What did your dog(s) eat today?

[lv4dogs]

Sue, I will take that goose! =P Goose & duck are Gonzo's favorites. How much does it cost in your area? It's like $2/lb here, so I don't get it often. Sorry that your 4 won't take to it, that's a surprise!

I get it for free. A family I know hunts geese but does it only for sport. So to make use of the animal they save me the meat.
I was also surprised that NONE of them would eat it, very surprised. The goose I gave them was a year old, frozen the entire time but looked great, smelled good and it wasn't even freezer burnt. I wonder if something was wrong with it? I don't know what but it really boggled my mind that none of them would even take one bite out of it.


Last nights dinner:
beef liver
chicken quarter
1 chicken foot (Nanook had 2)

This morning
just 2 chicken feet each

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

How much does it cost in your area? It's like $2/lb here, so I don't get it often.

The smallest Goose I have seen in the stores here has been over $40.00! It is extremely expensive here, so I never buy it.

[.sarah]

They had beef brisket today.

Right now I'm uploading videos of them eating their fish and shrimp yesterday

[wolfsoul]

Visa had ground beef an a pork foot this morning with egg, kelp, chlorophyll, and marine oil.

[lv4dogs]

Right now I'm uploading videos of them eating their fish and shrimp yesterday

I think shrimp would be the only thing I would NOT feed my dogs, it wouldn't make it past my own mouth.



Last night's dinner:
canned salmon
canned mackerel
no salt mixed veggies
sweet potatoes
turkey
egg

Breakfast this morning:
venison
2 chicken feet

[bckrazy]

Sue, do they eat any other wild meat? Wild animals have a totally different taste, so maybe they're used to grocery/butcher meats? =P That's all I could think of.

[.sarah]

I think shrimp would be the only thing I would NOT feed my dogs, it wouldn't make it past my own mouth.

They had been in the freezer too long They are way too expensive for me to buy for food for them.

[zoey]

Today Daisy had mackeral in tomato sauce i mixed with oatmeal for breakfast after her 4 mile bike run. Then a granny smith apple cubed in the afternoon. Then, since she's been a good girl she had a can of tuna for din-din with another bike run to come this evening.
These meals were all done with the N.I.L.I.F. approach, which we'll be augmenting for another 3 & 1/2 weeks.
She's going through her asolescense and the N.I.L.I.F. is working beautifully. But she is stubborn with a strong personality and wants to be alpha. So we'll continue for a solid month.

[bckrazy]

You can't do enough NILIF! Why not continue infinitely, Zoey? I still do it with both of my dogs. Fozzie is also hitting his defiant stage... OMG I know what you're going through.


Gonzo ~
1 turkey leg
Snacks: Sardines & Chicken organ meal (2 livers, heart, lungs, & gizzard) & Apple (it helped his sardine breath =/)
Supps: Kelp & multi-vitamin
Dessert: Vanilla frozen yogurt

Fozzie ~
1/2 Lamb shank
2 chicken wings
Snacks: Sardines & Chicken livers & Apple & Banana
Supps: Kelp & multi-vitamin
Dessert: Vanilla frozen yogurt

[zoey]

bckrazy,
wow! i should eat as well as your dogs!
indefinite N.I.L.I.F. is a thought. It's probably just laziness on my part that I don't do it indefinitely.
I mean, if I have a month's goal, i feel i'm working toward something. But yeah, the hand feeding with lots of commands really keeps her knowing who's boss, as well as a kinder, gentler dog. (Oh, that mashed mackeral and oatmeal feels so *ahem* pleasant in my hands.)
And I never have to get mad. I just put the food away until later when she isn't cooperating. I guess I just need to teach her more commands to keep her from getting too bored by repeating the same ones over and over and over.

As a side note, Daisy's really doing well at standing up. And she loves to hold on to my hands sometimes for short periods of time, and walks along on 2 feet that way. I am certain that she will learn to walk on 2 feet.

[lv4dogs]

Sue, do they eat any other wild meat? Wild animals have a totally different taste, so maybe they're used to grocery/butcher meats? =P That's all I could think of.

Oh yes, they eat a lot of venison and occasioanlly rabbit (their all time favorite), buffalo, ostritch & duck. Once or twice they have had wild boar, alligator, bear, and I know a few others I just can't think of them at this time. In the wild they have actually caught & eaten pleanty of squirells, woodchucks, raccoons and of course rabbit. And they love it all.

But wait it gets good here. I offered goose again last night, mostly frozen & they gobbled it right up. Maybe it was a bad batch? Maybe they don't like it totally thawed? Maybe they just needed to get used to it? I don't know but I can't keep em' away from it now. lol

Last night's dinner:
Venison
Goose
liver
eggs

[bckrazy]

Awesome! It would've been a shame for so much free goose to go to waste!

I woke up early... er... didn't sleep, so the dogs got breakfast really early and they were stoked! They both got pork spare ribs w/ some should attached, a big favorite.

I think I'm going to get a pig head from the butcher sometime soon. Whaddya think? I'm afraid it might not fit in the freezer, though...

[.sarah]

Everyone is having a chicken quarter, and Luka and Mandy are also getting beef brisket.

[lv4dogs]

I think I'm going to get a pig head from the butcher sometime soon. Whaddya think? I'm afraid it might not fit in the freezer, though...

Maybe the butcher could cut it in half? I know I'd love to have a pig head for my dogs so I say go for it!

You can't do enough NILIF!

You are right there. We follow the NILIF rules every single day. Sure once they've learned more we cut back a little but it is still a part of our daily routine & it will always be.

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Breakfast:

1 Turkey Wing
1 Chicken Foot
1 Lamb Chop

Dinner:

1 Turkey Wing
1 Lamb Chop
1 Banana
1 Chicken Foot
1 Egg