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Skriven 2008-03-14 21:24:42 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 3786 av Carol Shenkenberger (9798.cooks)
Ärende: Dogs and food
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Hi Carol!

> Yeah, figured i could sneak in a few 'doggie food' notes without anyone
> minding too much <g>.

<eg> :)

>> > in morning (actually I bet Don is giving a bit more) and 1/2 can (the 13oz
>> > ones) plus about 1/2 cup dry for his evening feeding.
>>
>> > Seems right?  Now up to 2 cups.  The dog food currently is 'pedigree' and
>> > next one is eukanba (something like that).  He was getting a little
>> > constipated on straight dry so I shifted to wet for 1/2 in the evening.
>>
>> Hmm... plenty of water around?  I wouldn't have expected him to get
>> constipated.. though I do know that when you change a dog's food, you have t
>> do it gradually, usually over 2-3 days is best by mixing the old with the ne
>> increasing the new more and more every day.. if you can :)  Sometimes you ju
>> don't have that choice (emergency stay at the animal hospital, etc.).


> Cash was fed on only dry at the caretakers, so adding wet is a difrence for
> him.  He has taken well to that.


Oh yeah, most dogs I've seen LOVE wet dog food.. so he's not going to mind you
mixing that in ..

> Water is always there.  We have one of
> those things with a bottle that fills the pan below. He drinks roughly a
> gallon every 3 days but Don may be filling it when I do not notice.

Ok that's good :)  It could be that he just needed to get accomodated..
comfortable.. that kind of thing.. especially if he's had it rough (being
abandoned, etc.).  Or it could be that if you're taking him out on walks to do
his business, he's too busy noticing all the new territory to remember to go
haha

>> On to amounts.. I feed my 2 adult dogs 2 cups of dog food 2ce a day.. They a

Oh, that's each, btw <grin>

>> labs though, so they are going to burn it off... I think 1 cup of dry food
>> twice a day should be good for cash given the size I think he must be...Does
>> act like he's still hungry after he finishes?... what does he weigh now do y
>> think? You should be able to run your hand down the back of his spine and fe
>> his backbone... If you feel blubber there that a fat dog, know what I mean?
>> There's a balance in there..

> Ok, I have him on about 2 cups a day, 1/2 of it wet at night.  I tossed in a
> 1/4 or so cup of cooked rice tonight.

Hmm... I'd let the rice wait until you got him going more regularly.. You can
add a couple of Tablespoons of Olive Oil to his food a couple of times a week
and that should help with the constipation.. If it isn't gone soon though, I'd
call your vet and find out if there's some other problem.

> We weighed him 'home style' by weighing Don, then Don holding Cash.  33.5
> lbs.  I checked this at the vet center on their scale and came same.

hehe.. he's a hefty boy :) :) You have to send me some pics :)

> I can feel his spine, but this is a 'wide' dog so it doesnt stand out much.
> I seem to feel muscle all along that side area.

That's good then.  You can feel it, that's the point.  He's no where near
"overweight", and it's not sticking out like he's lost a lot of weight either.


>> > Later, I'm looking at 1/4 cup warmed broth (dashi if he likes it) in his
>> > morning bowl of dry kibble <g>.
>>
>> Olive oil, or a good vegetable oil on their food is good for their coats :)
>> Whites are good for dogs too, if Charlotte leaves them around :) :) Dashi
>> seaweed broth can't be bad for him if he likes to slurp :)

> Hehe it's low salt.  I can add a little veggie oil too.  His coat is very
> healthy looking to me.

That's neat :)

> Grin, that is my feeling.  I may be astray though over 'classic pedigree
> beagle pics'.  If he had really long legs and this body on a whippet, he'd be
> very overweight!

Lol :)

> Guessing just from pics, he's mostly beagle, partly fox hound, and may have a
> touch of basset sometime back or boxer.  In fact, english boxer, foxhound,
> and predomanant beagle might fit?  Either way, we love him <g>>

Hey, that's what counts!  He's probably loving all the attention :) :)

>> He needs doggie cookies home-made.. hehehehe (one sec)

> Snagged!

I have more :) :)  I'll email them to ya :)

> Cash is now getting out evidently more than he used to.  Lets not blame the
> foster parents.  His health was low at the start due to heartworms and they
> foster 2 other dogs at the same time.

Yes, when he was sick with heartworms, that probably would have made it worse
if they pushed that kind of thing :(  These people knew what they were doing :)

> He's now getting about roughly 2 miles a day and even if that's walking
> speed, thats more than he has had.  The minimal weight drop I seem to
> percieve, may actually be muscling back up.

Yeah, that does make sense..

>> > I do need to learn better leash training skills.  Meantime, if I
>> > get 'serious toned' he listens and will stop pulling for a moment.
>> > xxcarol
>>
>> See if you can find this book at your library.. "Good Dog, Bad Dog: Dog
>> Training made easy"  by Mordecai Siegal.  It's a common sense book that take
>> the "two" of you through the steps you need to go through :) I used that wit
>> my Shepherd and, boy, I was shocked.. I didn't always follow everything he
>> said, but took what worked for us :)

> Cool tip!  I'll check amazon.com <g>.

It worked for me.. There's another good one from England that I've been trying
to remember the name of :(  Hopefully it will hit and I can let you know :)

Take care,
Janis

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