home made with good stuff and no preservatives! _________________ Cockapoo's...a little of this, a little of that..........
the perfect combination!
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Dan McK I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Janey bought some of your liver cake Janis and Tess loved it, as did every other dog that got a bit. I think she taken it down the glen with Tess and had about 4 or 5 dogs around her with big pleading eyes trying to look hungry and pathetic so they could get another bit. _________________ Parsons Russell fanatic |
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Janis I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:09 am Post subject: |
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i know that one Dan!!!!....you feel a bit like the pied piper of dogs!!! _________________ Cockapoo's...a little of this, a little of that..........
the perfect combination!
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shirley c I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Janis wrote: |
all home made with good stuff and no preservatives! |
Allan will testify to that _________________ lurchers Pixel and Zev and whippet, Fen
3 cats, Greebo, Yu and Lexx - 2 ferrets and Dales pony Jazz and adopted pony, April |
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Suzanne H I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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I clean Otto's teeth with a toothbrush and paste, specially for dogs - but then he lets me do pretty much anything .
I always use Otto's hip bones as marker. If they're too pokey, he's too thin. I can't ever see the day he's too fat unless he works out how to make fry ups. |
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Deborah Hamilton I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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marcella wrote: |
Janis's liver cake!!!!!!!!! |
Ask Allan!!! He thoroughly recommends it |
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