What is your dog going to eat/had today?

[Finsky]

Our lot will probably have a deer trachea with voice box included, some will have the cluster of pipes that go down into the lungs and heart if I cut them right.
"Titch" struggles with all of these at the moment but gets loads of pleasure from them.
Titch has already had a breakfast of minced lung, liver, heart, kidney and tripe this morning.
All of the others sat around her watching and waiting for any possible leftovers but I am afraid to say that was just wishful thinking.

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That was healthy 'Halloween themed' breakkie Lots of chopped up body parts...and minced up too!

 

[Richard & Patsy]

While on the Halloween gore theme -
This afternoon the cat brought Sitka a vole. He used to bring us voles, leaving them on the doorstep or in Patsy's handbag (hee hee) but was underappreciated; he gets a better reaction from Sitka. The cat doesn't eat much of the vole - he crushes the skull with his kill teeth then licks out the brain matter, Sitka gets the rest.

 

[Finsky]

While on the Halloween gore theme -
This afternoon the cat brought Sitka a vole. He used to bring us voles, leaving them on the doorstep or in Patsy's handbag (hee hee) but was underappreciated; he gets a better reaction from Sitka. The cat doesn't eat much of the vole - he crushes the skull with his kill teeth then licks out the brain matter, Sitka gets the rest.

What a true friend...sharing his treat.

 

[Finsky]

Well, Excuseme's Halloween din-din got me looking some internal organs on shop shelf and our girls are going to have some raw chicken & tripe mince...topped up with some cooked pig's liver for their dinner. As long as I don't offer liver more often than once a week, they are very keen to eat it and underneath the liver I can usually hide the less desirable things that are good for them. So that's today's plan sorted.

 

[JudyN]

underneath the liver I can usually hide the less desirable things that are good for them.

Jasper's the opposite - liver has to be well minced and hidden amongst other things, or he won't eat it (but will still guard it).

 

[excuseme]

Some of our lot are not too keen on chunks of lung, minced is fine when mixed with other organs or meat. I think it is probably the spongy texture that they do not like.

 

[Richard & Patsy]

The only food that Sitka has ever refused is raw liver which seemed strange as his highest value training treat was dried liver. It could be the texture then, good to know as we have a mincer.

 

[Finsky]

The only food that Sitka has ever refused is raw liver which seemed strange as his highest value training treat was dried liver. It could be the texture then, good to know as we have a mincer.

I struggle to get mine to eat liver raw, hence I slightly cook it. Once the liver is heated and its texture firm up, then that is readily accepted and I think it has to do with the smell too. I rather like cooked liver smell and taste myself too...though only if somebody else cook it for me! I'm easily put off from my food if it wobbles to start with...unless it is jelly

 

[Finsky]

Morning biccies and toast again and now they are reminding me that they haven't got their chew yet....lots of nudging and head butting my legs is going on while I'm typing. I did offer last piece of liver for their breakkie but they only had sniff at it found it 'not acceptable' I was expecting that response anyway but I had to try it as that last piece would go to waste anyway. They just won't have it for 'a seconds'
And this food talk is 'working' for me....I just remembered that I need to get some mince out of freezer for their dinner and....hmmmm.....I think it is a treat day today. While I have oven on, I'll might pop in a sausage or two and chop those to go with their mince. So that's that sorted for today....

 

[RGC]

It's not a whole chicken, though I'm sure Jasper would have a good attempt at finishing one off! It's what my raw supplier sells as carcasses - basically what's left after the head, legs, wings, breasts and any other important bits I've forgotten have been removed: 40 Individually wrapped Chicken Carcass

In terms of total quantity of meat, though, he's still getting going on for a kilo a day, and is the right weight for him. My friend's saluki x greyhound gets about a third of that despite being almost as large, and if anything is a bit broad in the beam. But then a raw-fed dog is meant to need 2-3% of their bodyweight in meat a day, and Jasper does fall in that range.

It just goes to show, you can only ever feed the dog in front of you. Though it would work out a lot cheaper if I could feed someone else's dog instead!

Many thanks for the heads up re chicken carcass. Popped into the local raw supplier this morning and yes, they’ve got loads plus wild boar tails - we’re overrun with them.

 

[Jack-Russell-Lover]

I have to carry the kibble in a bag - I can't carry it loose as it is a bit smelly too. We went for a meal last night and he did get some scraps of Mr F's steak so he ended up not doing too badly.

Oh that's a good idea, why didn't I think of that
Wow steak I bet he enjoyed that very much There are mean dog mums/dads that only feed kibble and treat with kibble. No treats at all so I don't think Timber is hard done by. I don't think Roxy has ever had a bit of steak haha.

Reading all of the comments about raw bits and bobs gives me interest in exploring these kinds of treats/meal toppers. The other day she did find on our walk some bones from a bird I think it was, looked like a piece of a ribcage and very sharp so I told her to drop it...she didn't and I had to reach into her mouth and scoop it out, hence why I found out it was sharp, I even thought I'd cut myself on it and had to check for blood.

 

[Laura@Charlie's]

I love the idea for food inspiration for our dogs!
Although reading through these food plans as a pet nutritionist makes me twitchy, as many of these plans are unbalanced. Unbalanced diets mean that nutrients are either not provided at the levels required, or in excess of their requirements. This can lead to deficiency or toxicity of particular nutrients.
I am not looking to interfere, but there are resources like Raw Fed & Nerdy | Science Based Raw Feeding for Dogs and Cats which are great to use to create a balanced raw recipe. You can also use The home of tailored pet nutrition advice and services - Rewarding Pet Nutrition for affordable and flexible diet reviews and tailored raw recipes.
I am a Pet Nutritionist for Charlie's Rewarding Pet Nutrition. I'm happy to help with diet balancing or with any questions.

 

[Finsky]

Today's dinner was...

Underneath there is duck mince, topped with some cooked beef left overs and addition of few chicken wings. It is proper left overs day. Earlier on during they walk they already munched some greenery and had a carrot for a snack so their daily needs are met
ETA; nope....this dinner wasn't for their liking. Most of the chicken wing pieces were acceptable and only few of the beef pieces but more than half of the dinner is still untouched. I reckon because they had the same mince yesterday, it wasn't anymore tempting enough today. Back to the 'drawing board' tomorrow...'sigh'

 

[Finsky]

I love the idea for food inspiration for our dogs!
Although reading through these food plans as a pet nutritionist makes me twitchy, as many of these plans are unbalanced. Unbalanced diets mean that nutrients are either not provided at the levels required, or in excess of their requirements. This can lead to deficiency or toxicity of particular nutrients.
I am not looking to interfere, but there are resources like Raw Fed & Nerdy | Science Based Raw Feeding for Dogs and Cats which are great to use to create a balanced raw recipe. You can also use The home of tailored pet nutrition advice and services - Rewarding Pet Nutrition for affordable and flexible diet reviews and tailored raw recipes.
I am a Pet Nutritionist for Charlie's Rewarding Pet Nutrition. I'm happy to help with diet balancing or with any questions.

I'm sorry to hear you think people feed their dogs incorrectly. But saying this thread is only a week old and each of us have only posted few day's dinners, it hardly gives real picture what each of our dogs get to eat and what is their nutritional intake. After all...it is said nutritional recquiments are met over a few weeks, not days.

 

[Bishop]

I wonder if you are willing to share your dog's 'dinner' ideas with me. I'm thinking of a possible continuous thread of daily plans that could possibly help some of us who get 'stuck' to same ideas too often and when you have 'funny' eaters like mine that point blankly refuse to eat same food more than couple of days in a run. Though ours have few exceptions to that rule, but they are not allowed to live with those dinners on every day basis

Today our girls had their usual rich tea biccie to get them started, a chew and bit of yogurt and egg yolk mix.
For dinner they will get minced beef and chicken wings and if I am still up to it and fancy cooking, for 'afters' they will get piece of their favourite food EVER = yorkshire pudding If I get all that down to their 'gullets', it will give them and me quiet night as happy tummies will hopefully knock them out for few hours...at least...if the owls and foxes etc. will stay quiet. Maybe they will need the same dinner too

You are lucky your pooch eats. Our rescue greyhound has days where nothing will tempt her to eat. I did worry when we first got her but as the vet says she is in good nick I have stopped worrying so much

 

[Finsky]

You are lucky your pooch eats. Our rescue greyhound has days where nothing will tempt her to eat. I did worry when we first got her but as the vet says she is in good nick I have stopped worrying so much

Oh ours too have periods that barely nothing goes down, but I put it mostly down to their 'hormonal workings'. But as you said....as long as they are in otherwise in good condition, it does not do any harm in a short run. I have my 'temptation foods' that are almost always sure to go down, or at least enough to keep them going during those 'funny times'. But even then, it is hard not to worry....

 

[RGC]

Oh ours too have periods that barely nothing goes down, but I put it mostly down to their 'hormonal workings'. But as you said....as long as they are in otherwise in good condition, it does not do any harm in a short run. I have my 'temptation foods' that are almost always sure to go down, or at least enough to keep them going during those 'funny times'. But even then, it is hard not to worry....

You are lucky your pooch eats. Our rescue greyhound has days where nothing will tempt her to eat. I did worry when we first got her but as the vet says she is in good nick I have stopped worrying so much

I keep a reasonable supply of Oralade to add to a simple, bland, easy to digest meal. Our whippet has just had a squitty episode and Oralade helps her hydration. However today I gave her boiled rice with microwaved chicken thigh (bone and skin removed) and added a few splashes of Oralade to give it some taste. Mind you, Mabel’s never refused food.

 

[Ava Whippet]

I wonder if you are willing to share your dog's 'dinner' ideas with me. I'm thinking of a possible continuous thread of daily plans that could possibly help some of us who get 'stuck' to same ideas too often and when you have 'funny' eaters like mine that point blankly refuse to eat same food more than couple of days in a run. Though ours have few exceptions to that rule, but they are not allowed to live with those dinners on every day basis

Today our girls had their usual rich tea biccie to get them started, a chew and bit of yogurt and egg yolk mix.
For dinner they will get minced beef and chicken wings and if I am still up to it and fancy cooking, for 'afters' they will get piece of their favourite food EVER = yorkshire pudding If I get all that down to their 'gullets', it will give them and me quiet night as happy tummies will hopefully knock them out for few hours...at least...if the owls and foxes etc. will stay quiet. Maybe they will need the same dinner too

 

[Finsky]

I keep a reasonable supply of Oralade to add to a simple, bland, easy to digest meal. Our whippet has just had a squitty episode and Oralade helps her hydration. However today I gave her boiled rice with microwaved chicken thigh (bone and skin removed) and added a few splashes of Oralade to give it some taste. Mind you, Mabel’s never refused food.

Oh...Oralade does smell tempting even for our human noses...though it is not cheap remedy for a long run. I never thought of using as a 'splasher' over food. Good thinking 'batman' !

 

[Finsky]

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And what have you got served there? Looks good.