Venision and dogs???

[michaeli]

Hi all

im currently hacking my way though a fallow with my springer looking at me with loving eyes hoping she's in for a treat.

so is Venision OK to give to dogs and would it be best cooked?

baicaly I have got as much meat off the neck as I want but still lots on there so was thing of boiling it for 20-30 mins and the once cool letting her tuck in.

would this be ok or not as its still on the bone.

thanks
michael

 

[deerstalker.308]

Don't bother cooking it, raw is fine, they love it!

 

[SimpleSimon]

Absolutely fine to feed your dog, many times better than the processed muck some companies market as "dog food".
Mine live off venison offcuts and meaty bones for a good while after I'm done with the bulk of the carcass. Don't overdo it at first if your dog isn't used to raw meat though and keep an eye on the dog if it's not used to bones.

 

[Tim.243]

Hi all

im currently hacking my way though a fallow with my springer looking at me with loving eyes hoping she's in for a treat.

so is Venision OK to give to dogs and would it be best cooked?

baicaly I have got as much meat off the neck as I want but still lots on there so was thing of boiling it for 20-30 mins and the once cool letting her tuck in.

would this be ok or not as its still on the bone.

thanks
michael

My friend takes most of the ribs/spine, his wife boils them up and picks all the meat off.
It goes into take-away-trays, frozen then as needed is given to his lab and two spaniels.


All the trimmings I have go to my ferrets, they love it....big bun fight when they get stuck into it lol


Tim.243

 

[Highlandsjohn]

There are certain bones you might get away with Michael depending on the dog. However you could end up with a hefty vet bill for your generosity. If you boil the bones till the meat falls off then give him the meat,better for him. You might have to put up with the 'farts' due to the change in diet.. We all have different ideas, Raw v cooked.....bad habits etc......jc

 

[Jezza308]

BARF,(bones and raw flesh) the best way to feed a dog, it's natural. My labs and cocker get all the trimmings from muntjac, roe and the occasional fallow, but as my stalking is for the smaller species mainly I do not give them bones 'cos of the risk of splintering and internal damage as a result. Labs are such greedy blighters! Instead I get marrow bones from the butcher.

 

[Highlandsjohn]

"Labs are such greedy blighters!" Agreed Jezza......Hes waiting......... Patiently . jc View attachment 63510

 

[Cut+Squirt]

Once butchered my wirehairs get the entire carcass. . rib cage, spine, the lot. . . gone in a couple of hours.

 

[shotguntom]

My Lab has reduced an entire Muntjac carcass once butchered, to nothing in 3 hours.

 

[Greymaster]

OK as a treat but not enough fat in the meat for its main source of protein...

 

[michaeli]

Hi guys.

thanks for that, going to leave the bones for now as knowing my luck she would eat them. But she did get a good hand full of bits which she loved.

thanks
michael

 

[Radar_UK]

Once butchered my wirehairs get the entire carcass. . rib cage, spine, the lot. . . gone in a couple of hours.

Same here - the only bit my 2 GWP's leave are the teeth !

 

[Steve Sykes]

All ok raw, don't cook the bones as they splinter much more easily!
Dogs don't eat cooked meat or bones in the wild.
mine eat raw regular ( venison partridge rabbit pheasant), raw bones are good for cleaning their teeth as well nuckle beef bones seem to work best for mine (free from local butcher)

 

[packrat]

My greyhound (3 years old, rescue, due to injury racing) won't touch venison. Loves anything else meaty. I was butchering a couple of fallow in the shed the other day and he was well wary... looked like he thought maybe he was next. Sniffs the meat, looks a bit worried, and rejects it.

Anyone seen that before?

 

[kennyc]

My greyhound (3 years old, rescue, due to injury racing) won't touch venison. Loves anything else meaty. I was butchering a couple of fallow in the shed the other day and he was well wary... looked like he thought maybe he was next. Sniffs the meat, looks a bit worried, and rejects it.

Anyone seen that before?

yup my whippets were like that the first time I butchered a deer in front of them, put some scraps in a pan and fried them up, the buggers ate them then since then they've got the idea and sit patiently waiting their scraps .

 

[shakey jake]

I know a bloke that cooked up 2 foxes for his greyhounds they wouldn't touch the stuff, why he did it I don't know, not sure I would have. Dogs can be quite sensitive to new or odd foods

 

[packrat]

He wouldn't touch it cooked either. Fussy bugger!

 

[muddy42]

I know a bloke that cooked up 2 foxes for his greyhounds they wouldn't touch the stuff, why he did it I don't know, not sure I would have. Dogs can be quite sensitive to new or odd foods

The stink of cooking fox must have been something else!

 

[grumpyoldsod]

I know a bloke that cooked up 2 foxes for his greyhounds they wouldn't touch the stuff, why he did it I don't know, not sure I would have. Dogs can be quite sensitive to new or odd foods

I bet that made him popular with his Mrs

 

[ronscomon]

My cocker loves it. Venison is the best - she doesn't need words to tell me that. Red ofal, trimmings, bones - whole joints if she were allowed. She eats raw all the time, I only gve her "dog food" now and again to keep her accustomed to it in case of an unexpeced visit to kennels or whatever. The only major vets bills in 8 years have been for a dose of rat poison she found and SCI. I don't think raw bones are a problem, they get disolved quite quickly, though I would introduce them slowly to a dog not used to them and not the day before working.