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What do you feed your dogs? |
Tinned Food/Pouches |
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9% |
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Kibble/Dried food |
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62% |
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Raw diet |
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John Thomson Site Admin
Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 4780 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:52 am Post subject: What do you feed your dogs? |
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Hi,
I feed my dogs a completely raw diet..........just wondered what everyone else feeds their dogs?
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Myra Newbie
Joined: 09 Apr 2007 Posts: 3
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:47 am Post subject: |
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Hi John
Blue's diet is mainly dried food. However, he sometimes gets leftover potato, veg, rice and pasta (once Scott has had his fill!) - and not from our plate but straight from the pot. He also gets an apple a day - you know what they say - keeps the vet away!!
See you after the Easter break!
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John Thomson Site Admin
Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 4780 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Hi Myra,
thanks for taking the time to register.
Just a thought regarding Blues stiffness.........there is a train of thought that says the carbohydrates in potatoes are not good for a dogs joints. I feed my two our leftovers but always remove the potatoes
Also onion and human chocolate are poisons to a dog.........the canine digestive system simply cannot deal with them.
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Myra Newbie
Joined: 09 Apr 2007 Posts: 3
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:14 am Post subject: |
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Thanks John
Didn't know that about potatoes/carbs - will make sure he doesn't get any more.
Since cutting back on this food slightly, we have noticed a difference in him - the limping isn't as bad.
Also, the only chocolate he has had was around Xmas time, when he broke into the spare bedroom and demolished 3 full selection boxes - he has hyper for about 24-hrs and then sick as a "dog" for a week!!!!! The vet said he was lucky as he is a big dog - any smaller and it could have done him real harm.
Regards
Myra |
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marcella Guest
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Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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It's quite frightening what chocolate can do to dogs He was lucky he's such a big guy or things could have gone terribly wrong.
Our two love chocolate and would eat it given half a chance, but their 'treat' is a toffee ......... keeps Diesel quiet for a few minutes. ........ or longer if it sticks to the roof of his mouth!!!! |
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shirley c I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 4527 Location: Airdrie
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:15 am Post subject: |
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My chocolate is well hidden, no way are the dogs getting it, its mines mmmmmmm
We have been lucky too, once or twice Pixel has managed to get some, luckily not big bits |
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Deborah Hamilton I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 1478 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Myra,
I used to work in a vet surgery and a lot of people found evening primrose oil for dogs really usefull.
You can purchase this from your own vet ( although, remember they may have a differing opinion, like doctors) or at a good pet shop.
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linsey I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 2289 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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when Leon was a pup we had him on dried food, but he really wasn't keen and would pick at it.
My great granny used to feed all her dogs "Chappie" so we tried that and he loves it!
I was a bit worried as it is kinda cheap, but what can you do?!
I mix it with a wee bit of pasta and a handful of fresh veggies: red peppers, carrots, peas and brocolli...
For a dog he really likes his veggies! |
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John Thomson Site Admin
Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 4780 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Chappie is one of the better tinned foods. When adding to any food avoid onions which are poisonous to dogs and also potatoes are bad for joints.
John _________________ John Thomson
www.cumbernaulddogtraining.co.uk |
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Deborah Hamilton I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Lynsey,
I would agree with John about chappie. It may be cheaper and more basic than others but it is really good and any vet I have ever worked with would always recommend it when dogs had digestive problems or were fussy eaters. |
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kendal I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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we haven't had any problems with chocolate as of yet with Gypsy or Inca.
But one of our old dogs a cocker called Mitzi got a little drunk.
My mum had a glass which held a bottle of wine, she had drank about a third of it and put it down at her feet. when she next looked at it mitzi had drank the lot. And about an hour latter Mitzi was going round in circle's and staggering about the living room. Even after polishing off at least a half bottle of wine she was fine the next day and not even a hangover. lucky little devil.
Gypsy also has a thing for apples she doesn't take her eyes off me when i have one.
could the seeds harm her, i try to avoid her getting to them but some times she takes a big bite and gets them. |
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Laura Forum Regular
Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 130 Location: Cumbernauld.
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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 6:52 am Post subject: |
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I feed a BARF diet and have done for the past two years now. Started feeding this way after a bitch of mine had terrible skin complaints since the age of one year. I started becoming more interested in treating my dogs holistically and had great success in eliminating a grass allergy by the use of nosodes. So we moved to a BARF diet and have never looked back. The dogs look so much better and no smelly breath anymore. We try to treat any ailments in as natural a way as possible.
My youngest bitch recently had a bad leg injury, she ripped it open jumping a barbed wire fence. I never took her to the vets and instead treated her myself and let it heal without much interference. 9 days in total it took the wound (which was fairly gruesome) to completely heal. Thinking back we had a dog years ago with a similar injury, it was about 3 months in all getting "fixed" what with stitches, antibiotics etc. So that taught me a lesson, vets have their place but we prefer to treat our animals as naturally as possible. |
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Sheryl I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 1028 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject: |
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How to you treat them without taking them to the vet? The reason I ask is because we have two dogs who from time to time fight with each other and one ends up getting cut somewhere but we always take them to the vet who puts them under sadation and stiches them up.
x _________________ Kindest Regards,
PRINCESS Sheryl, Keano and Coby. |
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Laura Forum Regular
Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 130 Location: Cumbernauld.
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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Well I can sympathise, owning two bitches both bull breeds has not been easy.
We have had a few fights along the way and they do tend to be more serious than other squabbles between non bull breed dogs. The first thing we do is take a look at the injuries, are they life threatening? If not then 99% of the time we treat ourselves. We have a first aid box, I will make a list at the bottom of what it contains. Most flesh wounds are fairly easy to treat, flush them out with hibiscrub (diluted) or hydrogen peroxide and keep clean. Always pick the scab every few days so that hairs and dirt come out with it. Thats basically it, I keep an iodine spray handy and I spray this every so often just to make sure no infection sets in. Even what appears to be a real nasty wound sometimes is just very superficial they always look a lot worse than they seem.
Our first aid box contains:
Bandage
Plaster Tape
Calendula Cream
Hibiscrub
Iodine Spray
Tee Tree Oil
Piriton
Some Homeopathic remedies
Scissors
Syringe (for flushing wounds)
Thornit Ear Powder
Golden Eye Ointment
And a few other things we keep handy thats just the basics. I feel if a dog has cuts or so forth giving it a few days usually makes a huge difference they heal so fast. Whereas if you go to the vets you havethe dog sedated, then antibiotics and so forth often prolonging the recovery time and putting more stress on the immune system etc.
That said I am not advocating not getting vet treatment if your dog requires it, just that its handy to learn when they actually DO need treatment and when you can treat yourself. |
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marcella Guest
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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Murphy got a bad cut on his side from barbed wire a few weeks ago ........... we didn't take him to the vet. Instead I cleaned the wound and used and antiseptic spray regularly to keep it clean. It healed very quickly and caused him no hassle. |
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