feeding dogs for the season

irish setter

just before season starts and during it i like to jizz up the dogs food to help with the extra activity. i give them a greyhound dry food with an egg and milk. was wondering do any of ye lads do the same and what do ye give?

vermin hunter

the night before you go hunting mix a good bit of pasta into the dogs food its meant to relase carbs slowly and gives them more energy im going to try it my self with my own dogs this seadon

EPointer=Birdss

Started a thread on this awhile back about packing on a bit of weight for the season. Found a good quality puppy food & tripe has worked a treat.
Pasta would def work as we used have to eat it before rugby matches for the said purpose...

deerhunter1

vermin hunter wrote: »

the night before you go hunting mix a good bit of pasta into the dogs food its meant to relase carbs slowly and gives them more energy im going to try it my self with my own dogs this seadon

You going to try it yourself ? :rolleyes:

vermin hunter

i think i would need the red bull

homerhop

After a long day in the field esp coming into the colder weather I always had a few sheeps hearts on the boil for them. I think they looked more forward to that than going out hunting.

terminator2

ive started to give my bitch a tin of tuna with her food its good for her coat as well

irish setter

vermin hunter wrote: »

the night before you go hunting mix a good bit of pasta into the dogs food its meant to relase carbs slowly and gives them more energy im going to try it my self with my own dogs this seadon

just did a little research on this and apparently dogs don't get energy from carbs like humans. carbs are important for tissue and muscle growth/replacement so helps prevent injury, but there is enough carbs in regular dry dog food already. they get their energy and stamina from fat stores in there body so an increase in fatty food helps. tripe seems to be the ideal food to give this. but too much will increase body weight. also the best time to feed is at least 24 hours before he starts hunting or as near as you can get it

jwshooter

if you change your mutts diet to much before increased activity it can work against you.

any changes should be done gradually , a over nite increase in protein will run the guts out of your dog.

getting your dogs fit is as important .

irish setter

jwshooter wrote: »

if you change your mutts diet to much before increased activity it can work against you.

any changes should be done gradually , a over nite increase in protein will run the guts out of your dog.

getting your dogs fit is as important .

agreed

macadam

Hi lads, anyone know where i can get some minced tripe, was getting it of a guy in westmeath but i lost his number.

I will take it whole if i can get it fresh.

cucoigcrice

generally people tend to feed there working dogs a dried kibble of about 25% protein and add in tripe over the working period- once the dogs are finished for the season they tend to reduce the protein to about 17-19% protein. hope that is of use