Feeding dogs raw meat?

[puddytat]

Dogs should never be fed raw offal (farm ones) unless cooked, or frozen for 10 days minimum.Dogs that come onto a rural property normally should have been wormed with the correct wormer (Drontal) to stop the spread of sheep measels which means stock will be condemded at the works & Hydatids. We had a fuckwit neighbour who refused to dose his dogs which infected our sheep & we had lambs condemded....A phone call to the Animal Health Board resulted in the threat of a fine.Dickwad then saw the light & dosed his mongrels & the problem dissapeared
The owner of the said Husky should eat humble pie & atleast offer the lamb owner the going price for a finished lamb (80-100 bucks).
Once a stock killer is pretty much never to be trusted...

[george formby]

All dogs have prey drive to a greater or lesser degree. A neighbour had to put down their Golden Retriever for sheep worrying. 2 or more dogs will take on a pack hunting mentality if left to their own devices to the point of attacking people. This happened to a woman cycling over here a few years ago. Once a dog has been allowed to exercise this drive it never goes away, once a sheep killer always a sheep killer. Same as encouraging your dog to chase the neighbours cat or possums. You will never turn it off & the little bugger will regularly get you up at 4am...

Feeding raw is very good for dogs & minimises skin issues, allergies etc but you need to make sure it's a balanced diet, a few chicken frames is not enough.

We had a Staffie which showed an intense interest in sheep on a Cheviot farmers land.. the farmer offered to "stock proof" him so we could let him off leash. This entailed locking him in a shed full of hay bales with a ram until it went quiet. When we opened the door the dog was in one corner as close to the roof as he could get, the ram in the opposite corner. Stalemate, with a bit of wool & claret here & there. That dog would stick to my leg like glue whenever he saw a sheep after that.

Nowadays shock collars are used for aversion training, stock, kiwis, wekas etc, a bit more humane..

[Banditbandit]

Where's Gareth Morgan when you need him?

Chasing pussy? Or Maybe dogs are bigger and bite back ???

This is way better than the sickest joke thread.

Naaa .. I know some very very sick jokes ...

My daughter has grazed her knees (bicycle being towed by a scooter!!) and the dog licked some blood off her leg. Should I now be worried for my safety? In terms of infection; will my dog die?

There are about 45 fatal disease that humans can catch of dogs ... and about 200 fatal diseases that dogs can catch from humans ... Yes - I'd worry about he dog ..

[Road kill]

"Chasing runs?" Sounds like the Black Caps... Oh, sorry,

Get out of here,,,the dogs actually do catch the run.

[george formby]

Oh, the point of the thread. If you have bothered to control your dogs feeding, only from the bowl at your command. It is irrelevant what you feed it. If you just chuck it a lump of dead something now & again it will fend for itself & connect meat on the hoof with meat getting chucked at it. Your not controlling your dog or taking responsibility as an owner. Don't feed the dog food with the fur on!

We under estimate how smart dogs are. They spend all of their waking time instinctively learning how to get the best advantage from their surroundings. We see this as affection & the intelligence directed at us. Er, no. They are surviving in an amazing way & will always be "dogs". Proper dogs, huskys, terriers, sight hounds, guardian breeds, malossas etc will revert to form unless you have them restrained & trained.

[ellipsis]

...when the sheep get too near the new trees we have planted on our fenceline I am far worse than any fucking dog...I wave a bottle of mint sauce at them...that worries the fuckers...

[YellowDog]

...when the sheep get too near the new trees we have planted on our fenceline I am far worse than any fucking dog...I wave a bottle of mint sauce at them...that worries the fuckers...

Will have to try the mint sauce thing, as waiving a McDonalds Serious Lamb Burger carton at them is just not being taken seriously.

[george formby]

Will have to try the mint sauce thing, as waiving a McDonalds Serious Lamb Burger carton at them is just not being taken seriously.

I used to shout "mint sauce" at sheep as we drove past in the car when I was kid. They always ran away!

Strangely, they enjoy eating mint..

[Winston001]

Dogs should never be fed raw offal (farm ones) unless cooked, or frozen for 10 days minimum.Dogs that come onto a rural property normally should have been wormed with the correct wormer (Drontal) to stop the spread of sheep measels which means stock will be condemded at the works & Hydatids.

Once a stock killer is pretty much never to be trusted...

Exactly. Hydatids and sheep measles. Meat must be cooked or frozen before it is fed to dogs.

[YellowDog]

This one's well trained:

[SMOKEU]

dogs will do as they're trained.
what they eat will have little bearing on it.

if it hasn't been taught not to kill lambses, it will.

My dog has never been trained not to attack other animals, but he will never attack another animal.

[Akzle]

My dog has never been trained not to attack other animals, but he will never attack another animal.

does it drop it's bike in the driveway?

[SMOKEU]

does it drop it's bike in the driveway?

No, he doesn't have a bike. I think it would be a bit difficult to teach him to ride anyway.

[Madness]

My dog has never been trained not to attack other animals, but he will never attack another animal.

Is he dead, stuffed & mounted or something?

[SMOKEU]

Is he dead, stuffed & mounted or something?

He's very much alive, it's just not in his nature to attack other animals. Not every dog will try and kill every other animal it can.