Boxer and food

Do consider feeding raw, too, which many people (me included) think is the best diet of all. It's very straightforward once you get your head round the basics, and there's several people here who could advise you.

 

I've not tried it, but it looks excellent. I'd want to include some whole bones for dental health at some point though. Maybe chicken wings, though you'd have to make sure he's not a gulper, and they might be too small for him once he's full grown.

It is expensive, but once you're used to the idea of feeling raw, you can always investigate other brands.

One thing worth mentioning - my dog didn't seem to do that well on a 'raw complete' which included veg and various other supplements, whereas he was much better with a more DIY approach. Some dogs need a bit more bone and a bit less offal, or vice versa, for the perfect poo, so if this raw doesn't work well for your boy, a different approach might.

 

When we go on holiday, we usually just have the standard freezer compartment at the top of the fridge. We take the food in a freezer bag with ice blocks, put what we can in the freezer compartment and the rest in the main compartment of the fridge, all together so they hold their temperature better. We usually find that the ones in the body of the fridge take a day or two to defrost fully to fridge temperature, so feed those first and then move some from the freezer compartment to the fridge. (We don't bother with carcasses on holiday as they'd take up far too much room.)

If you've not got the room for that, could you take a portable plug-in fridge? If you keep it closed as much as possible, the meat will stay frozen for quite some time.

Alternatively, there's a brand of food called Gentle which is meant to be compatible with raw feeding - @JoanneF feeds it to her dog when away from home as she also travels a lot.

 

Typically, JoanneF has cross-posted with me! We're good at that!

It used to be said that you shouldn't combine raw & kibble but plenty of people do and I've yet to come across anyone who had a problem with it. It's one of those 'theories' that became 'common knowledge' without actually having any solid evidence behind it.

 

Hmm, I'm quite tempted to try Wolftucker myself... though I'd also want to add in some oily fish and chicken carcasses. They give 'Pack Points' for introducing friends - any current users interested in introducing me? I'd like to price it up more accurately before making a definite decision though.

 

It would cost me £3 a day to feed Jasper on Wolftucker once I've added in the chicken carcasses If I put my mind to it I could feed myself for less!