Dennis Jones wrote 03/07/2010 07:28 PM Got a deal on Salmon at the grocery store #268091 - 03/07/2010 07:28 PM
Dennis Jones Webboard User Reg: 06-13-2004 Posts: 3389 Loc: Richmond Va Offline	the local grocery store had salmon on sale for about three bucks a pound, whole salmon, head and tail. I filet it out and the remains I chopped up and put in a pressure cooker with some rice for forty five minutes. I took a piece of the spine and could crush it with my fingers, just wondering if that is cooked long enough for the dogs?
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Connie Sutherland wrote 03/07/2010 07:52 PM Re: Got a deal on Salmon at the grocery store [Re: Dennis Jones ] #268094 - 03/07/2010 07:52 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Dennis Jones the local grocery store had salmon on sale for about three bucks a pound, whole salmon, head and tail. I filet it out and the remains I chopped up and put in a pressure cooker with some rice for forty five minutes. I took a piece of the spine and could crush it with my fingers, just wondering if that is cooked long enough for the dogs? I think yes. You have also avoided salmon poisoning (raw salmonids from west of the Cascades -- safe if cooked). If you can crush it with your fingers, then the bones won't damage do anything bad internally, either. You lucked out. Even with some rice, I would consider this to be a great variety food. One of my dogs needs fish to be added gradually to the diet when I have it, but by day three is fine. (If I give him a whole meal of fish at once, he throws up, even though he likes it.)
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Barbara Schuler wrote 03/07/2010 07:59 PM Re: Got a deal on Salmon at the grocery store [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #268098 - 03/07/2010 07:59 PM
Barbara Schuler Webboard User Reg: 01-15-2009 Posts: 5090 Loc: Lanexa Virginia Offline	Dennis, have you gone to raw for the dogs or are you just thinking of giving them the cooked spine? I LOVE Salmon!
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Dennis Jones wrote 03/07/2010 08:01 PM Re: Got a deal on Salmon at the grocery store [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #268099 - 03/07/2010 08:01 PM
Dennis Jones Webboard User Reg: 06-13-2004 Posts: 3389 Loc: Richmond Va Offline	my puppers get fish at least ones a week, canned mackeral or salmon but if I can score whole salmon at three a pound....
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Dennis Jones wrote 03/07/2010 08:05 PM Re: Got a deal on Salmon at the grocery store [Re: Barbara Schuler ] #268103 - 03/07/2010 08:05 PM
Dennis Jones Webboard User Reg: 06-13-2004 Posts: 3389 Loc: Richmond Va Offline	Quote: Barbara Schuler Dennis, have you gone to raw for the dogs or are you just thinking of giving them the cooked spine? I LOVE Salmon! too much trouble, four dogs, three kids, job, I do all the cooking so I augment their meals with fish that I get cheap. I seen on Nat Geo the Iditarod teams use steamed fish/chicken and rice plus whatever else. Those dogs are true athletes and do very well. Blooms on Williamsburg road are the ones selling the whole salmon, Doug can pick up one or two
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Connie Sutherland wrote 03/07/2010 08:08 PM Re: Got a deal on Salmon at the grocery store [Re: Dennis Jones ] #268104 - 03/07/2010 08:08 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Dennis Jones my puppers get fish at least ones a week, canned mackeral or salmon but if I can score whole salmon at three a pound.... PLUS, you are getting/giving a non-salty version of the fish. Great! I buy canned fish too, but use frozen when it's cheap (like Trader Joe's line-caught sole).
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Michael_Wise wrote 03/07/2010 08:14 PM Re: Got a deal on Salmon at the grocery store [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #268109 - 03/07/2010 08:14 PM
Michael_Wise Webboard User Reg: 07-10-2006 Posts: 4454 Loc: Arkansas Offline	Quote: Connie Sutherland I think yes. You have also avoided salmon poisoning (raw salmonids from west of the Cascades -- safe if cooked). When fresh/frozen, is the locale usually displayed on the package?
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Dennis Jones wrote 03/07/2010 08:18 PM Re: Got a deal on Salmon at the grocery store [Re: Michael_Wise ] #268112 - 03/07/2010 08:18 PM
Dennis Jones Webboard User Reg: 06-13-2004 Posts: 3389 Loc: Richmond Va Offline	forgot to mention they get yogurt once a week as well Maybe I'll just feed them once a week from now on.... you don't think that would make them too edgy do you?
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Connie Sutherland wrote 03/07/2010 09:14 PM Re: Got a deal on Salmon at the grocery store [Re: Dennis Jones ] #268139 - 03/07/2010 09:14 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Dennis Jones you don't think that would make them too edgy do you? Nah. It might make giving food rewards dangerous to the hand (and maybe the whole arm), though.
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Connie Sutherland wrote 03/07/2010 09:16 PM Re: Got a deal on Salmon at the grocery store [Re: Michael_Wise ] #268140 - 03/07/2010 09:16 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Michael_Wise  Quote: Connie Sutherland I think yes. You have also avoided salmon poisoning (raw salmonids from west of the Cascades -- safe if cooked). When fresh/frozen, is the locale usually displayed on the package? No, it isn't always, so cooking it is safest all around if you live anywhere that salmon from the Pacific Northwest is sold. At the butcher counter of a natural food store, IME, yes, the locale is known and displayed.
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