UKC Forums - Is a feeder making my dog to big to hunt?

Show all 11 posts from this thread on one page

UKC Forums (http://forums.ukcdogs.com/index.php)
- UKC Coonhounds (http://forums.ukcdogs.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=4)
-- Is a feeder making my dog to big to hunt? (http://forums.ukcdogs.com/showthread.php?threadid=928432177)

Posted by Jmiller85 on 10-16-2015 11:06 AM:

Is a feeder making my dog to big to hunt?

I built my need kennel about 6 months ago and installed feeders for all my dogs. I hunt about 2 to 3 nights a week and my dogs are staying huge. Just wondering if people think this is alright or should I go back to feeding them the old fasion way. Thanks for any advice

Posted by AppalachianBlue on 10-16-2015 01:07 PM:

If I gave my dogs feeders they would never stop eatin.

__________________
Kenny Nash
BBCHA MD State Representative
BBOA Member
Call or txt 443- 262-5663
www.facebook.com/appalachianblues
AppalachianBluesKennel@gmail.com

UKC WTDA Registered

Appalachian Blues Kennel
CH PR Walkin After Midnight
GRFCH GRCH NITECH PR Appalachian Blue Catfish HTX ( ACHA SC CHT TC )
- 2015 Qualified for World Show
- 2016 Performance Sire
- Final four Pink Hunt, 2nd place reg
- 2017 Performance Sire
NCH CH Pr Appalachian Blue Luna
GRFCH WCH Pr Appalachian Blue Raven

Mountain feist WTDA BNCH Meadow Mountain Joker

Chocolate Lab...Banjo. Waterfowl buddy.

Posted by stlavsa on 10-16-2015 01:37 PM:

I have two, one of them would be fine with if i fed him free choice, the other would never stop eating. It depends on the dog.

But with any animal its an instinct to eat as much as you can because you never knew when you would eat again. I would feed them what the bag says, and I guarantee the bag doesn't say free choice.

__________________
Lone Pine Hammer

Posted by Josh Michaelis on 10-16-2015 02:41 PM:

This isn't rocket science. If they are too fat feed them less. If they are too skinny feed them more.

__________________
YouTube.com/@canestreammedia
www.joydogfood.com
Fueled by Joy Podcast

Posted by stlavsa on 10-16-2015 02:51 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Josh Michaelis
This isn't rocket science. If they are too fat feed them less. If they are too skinny feed them more.

Yep pretty easy, look at everyone elses dogs and if your dogs are fatter than that, they are eating too much. Just like any animals (even humans), being fat is much worse than just looks, its unhealthy for them.

Edit: Also something else, its also a huge waste of money? why spend more on dog food than you need, just to make your dog sick?

__________________
Lone Pine Hammer

Posted by greenfrog on 10-17-2015 07:21 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by Josh Michaelis
This isn't rocket science. If they are too fat feed them less. If they are too skinny feed them more.

I couldn't agree more.Pay attention to your dog daily and a cup of good dog food less for a over weight dog or a cup more for a skinny dog.

Posted by wjoey on 10-17-2015 11:36 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by stlavsa
Yep pretty easy, look at everyone elses dogs and if your dogs are fatter than that, they are eating too much. Just like any animals (even humans), being fat is much worse than just looks, its unhealthy for them.

Edit: Also something else, its also a huge waste of money? why spend more on dog food than you need, just to make your dog sick?

Hey quit talking about me and my dogs being fat lol lol

By the way you say you hunt 2-3 nights a week but for how long ? How much real exercise do they get

__________________
JOE WILBANKS
423-802-4115
The home where the big time winners come from

UKC PREFORMANCE SIRE Nt ch pkc ch BAM BAM The only one out of WORLD CH BIG D X GRNT SKIPPERS UMFORGIVEN SAIGE she has 21 pups 4nt ch 5 grnt ch thats 42.85%
He is a coon dog!
Nt ch ch Insane Minnie MouseInsane cain x Malden Branch Mouse

HOME OF 2 TIME AQHA HORSE OF THE YEAR
World champion working cow horse snaffle bit
SMART LITTLE LEGEND
ETCHA CHAMPION
HCHA CHAMPION
Top 16 NCHA WORLD Champion
Home of GHSRA All Around Cowboy Champion Chris wilbanks

Jerico Rebel our Movie star horse hes been in three films now 35 years old
Just passed away February 4th 2016

MY OLD DOGS GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN
The one I will allways miss now deceased 01/09/2013
GR CH GRAND NT CH Handosme Trudy
SIRE PKC WLD CH GR NT WHATS UP DOC
DAM GR NT HUTCHINS SUGAR

GRCH GR NT CH COBBLER CREEK WENDY
GR NT STYLISH TUFF - WENDY X STYLISH LIPPER
GR NT STYLISH TACK - WENDY X STYLISH LIPPER

NT CH SOUTHERN STYLE - JP'S HIGH STYLE X HOUSES LADY

Posted by Preston Chadwell on 10-19-2015 01:56 AM:

I like using feeders myself, but I've never been able to keep a dog at a healthy weight unless I fed them that way from a pup. If they learn to eat from a feeder as a pup then they never feel like they have to eat as much as they can when they can, they know that they have access to food all the time therefore eliminating the instinct to gorge themselves.

__________________
Preston Chadwell
276-275-3615

Posted by moonshine man on 10-19-2015 02:39 AM:

Re: Is a feeder making my dog to big to hunt?

quote:
Originally posted by Jmiller85
I built my need kennel about 6 months ago and installed feeders for all my dogs. I hunt about 2 to 3 nights a week and my dogs are staying huge. Just wondering if people think this is alright or should I go back to feeding them the old fasion way. Thanks for any advice

They are one thing to look at when feeding a dog with a auto feeder and that is can you keep the dog at running or hunting weight and if anyone can and has the money to keep them going i would go with it but if you have a few dogs they will go through a lot of feed at first anyways and myself ive never seen nothing but over weight dogs standing around feeders and nowhere close to hunting weight.
I would just feed the same amount each day that kept them up and they looked good on if it was me.

__________________
( White Light What A Night )

Posted by hillbilly56 on 10-19-2015 02:40 AM:

im not a fan of self feeders i feed my dogs what i think they need if they start getting on the heavy side i cut them back a bit or increase if they don't look the way i want them i don't want to see ribs or hip bones stickin out on my dogs jmo

Posted by dchartt on 10-19-2015 01:11 PM:

Do these jeans make my a$$ look fat?

This is what comes to my mind everytime i see this thread

__________________
Bryan Link
814-691-5732

All times are GMT. The time now is 03:37 PM.

Show all 11 posts from this thread on one page