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04-20-2008, 12:17 PM
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What's your doggy meal?
Let's hear from all the dog lovers out there, how you maintain a balanced diet for your doggies!
Not sure of the nutritional value, but I often purchased lots of those chewy treats like bacon strips etc for my dog hehe... an assortment of doggy junk food and toys from each country that visit hehe..
Oh, and Taiwan and Japan has a really good (and often bizarre) collection! Lots of dog lovers there which probably treat their dogs better than themselves :)
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04-22-2008, 12:09 AM
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hmm... i serve home-cooked meal for my shiro... mom said home-cooked meal is better than those commercial one like can food for dogs wor... and thats make him don't like to eat kibbles now... he eat too much meat... haih...
hmm... about the treats... i only give those treat when im training my shiro... but then... aiyo, he'll listen to my command when he saw the treats... if there is not treats, the act like never heard what i have command him... haih...
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04-22-2008, 12:13 AM
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yah, agreed.. home cooked meal is the best... my dogs will not eat dog biscuits...
i think ppl who feed their dogs or cats biscuits are only too lazy.. it's tasteless and it's like astronaut food...
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04-22-2008, 12:27 AM
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haha... how you know its tasteless...??? you eat dog biscuits before...???!!! i dun even dare to eat ler... the smells so funny... hehe...
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04-22-2008, 01:04 AM
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Haha... once the dog tastes home cooked food, they'll stick their tongue out and give you a disgusted look when you feed it dog biscuits...
Then again, I wonder if my dog truly enjoyed the good food I gave him.. whatever treats and delicious food I threw him were gulped down ecstatically in a second haha...
I have seen some pretty nice premium grade doggy biscuits that more resembles our biscuits haha... those actualy do smell nice and I can hardly resist from stuffing one into my mouth!
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04-22-2008, 03:27 AM
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haha... ya... my dog will also clear it up in a few second... unless is serve him biscuits... then he'll show me the look... like telling me ~>> ha..??? have to eat this meh... not nice la...
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04-22-2008, 06:15 AM
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My dog, Shadow the giant Rottweiller (fat, more like) would make anything disappear instantaneously... now you see it, now you don't... gulp!
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04-25-2008, 03:27 PM
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hmm... like owner, like dog...??
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04-25-2008, 09:42 PM
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Nah, the owner is tall, atheletic, and handsome....
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04-28-2008, 03:40 AM
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Nah, the owner is tall, atheletic, and handsome....
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erm... tall...??? atheletic...?? handsome...??? hmm... are you sure...??? hmm...
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04-28-2008, 05:56 PM
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yep its true... compared against the rottweilers haha...
just kidding... ezer is one of the most intelligent and charming persons on planet earth! (do i get a free teh tarik on the next mamak session?)
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04-29-2008, 03:17 AM
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i also wan... i want neslo ais... haha....
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05-20-2008, 08:04 PM
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Re: What's your doggy meal?
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Originally Posted by veanne
haha... how you know its tasteless...??? you eat dog biscuits before...???!!! i dun even dare to eat ler... the smells so funny... hehe...
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ahahaha..i tried all my dog's food before i serve it..
except the BARF diet lah..i wont dare to eat raw..
but yes..they are not really tasteless..but it taste like ground raw ingredients..without salt and sugar lah..i mean its natural salt and sugar i think..some of dry dog foods are salty..so becareful to choose ur dog food..;)
and of course the dogs love it !
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05-21-2008, 05:46 PM
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Re: What's your doggy meal?
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Haha... once the dog tastes home cooked food, they'll stick their tongue out and give you a disgusted look when you feed it dog biscuits...
Then again, I wonder if my dog truly enjoyed the good food I gave him.. whatever treats and delicious food I threw him were gulped down ecstatically in a second haha...
I have seen some pretty nice premium grade doggy biscuits that more resembles our biscuits haha... those actualy do smell nice and I can hardly resist from stuffing one into my mouth!
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i taste dog food b4, and it suXX... i understand why dogs don't really like them. i do give human food to my dog as a treat.
although she don't like commercial dog food, its life, we just gotta live with it. BARFing your dog can be so expensive. my dog will appreciate her treat-time more. nonetheless, my dog still drools and wet the floor when waiting for her boring dog kibble dinner.
as for commercial dog treats, i no longer buy them. because when it comes to high distraction environment, those treats can't work magic to make your dog dying to eat it, unlike the power REAL meat.
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05-22-2008, 05:59 PM
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Re: What's your doggy meal?
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ahahaha..i tried all my dog's food before i serve it..
except the BARF diet lah..i wont dare to eat raw..
but yes..they are not really tasteless..but it taste like ground raw ingredients..without salt and sugar lah..i mean its natural salt and sugar i think..some of dry dog foods are salty..so becareful to choose ur dog food..;)
and of course the dogs love it !
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i actually have lots of friend that tasted those dogs biscuit... they told me that the biscuits are not nice... he said the can food better... i was like.. what...!!!??? u eat can food as well..???
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05-23-2008, 12:33 AM
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Re: What's your doggy meal?
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05-23-2008, 01:56 AM
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Re: What's your doggy meal?
i think to the dog, all the food it tastes are sharply amplified due to its acute sense of smell... so something that tastes "bland" to us might in fact generate a rich picture of taste and smell for them haha...
and if they could speak, they could probably name you the exact ingredients used in it... and maybe teach you how to cook it better, like ratatouille hahaha...
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07-05-2008, 04:25 AM
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Re: What's your doggy meal?
My dogs eat a combo of BARF and kibbles...Have tried many diff brands...So far they seem to do well on California Natural. Most dog kibbles and canned food I know taste pretty bland...but comparatively, I think royal canin tastes better. lol
They also get treats like cheese, sausages or nuggets..as well as doggy treats.
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07-10-2008, 12:43 PM
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Re: What's your doggy meal?
i read through that lot of u serve home cook dog food...is it bad if dog take lot of chicken bone? i heard friend say it will produce bad mouth smell.i alway feed with dry food,i could like to cook for my Massy also.what normally i should put in on his meal?
pls advise...thanks
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07-11-2008, 01:56 AM
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Re: What's your doggy meal?
Hahahaha, can u even imagine? A major discussion about doggie food....
I'm like blessedfin, I TRY all my dog food before I let them eat it coz I don't want them eating food too high in sodium and all.
Here's my two cents,
Dogs are carnivores (with the occasional grass nibbling) so generally meat should be their main source of food. The thing with meat is that, it's generally not easy to keep for long periods of time and cooking the meat to destroy most harmful vectors, generally destroy most of the vital nutrients in the food itself.
This is where slow-cooking comes in, cooking the food while preserving most of the nutrients. But let's just take a step back, how many of us actually have the time and patience to cook meals for our dogs.
Therefore, in the name of convenience, God gave us Dry food @ Kibbles hahahaha.
When looking at Dry Food for your beloved canines... try to make sure the first few ingredients are meat based and IF possible not meat by-products. Meat by-products here generally mean stuff that even most people won't eat... ears, nose, intestines, bone marrow... the works...
Grains are okay, but to be avoided if possible. There are a quite a number grainless dog foods in the market today. So ALWAYS look at the ingredients tab and look at the nutritional value of the food. Higher protein may work for some dogs especially active dogs and larger breeds and MAY cause problems for smaller breeds. The trick here is finding the right food for your dogs and looking out for signs of any bad reaction against certain foods.
Some people have have asked me whether they can feed their dogs vegetarian food. As I have mentioned earlier, while it is not ENTIRELY wrong to feed your animals with a vegetarian based diet (the occasional apple, tomato, celery, carrot etc would do wonders) HOWEVER, dogs are mainly carnivores and don't benefit that much from a vegetarian diet. So to all those vegans out there, no offence... but just because you're on a green diet, doesn't mean your dog has to be.
Dog food like Avoderm are quite famous amongst "vegan dogs" but bear in mind, there has been some concerns about Avocadoes being quite toxic to dogs.
Things you can actually add to your dogs meal to make it more tasty would be eggs... raw and fresh... once a week. Carrots (minus the green top - poisonous) and the occasional tomato as it helps promote better coats in your dogs. ICEBERG LETTUCE is useless contrary to popular belief as it doesn't benefit the dogs in anyway.
for more info on what to feed your dogs... go to www.dogfoodanalysis.com...
Hope this post helped you guys...
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