[Mixed Feeding (Raw and Dry)]

1 hour ago, Remolacha said:

Isn’t the poop from raw food wonderful 

hahaha its brilliant. Tiny, few, firm and less smelly 

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1 hour ago, BatterseaBrindl said:

I have fed a raw-kibble diet for years. 

My guys are healthy, weight is fantastic  and they have amazing poop!

I am lucky to have a local raw food business in my Village. It is a mix of beef, chicken, fish, eggs including bone and tripe. It is ground up quite fine..like hamburger.. And frozen into 40 pound blocks. Then they cut it on a band saw into whatever size pieces you need.

I get 1 pound pieces and this is their breakfast. They eat a generous cup of Kirkland Lamb & Rice for dinner.

 

Thanks BatterseaBrindl for this. We've found a raw food supplier at our place and yes they freeze them in blocks of 80 to 100g and it comes in a variety of meat plus green tripe and sometimes crushed bones in it. 

We've decided that we'll do a plan similar to yours - raw in the morning of approx 350g and followed by the evening meal of Coprice kibble with a mix of some houndlog. 

It's the first time we're using the raw blocks this week as the only time we fed our grey raw was in some mornings with either a chicken frame or veal bone. Kibble was still being fed in the evenings that time and the poop was firm and small. When we switched back to kibble for the whole day (after 5 days of raw feed in the morning) his poop later in the day ended up like pumpkin mash. Back to raw in the mornings and that firmed things up

 

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On 11/8/2019 at 6:18 PM, Remolacha said:

I am not sure where the “don’t mix raw and kibble” came from, but the diet most trainers feed at the track is some mix of raw meat, cooked veggies, and kibble. I have never had a problem mixing kibble and ground raw. That said, I would probably not mix RMBs (raw meaty bones) and kibble in the same meal.

Thanks Remolacha, I recently had a chat with a lady customer at a raw food supplier on the weekend and she's going on a mix feed too so looks like it won't be a problem

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Hi all, I'm currently doing some morning meals for my grey using chicken carcass and raw tripe. Dinner would usually be kibble and some soft food.

I went to visit my local raw food supplier for pets and they have recommended that if i fed a raw diet, i should make it completely raw and i should not mix it this way.

They've advised that this is due to the gastric acidity as raw stimulates strong gastric acidity while processed/dry are not good acidity stimulators.

Is this true or is this all about marketing their products?

I understand that raw and dry should not be mixed together at the same time however I'm doing raw in the mornings then dry in the evenings.

My plan for raw is either one of these - chicken frames, veal bones, veal brisket. Always with some raw tripe.

Would really like to hear from your experience and what some recommendations are.

Thanks so much!

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6 hours ago, lifeingrey said:

There are a lot of helpful posts I have found on here in regards to the walking situation, as for in the house/through the window I wouldn't be concerned. I would think rewarding him for breaking his attention on the cat is good, but not sure if it's worthwhile.

For the walks, both of my greys are very prey driven. My "older" girl (3 y.o.) we got at 18 months and I immediately started teaching her "leave it" by simply turning the opposite way from whatever she locked onto after saying "leave it" firmly. She learned that if she stiffened up, pulled, or was too excited that we would not get to walk that way. This worked very well for her and I didn't need to do much else except repetition. Our "younger" girl (2 y.o.) struggles with impulse control and is not as mature. She gets very upset and distracted even when I turn her away- and away and away- I keep her feet moving, mind thinking. She is getting better, but for her I had to break her concentration with a "clap" of my hands, "leave it", and turn away. Until she would walk calmly we might switch the direction once or twice. You have to be consistent, I'm no dog trainer but this has worked for us.

I would add in treats if your grey is food motivated. Reward him for breaking the attention and focusing on you. You could try teaching him "watch me". I've heard people do that by keeping the treats in their own mouth (hot dog, chicken, etc), saying the command, and once the dog looks at their face "spitting" the treat to them. If it works, it works. I'm sure you could also use your hands but you want them to be rewarded immediately for looking at your face. Either way, it's a good tool to have in any kind of stressful situation.

Thanks for this and I'll try the "going the other way" method and hopefully that does the job. He went absolutely mental the other day ( a huge tug and leap) when a collie was off leash running along the footpath with its owner on a bike. I guess he wanted to race him 

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6 hours ago, palmettobug said:

I have three cats and two greys now--they all get along inside the house. But OH BOY, when we are out walking, that's a whole different story. They both want to go meet that cat (or possum, or with Fuzzy, THAT SQUIRREL!!), so I have to say in the VOG "NO CAT" and pull them along and keep walking. Fuzzy's squirrel obsession takes the form of statuing and staring--I got her a harness and it is a lot easier to get her moving with that opposed to the martingale. I say "let's go" or "keep walking" in a happy tone. She is doing a LOT better than when I first got her, she did a backflip on leash trying to get a squirrel out of a tree!

Oh boy that backflip. I remembered the time when mine did a side flip and landed on his side with a thud. No whimper or whine but i think that thought him not to pull hard on the harness!!

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We've recently adopted our 1st greyhound and although he's been labelled as cat trainable, we would like some advice base on your experience etc.

We do not have a cat in our house and do not intend to get any in the future, however our windows are from the floor to the ceiling and being on the 2nd level, our grey has the ability to look outside on our street in full view.

When he sees a cat across the road at the end of the driveway, he will often be fine and just stares at it or makes a little whine.

However when its close to our home, like on the street or just across on the footpath, he will bark, whine and gets quite excited.

My question is, what would you do in that instance or even before he gets excited?

I would usually call him over and if he does (50% of the time), i would praise or give him treats......he would then head back to the window.

While on a walk, he tried to go after a cat running across the road too which I understand its in their prey drive. But do you walk away from the target or just continue walking and pretend nothing has happened?

Thanks in advance for any advice you can provide  

[Prevention of Corn]

Thanks everyone for all your comments. I guess its only what we can do as a preventive measure for now and will target it when it comes

[Prevention of Corn]

Hi all, we will be adopting our first greyhound very soon and I've read a lot about corns in greys being very common.

I've seen lots of posts regarding treatments etc, however is there a way to prevent them from happening in the first place?

Would moisturizing their paws regularly minimize corns from occurring?

Thanks so much and would love to see what has helped for some.

[Hygiene for raw feeding]

Thanks so much for all your input. Makes me more at ease and yes definitely commonsense needs to come into play for food prep and cleanup. Cheers again 

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I'm planning on feeding a mixture of raw food and dry food for my greyhound and was wondering if its necessary to wipe their mouth after they eat?

They will be fed the raw food outside but I'm just worried of the spread of bacteria when they come into the home and have their face all over the sofa etc.

Apologies if this sounded silly but was wondering what you would do or will they lick it clean themselves or maybe leave them outside for awhile before coming into the home?

Thanks in advance