makes a dog more aggressive only if you're chinese.
Under another thread about feeding raw, I mentioned I'm chinese and growing up my dad fed my dog raw meat to try to make her mean. Didn't work.
I'm considering switching my 4 dogs - 2 Goldens, a Border Collie and a Beagle over to raw and I keep thinking - How much of a mess am I getting into???
I feed them kibble now and when that gets on the floor I just pick it up and put it back in their bowls. With raw chicken and turkey necks, I'm picturing a scene out of Psycho on my kitchen floor!
Where do you all feed your dogs...inside? outside? in their crates? Really, my only option, and the easiest to clean up, would be the kitchen. Crates are in the living room and bedroom (carpet), and feeding them outside at this time of year in Florida would be a disaster.
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Winters, I feed indoors on newspaper. The dogs learn that the newspaper is their place and usually don't go off of it. Turkey necks are a pain on newspaper, tho, they get stuck and the dog eats just as much newspaper as neck (good fiber!). Taping the paper helps a lot.
Summer now, I feed outside for the bone meal. No mess; I just have to watch them, and discourage any checking too close to another dog's area. As soon as each dog is done, back they go into the house. Works well for me.
Tho I can see how ants are a PITA. Basement maybe (if ya'll have one down there in the swamp! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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No we don't have basements. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> I feed mine either in crate, in the kitchen or outside. The food doesn't hit the ground long enough for anything to happen. Recreational bones get picked up if they're outside since bugs seem to like those too.
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I think it is true that feeding a dog gunpowder will make them aggressive. Not to be confused with "protective".
It's my understanding that when you feed a dog gunpowder it causes them excrutiating pain and it turn, they become aggressive. I'm not advocating this in anyway, this is just what I have read.
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again, the question is; is that Black powder(sulfur,charcoal and salt peter) or Smokeless powder(a nitrocellulose product). All it's doing is making the dog ill and uncomfortable. I know nitroglycerin products will give you a very bad headache.
I just joined this discussion. I am in the process of switching my 3.5 old GSD to RAW FOOD. Do I have to do complete RAW DIET to get it's benefit or CAN I get away with 60-40: RAW- CAN/HOME COOKED MEAL?
I was going to feed him some cooked LENTILS WITH COOKED CHICKEN TODAY. Is that okay? LENTILES ARE NOT CONSIDERED 100% GRAIN. CORRECT? Or should I ask is feeding little bit of grain with proper exercise still bad? ( GRAIN IN HIS DIET? )
Also, My pup IS 35 POUNDS IN 3 1/2 MONTHS. IS HIS WEIGHT OKAY? AND How much RAW MEAT/ RAW BONE I SHOULD FEED HIM?
Why do you want to feed him cooked meat? The harmful bacterias in the meat that hurt us do NOT hurt dogs. It does not need to be cooked and shouldn't be, as cooking destroys enyzmes and nutrients. Might as well feed cardboard if you feed cooked chicken or cooked meat...they have about the same nutritional value.
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