Prepped123
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It would have to be the last ! Thing on my list to eat they help so much in alarming and confortting your family through any situation
Most frogs and toads are poisonous to dogs. Be careful with that.It's the cooked chicken bones that are dangerous to dogs. If the SHTF, I suspect our dogs and cats will be eating a lot of frog, snake, and birds....as we have a ton of all of those here. Can't take a step without seeing a frog around my place.
Well i hate to be the asshole ! in this discussion but if u do take pets when u bug out and it comes to the life or death point of starving you could always eat the pet !
You can avoid intestinal difficulties in pets by introducing new foods very gradually. But I want you to think very seriously about this: If you have to bug out and it looks like it's going to be for a very long time, do you really want to lug hundreds of pounds of dry dog food with you too? People food is much healthier for pets than commercial dog foods. Before the advent of commercial dog foods, most of our pets lived on what they could forage for themselves plus our table scraps. The average lifespan of a small breed dog in the 1920's was over 20 years, with even the Great Dane living as long as 18 years. Commercial dog food is killing our pets, folks, just like commercial foods are killing us.i got a friendly reminder about changing a pet's diet..and its just important as taking your own diet into consideration..i bought some different doggie treats then what i normally buy.well needless to say she ended up with the runs/diarrhea..bottom line is,,buy what you buy now,for what's needed for a bug out situation..this will not only avoid problems with the pet in question.but you'll also avoid leaving a unwelcome trail as well..
Your right about most of the cheap foods being bad for you dog. Next time you go for shots or something ask your vet, or just google it. There's kidney failure and liver disease being caused by some of the main brands. I read something about vitamin k added in the ingredients being particularly bad. I can't afford the 60 dollar a bag stuff, but I read the ingredients and go somewhere in the middle.You can avoid intestinal difficulties in pets by introducing new foods very gradually. But I want you to think very seriously about this: If you have to bug out and it looks like it's going to be for a very long time, do you really want to lug hundreds of pounds of dry dog food with you too? People food is much healthier for pets than commercial dog foods. Before the advent of commercial dog foods, most of our pets lived on what they could forage for themselves plus our table scraps. The average lifespan of a small breed dog in the 1920's was over 20 years, with even the Great Dane living as long as 18 years. Commercial dog food is killing our pets, folks, just like commercial foods are killing us.
My recommendation is that you start feeding your dog a small amount of your leftovers every evening after you are finished eating. Let them slowly get used to having real nutrition in their stomachs. Then, if you have to bug out, your dog will be able to eat your leftovers without having to worry about where you're going to put those hundreds of pounds of dog food.
You can avoid intestinal difficulties in pets by introducing new foods very gradually.
Unfortunately, Brent, courses in "nutrition" are electives for veterinarians. I have done tons of research on my own due to the loss of 3 pets because of the recalls 7 years ago. I happen to be good friends with a veterinarian who is continually studying and going to seminars. At a recent nutrition seminar, the discussion was regarding the numbers of American dog foods that actually use ingredients from China. Every pet food recall there has been has been linked to tainted ingredients from China.Your right about most of the cheap foods being bad for you dog. Next time you go for shots or something ask your vet, or just google it. There's kidney failure and liver disease being caused by some of the main brands. I read something about vitamin k added in the ingredients being particularly bad. I can't afford the 60 dollar a bag stuff, but I read the ingredients and go somewhere in the middle.
I saw a clip on tv once that showed Opra Winfrey's dogs. She had a chef prepare their food daily. We're not talking any by products here, this was fresh salmon, lamb, chicken, etc. He mixed it with rice, carrots, peas etc. Damed dogs eat better than I do! If there is such thing as reincarnation, that's what I want to come back as, one of Opras dogs! Lol. I do share what I eat with my dog, but try to be careful not to let her have too much fat. They get hardening of the arteries just like we do.Unfortunately, Brent, courses in "nutrition" are electives for veterinarians. I have done tons of research on my own due to the loss of 3 pets because of the recalls 7 years ago. I happen to be good friends with a veterinarian who is continually studying and going to seminars. At a recent nutrition seminar, the discussion was regarding the numbers of American dog foods that actually use ingredients from China. Every pet food recall there has been has been linked to tainted ingredients from China.
The primary problem with commercial dog foods is the amount of corn included in the food. Besides the fact that most commercial corn is now genetically modified, dogs cannot digest corn. Period. The cheapest brands all contain at least 33% corn. The cheaper the food you feed, the more poop you're going to be cleaning up and the less healthy your dog will be. Giving your dog any commercial food sold at a grocery store isn't much different than feeding your children potato chips for dinner every night.
Shortly after that recall when I lost my 3 dogs, I began feeding a raw food that was biologically appropriate for dogs. Within 2 weeks, I saw healthier coats, brighter eyes, more energy and better focus in training. Feeding straight raw can be prohibitively expense - for my danes, it was costing me $50 per week per dog. It's also difficult to transition some dogs to it.
The biggest drawback to commercial foods is protein. If the food you are feeding lists "chicken by-products" as the first "meat" ingredient, your dog is not getting protein from it. By-products can include feet, beaks and feathers. If you can supplement your dog with meat and eggs from your table (or your farm) preferably raw but even cooked is better than nothing, you're dog will be much healthier than a straight dry food diet.
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