No trick to it, just give them whatever you have, tripe, breast of lamb, whole rabbits skin and all.

Oh you should have seen the look of disgust on her face lol
The cats ate what she left during the night.
Fenwoman what are your lot like woth liver cause thats whats for her tea tomorrow.
The poo thing I was suprised to find is true! She had one yesterday and I couldnt smell a thing

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My dog aint keen on ox liver, actually lightly braised it first, then he ate itOx and lamb heart he likes though.

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Raw liver goes right through them all. Personally I won't feed it. If I did, I would cook it first. Probably just nuke it. However with so many other goodies to feed, I can't be bothered. Heart is great as it is pure muscle meat. Mind you don't just feed raw red meat and offal, they need other things too which is why I feed whole rabbits fur and all. They need roughage. Rice, pasta, grated carrots and cabbage all good. In fact when I get stock feed cabbages, Ursa usually grabs himself one and lays under the horse box chewing it.
Don't forget, unlike cats, dogs are not pure carnivores, they are omnivores a bit like us yooman beans, they eat meat but need other things too.

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I am doin chicken dinner tomorrow night for our tea should I give her a plate with veggies and stuff? What about mashed potato? and should I cook her veg first?

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whenever i do a chicken dinner i cut the meat off the chicken first and through the carcass to the dogs then wonder how to cook the chicken.

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I think you should have a look on the landywoods website as they tell you how to feed BARF and what to feed, then have a look on ebay for a book called 'give your dog a bone' by Ian Billinghurst. It might be easier all round than to post daily asking if this is ok or that. I think it would be much better to read all you can first before starting her on it as it's more than just a bit of raw offal and human food.
Think wild dog diet and if you don't know what wild dogs might eat, read the book
Tripe is great. I think you mentioned that you looked at it in a shop but didn't buy it. As a basic diet, raw pet tripe with grated raw carrots and a plain wholemeal mixer plus a supplement like SA37 is, in theory all you might need to feed while you discover what else is suitable. Many years ago when I showed standard poodles I fed little more than tripe, wafcol wholemeal mixer and SA37 (powder) and my dogs had enormous coats and good bone. In fact my Laser (Bowerdales silver laser) measured 32" at the withers when he was 6 months old and stood taller than a lot of 12 months old dogs in puppy class at Blackpool champ show one year.

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Hi, iv been reading all about your different experiences with feeding BARF and i just wanted to know if anyone could tell me the best place to get hold of this raw food, ie the rabbits, phesants, chicken etc u know what i mean. Would it be best to contact a farmer or something for the rabbits and as for the phesants, could i use road kill????? I know its probably a NOOOOOOOOO but i just had to ask.
I am aiming to start converting to BARF feeding this week as i have been told that its the best sort of food to feed. I have a 7 month old rottweiler x, a 6 month old Shepherd x and a 15 yr old spaniel. The rotty has just been diagnosed with having Hip dysplasia and i have been told that feeding a more natural diet will hopefully help with this.
I am not the richest person so funds are limited so any tips as to where to get the cheapest meats etc would be much appreciated.
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butchers, abbotoirs (sp), online or if you share where you live somebody might point you in the right direction.

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Firstly, dorry to hear about your Rotties HD. What were the parents hip scores?
No diet will help correct deformed joints I'm afraid so whomever told you that a better diet would help is talking out of a hole in their hat.
Proper excersize may help strengthen the muscles holding her thigh bone joint in the hip socket depending on how bad the displacement is, but ultimately only surgery is going to help and hopefully you have it insured so the costs will be covered ( a couple of thou' per joint I understand).
What the diet will do is help both young dogs grow strong bones and good digestions. You need to remember to feed the whole carcase which means bones, fur, head, the lot. If you feed innards too as I do, you will need to worm the dogs every 3 months as wild rabbits carry tapeworms.
Where to get stuff depends where you live. Where I get rabbits from may not apply in your area. Youi could start by checking produce auctions like Melton mowbray market, or ferreters or contact your local gun club and ask if anyone goes lamping. Yes roadkill is fine to feed but it must be fresh. If you don't know how to tell whether something is fresh then don't pick up roadkill. I do regularly and find it a useful way to add to their diets without it costing me anything. Then you can try poultry breeders and ask to buy their surplus cockerels. Feed whole, feathers and all. What dogs need is not neat tidy bits of clean muscle meat, but everything, cartilage, bone, fur or feathers etc.
I still think that Landywoods is a good place to buy tripe which comes minced and you can feed it with a plain terrier meal but if you have no way to store frozen mean then I think you'll find it hard to feed a BARF diet unless you go out every day and buy only enough meat for that day.
Don't forget things like veggies too. Whole raw carrots are a favourite of my lot. Do some research by googling for BARF diet and you'll come up with lots of good ideas, then just scout about to find supplies. The trouble today is that people are so used to going to the supermarket and everything is diplayed there for them, that they've forgotted how to source things.
If you use a butcher, ask him for bones, pigs heads, tripes,etc. And while you are there, buy your own meat from him and ask about cheaper cuts to make your money go further that buying expensive supermarket imported cr@p.
Your dogs and you will eat far better and for less if you start feeding proper meat, proper veg etc. I buy rabbits 50-6- at a time and shove them in one of the freezers. The dogs eat them and I eat them. When I eat one, I skin it, take the head and feet off and the dogs get those and I have the rest.Yummy.

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