High calorie food

Re: High calorie food

laceylp1990 — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:57:52 GMT

Recently made the leap to raw for my own dog . I am sooo glad I did. He is much better in general fuller for longer , no tummy problems etc.

I have found a few companies that prepare it for me as I was worried about balanced diet etc. He is thriving ! He licks the bowl clean and carries it around like Oliver Twist !

Honeys real food was great. I have a book if it helps at all ? Currently I am using Natural Instinct and can see exactly what is in my fur babies food.

Yay to less poop to scoop !

Re: High calorie food

Julie — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 18:37:41 GMT

Hi Funky - If you get a chance could you please ask your friend the name of the food please.

Thank you

Re: High calorie food

funkyfish — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:08:05 GMT

I'm not sure it has bone it in, just meat and veg, can't remember what it was not, my friend won some when she won a bikejoring race.

Re: High calorie food

Julie — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:36:47 GMT

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There is a new food (think its raw based-ground meat, that come in sausage like tube aimed for sled dogs- he may do well on it (I'd cook it first).

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I would look to see if it has bone in it and if it does I wouldn't cook it. If a company have developed a raw food then I would imagine that this is how they expect people to feed it otherwise they would sell it cooked.

Re: High calorie food

Sal the 1st — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:44:18 GMT

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Hi all, I have just taken on a young dog with a flabby oesophagus. That is the way the vet described it to me, lol. He doesn't quite have a diverticulum but not a megaoesophagus either, has slow motility in the first 3rd of his oesophagus.

We've been feeding him from a height and he's coping well with this, no regurging and he's gained some weight. I think he needs to gain at least 5 kg, maybe more. The problem is I'm having trouble finding a high calorie meat that isn't prescription - I've decided to start him on Chappie (digestible) with puppy food added in.

When I first got my other dog, I put her on Beta Active and it was great but they don't do a wet diet and I need that so I can make balls to hand feed him from a height. Does anyone have any diet ideas or do you think I should just stick with the puppy food mixed in with normal food?

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have come across this in a beagle before - he did very well on Chappie with the addition of a 1/4 can of N/D daily. by using just a small amount of the N/D in with the chappie it made it affordable for the client longterm. The other thing we tried with this dog was mixing some lactol (it was cheaper than welpi) puppy milk powder into his wet food (cant remember if it was chappie or chum) which he also seemed to do well on.

Re: High calorie food

Julie-Anne Wilson — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 10:47:18 GMT

The CSJ stuff looks interesting. Thanks for that, the energy bar looks like it could be good for just adding to a normal diet.

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funkyfish — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 10:24:18 GMT

Also I'm not a fan of raw feeding.. but he may do well, until he gains weight on a home made diet (cooked meat etc..) with added vits and mins, or just add to his Chappie base food. There is a new food (think its raw based-ground meat, that come in sausage like tube aimed for sled dogs- he may do well on it (I'd cook it first).

Re: High calorie food

funkyfish — Sat, 15 Mar 2014 10:04:25 GMT

Have a look at the CSJ range of foods, they do high energy food for sledge dogs etc. They need more protien to build lean muscle mas and not just get fat with calories form carbs. You can up the protein with eggs/chicken etc and also oil such as Salmon oil. Lintbelles do an active dog energy boost treat/tablet that has essential carbs etc for more energy. You can also make a pemmican type treat that you can soften with water to make it easier for him to swallow- pemmican is basically meat dried out and ground to a fine dust, then mixed with fat, you can give him someondays when he does more exercise to give him a boost of good calories.

If you use the IVIS.org website at all- or sign up to it for good articles. There is a fab article on feeding the sport dog with a good recipe for buildingmuscle.