What type of food do you feed your dog?

[Bruno]

So just wondering what you all feed your K9s' on in LOS?

I have two Boxers' and have feed them predominately on a raw diet which includes chicken, beef, and some pork. I also include vegetables, rice and potato's for their fibre allowance; however, it's the dry food mix that I wanted to ask about...

Many different types, brand names out there and we have tried a number of brands such as:

• Nutrine
• chicken soup for the dog lovers soul
• eukenubau
• pedigree

So I'm just wondering what you all feed yours on?

[smeden]

left overs from dinner and qality dry dog food

[superman]

Makro own brand dry food. The cheapest there is on the market, I believe for 20kg bag it's 650 Baht. I have fed my dogs on it for over 3 years and never a problem.

[Fondles]

Dry = Pedigree small breed real beef and veggies.
Wet = Pedigree small breed pouch in various casserole flavours.
Snack = Pedigree dentastix and Pedigree meat jerky.

[bigneilo]

tescos own brand dry food, i usually chop up and boil chicken carcasses from tesco(20 baht kilo) then add the dry to the pot, for some reason my dogs wont touch the dry stuff dry, thrown in the chicken soup they love it. ( mine are only soi dogs though)

[Jeremia]

We cook two fresh pots of rice every day for the family. Whatever is left over is given to the dogs plus whatever meat, fish and veggie is left over from our meals.

My Golden swims everyday, is full of health and more importantly begs to go out for her swim!!

[Marmite the Dog]

I haven't got a dog any more. I tried feeding it Isaan 'food' and it left home.

[superman]

for some reason my dogs wont touch the dry stuff dry

No such thing. Leave it down and they'll eat it. It's a case of who the boss ?

[DrB0b]

Foetuses. For some reason there's always a big pile of them round the back of the local temple.

[rickpattaya]

Chicken and rice mixed. He loves it!


Rick

[chitown]

Rice with either eggs, beef, pork, chicken or fish mixed in it.

[Bangyai]

Our dog will eat most things once. If you give him the same dish the next day he gives you a wistful look that says

' Wot ! this again ? I thought you liked me ? '

So variety is the named of the game. However, he doesn't like rice much and always leaves it on the side of the plate unless it is marinated in gravy or something to liven up the blandness.

From time to time he also enjoys a tin of tuna ( with a bit of rice ) and he enjoys some milk before he goes to bed.

As for dried food, he prefers the big beefy biscuits to the puppy stuff although sometimes he gets bored with all of it and lets one of his girlfriends eat it for past and future services rendered.

[sabaii sabaii]

bar girls and the odd ladyboy

[Panda]

Brown rice is more nutritious and has more fiber.

My pooch gets a mix of 50% brown rice, 20% lean lamb or boneless chicken (I am in OZ) and 30% veges which include potato, carrots, sweet potato and a little pumpkin. Go easy on the pumpkin as it is a laxative for dogs.

I cook it up in bulk and freeze it in portions. Works out a bit more expensive than canned dog food and a lot more work. But my old girl is worth it to me.

Re the dry food,-- she gets a cup of good quality dry food each morning. "Optimum" brand recommended by my Vet. Its not the very highest quality dry food, but better than most of the cheaper brands available in the supermarkets here.

The thing to watch about dry dog foods is the fat content. Dogs love fatty food just like humans. But in the long term it can often cause Pancreatitis leading to not only diabetes but a premature and painful death.

I guess it all depends on how much you value your dog as to how much time and money you want to spend on them.

[superman]

Are we talking about dogs or children ?

[Humbert]

I give my dog left-over rice mixed with canned Pedigree. Alpo gives her the runs. She loves when my wife buys grilled chicken backs at the market and mixes that with rice. I've tried those bags of ofal they sell at Foodland for dogs but it is too gruesome for me to handle.

[Bruno]

Brown rice is more nutritious and has more fiber.

My pooch gets a mix of 50% brown rice, 20% lean lamb or boneless chicken (I am in OZ) and 30% veges which include potato, carrots, sweet potato and a little pumpkin. Go easy on the pumpkin as it is a laxative for dogs.

I cook it up in bulk and freeze it in portions. Works out a bit more expensive than canned dog food and a lot more work. But my old girl is worth it to me.

Re the dry food,-- she gets a cup of good quality dry food each morning. "Optimum" brand recommended by my Vet. Its not the very highest quality dry food, but better than most of the cheaper brands available in the supermarkets here.

The thing to watch about dry dog foods is the fat content. Dogs love fatty food just like humans. But in the long term it can often cause Pancreatitis leading to not only diabetes but a premature and painful death.

I guess it all depends on how much you value your dog as to how much time and money you want to spend on them.

Interesting,

I like your idea of mass producing this stuff and keeping it in the freezer for future meal times.

How much are you paying for a bag of optimum? Also, does it come in 20kg bags or 10kg?

My two dogs cost me a fortune in food bills every month: One bag of 20kg Eukanubau costs around 2,400 baht and lasts about 3 weeks. The dry food alone is costing over 3,000 baht every 4 weeks, and once you throw in the meat and veggies, as well as the rice, this brings the monthly cost to around 5,000 baht to keep them fed and happy; I swear they eat better than me!

If you supply adequate protein and fibre from food groups such as tuna (great suggestion that one) and carrots and potatoes as well as the all important meats, then how important is the dry food to dogs. Do you think I could do away with the expensive dry foods and supply them with some of your suggestions?

The only reason I ask is because they are pedigree breeds and I have noticed a difference in the past with their coats not being as glossy and healthy looking which makes me wonder how much emphasis should be given to the dry food content...

By the way, how do you post large pictures on here as I would love to get some pictures up of my two mutts?

Thanks

[superman]

Do people read the ingredients on the bags of dry food ? It says words to the effect that x grams of food is sufficient for the dog. There's no need extras such as rice, tuna, vegetables etc. My dogs get the odd left over from the house, but that's it.
Edit ;- Sorry I did have one dog go sick and it's coat went flat (dull) and the vet told me to feed it boiled eggs for a while. Whether that worked is open to debate but it did recover.

[Bruno]

Do people read the ingredients on the bags of dry food ? It says words to the effect that x grams of food is sufficient for the dog. There's no need extras such as rice, tuna, vegetables etc. My dogs get the odd left over from the house, but that's it.
Edit ;- Sorry I did have one dog go sick and it's coat went flat (dull) and the vet told me to feed it boiled eggs for a while. Whether that worked is open to debate but it did recover.

I think the same could also be said for humans': If I fed you on a diet that consisted of the basic staple recommendations 'your fibres and proteins' so basically we are talking, 7 glasses of water, a tin of spam, brown rice and a banana every day, how would you feel?

Come on man, who would want to simply provide, what is deemed, 'sufficient' by the manufactures of 'that said brand of dry dog food'. Also, how do you know that this is what has gone into every bag that you buy - simply because it is written on the back therefore making it true?

I think there are many reasons' as to why dogs need these "extras" as you so carelessly point out, with well being at the top of the list!

I suggest you turn to your poor dog and apologise for feeding him a "sufficient diet" for all of these years and buy him/her a massive bone and tin of tuna before I come round to yours and force feed you a tin of spam for the rest of your miserable, tight ass life!

[superman]

I think the same could also be said for humans': If I fed you on a diet that consisted of the basic staple recommendations 'your fibres and proteins' so basically we are talking, 7 glasses of water, a tin of spam, brown rice and a banana every day, how would you feel?

That's the point I made earlier. Posters seem to think that the dog has the same feelings as us when they get a mundane diet. They don't think like us, I'm sorry to say. It's the guilt inside yourself that makes you want to give it food that you personally wouldn't find boring.
Do Dogs Become Bored Eating The Same Food Every Day?

17 Dec, 2008 Dog FAQs Do Dogs Become Bored Eating The Same Food Every Day




We have no reason to believe that boredom with food plays any part in a dog’s appetite. Many dogs that are fed the same dry dog food for years are happy and active. Some foods are more palatable than others and naturally they will be preferred. When you add meat scraps to a nutritionally balanced dry food diet occasionally, the dog may refuse to eat its normal diet for a day or two thereafter. This is the dog’s way of telling you it prefers the taste of the scraps. The dog doesn’t know that the scraps do not contain balanced nutrition. The key is to find a dog food that is palatable and nutritious and stay with it. Dog food comes in a variety of forms. You will need to try ouy different types of food to see which suits your dog best.

[Bruno]

That's the point I made earlier. Posters seem to think that the dog has the same feelings as us when they get a mundane diet. They don't think like us, I'm sorry to say. It's the guilt inside yourself that makes you want to give it food that you personally would find boring.

Fair comment,

However, 'you' are responsible for their welfare and that includes what they eat, since it is now a domesticated animal. I would not say this was guilt on my part, simply devotion towards an animal that I care greatly for, and buy providing a variety of nutritional food is certainly not doing the animal any harm - quite the opposite I would have said - I will continue to do so.

They don't have the same capacity as humans' and will by in large eat just about anything you put on the floor, but the question here is sustenance for an animal. Would you regiment yourself to play with the same type of toy day in and day with them, would you walk him for a strict 10minutes everyday simply because this is what is deemed sufficient.

I think the body will survive but the soul of the animal would be a very lonely and tormented creature.

[superman]

but the question here is sustenance for an animal. Would you regiment yourself to play with the same type of toy day in and day with them, would you walk him for a strict 10minutes everyday simply because this is what is deemed sufficient.

Once again, you're putting your mind into that of the dog. Get real. Does a cow get fed up with being left in a field all day ? Does the farmer feel guilty and take it for walks ?

[FailSafe]

I've been feeding my pooch 'Taste of the Wild' lately (usually mixed with some cooked chicken)- it's pricey, but he enjoys it and it has great reviews online, and it has the healthiest recipe I've found yet.

If you feed your dog dry food, you should make sure the first two ingredients (first three even better) are animal proteins- avoid corn and soy, and try to find a protein-to-fat ratio of ~2-1 (a bit heavier on the fat is OK- say 32% protein to 18% fat).

[superman]

I think this a brilliant answer to the overall question.

<H1 class=subject>Do dogs need variety in their diet? Do they get bored with the same things?

Or is eating the same thing every night good for them?
4 months ago
by Laura Marie
It depends on the dog.

But a dog isn't born knowing what it's missing. If you feed it a high quality, lamb and rice food for ten years, it's not going to go 'I'm bored of this', because dogs don't understand there's other choices out there. Humans get bored with with the same things in their diet because they know they can have chicken, or carrots, or cake- they have the concept to know this. Dogs don't- unless they're introduced to that variety. As far as they're aware, you, the provider, have put down this food and they should eat it. ...End of story.

If a dog is introduced to a variety of food, it does make them aware of other foods and they may get choosey about what they want- but that can also make a fussy dog. It's not so much that they're bored, but it's more like they're children- if a kids' favorite food is fish fingers, they may go through a time of tantruming and refusing all other food. Same with dogs. Unfortunately, this breeds bad habits into the dog.

So it's not bad to feed the dog same, high quality food every single day- the dog won't care, if it's all it's known it doesn't know that it's missing out on different food- but if you choose to introduce other foods (not just other 'flavors' of the same dry food, but different food) you should do it with caution.

Dogs don't need or expect diet variety like humans. As long as they enjoy it, it doesn't cause allergies/upset stomach, and is a high quality, it's fine. There's much more important things in a doggy brain than what they eat

</H1>

[Bruno]

but the question here is sustenance for an animal. Would you regiment yourself to play with the same type of toy day in and day with them, would you walk him for a strict 10minutes everyday simply because this is what is deemed sufficient.

Once again, you're putting your mind into that of the dog. Get real. Does a cow get fed up with being left in a field all day ? Does the farmer feel guilty and take it for walks ?

If your happy to provide the "cheapest" dry dog food out there to your pets' that is up to you. I also believe that you are looking for anything on the web that agrees with your belief, ignoring that the other side of the story also claims that a raw diet (along with the benefits of a variety of others) is also very important because it provides added supplement that benefits a dog in different ways...

The main point of my argument here is to provide adequate nutrition - something that is a must for living animals (nothing more, nothing less). If you believe this comes from Makro's own brand of kibble then that's your call; I however, feel this needs to come from a variety (but stable in quantity) amount of food, being: tuna, meat, vegetables and fruit which I hardly think defies logic seeing as these contain a much richer, more adequate source of nutrition that makes up part, if not all, of what a dog is meant to receive over that "sufficient" or so they say dog food...

For dog's sake Superman, please consider a RAW diet before it dies prematurely...