What did your dog(s) eat today?

[bckrazy]

I just cut up 2 turkeys! That was like, hell. =P I usually make my Mom cut them up, but everyone is gone, so I had to do it. I got really lazy and basically cut the turkey breasts off, then split the back & the chest, and I gave Gonzo a whole turkey back this morning. I think he'll be fasting tomorrow.

Gonzo ~
Turkey back
Fish oil
Kelp
Strawberry & Banana Frosty Paw

Fozzie ~
Turkey neck
Beef meat
Fish Oil
Kelp
Tomatoes
Strawberry & Banana Frosty Paw

[The Cat Factory]

Chester had a turkey leg and an egg for breakfast, and he'll be getting a chicken back/neck for dinner.

[wolfsoul]

Mountain Dog Beef Fruit & Veggie
Kelp
Glucosamine and shark cartilage (I give this to her everyday, I just keep forgetting to write it down lol. I'm determined that her puppies will have healthy joints)
Bee pollen
honey

[bckrazy]

Oo bee pollen and shark cartilege! What a spoiled Mom & puppies!

[lv4dogs]

Nanook & Kaige each had a big fat salmon steak for breakfast this morning, and their chicken feet.
Raustyk & Indy just had their ckicken feet because they are not too fond of fish/seafood and I didn't have time to entice them to eat it. lol

I think I mentioned that I feed chicken feet &/or beef trachea's everyday before but I usually don't write it down because I give it as a snack/treat and it kind of skips my mind to include it as a part of their meals. But as of lately I've been giving then as a part of their breakfast everyday thats why it's all of a sudden being mentioned.

shark cartilage

You are so lucky, I'd love to find some of that around me.

[anna_66]

Sue where do you get the chicken feet? I've been hearing they are very good to feed for the Glucosamine.

Sarah, I've been doing so much reading at the Raw feeding site it's unreal. Thanks so much for the link. I'm going to sign up for a couple more of the sites too (feed supply and raw chat...should be interesting!). I have learned that I need to start feeding more meat and organs. I really thought they had to have just as much bone as meat, but this is not the case. So needless to say, I've learned a lot!

I really liked the videos a couple of you posted so I thought I'd get one of Bon with his first picnic roast (on sale for .98/lb!)
This is by far the largest piece of meat he's ever had. I'd say it probably was a good 6-7 lbs with a huge bone in the middle. Needless to say this is going to be a couple days worth of food for him (I cut off meat for the girls too..it was a 12+ pounder!). He worked diligently this morning for 40 minutes before I took it up.
Video

I just thought I'd share this too...his nice fully belly


Oh and as for their meal today...they all had picnic, and while Bon was working the girls also got a ham hock.

[Kfamr]

Has anyone ever fed Yellow Tail Jack (fish) ?

My brother and I found a fishing spot where there is huge amounts of them. I found out you can keep as many as you want as well as any size. They are SO easy to hook and a lot of fun to reel in.

The Muttlies would have an endless supply of fish!

[.sarah]

This morning Mandy, Buck, and Nova all had beef brisket (Luka was still upstairs sleeping when I fed the other three). For dinner I fed Buck and Luka chicken quarters.

Sue where do you get the chicken feet? I've been hearing they are very good to feed for the Glucosamine.

I'm not Sue but I also feed chicken feet daily. Mandy needs them for her joints as well as an additional liquid supplement. I get them from my butcher, but I can occassionally find them at the grocery store. My butcher has always been cheaper though. Ethnic markets (if you have any near you, I don't ) usually have them as well as some other crazy body parts (like heads )

Sarah, I've been doing so much reading at the Raw feeding site it's unreal. Thanks so much for the link. I'm going to sign up for a couple more of the sites too (feed supply and raw chat...should be interesting!). I have learned that I need to start feeding more meat and organs. I really thought they had to have just as much bone as meat, but this is not the case. So needless to say, I've learned a lot!

I'm glad you've found it useful Yep, the diet is all about meat! It should be around 80% meat. I think this is where most people mess up. I also used to feed too much bone. My dogs get a lot of boneless stuff now, and I'm trying to find more whole animals (because they have the perfect bone/meat/organ ratio).

I just thought I'd share this too...his nice fully belly

Cute!!! Bon looks like he was enjoying that roast! Good find I usually get roasts for $1.29/lb around here.

[lv4dogs]

Sue where do you get the chicken feet? I've been hearing they are very good to feed for the Glucosamine.

Yes they are an excellent source of Glucosamine AND Chondroitin. Beef trachea & shark cartilidge are also excellent sources of glucosamine & chondrotin. Glu. & Chon. are both great for all sorts of joint & mobility problems & to aid in the prevention of problems that may occur later in life with larger and/or more active breeds & the like.

I used to get them from one of my butchers (which would cost between .89-$1.39/lb depending on what butcher I got them from & if they had to order them or not) but I recently found someone better. He usually proccesses dear and other game animals for the public but one of his good friends owns an organic chicken farm & he helps him butcher his chickens, which averages out to be about 100/month. They save me all the feet, for FREE! (he will soon be giving me the scraps to all the game animals he proccesses as well as an occassional pig(s) & cow(s) that his family butchers for their own private use) Granted I have to drive almost an hour one way to get them but it's worth it. (I get to visit my Grandmother & Uncle as well as they live in the area).

Has anyone ever fed Yellow Tail Jack (fish) ?

I am not sure, I've never heard of the fish. But I did google it & found that people eat it, cooked, smoked & even raw in sushi.
(scroll *almost* half way down)
http://www.catalinaop.com/fish.htm
I would say that if people can eat it raw dogs should more than able to as well. If it were me I'd feed it (of course after it is frozen for a few days just to be on the safe side).

Just please remember that dogs need a lot of other meats with their diet. Fish should not be in every meal.