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Originally Posted by Andy
Spoke to vet about the BARF he wasn't entirely dismissive as he feeds one of his dogs on it himself! He was slightly concerned however about feeding it to a puppy, in his opinion i shouldnt go onto the full diet just yet as its not balanced and could cause growth problems if you dont know exactly what your doing. Sounds fair enough i suppose if you didnt know what your doing you could easily over/underfeed a puppy. He did agree that the ingredients in pet food are shocking too.



My husky pups are only 7 weeks and they love there raw foods

Tessa

P.S great thread

GREAT stuff......it's the BEST way to feed in my opinion by FAR........

Just another point to add, which is a good thing, is that when pups are fed RAW ilke this, they don't have such a rapid growth rate, whereas with commercial feeding the pup is much more prone to the rapid growth spurts....RAW pups still grow in a sound and safe way as long as you feed the diet correctly, but at a steady rate and are more prone to keep the puppy look for that bit longer........this is particulary good for breeds that are prone to joint problems......as labradors can be sadly........as a pup has rapid growth and usually weight gain too this is a contributing factor to some of the joint problems out there......many other factors aswell, including genetics, but the spurts doo not help matters at all

phil

PS - Glad you like the thread

quick question.

just picked up a shed load of meat for the terrorists and it's now in the freezer. I can't remember if i read, or not, that you can feed it to them straight out of the freezer instead of defrosting

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People will have slightly different views on this.......personally we sometimes feed our labs food which is still part frozen.....but not completely frozen as some feed can take a bit to thaw........we have fed things such as rabbit which was frozen with no ill effect but don't make a habit of doing so \;0

phil

Cheers Phil. I did put some in a tub in the fridge for tomorrow so i can just use that and keep food in the fridge for the next day.

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Yeah, we usually grab several bags of goodies out the freezer at the same time, then feed over several days so we usually have food at the ready.....

I always defrost my dogs food

Tessa

completely off topic but tessa that dog in your avatar is stunning!

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All of Tessa's dogs are stunning if i am correct and my eyes aint deciveing me i would say thats Mia lol

thanks Katie and Emma your right as always it is indeed Mia

Tessa