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Post by Dee on Aug 12, 2016 9:50:31 GMT 10
Hi tom, quick question. Let's say I want to feed 25% protein. Let's assume my dog needs 2lbs of food a day made of meat rice and veg. Am I correct in saying that if I give half pound meat and pound and half of rice- veg that I would be close to the mark or is that totally incorrect as different foods weigh different, for example a cup of meat weighs different to cup of rice- confused
Thanks
Dee
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Post by Tom Meulman on Aug 15, 2016 4:26:06 GMT 10
Hi Dee,
Sorry mate but the weight of a specific type of food can not be used as a guide unless that type of food contained 100% protein, and while meat contains the right type of protein as required by a racing greyhound it contains a lot of other substances including water.
If you did wish to use volume as a very rough guide two thirds beef and one third rice may be closer to the mark.
Cheers,
Tom
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Post by D on Aug 15, 2016 10:41:06 GMT 10
Thanks Tom, on a seperate issue, have couple of dogs in training and noticed they were abit dehydrated so I put out a second bucket of water and added electrolytes so they could drink over the day. Anyway came back hour later and the 3 had drank almost 4 litres. Will that do any harm I.e flush out all the good stuff ?? Cheers
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Post by Tom Meulman on Aug 16, 2016 4:30:44 GMT 10
Hi Dee,
No it will not do any harm but it does raise a couple if issues.
Firstly, I have always found it essential with greyhounds in work to keep them kenneled separately so that I could keep a close watch on just how much water each greyhound was drinking and their exact food intake.
Water because water consumption is an important indicator of the greyhounds stress levels and to a certain extent their current health, and food because in many instances not just the exact quantity of food, but also the composition of each individual's meal may be different. While watching them carefully while they are eating can take care of that to a certain extent, sooner or later one will have a health issue, go off their food a bit, and one of the others will scoff down a few mouthfuls before you can stop it happening. While that may not seem such a big deal, with greyhounds in training and racing it can have an effect on race performance, and off course their weight when kenneling for a race.
The other issue is that it's very important to find out why, or what has caused one or more of the dogs to become somewhat dehydrated, and in a situation such as this it's impossible to ascertain exactly just which greyhound drank the most of the electrolyted water, and why. Certainly the taste can have an effect on this, but in my experience it still does not occur unless one or more of the dogs had a real need to consume a larger quantity of liquid. Which in turn indicates that there could be a health problem that needs seeing to.
Cheers,
Tom
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Post by D on Aug 16, 2016 6:37:59 GMT 10
Thanks again Tom, I have 3 in large kennel/small paddock, they can empty when ever they want. There working hard alright, but not drinking enough. I do soak kibble well to get some fluids into them. They drink very little water from the bucket hence electrolyte .The don't get electrolyte that often as I give milk- water after training .So I knew they would drink a lot, ( like giving a child a fizzy drink for the first time )their certainly * flushed out* anyway. They only drank about a litre today. Even after 1 day the skin test is good. Thanks for all the good advice, I don't know how you manage to answer everyone, D
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