Thread: Food to fatten up pup

Originally Posted by 223nut

Only during summer, in North Canterbury during winter

there should still be possums around,when your out spotlighting bunnies next look around any rock piles/bluffy bits etc that's where we used to find them in Tarras and still do in the Hunter hills.

I get mine each week from new world 2$ per tray grab a 10 trays and give him a couple morning and night will chuck weight if its a tucker problem.

go to a local butcher better deals on brisket bones than the supermarkets ie banana box for ten buks or goodsize bags for 6$.,
the guys tellin you to feed possum lots are setting you up believe me if you feed possun to reguly farts will be the lest of your problems and i,ve never found it to be a good fattener anyway.
theres a reason they feed it and horse to greyhounds good for thier coats tho.
leftovers covered in gravy do pups well fat and seepings off the roasts poured over leftovers will be almost as good.

Dogs need 30% fat in with meat . Another good food is if you know a farm home kill guy ask him to keep the trype best dog food out there .As said above brisket is very good .

Originally Posted by HILLBILLYHUNTERS

Dogs need 30% fat in with meat . Another good food is if you know a farm home kill guy ask him to keep the trype best dog food out there .As said above brisket is very good .

for what ??
by the time you boil the crap out of tripe as you legally must or freeze it its about as nutritious as a pine stump.
you can add it to possum other meat and food scraps boil it all up in your guts cooker and add gelatine and make your own jellimeat.
but own its own or even with the rest of the offal i considered it nothing more than a stomach filler untill something better was available.

Be a little cautious with the brisket bones...not every day...

good point eebees.
vets will tell you now not at all cos to much and it can''set like concrete in thier guts''

Tripe is one of the healthiest things you can feed to your dog. Not only does tripe provide natural digestive enzymes to a dog, but also is rich in vitamins, fatty acids and amino acids. The enzymes not only help digestion in dogs, but are also said to have a substantial effect on the cleaning of a dog’s teeth.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

there should still be possums around,when your out spotlighting bunnies next look around any rock piles/bluffy bits etc that's where we used to find them in Tarras and still do in the Hunter hills.

A rarity around central otago these days. Be bloody lucky to get one a week. In fact more like one a month.