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Wondering if hunting them before or after feeding them has anyaffect?

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i never hunt a dog after feeding.

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Wondering if hunting them before or after feeding them has anyaffect?

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So probably just a little snack since im hunting her around 9 and its 5 now

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Mine always hunt on an empty stomach for 3 reasons. 1 is because i dont want to loose a strike because they have to stop and empty out. 2. i never want to have to watch a dog die from a twisted stomach because he was fed before he was hunted. 3 after hunting is when they need the nutrition the most to replace what they just burned, they also seem to handle the heat better this time of year with an empty stomach.

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I feed mine 1/4 of what I normally feed about a few hours before I go if I know I'm going. Then give them the rest when I get back.

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Mine always hunt on an empty stomach for 3 reasons. 1 is because i dont want to loose a strike because they have to stop and empty out. 2. i never want to have to watch a dog die from a twisted stomach because he was fed before he was hunted. 3 after hunting is when they need the nutrition the most to replace what they just burned, they also seem to handle the heat better this time of year with an empty stomach.

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I always feed after hunting never before.

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i feed mine half around 9am and the other half after im done huntin

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in the morning with the rest of the chores keep them on same diet same time they will have the energy and be constant. just my thought

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When I first started out. My papa said hunt em hungry. Would make em want to really catch a Coon to eat PLUS they would always be easier to catch. Knowing they were going home to get fed lol. Anyhow, I feed after.

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When I first started out. My papa said hunt em hungry. Would make em want to really catch a Coon to eat PLUS they would always be easier to catch. Knowing they were going home to get fed lol. Anyhow, I feed after.

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Mine always hunt on an empty stomach for 3 reasons. 1 is because i dont want to loose a strike because they have to stop and empty out. 2. i never want to have to watch a dog die from a twisted stomach because he was fed before he was hunted. 3 after hunting is when they need the nutrition the most to replace what they just burned, they also seem to handle the heat better this time of year with an empty stomach.

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PUT THEM ON SELF FEEDERS & AUTOMATIC WATER AND LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE!!!!==== JUST DON'T FORGET TO PET THEM EVERY DAY !!!!

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We feed ours after hunting. A dog is prone to bloat (twisted gut) within an hour after eating. Just like a swimmer. Its not so common with a dog on an automatic feeder because they tend to pick at their food and not stuff themselves.

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I always feed mine after I always load the dogs I'm taking hunting then feed the others. Before I use to feed them before I left to go hunting then they wouldn't hunt so I the next time I went hunting I didn't feed the ones I took and they done good. So always load the ones your gonna take then feed the others

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What about me , I have auto feeders filled . My dogs eat when they want. Bad?

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Feed morning and evening everyday wheather they are going hunting or not. Have for 30 years and never saw an issue.

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same here ive never had a problem so far.

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What about me , I have auto feeders filled . My dogs eat when they want. Bad?

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I think they are bad. How do you keep mice and rats out of them? The ones I saw a guy using his dog just nudged the door back with its snout and the door seemed to stick from getting hung up on dog food. Are they designed differently now?
What if you are auto feeding and your dog eats a decent amount 30 minutes before you go hunting? Then you stand a chance of a twisted gut.
Auto feeders are a little on the lazy side in my opinion. Your animals need checked on daily so if you are checking on them any way like you should, an auto feeder is unnecessary.

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For fifty years I always fed my dogs before noon, so they would have their food digested before hunt time; I posted on here a few weeks ago, asked if anyone knew how much time it took for a dog to digest its meal. No Answer. I had been hunting a young dog and was leading him back to the truck about 4:00 in the morning; he was pulling, so I half hitched him. He got a drink of water and regurgitated some of his meal, and it looked just like wet dog food after fifteen hours. We recently had a dog at Oklahoma State for some vet work, and I asked the doctor, about the relationship to "twisted guts" and feed practices; "he said, there was no evidence that feeding time contributed to a "twisted gut" he said it had more to do with genetics, than eating habits. Tom

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I have never even heard of a twisted gut with a hound. It is a genetic problem and is mostly in large breeds like Danes.

Pigsit did you own a female named Honky Tonk CJ?

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I have never even heard of a twisted gut with a hound. It is a genetic problem and is mostly in large breeds like Danes.

Pigsit did you own a female named Honky Tonk CJ?

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