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Greyhound menu ideas please

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Pucarbuile · 16/10/2021 18:41

Our lovely rescue moved in 4 weeks ago and he's well settled follows me to the loo like a toddler. He's a big one, 79cm from neck to tail and built like a tank. He's decided that now that he doesn't have to fight for food, plain kibble isn't sufficiently interesting for him (and I may have accidentally spoiled him after he hurt his lip just after he moved in Blush). What do your greys eat? I have him mainly on Burns sensitive as it seems to suit him better than Gain. In the morning he gets half a cup to keep him from nosing into the dc's breakfast but he leaves a lot of it. I have my own breakfast about 11 so he'll usually have a cup of kibble with scrambled egg and plain yoghurt (helps with the biohazard gases). Then I usually give him dinner when we have ours about 6 - 1.5ish cups of kibble with left overs from the previous night's people dinner, or if not suitable, a tin of tuna. He might have a dental stick or other chewey item (calf ear today - boak) during the day. I'm well aware that I'm more pliant about his dietary requests than the family's so I'd love to hear what silver service menus your hounds enjoy?

Oh, and if you can tell me how to get him interested in the stupidly expensive Kong that he just licked the peanut butter off, that'd be great too. Grin

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Holidaytan · 16/10/2021 21:08

You want raw meaty bones such as ribs or chicken portions. Steer clear of the legs of anything larger than a turkey as they are too dense.
Pet shops sell cooked bones, but these are very bad for dogs. As pet food is unregulated there are some frankly dangerous items for sale in these places.

3beesinmybonnet · 16/10/2021 21:51

Ours is a very greyhoundy rescue lurcher. He has 2 meals a day of Millies Wolfheart with a splash of hot water and a tinned sardine mixed in for interest, though he'll eat it without. It has no filler and no ingredients known to cause allergies. Very highly rated on allaboutdogfood site. Only needs half as much as his previous kibble AVA, or Skinners, which both needed a tin of dogmeat added spread over 4 meals to tempt him. The greyfarts have stopped and the poos are much much smaller. It also works out cheaper.
He usually has a Yakers chew on the go. He also gets various treats from the petshop. And dog friendly bits of our food because he's irresistible. I don't let him have anything sweet as Greyhounds are known for their weak teeth.
He also loves crunchy veg like cabbage or broccoli stalks etc.

Skyla2005 · 16/10/2021 22:55

@CMOTDibbler

My ddog1 is just like yours *@Skyla2005*
Awwwwww yes so lovely
SheWoreYellow · 17/10/2021 08:33

Yes I agree on the bone front, ostrich or raw chicken.

Ostrich have a kind of honeycomb matrix structure which is why they’re safe.

Anything bigger gets a bit scary. I’ve tried to research what sort of bones and the internet is divided between those saying ‘bones are good, but NEVER the weight bearing ones’ and those saying ‘bones are good but they MUST be the weight bearing ones’.I don’t know enough to decide myself!

Definitelyrandom · 17/10/2021 10:32

Tbf, if he’s an ex racer, he almost certainly wouldn’t have had to fight for his food. Sensibly, he just doesn’t like dry kibble! Ours is fine with Gain Maintenance with half a tin of Butchers, twice a day, replaced with a tin of tuna or sardines a couple of times a week. We add a bit of sunflower oil, oats and Greek style yoghurt once a day. The odd egg or left over egg whites or cheese occasionally. Dog biscuit last thing and first thing. Meaty treats on walks to help recall. Ostrich bones and fish skin cubes for his teeth. When we first got him he had the kong filled with peanut butter and frozen yoghurt but haven’t bothered for a long time......

tiddlysquat · 17/10/2021 15:35

Mine has - forthglade wet traytwice a day plus 1/4 of one at lunch with a sardine or scrambled egg added. Often has a tablespoon or two of porridge for breakfast as well. Kong filled with Greek yoghurt , or banana and peanut butter at lunch. She does 3x poos a day.

I've only had her a month and she's lost quite a lot of weight which is why she now has lunch!

I've just ordered some natural chews- puppy friendly ones as she gulps. I've got an ostrich bone here but bit scared - as they ok to give without any 'warm up' bones first ?

santabetterwashhishands · 17/10/2021 15:43

My dog not a greyhound but he's massive has two cups of dry food with a tin of sardines for breakfast.
Half a cucumber mid morning.
A couple of pigs ears during the day.
Two cups of kibble and a tin of pedigree chum at supper time.
A raw carrot to chew on during the night.
He's not overweight and people are shocked how much he eats but he's very active.

NeverEnoughCake2 · 17/10/2021 15:47

Our boy is 35kg and also doesn't hold with dry kibble! We have him on Bailey's grain-free, high meat content kibble. He has the recommended amount in the morning mixed with a raw egg, or plain yoghurt if we're out of eggs. In the evening, he has a half portion mixed with a whole tin of Butcher's. He also gets a buffalo ear a day and the odd bit of apple or banana - he's got a sweet tooth!

2bazookas · 19/10/2021 17:20

@Pucarbuile

he will just look sadly at it and wander off Clearly related to mine then Grin

I haven't tried him on any wet food yet. Good to know the Burns might work. And it would be a good back up for nights we don't have left overs. I have tried him with raw veg but he's having none of it. He did like carrots and sweet potato in last week's chicken stew though.

Our greyhound loved cooked veg to the point I would cook extra. (a couple of carrots and potatoes don't cost much) The extra included cooking veg trimmings that would otherwise have gone in the compost heap such as the tops and peels of carrots, the stalks of cabbage, cauliflower and brocolli, potato peelings. Just put the dog veg in a steamer on top of the veg you're cooking for yourselves. (slice the brocolli stems.cabbage stalks first).

No onions/leeks of course.

He also enjoyed porridge so we always gave him the scrapings from the pan.

We tried many dry foods and the winner was Wainrights large breed
foods, not the beef and rice one, he preferred the duck./chicken and lamb ones (all with rice, no wheat). We fed him twice a day, am and pm, plus occasional bonio dog biscuits , and a daily dentastix at bedtime.

Wainrights is sold in Pets at Home and you can order online and get free home delivery for a large enough order. We found the meat+ rice ones produced a normal stool easy to pick up in a poohbag. . Anything, with wheat produced poohs that couldn't be picked up.

Treats; the meat pickings of (roast) chicken carcases , picked after I'd boiled them up for stock. No bones.

cheese; If you ever need to worm or medicate him, hide pills in a little cube of cheese. It won't even hit the sides as he gobbles it.

licking the lid of cream and plain yoghurt pots

Buttered toast

Beaten raw egg.

2bazookas · 19/10/2021 17:24

Just saw another post; I forgot the sardines in oil. One whole tin (with the oil) twice a week. Just the cheapest tins you can find . He would eat sardines in tomato "under duress" but much preferred the ones in oil, which is very good for their coat.

hellcatspangle · 19/10/2021 17:50

Have you tried mixing kibble with hot water to mush it up, stirring in some peanut butter and stuffing/freezing his kong with that?

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