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Skriven 2008-03-16 12:05:20 av Carol Shenkenberger (9870.cooks)
   Kommentar till text 3807 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Dogs and food
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 > ->  > Not me - most of the ones I've known have ranged between plump and
 > ->  > downright roly-poly.  They're a chow hound's chow hound.
 > ->
 > -> Yup, you can't just leave dry kibble out with them.  They will eat
 > themselves
 > -> sick ;-)  Kinda like leaving a steak out around Mloo <evil grin>.
 > ->
 > Funny, I'd have said dark chocolate ... same difference I guess, in the
 > end.  I've witnessed a beagle finishing off a bag of sea salt and vinegar
 > potato chips, so beagles are less discriminating.

Cash will eat anything <g>.  Lst night as I finished off the duck broth, he
got all the skin as his 'wet food' and was extatic over it.  He spent much of
the rest of the night sniffing in the direction of the momma crock he cant
reach.  Heck, thats fair as Charlotte and i did the same!


 > -> So far, not too terrible there.  Don's now working with him on that.  I
 > think
 > -> I tagged it.  Some knotheads on a newsgroup had me convinced 1 cup in
 > morning
 > -> and 1 cup in evening was radically wrong and should be 1/2 cup each.  I
 > took
 > -> to 3/4 cup each and that is a little low for his needs.
 > 
 > It varies from dog to dog, and if he's running his tail off (ahem) he needs
 > more. If he's half australian sheepdog or something he needs a lot more.
 > Those things don't do anything but run if they get the chance.

True from what I've heard.  Cash doesnt run all that much but likes a chance
to chase about a little with a ball.  We need to teach him to 'fetch'.  He
runs after the ball but doesnt pick it up.  (It's one of the tougher
tennisball looking things that can handle strong jawed dogs yet soft enough
and small enough for him).


 > -> than I think) is his relatively large rib case to rest of body.  When he
 > lays
 > -> down, you can clearly count the bottom 5 ribs and see the pattern of the
 > 6th.
 > ->  When he stands, it's not that evident.
 > 
 > He's part something else then. ...a pure-bred chow hound no doubt.

Definately.  For example, a beagle should be happy to knarf a rawhide bone
for several days.  Cash *eats them* in 20 mins flat.  We stopped giving them
til we can check with the vet as we suspect he could face a choking hazard
there.  He'll hold the bottom knot with his forepaws and chew the top knot
off in about 10 mins.

Oh, another thing Cash has is a slightly longer jaw than a classic beagle.
He's definately a scent hound mix, with a possible english bulldog someplace
in the not terribly distant past?

 > -> Smile, my guess so far is he's totally healthy, getting more exercise
 > than
 > -> before, and just needs a tough of fattening up that isnt critical.
 > Afterall,
 > -> we come with 'set points' for weight.  Cash's just might be a little
 > lower
 > -> than a pure beagle.
 > 
 > How about a pure Loo?  Or a Sacerdote?  I don't know a lot of four-legged
 > chow hounds, just two-legs.

hehehe Hard to say!  Either way, we upped his food and he seems happier.  He
now gets 1 cup in morning plus a little wet 'something' or broth added to the
dry.  At night, he gets 1/2 cup dry kibble (Eukabana) and 6oz wet from a can.

Fed on all dry, he developed minor constipation.

He likes Dashi.  Daisy also likes dashi.  In Cash's case it goes over his dry
kibble and in Daisy's case it goes in a small knosh bowl with about 2 TB
worth.  Cash will eat food with chicken broth but doesnt really like it. 
Beef broth is waggy tail and dashi is whorlwind tail.

                  xxcarol
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