what to feed the dog on the 1st

ronn

heading out for the day on monday, going for pheasants at 1st light go for lunch for an hour then back out and possible out for a duck then in the evening,
when were stopped for lunch i was thimking of giving the dogs some tripe,
anyone recommend what way to do the tripe or if theres something better out there that wont fill them but give them the extra boost for round 2,:D

Antoennis

ronn wrote: »

heading out for the day on monday, going for pheasants at 1st light go for lunch for an hour then back out and possible out for a duck then in the evening,
when were stopped for lunch i was thimking of giving the dogs some tripe,
anyone recommend what way to do the tripe or if theres something better out there that wont fill them but give them the extra boost for round 2,:D

I'll be doing some thing along the same lines. I'll give mine a chicken leg and thigh and let them rest for an hour or two:D

greenpeter

Half for you the rest for the dog and i'm not joking

dicky82

saw a vet reccomend half a mars bar on a video on youtube before.
as for the tripe i was told not to give dogs tripe as there is some bleaching done on it to preserve it which aint good for muttly.

macadam

dicky82 wrote: »

saw a vet reccomend half a mars bar on a video on youtube before.
as for the tripe i was told not to give dogs tripe as there is some bleaching done on it to preserve it which aint good for muttly.

You can buy tripe in its natural state i.e. Green and minced with chicken, bought 60lb of it last week great stuff, thats what mine will be getting but only a small portion, plenty of water and a bed of straw in the trailer.

Spunk84

protein shake:D

snipe02

go to your chemist and get some doloralite not sure of the spelling its less than a euro a sache mix it with water and get your dog to drink it along with a very small meal try a raw egg good protein and some nice fatty food between now and sun night tripe is perfect

Mellor

dicky82 wrote: »

saw a vet reccomend half a mars bar on a video on youtube before.
as for the tripe i was told not to give dogs tripe as there is some bleaching done on it to preserve it which aint good for muttly.

you have no idea if that video was serious.
I'd never give a dog chocolate, seeign as dogs are severely allergic to cocao, as it it can kill them.

Antoennis

Mellor wrote: »

you have no idea if that video was serious.
I'd never give a dog chocolate, seeign as dogs are severely allergic to cocao, as it it can kill them.

Fully agree with Mellor on this one. It is extremely bad to give a dog chocolate of any kind.

Anthony
www.ishootandfish.ie

dicky82

Mellor wrote: »

you have no idea if that video was serious.
I'd never give a dog chocolate, seeign as dogs are severely allergic to cocao, as it it can kill them.

i am by no means advocating the mars bar, only saying what i saw.

i will however say this. we had a dog here for many years, she came everywhere with us as kids and she wolfed down many a bar of chocolate and one christmas got into my bros room and wolfed down his entire selection box. never caused her an bother.

before the onslaught of cross words and links to pet health sites come. i know that dogs can be allergic to it and i can assure you that i dont practice this now with any of my current mutts, but who can hand on heart say that they have never owned a dog who hasnt chomped down a piece of chocolate at some stage in its life.

Antoennis

dicky82 wrote: »

i am by no means advocating the mars bar, only saying what i saw.

i will however say this. we had a dog here for many years, she came everywhere with us as kids and she wolfed down many a bar of chocolate and one christmas got into my bros room and wolfed down his entire selection box. never caused her an bother.

before the onslaught of cross words and links to pet health sites come. i know that dogs can be allergic to it and i can assure you that i dont practice this now with any of my current mutts, but who can hand on heart say that they have never owned a dog who hasnt chomped down a piece of chocolate at some stage in its life.

Ya both my dogs have had chocolate at some stage. Before we knew that it was bad for them i used to give them a choc bis going to bed! However now i know its bad for them i would never give it to them so they get a plain bis going to bed instead.:D

Anthony
www.ishootandfish.ie

kermitpwee

Some dogs can go into Hypoglycaemia which has to do with a low blood sugar i think. This is why people give them a mars bar in the field.

IceMaiden

In the world of field trialling a number of handlers use part of a mars bar for the dogs & drinks that are basic energy boosters, however things are tightening up on some of this in the UK & as a basic rule it is dangerous to feed a dog chocolate, its possible a mars contains less chocolate than some others chocolate bars but it would be unwise to try feeding this to a dog that’s not been used to it & in the circumstances of a shooting day could be a bad move.
A dogs fitness & diet should be sufficient on a healthy animal to give reasonable performance & it’s the intake of the 24-48 hours before that will be of much benefit, on the day if you do give an extra feed try not over loading it in to much bulk but liquids are essential. Safe Hunting:)