Lean Mince Lamb ok?

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Patches

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Sorry to keep asking inane questions.

I gave Harvey two mini chicken fillets last night (he nearly took my hand off for them and kept checking his bowl for more!) as we were having a chicken casserole.

I'm cooking Shepherd's Pie tonight. Would it be ok to boil up a little bit of the very lean minced lamb for his tea?
 
It will be perfectly safe for him, if that's what you mean but lamb can be quite fatty so go easy on the quantity. Yoiu may want to bulk it out with some veggies to make it go further.

I would also feed it raw but mine is on a raw food diet anyway!
 
I shouldn't see why not
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Although if his tummy is still dicky I wouldn't be making massive changes right now.

I wish my Nan was still alive to see all of us fretting over dog food, she was a 'bread, milk, leftovers' kinda woman
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It's really lean mince. I've just done the mince in a saucepan on the stove, as I dry fry it, and had to add water in to it as it was just too dry to "fry".

I won't be giving him loads, just a small amount. I cannot, as yet, bring myself to give it to him raw. I know, I know!

CC - his tummy has been fine since the weekend. Strangely, since he's been having some fresh meat and less biscuit. He used to look a little bloated after tea time when he had biscuits. His belly would look fat and then he'd have the runs later.

Seems this hasn't happened the last three nights as I've given him fresh meat. The first two nights I do confess to having given him pre-cooked chicken breasts though
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I had Tuna for lunch, in a sandwich. Can they eat tuna? I buy it in brine.
 
Hi Patches - sorry, didn't realise he'd been poorly but glad to hear he is looking better!

Tuna is fine - my Lab loves it and goes mad at the smell. She also loves tinned pilchards, especially in tomato sauce and has a couple once or twice a week.
 
Tuna is fine, my boy goes mad for it, he has it as a reward for tracking (or he did until his own system went spongo and he had to go back on Deathly Boring Diet
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Would prefer it in sunflower oil though, much less salty and better for coat condition, make sure you drain the brine off well.

If you think it is better for him, there is nothing wrong with him eating what you guys eat.
 
I will buy him in some tins in sunflower oil and some pilchards. The cats like pilchards as well so all the animals will be happy.

It just seems to be something with his tea. He seems to drink more of an evening, when he has the biscuit, and then ends up looking bloated. Doesn't seem uncomfortable or offside in himself, but he does then get the loose faeces.

As I say, we've not had any of that since I've replaced his biscuits of an early evening (7pm) with meat. Might be a coincidence, but it's certainly got me thinking!

I just give him slightly more biscuit for breakfast and dinner to compensate.
 
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Yeah we do that too.

Did he like it??!
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I really still do have to get over to you to give you that stuff back. I think I'm going to be driving past you one of the days next week so will let you know and drop it in
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Wolfed it down!
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Hopefully his tummy won't disagree with it later on. So far, so good!

I have bought quite a bit of chicken tonight and am bagging it up in portion bags for the freezer. IF I remember to get a piece out every morning, he can have chicken for his tea.

Just not sure if I can bring myself to go the "extra mile" and feed it to him raw yet. That's a big step, psychologically, for me to take.

Will get him some bones to chew on from the butchers to help. He's somewhat spoilt, compared to Bakers King Jasper! He never had "posh" food. He ended his life on Beta, but he didn't really care much for it.

Actually...that's not strictly true. His last supper was two trays of Caesar!
 
Just as an illustration take one or two of your dog buscuits and put it in a dish and add water, have a look after a while and see how much it swells. Thats why dogs get bloat!

Their natural food does not do this! Dogs are less inclined to cope with this it's like sugar beet sheep and cattle can handle it unsoaked being the ultimate omnivore with 2 stomachs, yet you would never give that to a horse with one stomach!
 
Interestingly, when I soak the Orijen, it doesn't swell up in quite the same way that the James Wellbeloved does.

I am sure over time I will be able to bring myself to introduce some raw meat into his diet......I've just got to get myself over the mental block I have about it.
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He is slowly moving over to Orijen. He has 120g of dried biscuit, split between breakfast and lunch and has a chicken breast/thigh fillet, minced lamb etc for his tea with 10g of biscuit to help slow him down a little.

Obviously he's just coming up for three months old so the amounts will increase as he gets bigger.
 
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