Dog food

[hendrebc]

Does anyone butcher fallen stock for their dogs? Sheep obviously, bit of a task chopping up a cow I expect

Yes. Only if there is worthwhile meat on it though no point doing a bony old ewe that was wasting away its a fair bit of work to cut one up and not get a lot of meat off it.
I don't do anything that looks like it's been sickly though but if a ewe died stuck on her back or grass staggers or something that couldn't affect the dogs then I see no reason why not. The dogs would scavenge it if they got half a chance anyway!

 

[Dry Rot]

There’s 1 thing that all dogs should get a raw diet think back before they were domesticated they lived off the land I don’t think they would have found a bag of kibble on the land every thing raw and number 1 is simple grass fed green tripe from your local abattoir an absolute super food for dogs anyone sceptical Google benefits of green grass fed cow tripe you’ll be amazed anyone feeding that biscuit are only doing 1 thing falling into the trap of the vets who incidentally financially support these companies like bakers skinners and the rest of the top kibble brands why would the vets financially support these companies? Answer because the rubbish that’s mixed in with it I.e antifreeze for 1 and all the other toxic substances is so you have to take your pet to the vets ££££ very good investments and the recommendations of using kibble by the vets it’s all about money so do the natural thing raw feed it’s the only way in my opinion my father had greyhound’s he used green tripe which I would bring him from the abattoir as I am a slaughterman I myself now have German shepherds and the green tripe is a no brainier facts

I think you will find this is another thing that has become hedged around with red tape. To feed meat from fallen stock these days you'd need to be inspected and registered. Deal with one layer of bureaucracy and you'll find more underneath.

Over the years, I have fed and butchered all manner of fallen stock and used to feed about a tonne of green tripe every 2 - 3 weeks to my own kennel. Boiled sheep heads are the next best. Then horse meat. I've also fed salmon waste, seal meat, herrings, and a whole lot more to hounds or to my own dogs. I agree with what you say about commercial bagged dog food, but then the vets make a profit from selling it so they will probably continue to do so.

 

[borderterribles]

We currently only have terriers so not feeding large quantities of dog food, so they are raw fed. They love it and we buy it in frozen blocks, and there is a wide choice of different types available. Its incredible, just how little dog sh!t there is about, when dogs are raw fed. Due I think, to the lack of indigestible filler in their diet ,compared to when feeding commercial dried dog food. However , when we have hound pups at walk, they get some Dr John's gold, (when old enough), supplemented with some flesh from the Kennels.

 

[Hilly]

If you turned all your animals into dog food make more money thsn human food !

 

[neilo]

I think I read somewhere that raw meat should be frozen (or cooked) before feeding it to dogs, to kill off tapeworm cysts. Otherwise they will be passing on those tapeworm in their sh1t, potentially spreading Gid, neospora and the worm (whose name I can’t remember) that can get your lambs condemned.

 

[Wood field]

I think I read somewhere that raw meat should be frozen (or cooked) before feeding it to dogs, to kill off tapeworm cysts. Otherwise they will be passing on those tapeworm in their sh1t, potentially spreading Gid, neospora and the worm (whose name I can’t remember) that can get your lambs condemned.

Ours comes in frozen blocks of just under 1/2 kilo
Defrosted overnight, dogs love it . The downside is the smelly wrapper’s and any varieties containing tripe or oily fish turn my stomach

 

[sean m]

I think I read somewhere that raw meat should be frozen (or cooked) before feeding it to dogs, to kill off tapeworm cysts. Otherwise they will be passing on those tapeworm in their sh1t, potentially spreading Gid, neospora and the worm (whose name I can’t remember) that can get your lambs condemned.

c-ovis ???

 

[Warrior+1]

I wouldn’t feed them lamb meat for 1 or pork as they I agree worms and parasites I only feed them off cuts of meat offal all from cattle I work in an abattoir so what ever I get from the cattle I.e green tripe herts tongues skirts but it’s all inspected because it’s an abattoir fit for human consumption it’s just what I’ve learnt with working the meat trade for 26 years so I’m just giving my opinion lots of people are sceptical about raw feed because they only get made aware of the bad things about it not the benefits by the vets they use wherever you go a vet will always recommend kibble over raw

 

[MDL POWERUP]

I wouldn’t feed them lamb meat for 1 or pork as they I agree worms and parasites I only feed them off cuts of meat offal all from cattle I work in an abattoir so what ever I get from the cattle I.e green tripe herts tongues skirts but it’s all inspected because it’s an abattoir fit for human consumption it’s just what I’ve learnt with working the meat trade for 26 years so I’m just giving my opinion lots of people are sceptical about raw feed because they only get made aware of the bad things about it not the benefits by the vets they use wherever you go a vet will always recommend kibble over raw

The same abattoir you can buy big bags of frozen dog meat from by any chance?

 

[Warrior+1]

The same abattoir you can buy big bags of frozen dog meat from by any chance?

Couldn’t say but if it is then the frozen dog meat in blocks to be honest I wouldn’t feed my dogs on it that’s all I can say