i was just wondering what you feed your dog partner .does any one cook people food for them .or do you use dry bag food ,what brand .do you feed them cand food if so what brand and why .

G'day Mopar - my girls mostly get dry food, and I rotate through about 4 different high end brands so they don't develop any long term deficiencies. It's an advantage for me not to have them fixed on one brand, just in case I can't get that particular brand when travelling.

Well in life, my dogs ate dry kibbles mixed with a partial can of wet food. Pedigree at worst and Science Diet at best. But since my last two are pushing up daisies I still have half a 50lb bag and 3/4 case of cans still sitting in the corner. Still haven't been able to get rid of my collie girl's dog bed

I used to feed my boy Mother Hubbard dog pellets ( one large beer jug full every evening ) and food scraps. On special occiasions I would feed him cold grilled snags with just a light smear of honey over them.

Fogot to mention they also get a brisket bone at least once a week - mainly for teeth cleaning but also just because they enjoy it ^_^

Yep, I do pretty much the same thing.... not necessarily just to prevent long term deficiencies, but also cause I know I sure wouldn't want to eat the exact same food for months on end... :D

raw meat is a preference.my k9s are served raw with wet feed that contains a fruit-vegtable mixing. the more natural the better for my k9s.
some places have told me that a dry feed is more suitable for k9s..no problems have arisn with my k9s over the years of life.

I'm in the boat with Furisforfun here too, alternative between high end foods (no grocery store brands... none have corn nor wheat in the ingredients anywhere). I also add suitable raw bones, along with carrots, and other dog-safe table scraps... I don't feed any canned food however.

If I had more free time, and more convenient access to a butcher shop, I'd be feeding the "BARF" diet though...all raw meat, bones, and veggies...etc, as most dogs seem to do better on it then other foods, but dry kibble is the next best thing.

Well i like to go with the kibble supplemented with fruit and veg, its rare i give table scrape but when i do its only the meat and veg then on top of this theres tripe once a month just for veriety and the chews with marrow :)

thanks for the replys,my girls seem to have dry skin in the winter any one know any thing i can give them to help this .i use dry food and table scraps .thanks again mopar.

I feed my dogs kibbles dry food with a raw egg . I was told that the egg will help their coat and skin but that is only what i herd

My boys get dry food too, again changing between different brands, but with soft schages from brand to brand, in order to let the dogs adjust to the new food. I feed them 3 times a day, so hoping to reduce the risk of bloat. I enrich the dry food with a little fish oil, seaweed flour, and bran.
They also love fruit, chew carrots and bananas, apples, even oranges. Cucumbers seem to be the exception.

Egg is good for them but i dont know about it being good for the skin or coat but i have been told (again dont know how true it is) that oily fish also a little cheese can help, cheese can be good for human skin (in moderation) may be for dogs too :) I would try the fish oil first myself :)

This post has been edited by RECONN on Jan 27 2007, 03:16 AM

To help with dry skin, assuming there's no corn/what in the food already, Fish oil/omega 3 fatty acids, vitamin E suppliments, and a whole, raw egg may help as well. If you live in a colder climate, (drops below freezing), dogs can usually stand to have a little bit of extra food. Dry skin could be a result from a low fat diet (which is good in most cases, but could lead to dry skin during winter) so the extra food may clear it up...And they can always have time to lose any extra weight in the spring. :) (this is only for adult dogs) So cheese would probably help if it's a low-fat issue as well. (Really good stuff for motivated training :D)

This post has been edited by Särx on Jan 27 2007, 06:07 PM

For imedate relief dry skin try mixing Baby oil contaning alo and vitamin E in with some warm watter and massage it into their coat good...