I'm sure they are... it was just a passing thought, I'm in the poor house myself so I know what it's like..

I twernt trying to start an argument with anyone, just commenting, mainly out of bordom.

Lonny, PLEASE no football analogies. What kind of Canuck are you? HOCKEY only!!!
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Anyways, I feed 2X a day. AM is kibble. PM is either cooked & raw with or without kibble. My dog is a chewer. That is, he has always chewed his food thoroughly, especially kibble. Really funny to watch. He also always lies down to eat. He's something of a gourmet. Savors his food.

Because standard poodles are deep chested breeds I have always followed the advice found in many resources regarding feeding these types of dogs. I always wait 1hr after exercise to feed him and don't feed him if I'm coming home fast from work to take him on a long walk. I'd rather feed him at 9pm instead of 6pm if we're going walking. I usually widen the gap if it's been hot and we've been out for a while. I do, however, take along some treats to give him while we're walking so he's not starving.

This has worked well for me. No digestion problems whatsoever from his varied diet. I won't go into a big "stool" discussion, but you get the picture.

Do whatever you feel comfortable doing. If your dog is eating well, doing fine, not overweight and not having any absorption problems......why mess with a good thing?

Umm hmm, sure you were...you're thinking of new ways to stir up trouble right now aren't ya? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Caniche: Well, when the Liberials took power here, I moved up from the states... it's only a natural progression I thought

Melissa: See there I go starting trouble! LOL

Originally posted by VVG:
L Swanston:
How can this be? If you have 2 hours before and two hours after, and you feed your dog twice a day... Is this applicable on the raw meat feedings too. We feed raw meat w/veggie stuff or tripe for breakfast/ Millenium solid gold for dinner. Should I consider switching it to raw meat at night since most training is at night and the dry food for breakfast?? The basic idea is to avoid strenuous exercise both before and after a meal. I, too, feed twice daily (Solid Gold Millennia), and have been able to avoid both working right after a meal, and feeding right after work, and I do not soak the kibble. Like I said, I use the 1 hour guideline, and it hasn't been a problem, knock on wood! Naturally, it's important to be on the lookout for the first signs of trouble, and get your dog to an emergency vet within 30-45 minutes max.

Lonny, didn't you know? The reason we don't feed all BARF is that we don't love our dogs as much as you love yours!

Lonny LOL <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
There are several things in life that I don't understand and perhaps (or maybe not) would like some sort of explanation for.
A) Where does that extra sock go in the dryer?
B) Is there other intelligent life in the universe?
C) Football.

Just passin' time.............

Lonny,

You ask why would people feed some kibble and some raw. My question is why not? I would think that the raw advocates would side with the thought that the less kibble and the more raw the better? Now if your feeding come n' get it and mixing raw in then I kind of see what you mean...what's the point. But the kibble fed here was solid gold which as kibble goes....would be one of the ways to go.(I know that you hard core raw people don't think there is such a thing as "a better kind of kibble".) I would applaud anyone who would supplement a premium kibble with some raw food. Wouldn't it be "the less kibble the better"? Sorry I'm a little off topic, I should know better.

Lonny B
I feed a mixed diet because I find it difficult and confusing to keep up with the nutrients my dog needs in all the food groups and more importantly because it's what my trainer tells me to do. (and in my dog world, my trainers are the gods)b

It is a lot easier to calculate your diet as regards to protien/fat/carbs etc if you are feeding commercial food or a mixture of commercial food and meat with added fat etc supplementation. As for the complete raw diet I've been there and done that and it can be a very time consuming process when you get over a certain number of dogs. I figure my dogs are better off eating the way they do and getting the extra time that I would need to spend in food preparation spent on exercising or training them. I'm not knocking the BARF diet but alot of people successfully feed otherwise without probelms and in fact with great success. The way you feed should be engineered to fit with the lifestyle,specific activities and energy requirements of your dogs and seeing as this can differ widely between diffent activities there is no one "right" way to feed.

Since I was the one that brought up feeding both kibble and raw, I'll answer. I find feeding a raw diet very easy and Auster does well on it. I can't stand the thought that she's getting anything else. However, my mother sometimes forgets to fix the humans' meals so I have to keep some of the crap (otherwise known as kibble) around for when she forgets to go to the store or take bones out of the fridge, or other such stupid thing. I'm afraid that when I go off to college I will come back to a dog that's on kibble again <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> (. Luckily while I'm home the only time that Auster has to eat kibble is when my mother forgets to stop by the store.

My mother also thinks that Auster should have food available whenever she's hungry (24/7) and kibble is the only thing that can sit out in the kitchen and even the ants won't touch it. I'm working on that, but it takes a long time to break someone of the kibble habit when they grew up with family that fed Ol'Roy to their hunting dogs.