dog food

EastTyrone

my pup is looking like going of yet another brand of dog food, im feeding it to him dry, would it be worth wetting it to see if he'l take to it better?

Spunk84

You try the dry food with some gravy or oxtail soup? A tin of of aldi or Lidl tuna may get him eating away at it also, it's like 40c a tin

deeksofdoom

There is no sauce like hunger!

deerhunter1

deeksofdoom wrote: »

There is no sauce like hunger!

fodda

deeksofdoom wrote: »

There is no sauce like hunger!

In which case you may find your pup starts getting in to the habit of trying to eat any and everything and most of it you will not want him to eat.

cavan shooter

This time of year and the weather getting better I find my springer goes off his food its not unusual for his daily ration to do him 2 days

deeksofdoom

fodda wrote: »

In which case you may find your pup starts getting in to the habit of trying to eat any and everything and most of it you will not want him to eat.

It works with children too!.... shock horror!:eek::eek::eek:

pheasntstalker

i throw a wee drop of oxo in with my springers food,she loves it and wont eat food with out it:)

fodda

deeksofdoom wrote: »

It works with children too!.... shock horror!:eek::eek::eek:

I dont mind that as they usually have a choice but dogs are meat eaters not biscuit munchers regardless of what advertisers may say.

jap gt

im feeding raw meat with 5 or 6 months now, have yet to see her bowl with food left in it, she is in great shape with the meat

terminator2

ask what your local greyhound man feeds his dogs;) thats what i feed mine

natdog

lambs hearts mixed in with the dry food do a great job the dogs love it keeps them in great condition and very cheap and a change of dry food every so often doesnt do any harm.
p.s. cook the lambs hearts

Octopus

I mix the following -
Lidl/aldi/tesco brown bread torn up (75cent a loaf)
a scoop of nuts (was redmills but now using lidl)
A few spoons of stew. I make a stew once a week with oxtail soup, quartered potatoes (skins on) chopped carrots and mince or liver. I buy the mince/liver where ever it's on sale.
My father gets the waste from the butcher, usually mince and some bones. Same thing.

Dogs in great condition and would take the bowl out of your hand if you let them. Then again they're both cross breeds.
I've found pure bred's to be fussy eaters.

X1R

Once a week crack a raw egg out onto the food and mix through it.
Along with being a protein boost they love the taste and never leave a grain behind .

Glensman

I try to vary things a wee bit as well.

A couple of days she'll get a bit of gravy with the nuts. At least a few days she'll get rabbit with the juice it's cooked in and then the odd day she'll have dry nuts.

I find though I cannot get my pointers to eat game. Pigeon, pheasant, duck etc. They wont touch it! But they love chicken or turkey...

djflawless

1 tin of brandy
2 handfulls of nuts
3 slices of ripped up white bread
drop of gravy
OR
scraps from dinner
along with 2 handfulls of nuts
the odd time scrap from the local butcher.

the uncle sells bagged meat to greyhound trainers/owners and hunt dog keepers but as far as i know you need a permit to get the meat

barbs84

i have a border collie and the only thing she will eat is pedigree chum the tinned stuff, she wont eat nuts or anything else,once i tried to give her the lidl dog food and it sat in her bowl for 3 days she wouldnt touch it, i dont want her to be hungry, but is there any way i can get her to eat anything else

Spunk84

She lasted 3 days:eek:Very picky dog, I would feed it what you want and if it doesn't eat then let it go hungry. Dog won't stay hungry for long, as long as there's water and food I think it will give in and eat

sonofthegun

X1R wrote: »

Once a week crack a raw egg out onto the food and mix through it.
Along with being a protein boost they love the taste and never leave a grain behind .

+1 lad two days a week the boys have a lagre fresh duck eg cracked in with their nuts the love it and their coats are shining
stog