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By hairypooch (****) [gb] Date 25.04.08 16:37 GMT
Hi all,

We're taking our two BARF fed hounds away for a breed fun Weekend in August and I'm looking for advice as to an alternative that I can feed them on whilst we're there.

They're fed twice a day and we will be leaving Friday Lunchtime and coming home on Sunday night so it won't be practical to take their usual raw bones, tripe etc. We'll be travelling from Scotland to the Birmingham area so quite a trek and the car will get hot even with the climate control on. I want to stick to as natural a product that is fairly light on the tummy as possible but also get something that won't go off.

I've spoken to others that are going but their dogs are fed on dry so it's not a problem for them. Mine aren't at all fussy, quite the opposite but I have a suspicion that if they were ever fed on dry they would very quickly go off the idea.

I haven't researched anything yet but I'm sure that there must be some good advice and recommendations from some of you who have done similar :-)

Jo
Briards - 'a heart wrapped in fur'
By Gunner (***) [gb] Date 25.04.08 16:47 GMT
How about Nature's Harvest - a moist food that comes in a 400g tray with a peelable lid.  You can store it in a cupboard and it only needs to be refrigerated once open if you don't use it all.  Comes in lamb, chicken or fish; brown rice, veg, seaweed, fish oiil, glucosamine chronditin.  Pets at Home stock it - about 77p a whack.  No artificial colourings.

I feed BARF but ALSO share one tub of this a day between my two - just so that I have an alternative for when I go away or visit the ageing mother who doesn't appreciate chicken carcasses etc knocking about her kitchen!  :-)
Jan
By Cava14Una (****) [gb] Date 25.04.08 16:57 GMT
When I've gone away I've packed a cool bag with bottles of frozen water and some frozen meat for the next day (also gives you home water) and put frozen meat in a container for the first night as it's defrosted by the time you get there. Then gone onto tinned pilchards and Nature Diet for the remaining meals

HTH
Anne and the bouncing Beardies plus 4 ratty gents <:3
By Teri (*****) [gb] Date 25.04.08 17:27 GMT
Hi kiddo :-)

Nature Diet/Natures Menu/Natures Harvest :-)  all PAH stocked and as natural as a moist complete gets IMO.  Passes the Terv terror Test so hey, gotta be a good bet for the French Fiends too :-)

Like the others I've taken frozen raw chicken for an overnight stop - they can have it still frozen anyway (try stopping them LOL) or slowly defrosted in the cool bag the next day.  Likewise minced meat (wouldn't recommend taking tripe in the cool bag eek - don't think Cal's tummy would be the only one heaving :-D )

I'd also check out on the sat nav or good old AA route planner if there's a supermarket nearby the venue - that way you can dispense with the cool bag except for drinks (human and doggy) and have the pre-packed moist foods as a standby.

HTH, Teri x
Why bite when a simple growl will do ;-)
By hairypooch (****) [gb] Date 25.04.08 18:30 GMT
Brilliant - thank you :-)

I knew somewhere in the back of my befuddled mind that there was a suitable alternative but couldn't as usual...going senile you know... remember it.

Although they love fish - with two heavily bearded monsters it probably wouldn't be the best idea on a hot? Weekend and if we did, I have a feeling that we would grow a very large space around us, no friends - except flies - and would court the attention of the less desirable members of the canine community :-o

Teri *waves* I might take a couple of chicken carcasses for the first night - you're so right re the tripe what's the 'ickle green icon for chunder? lol OH thinks that tripe would be perfect on first night as it would let them settle upon checking in - yeah.....right.... and I've a feeling that everyone in the B&B would be checking out as well

Jo xx
Briards - 'a heart wrapped in fur'
By Teri (*****) [gb] Date 25.04.08 18:33 GMT

>going senile you know


Only now?  confused - nah, been there a while methinks :-D
Why bite when a simple growl will do ;-)
By ShaynLola (*****) [gb] Date 25.04.08 18:48 GMT
We use Nature's Harvest or Naturediet as a BARF alternative too and the dogs are fine with it, even my Newf who can be a bit picky about her grub.  They also like the fish or tripe varieties of Wainwrights wet food from PAH but, IMO, the other two are slightly better quality.
Handle every situation like a dog...
If you can't eat it or chew it, pee on it & walk away
By hairypooch (****) [gb] Date 25.04.08 18:55 GMT

>going senile you know - >Only now?<


bl##dy cheek  Teri :-D

Of course I've been there a while, it's fun in your club :-D

In fact I think I may be going a bit senile because I've err...forgotten how to do emoticons - apart from the basic ones, unless there has been a conspiracy while I've been away and it's been changed to deliberately confuse me......
Briards - 'a heart wrapped in fur'
By Teri (*****) [gb] Date 25.04.08 18:59 GMT
gibbering and fuming simultaneously (not easy eek )

Between you and me, draw up a chair now and put the smirnoff on the table, it's in mortal danger of being guzzled in one go >sigh< - anyhoo, "They've" changed LOTS in your absence - in fact I hold you personally responsible and were there still to be an abundance of emoticons I would be firing rolling eyes ones in multitudes your way.

In the meantime we can only smile and, erm, confused that and erm, smile through gritted teeth :-D (see!)
Why bite when a simple growl will do ;-)
By ice_cosmos (****) [gb] Date 25.04.08 19:11 GMT
Ours are also BARF fed and we feed NatureDiet when we go away.
By hairypooch (****) [gb] Date 26.04.08 17:41 GMT
Thanks all for your replies :-)

I will take some NatureDiet along with some frozen carcasse's :-) That has given me one less thing to think and worry about ;-)

apart from Teri.....that is confused eek

Jo
Briards - 'a heart wrapped in fur'
By Teri (*****) [gb] Date 26.04.08 18:48 GMT
eek eek eek

Admit it, you want me to join you :-D
Why bite when a simple growl will do ;-)
By hairypooch (****) [gb] Date 26.04.08 18:51 GMT
No, I've joined..... you eek
Briards - 'a heart wrapped in fur'
By Teri (*****) [gb] Date 26.04.08 18:54 GMT
Well it'll have to be Gordons then, not smirnoff :-D
Why bite when a simple growl will do ;-)
By hairypooch (****) [gb] Date 26.04.08 18:57 GMT
Along with Shhhh - you know who....that's if your senile mind can go that far back to the advertising slogan.... :-)

Now, now.........
Briards - 'a heart wrapped in fur'
By Teri (*****) [gb] Date 26.04.08 19:02 GMT
Do you remember the "close" and "wind" riddle???? 

Again ;-)
Why bite when a simple growl will do ;-)
By hairypooch (****) [gb] Date 26.04.08 19:10 GMT
?? confused

'to - sailing - to - close? ;-)

Nah, I'm just bluffing now.............or am I? :-D
Briards - 'a heart wrapped in fur'
By hairypooch (****) [gb] Date 26.04.08 19:51 GMT
How many times have I told you - don't follow the Smirn##f or - in a crisis Gord#ns - when it hits the deck......Jaysus :-D eek

Luv ya really, xxxx
Briards - 'a heart wrapped in fur'
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