Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004
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YUCK!
When I hear this kind of thing I am glad that I feed a homemade raw diet. If my dogs get sick....many of the local city folks will as well..since I purchase fresh foods from a restaurant wholesale. Wish I could say I raised that food myself...but...life isn't always perfect.
For Anne (and anyone else following this), I am happy to report that since we've gone back to 1/2 old food, 1/2 new food, poops have been good. This also includes a late night meal.
I'm going to keep him at these rations for March and April to give his gut time to heal completely before making any further changes. If he seems to be losing too much weight, I'll add in another small early morning meal as I'm up to go to work at 4:30 am anyways.
Random thought - My older girl is currently on Turkey and Sweet Potato dog food so given what Betty wrote about the Minnesota turkeys being killed/dying, should I be looking at switching her to something else or is it not an issue as Avian flu shouldn't affect dogs?
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004
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Glad that you finally had some success. Yes. Keep him there for a good few months. Remember when you start adding another meal..do it a tablepoon at a time...almost more like a treat than a meal..too much food can trigger a gastric response too.
Don't have any answer on your 2nd question. Might be worth considering...if what Betty thinks may happen to that meat. But I would think that food on the shelves right now would be safe maybe pick up a few extra bags that may hold her a few months.(Don't know how long it is good for) is it able to be frozen? I am sure that it would be a couple of moths before food that is processed today would be in stores. I would think their inventory is first in first out...so it would be a while I would think. But I might be wrong about that.
Usually when I pick up food, the expiry date is at least a year out if not more. I'm getting food on Friday so I think just to be safe, I'll grab enough for 4 or 5 months. I'm in Canada so I'm hoping turkeys processed in the States will stay in the States.
For the extra early morning meal what I think I'll do is count out X number of kibble and do a small training session. He gets a little extra food in and I get some extra training in.
I'll start with 6 pieces of kibble (3 old/3 new) and every 3 days or so, increase it by 6 pieces until we get up to 1 cup. All of his other meals right now are only 1 cup and I want to leave it like that because 1 cup meals are what's been working.
Avian flu doesn't affect dogs! I just thought it was gross that there were so very many dead turkeys. The disease is in Kansas and Missouri now, gone from Minnesota.
I don't think that you have to worry about it. I shouldn't have mentioned it. Besides--by the time the turkey gets into the dog food, it's so processed it likely doesn't matter.
Aric Buss Webboard User Reg: 10-14-2013
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Just curious.....Can you put kibble in freezer bags & in the freezer for a longer life? Anyone know. Since I have never really fed it I have no clue.
I have tried this, no reason why really was just curious.
Kibble does fine while "frozen" however no matter how i seal the bag ice crystals form.
So when its removed it has to be consumed within the day as it is a little to moist for my liking.
I usually buy one bag to use and an extra to have on hand. Once I open the extra one, I know I have two weeks to get another bag before I come close to running out.
My freezer is not near big enough to be freezing any of it and I don't think I would anyways for the reasons Aric mentioned.
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