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Well I did let my dogs choose. I went to our local pet food store and picked up about 20 different samples, from expensive to cheap brands, meat-based, veggie and grain-based. I put them in 20 different dishes and brought my dogs out one at a time, they had already eaten their breakie so were not starving. You should have seen their reactions, it was priceless, some of the food they did not even try, some they tried and then spit out. Their overwhelming choice of grub was GO NATURAL. So I feed my dogs Go, and their favorite treat is homemade banana bread.<br><br>
If I lived a so called normal lifestyle I would probably try them on a raw meat and veggie diet. But as I choose to live off the grid {no power for a freezer} and I do not drive{so cannot run to the store whenever I run out of something} It is hard to be consistant with a raw diet up in the middle of the bush.<br><br>
My dogs have free range of 20 acres of grass, bush, swamp, etc. and you should see the things that they eat on their own. For eg: huckleberries, salal berries, couch grass {one of their favorite raw greens}, rotten wood, clay, muck, and one of my dogs used to eat the new growth on the ends of fir tree branches. Years ago one of my older females found a way into my garden, she would go in every other day and dig up and eat a raw potatoe or a few carrots. Good thing I always planted enough for all of us.<br><br>
I tried to go all vegetarian with them at one point. I added cooked grains, more veggies, supplements etc. within 4 days my dogs changed their attitude towards my chickens { don't worry no chickens were hurt too bad }. But where once we all just got along fine things changed, those dogs definately looked at the chickens in a new light. For years they used to see them as yard birds that you just ran by and basically ignored. Well now they truly wanted to EAT THEM. So I put the dogs back on GO and things have been cool since then.<br><br>
It is not that I agree or disagree with putting pets on a total vegetarian diet. But my dogs chose not too!<br><br>
So remember, every being is an individual, what works for some may not work for others. So much these days depends on where you live, who you know, how much money you make, male, female, black, white........ I say just do the best you can with what you have and if you and your pet are healthy and happy. WELL KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!<br><br><br><br>
Hugzzzzzzzzzz to all the pets out there!<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/hug.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":hug:"><br><br><br><br>
p.s. I have gone 5 days now on vegetarian fare alone, thanks to Jen and Lisa for all your great ideas and to this site for all the yummy recipes!<br><br><br><br><br><br>
it is not about having what you want,<br><br>
it is about wanting what you already have!
If I lived a so called normal lifestyle I would probably try them on a raw meat and veggie diet. But as I choose to live off the grid {no power for a freezer} and I do not drive{so cannot run to the store whenever I run out of something} It is hard to be consistant with a raw diet up in the middle of the bush.<br><br>
My dogs have free range of 20 acres of grass, bush, swamp, etc. and you should see the things that they eat on their own. For eg: huckleberries, salal berries, couch grass {one of their favorite raw greens}, rotten wood, clay, muck, and one of my dogs used to eat the new growth on the ends of fir tree branches. Years ago one of my older females found a way into my garden, she would go in every other day and dig up and eat a raw potatoe or a few carrots. Good thing I always planted enough for all of us.<br><br>
I tried to go all vegetarian with them at one point. I added cooked grains, more veggies, supplements etc. within 4 days my dogs changed their attitude towards my chickens { don't worry no chickens were hurt too bad }. But where once we all just got along fine things changed, those dogs definately looked at the chickens in a new light. For years they used to see them as yard birds that you just ran by and basically ignored. Well now they truly wanted to EAT THEM. So I put the dogs back on GO and things have been cool since then.<br><br>
It is not that I agree or disagree with putting pets on a total vegetarian diet. But my dogs chose not too!<br><br>
So remember, every being is an individual, what works for some may not work for others. So much these days depends on where you live, who you know, how much money you make, male, female, black, white........ I say just do the best you can with what you have and if you and your pet are healthy and happy. WELL KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!<br><br><br><br>
Hugzzzzzzzzzz to all the pets out there!<img alt="" class="inlineimg" src="/images/smilies/hug.gif" style="border:0px solid;" title=":hug:"><br><br><br><br>
p.s. I have gone 5 days now on vegetarian fare alone, thanks to Jen and Lisa for all your great ideas and to this site for all the yummy recipes!<br><br><br><br><br><br>
it is not about having what you want,<br><br>
it is about wanting what you already have!
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