Thread: Puppy/Adult dogfood

G’day, I’ve got a new pup on the way in a couple weeks. What is everyone feeding there pups/dogs?
Any recommendations or suggestions? Cheers

people will cringe but we have just fed our one that winna dog roll with biscuits every now and then they get some goat as well or the odd rabbit or possum. found most of the other rolls are just sloppy shit

Our Staffy is 18 years old, I'm yet to hear of anyone else with a Staffy that has lived that long and he still hasn't slowed down, tears round with my pup and apart from all his greying you wouldn't believe he was that old. He's never had any health problems. We have fed him pedigree biscuits from day one, he had the puppy biscuits for the first 18 months of his life and then onto the adult ones. Never fed him anything else (apart from a bit of meat here and there or food he scrounges off people)
I've decided to do the same with my pup. Despite the vets telling us the secret to healthy long living dogs is Science Diet or Eukanuba or other $100/bag dog foods the Pedigree stuff is easy on the wallet, the dogs love it and the proof is in the pudding with our old boy.

@JonP i was using royal cainn professional puppy from the farm side of things at Eastland vets about $140 for a 13kg bag not cheap then we started using the puppy chow you buy from the supper market about 5kg bag still cheaper to buy even the small bags but not complete rubbish. Then all my pups/house dogs get bits of veni and a few food scrapes the odd chook egg. Any mutton must be frozen.
I use also black hawke for my working dogs (mainly when not in work) and find it doesn't just go through them like tux and coprice

we will go with the pedegree biscuits for our one (thats what ive fed previous dogs) when the old boy goes hes starting to have troubles with the biscuits.

coprice . i buy it by the 20-25kg bag, my old boy loves it

Lab X eye dog turns his nose up at pedigree

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Can't be hungry enough then haha

Thanks for the reply’s. I have fed Tux, dog roll, Mighty Mix (frozen and biscuits) to previous dogs. They lived long and healthy lives.
Just wondered if I had been missing something.
I’ll check out the pedigree and the puppy chow.

Pedigree is as good as any of the better biscuits. There is definitely merit in feeding a "puppy" biscuit since they have the higher protein level and vitamins and minerals that a growing dog needs. And even feeding a large breed puppy biscuit if you have a big breed since they have altered phosphate and calcium for the increased bone growth you get with the very fast growing big critters. Avoid solely feeding dogroll as with biscuits it cleans their teeth as they are biting the biscuit since it scraps up the side of the tooth rubbing off the crap. Before deciding on the mega spendy Science diet and slightly cheaper Royal canine, check the protein, fat and fibre levels. You will find that the better supermarket biscuits are nearly the same so you can save a bit of money.
Ordinary Tux has the bare minimum protein level a dog needs for maintenance so unless it's a Puppy biscuit wait until it's grown and feed it with some other stuff

Black Hawk for our pointers + Venison bone or beef scraps

I think it’s got a lot to do with the individual dog’s metabolism and exercise levels primarily, and other influencing factors such as his sense of well-being, i.e. his mental health.

You’ve all seen pictures of my Staffies just like Ryan’s, they are exactly half his dog’s age, but every time we come across another knowledgeable dog owner, that person is absolutely floored when we tell them they are nine years old. The dogs also only eat Pedigree dog biscuits, but the big difference from Ryan’s is that they also eat (every meal) either one egg each or a serving of venison mince. Periodically they get a cattle beast leg bone to gnaw on in order to keep the teeth in tiptop condition, which in turn reduces the canine halitosis to perfectly acceptable levels.

My observation with the Staffordshire Bull Terrier is that if they do not get the egg and meat then their coats and general condition suffers, you will notice the change in condition within a week if they do not get it. The flipside of this is that if they do not get the requisite exercise levels then some dogs will put on weight quickly. Our bitch can eat three servings a night and you would never notice the difference, but my dog is prone to lardiness. So his portions are carefully managed.

Both dogs will run in front of the quad up a farm track that climbs 400m vertically to the trig at the top, hunting every face and gully on the way up, and every face and gully on the way down... I wish I could do even remotely similar.

Ok....newby dog owner here so about to ask what are probably stupid questions....
So eggs should be cooked/boiled first I'm guessing ?

And with meat such as goat , rabbit , possum , veni does that have to be cooked first or is raw okay ?

And from what age can they be fed the meat?

na raw is fine for eggs and meat. You can feed them meat from 8 weeks but it's very high protein so it's best to work out what they require so you don't load up the kidneys with too much protein etc..
As far as bones go, never cooked bones since they dry out and become brittle which might poke a hole in the gut and at best cost you a K at the vet if you catch it in time. I feed brisket bones since they are soft and wont produce pointy bits. Even better is no left over bone to get thrown through ya shin by the lawnmower. Freeze them to make them last longer

No such thing as a stupid question mate. In fact the only stupid question is the question you don't ask. Too many people seem to think asking a question is a sign of weakness. I think it might be tied up with Macho bullshit but in my option it makes you look stupid if you don't ask questions since no one knows it all.

someone on here made their own dog buscuits