Feeding dogs raw meat?

**YellowDog** · 17th February 2013, 14:08

If a rural dog owner decides to feed his dogs with raw, rather than cooked, meat; is this going to put neighbouring livestock in danger?

The example here is that: A husky style dog has attacked a young lamb and devoured more than 50% of it.

And the question is: Might it have been as likely to do the same whether it was fed with raw or cooked meat? The owner says that it would make no difference at all and he's not at fault.

I don't know the answer however I guess it might depend upon the breed of dog as to whether it may stray away from its domesticated behaviour and revert back to its natural blood-thirsty instincts.

I was wondering if anyone had some better information?

**FJRider** · 17th February 2013, 14:20

Originally Posted by YellowDog

If a rural dog owner decides to feed his dogs with raw, rather than cooked, meat; is this going to put neighbouring livestock in danger?

The example here is that: A husky style dog has attacked a young lamb and devoured more than 50% of it.

And the question is: Might it have been as likely to do the same whether it was fed with raw or cooked meat? The owner says that it would make no difference at all and he's not at fault.

I don't know the answer however I guess it might depend upon the breed of dog as to whether it may stray away from its domesticated behaviour and revert back to its natural blood-thirsty instincts.

I was wondering if anyone had some better information?

I have NEVER heard of "rural dog owners" feeding their dogs COOKED meat.

And if there is no TB issues in the area ... there is no issue.

At worst ... the guilty dog would be tested for TB ... AND destroyed for "worrying stock" ...

Farm owners take a very dim view of domestic (or any dogs) dogs on rural properties attacking sheep.

**Grizzo** · 17th February 2013, 14:21

We own an American Staffy on a rural property. We feed him raw meat on occasion as a bit of a treat.
The only critters he's gone for is chickens. He's looked at the odd sheep but not pursued them.

**Hitcher** · 17th February 2013, 14:45

Where's Gareth Morgan when you need him?

**BoristheBiter** · 17th February 2013, 15:06

Originally Posted by YellowDog

If a rural dog owner decides to feed his dogs with raw, rather than cooked, meat; is this going to put neighbouring livestock in danger?

No, end of story.

If a dog is going to kill and eat something what it is being feed has nothing to do with it.

We feed our dog dry food and he likes nothing better than to kill furry little animals and eat them, it's just the type of dog he is.

**carburator** · 17th February 2013, 15:38

the house dog gets meat out of a tin, but if she had her way it would be sheep raw!
the working dog gets tin and biscuits, and rounds up sheep and beef for a living..

**scumdog** · 17th February 2013, 15:53

Originally Posted by YellowDog

The example here is that: A husky style dog has attacked a young lamb and devoured more than 50% of it.

Shoot the fucker.

No worries then.

**caspernz** · 17th February 2013, 15:53

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Where's Gareth Morgan when you need him?

He's firmly focused on furry pussy for now

**Jantar** · 17th February 2013, 15:57

No problem with feeding dogs raw meat, as long as it is not raw sheepmeat. Sheepmeat can carry sheep measles and one or two other diseases that can spread to the dog.

However if a dog has attacked and killed a lamb, then that dog should be destroyed. End of story.

**Maha** · 17th February 2013, 16:07

Our cat eats raw chicken meat (the shit that I cut off) and has never attacked (nor bought home) any livestock to devour.
But having no livestock in the immediate neigbourhood area might have something to do with that.

**Berries** · 17th February 2013, 16:15

Originally Posted by Maha

Our cat eats raw chicken meat (the shit that I cut off) and has never attacked (nor bought home) any livestock to devour.
But having no livestock in the immediate neigbourhood area might have something to do with that.

Fuck, what are they, tigers? Never heard of a cat taking out a sheep before.

We had the neighbours nice family friendly labrador go on a rampage last year and killed three of our sheep. Not sure what it had been eating before, but that was its last meal.

**Grizzo** · 17th February 2013, 16:35

Only problem is, I gets the shits!

**Akzle** · 17th February 2013, 17:04

Originally Posted by YellowDog

If a rural dog owner decides to feed his dogs with raw, rather than cooked, meat; is this going to put neighbouring livestock in danger?

The example here is that: A husky style dog has attacked a young lamb and devoured more than 50% of it.

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.

i quite agree with shooting it, though that's as pest control on your property not "if it's killed one then it should be destroyed"

in saying that, once the hunt-kill instinct has been revived, it takes a lot to train it back out, the theory is that the dog wont differentiate between quadrupeds and bipeds (that means it will eat your babies) - so the theory goes...

**bluninja** · 17th February 2013, 17:26

Feeding a dog raw meat will not make it suddenly give ot the taste for blood and make it a livestock slaughtering machine. I feed my 3 dogs raw whenever I can, mostly chicken frames and I have 6 chooks in the garden. The dogs don't pay interest to the chooks; until they are killed and fed to them.

I have one dog that attacks wood whenever he can...and I've never given him wood.

Those people tittering and thinking ...how rude....yeah I typed it that way deliberately