Thread: Dog Food

2nd for mighty mix frozen concentrate and biscuits
Worked out about 5-10 dollars a week for a 30kg lab huntaway mix and a small Shepard mix. I have no idea how people can afford to feed their dogs "cheap" dog rolls from the supermarket.
Now i have to use dry food as we dont have the freezer room anymore. Costs about twice that now.

copped rice working dog and chunky dog roll plus possums&rabbits I shoot around the place and a range of bones from the butcher for my vis and lab cross

On advice from this thread I changed my vis to Royal canine E4800 and what a huge difference. Weight is perfect, coat looks great, will eat it while out hunting and doesn't drop the weight after few days in the hills.

Originally Posted by Bobba

On advice from this thread I changed my vis to Royal canine E4800 and what a huge difference. Weight is perfect, coat looks great, will eat it while out hunting and doesn't drop the weight after few days in the hills.

Hey mate, where did you buy it from, cant find any local stockists on google.

Originally Posted by John P

Hey mate, where did you buy it from, cant find any local stockists on google.

The only place around here I can get it is Anexa Vet Clinics. There's one in Ngaruawahia.

The station I work on buys royal cannin by the pellet. We’re part of a big company and I now we get it at quite a discount. Wondering if there’s enough members close together in an area would it be worth approaching a supplier direct for a discount?

I freeze the veni offcuts in meal serves and give them to the dog for the arvo feed. I need to add fatty brisket bones in, as if I do the dog biscuit thing in the morning and veni in arvo, or straight veni only, he loses weight. There's just not enough fat in the veni, so I add brisket bones in - looks after the teeth also. I've also had to go to "Working Dog" in the Real Dog Food Range which has a higher fat/protein ratio - pointers are just energetic dogs, and need their fat! Need to keep dry food in the menu for when we do trips.

Great thread. Ive been feeding my 2 yr old gsp 900 grams of vension a day plus the frozen mighty mix concentrate, he looks good, and loves it, but never seems to put any weight on, might try the Royal canin and see how hes goes. ( just about brought a tear to my eye looking at weeks worth of venison for the dog this morning !)

Older dog got a treat with smoked snapper heads and cheeks done in manuka saw dust and raw brown sugar. Did 2 deer from aitch bone up. Our dogs love the rib cage. Smack it up with a cleaver. Just mow it down. They do not like venison too warm. Running 1 hour a day and then a Murupara fitness jaunt 1-3 hours. They are still complaining they dont get enough exercise. Currently also feeding MM frozen. 3 large cups. Variety is the spice of life. Just avoid the poor quality fuel because they work for you . Happy NY.

my two cents worth no 1 wild shot possum - really good but cut claws off - no 2 hares and the rest not much food value maybe wallabys dont know -mutton great - goat okay but a bit lean --venison they like it but not a good dog tucker need biscuits and something fatty with it - wild pork great but most dogs wont eat it raw so boil it - surprisingly eels my dogs in the scrub scoffed them down and fat content - horse used to do them on the station for dog tucker in winter only otherwise to salty in summer - cull cattle beast yes very good dog tucker - raw meat and some biscuits mixed in probably good mix -

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

my two cents worth no 1 wild shot possum - really good but cut claws off - no 2 hares and the rest not much food value maybe wallabys dont know -mutton great - goat okay but a bit lean --venison they like it but not a good dog tucker need biscuits and something fatty with it - wild pork great but most dogs wont eat it raw so boil it - surprisingly eels my dogs in the scrub scoffed them down and fat content - horse used to do them on the station for dog tucker in winter only otherwise to salty in summer - cull cattle beast yes very good dog tucker - raw meat and some biscuits mixed in probably good mix -

Did you feed the eels raw or cooked. I’ve also heard that trout are good as they have a high fat/oil content esp if from the Rotorua lakes

I fed them raw but my dogs were hungry weeks on venison and the odd bit of cooked pork they would eat ya boots

Originally Posted by omark

Did you feed the eels raw or cooked. I’ve also heard that trout are good as they have a high fat/oil content esp if from the Rotorua lakes

My son uses the slab trout from Rotorua for snapper bait. Says its wicked. The trout he gets from Tarawera and Otakaina are*smoked. You are right. They are so nice to eat smoked. Think it is the koura they have as a ingredient in their diet.

Originally Posted by TeRei

My son uses the slab trout from Rotorua for snapper bait. Says its wicked. The trout he gets from Tarawera and Otakaina are*smoked. You are right. They are so nice to eat smoked. Think it is the koura they have as a ingredient in their diet.

tell him to smoke all of the trout and to use koi carp as bait. seems nuts to pay for a license to catch trout as bait when koi is free

Left field, but chooks love eels. Will peck them clean. Seems like a waste of a precious resource though.