I feed canned salmon, mackerel or sardines (in water,not oil) to my dogs once a week or so. I don't have access to fresh raw fish very often and if I do then I usually eat it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
A word of caution when feeding whole fish, I have heard of hooks being in the stomach from being caught previously. For this reason, I would make sure they are cleaned before feeding to your dog.
Hi Rock - I was just reading a thread on fish feeding on the discussion board at http://www.sleddogcentral there is a lot of info on feeding fish there and you might want to give it a look, there seems to be a lot of fish feeders out there but there are apparently some fish borne parasites that are lethal to dogs in some areas of the country.
Fish-borne parasites are only an issue with freshwater fish, like salmon. Especially salmon, since they get eaten often enough by land carnivores for it to be worth a parasite's while to evolve to take advantage of the situation.
If you feed raw sea-water fish, you should be perfectly fine. Hooks are only a concern with fish taken with a line -- if you get netted fish, like herring, that's nothing to worry about and dogs love the innards.
While we never fed our dogs raw fish, sea fish was something we could get very easily and very fresh, so we'd poach them (guts, scales and all: otherwise they'd just dig them up out of the garden, pests), remove the big bones then mix it in with their food. They did well on that.
My dogs get fish carcases once a week unfortunately they are all gutted. For any info regarding,Chicken,Fish, and veggie mix please reach me at Broward_BarfSupply@yahoogroups.com
I used to be able to get 40 lb blocks of frozen codfish trimmings at a mink farm. They were reasonabley priced so you might want to try this as a source also.
I occasionally feed whole smelt. That way they get the innards but I don't worry about hooks. Occasionally they get a gutted trout.
I avoid salmon because I was told that Pacific salmon contains very high levels of mercury which can be dangerous for dogs. I am not sure how that applies to canned salmon. If anyone can tell me please do as I would love to feed it.
Mom to Zipper(cat), Ulysses(GSD) and Marshall and Alexandra(humans)
explorer, I am not sure, that would have to be your call. Tuna, some types of salmon, and swordfish are all the highest for mercury content. Pregnant women and children are told to avoid these foods because of the mercury poisioning. All other people(humans) are suggested to limit consumption to two servings a week. I feed my adult dogs tuna on occasion, and even canned salmon, but mostly stick to mackerel. I think I would wait till the dog is older and only feed it once a week, just to stay on the safe side.
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