darren m Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 just wondering -- whats the most popular working dog brand of food??? which brand do you use??? Also - what would be the ideal protein , fat and carb levels for 9-12 months labs be. just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadSpringer Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Hi Darren I feed my dogs on Skinners http://www.skinnerspetfoods.co.uk I feed them Field & Trial Working23 during the season when they are working regularly! After the season I put them on Field & Trial maintenance which has a lower protein content! I have tried several brands but have found the dogs do very well on Skinners! I buy 6 bags at a time and pay £10.40 per bag I buy from a company based in Redditch who deliver nationwide, the local feed stockist charges £17 a bag Whilst on the topic of feeding dogs, does anyone feed their dogs on a BARF diet (Bones And Raw Food). If so have you found it beneficial to the dogs? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 M.Springer I am converting my pooch slowly onto the barf diet. He still gets some complete ,food . lightly steamed veg . the water from which gets put in with his food . Minced heart , liver , and some beef (when funds permit) fish scraps from the chippie . I still use chappie dog food (its a bit crappy but does contain fish and all sort of other rubbish ) He also gets bones ( only beef and sheep) and chicken wings . I found that it was hard to keep some weight on him on just a pure barf diet. Just reread your post about any benifits . I have found the Lemmy to be less hyper. Now i don't know if this is down to him "growing up" or the diet .. I can't tell !! Any more questions you have i'll do my best to answer . all the best yis yp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG BILL Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Darren" it all depends on the size of dog , and I don't mean Jack russel or rottviller. If your dog is a lab you get big boned /you get small boned. but genraly for each kilo of weigh 250 gms of food a day. Use a good quality dried food and you will have no probs. BIG BILL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiercel Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Big BILL...... Think you made a mistake there, you are saying that you give the dog a quarter of its body weight in dried food! At that ratio my gwp would have to be fed 8.25 kilo's of food a day. Perhaps it should read 25 grams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadSpringer Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 Thanks for the info YP! I will be interested in how your dog does on the diet over the coming months! Interesting point about your dog being less hyper as this point was mentioned by a chap I spoke to who fed the BARF diet to his dogs! Sorry for the late reply, been enjoying the North Norfolk Coast for the past week. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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