I am going to a dog course at the end of this month, and I will not have a car there, it is WAY up north, and am sharing accomadations/fridge space with many people. I am a bit worried about bringing raw food.
I feed raw but am thinking of switching to a grain free kibble for the rest of the month and for the course.
Is it best to switch him from raw to this kibble cold turkey? He has been on raw for 2.5 years. This is the kibble product I will use:
I did think about Honest Kitchen. Problem is I have to order it from the US. Money and time constraints. I have some Canadian dehydrated version stuff I could look into too, but I want something I can start soon to work out kinks. (I have some of this dehydrated product in our emergency pack, but not enough for this trip)
If I am honest, one of the reasons I was going to go with the Horizon product is that my collegues are sponsered by them and I could have the three weeks of food at no cost.
Do you think the dehydrated would be an easier transition than a grain free kibble? Probabaly eh, being real food and all
I am scrambling for this course as it is a last minute thing...now I am looking for an appropriate harness for glacier travel with a dog....MAN I wish I could sew
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How long will you be gone? I forget you are in Canada....
The Horizon product does not look bad at all. I am wondering what the sugar content is with the pea starch and green split peas in it? Probably not enough to be a big concern though.
I would keep him on Salmon Oil and Vit E though.
I make patties out of ground turkey, eggs, and Honest Kitchen when I travel for up to 6 days at a time.
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One 11 hr car ride, then a plane ride, then a short car ride in someone elses car to the course. Then reverse on the way home...
We will have so much dog/ski/glacier/outdoor gear, I am worried about a cooler too. We are in shared accomadation and doing a one day grocery shop and sharing a kitchen/firdge so I was worried there may not be enough room for my dog's food (2 lbs a day).
After your suggestion I am going to check if I can get supply of Canadian dehydrated food and maybe I can do a bit of both.
I would like to get enough to try feeding it for a few days in a row before I go, just to see if it causes any issues.
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Ooh..yeah...too much of a trip to try and handle raw diet.....That may be a trip that I would switch to a kibble for too, especially if dehydrated raw was hard to get.....
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