Which protein is best? (raw)

[angelbears]

I believe in variety but in your opinions, what is the one best protein, to feed your dog?

 

[ruthcatrin]

What works best for him I'm not sure there is a good answer otherwise really. In general grass fed is considered better, less enhnced in anyway is better....

 

[angelbears]

I agree, I have read a few times that red meat should be the majority of what you feed. We are feeding a lot of pork, then chicken, for bone content, then beef and about 20% being meats that are hard for us to source cheaply, turkey, lamb, duck, tripe.

Although for the next couple of months we will be feeding heavy turkey. At .27 cents a pound you can't beat it. I won't feed the bone but you still can't beat the price.

 

[Duetsche_Doggen]

Thor LOVES beef with pork being a close second. Then I feed the chikcen and tripe.

AB Wow that's cheap!

 

[musicdeb]

.27 a pound for turkey...damn...I haven't seen it that cheap here. I feed Titan a lot of chicken legs and hamburger.

 

[NYDDB]

Beef heart gives a lot of bang for your buck, nutritionally. Plus I try to keep under $2/pound and I can find it here for that.

Otherwise, whole fish, then chicken (mostly for bone, and because it's cheap); beef trim; pork; tripe....et. al.

I am hoping the turkeys might be cheaper after Thanksgiving...?

 

[angelbears]

HEB's in Houston have the turkeys for .27 with a 20.00 purchase.

NYDDB, not sure about stores in NYC, but ours are open on Thanksgiving day, that is when they will discount it down here. I wish I could get mine to eat fish, they get it about once a month but we have to do a very light saute and they will only eat about half of it. We can get smelt here for .57 cents a pound so it really ticks me off that the brats won't eat it. I agree about beef heart. My supplier went up to a 10 case minimum, which comes up to about 400 lbs. the price is right at .89 cents but I just don't have the freezer space.

 

[NYDDB]

HEB's in Houston have the turkeys for .27 with a 20.00 purchase.

NYDDB, not sure about stores in NYC, but ours are open on Thanksgiving day, that is when they will discount it down here. I wish I could get mine to eat fish, they get it about once a month but we have to do a very light saute and they will only eat about half of it. We can get smelt here for .57 cents a pound so it really ticks me off that the brats won't eat it. I agree about beef heart. My supplier went up to a 10 case minimum, which comes up to about 400 lbs. the price is right at .89 cents but I just don't have the freezer space.

Yeah-- that's a lot of heart to keep. Too bad we don't live closer to split a few cases...

Funny thing about fish- when I first tried raw whole fish with Mateo (sardines/whiting/mackerel), he was not happy; just kind of moved it around and left it sitting there. He was about 6-7 months old at the time.

Fast forward a few months and I tried again. Now he loves the stuff- any kind of raw fish; and he'll eat that first. Go figure...??? I like to feed it because I live in the city, it's literally the only true prey he can eat whole (no room for carcasses here, LOL).

I will see what I can find in the discounted turkey dept; that's a good tip. Once, I literally found turkey necks at Whole Foods for .29/pound. Such a good feeling to fill up a shopping bag and the total comes to like $2 or $3...

 

[Tailcreek]

There really is no "one" best protien to feed. Canines by their predatory nature are designed to feed upon a variety of protien sources. If there was one type of protien I would say is critical...would be some form of red meat.

Jennifer
www.tailcreekmastiffs.com
www.thenaturalcarnivore.com

 

[ruthcatrin]

Also the type of proteins is essential too.A meals with red beef as a resource could have the same number as one from poultry, but the one with red beef is a bad proteins resource for liver organ affected creatures. Healthy and balanced diet can be significantly more costly than buying pet meals in a bag. Means home made food is more costly.

All of us commenting here are feeding raw, we have either figured out how to keep our costs down, or decided its worth it.

And your statement about red meat isn't making sense. Please explain.

 

[DMikeM]

Dogs are not effected by red meats like humans are. They thrive on what hurts us. Old chicken you would be in the hospital, but your dog would relish it as a treat, same for beef and fish such foods that we might consider tainted and dangerous are fine for our scavenging carnivors.
I feed mostly chicken and ground beef, Jade gets whole sardine once a week but my other two will not touch fish. Anytime I see lamb neck or beef neck I snatch that up as all 3 dogs love it. Once in awhile any cheap cut of whole beef. I cut into chunks and serve at room temperature. My dogs never have runny stools but do like to eat dirt and grass when they can. Got to have those ground base enzymes once in awhile.

 

[ruthcatrin]

Dogs are not effected by red meats like humans are.

Actually I suspect thats a troll, I figured I'd be polite just in case, but fairly sure now thats a troll.

 

[DMikeM]

Actually I suspect thats a troll, I figured I'd be polite just in case, but fairly sure now thats a troll.

2 posts on forum then in this type of conversation you could be right, but I like to tug the bait a little before I bite the fisherman.