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By clio1 (*) [gb] Date 29.02.08 16:36 GMT
I was wondering if it's ok to feed a dry complete for breakfast and give, say, prizechoice tripe or rabbit for tea.   Do you think this will make a diet unbalanced?  I would love to give totatally raw but don't have the freezer space for more than about 8 blocks of frozen.   I feed chicken wings once or twice a week just as treats and they have a marrow bone once or twice as well.   
By Perry (**) [gb] Date 29.02.08 17:07 GMT
I fhave 2 dogs and feed raw and hardly use the freezer.  I make up a supply of veg and fruit about twice a week and keep that in the fridge, but most of the chicken wings, lamb and offal I feed fresh.  I am lucky that I have a fantastic butcher in the village so don't have to travel far for the food.
By clio1 (*) [gb] Date 29.02.08 17:50 GMT
Unfortunately I don't really have any butchers nearby.  I nearest is quite expensive and sells the bones for 85p each which I think is a bit of a rip off but is probably cheaper than petshop type chews and rawhides.   I also feed a lot of tripe which mine absolutlely love and I wouldn't fancy keeping fresh tripe in the fridge.  They share a block of the prizechoice between them.
By Archiebongo (***) [gb] Date 29.02.08 17:56 GMT
I feed my dogs dry complete with fresh cooked meat (I know it better raw but I have a very fussy eater who will only eat it warm!!) each night and have had no problems. 
By Ktee (****) [au] Date 01.03.08 00:03 GMT

>I was wondering if it's ok to feed a dry complete for breakfast and give, say, prizechoice tripe or rabbit for tea.


Sounds fine,nothing wrong with this way of feeding.

>Do you think this will make a diet unbalanced?


NO... Not every single meal does need to be "complete" and "balanced" and whatever else the pet food manufactures want to have us believe ;-) Besides.... bones,dry food,mince and tripe sounds like a pretty balanced diet to me :-D
~Kate~
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By Lorripop (**) [gb] Date 01.03.08 12:40 GMT
I feed one of mine with arden grange mixed with prizechoice tripe - its the only way to get her to eat plus i have to warm the tripe slightly for the aroma to get her interested. I am happy then that she gets complete diet from the dry food and a bit of raw tripe to make it yummy (well for her anyway)
complete biscuits on their own is a bit boring day in day out.
By cocopop (**) [gb] Date 02.03.08 13:56 GMT
Ours also have Arden Grange (lamb & rice) with some Prize Choice tripe mixed in, they also have raw bones from butchers a couple of times a week.
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