Tracy Collins Webboard User Reg: 10-09-2008
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Mine like whole fish--heads and all.
Heads without the rest of the fish would be quite bony, so you'll need to add muscle meat if you feed the heads.
Some dogs don't like raw fish, so buy a small amount first to see if they like it. And, of course, the usual fish caveat: no raw salmon (or other pacific salmonids) due to the risk of "salmon poisoning."
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Ditto to Tracy. I know from experience that some dogs hate raw fish .... to the point of refusing food day after day.
I'm not a short-order "cook" for my dogs, but two things I've discovered some dogs just won't eat, as if it's not even food, are raw liver and raw fish. I have no idea why, but I do know this weird aversion exists.
Please don't forget about salmonids, as Tracy mentioned (salmon, trout, and other upstream-swimming fish like lamprey, sculpin, shad, sturgeon, redside shiner, and candlefish) from ocean and rivers of the north Pacific .... they can carry a fluke called Nanophyetus salmincola, in itself relatively harmless but which can be infected with Neorickettsia helminthoeca. This is over 90% fatal to infected dogs (just dogs) without treatment.
Cooked fish doesn't present this danger, and of course canned is very cooked.
The liver and the lung are process points for toxins, the liver for those ingested, the lung for those inhaled. I might myself not feed raw lung, at least not raw lung from a big feedlot. I know these are used in dog foods, but they are cooked.
Burger King grinds lung into its patties for hamburger.
nop they did not eat the heads... i opened a tuna can and feed them that..... tomorrow i will go for some small fishes to try that.... i guess i was too naive
Well they do got a bit overweight, Too much food + a lot of raining= not enough excercise....
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Can you get frozen whole sardines? Sometimes I can get those very cheap if I happen to be down around Monterey, and they are something two of mine are quite eager to get. Lots of excellent long-chain Omega 3s!
I researched their calcium-phosphorus ratio a few months ago for a board member, and it turns out they need some boneless protein to balance their calcium, just as heads do, even from meatier fish, but boneless protein can be very cheap (like beef heart).
Today we gave the girls some fresh tiny fishes and although we needed to grab the fish for them they get all done up! Havanna was a bit picky and she clean the meat and then finish the bones... Sookie on the other hand crushed the fish and swallowed the part she could get lol. i hope that next week on fish day the eat it with more joy :P
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