Dog Food

[Ed Norman]

We give our brittany 1.5 cups of victor performance dry dog food in the morning with 1/2 cup of drained green beans. At night 1.25 cups of victor again with the other 1/2 cup of green beans. Cash is a large brittany, in the hunting season he is really quite thin, if cash runs 10 miles in a hunt, I give him a little extra at night. During the offseason he gains a couple of pounds. My wife or I run him literally every day for a half hour to an hour in the off season. We try to feed him early so he will have a couple hours before we run or hunt him.

[Ed Norman]

Our breeder lives right down the road from us. He gives his brittanies 2 cups of purina pro plan a day early in the morning. If the dogs are hunting hard, he would give them a little more. He helped us with cash, when we first got cash, he weighed 69 pounds. The breeder thought he should get down to 42 pounds originally. When cash was 47 pounds, our breeder said he was at the perfect weight, when I told him cash weighed 47 pounds, he really could hardly believe that. Our dogs weight will vary between 46 to 48 pounds during the season. Off season he will get up to 50 pounds. My other friend that has 2 brittanies said his dogs are right around 50 pounds during the hunting season, they are not as tall as cash, but very stocky. He hunts those dogs almost every day during the season, and he runs them often during the off season.

[Big D]

Green beans?

[Ed Norman]

Originally Posted by John Dallas

Green beans?

John,
Several people told us to use green beans from a can to help our dog feel full. He literally acts like we are starving him at both feedings. Our dog food company said we should be feeding him 3 cups daily at his weight. We tried to go between what dog food company said and what the breeder uses. Cash is about 22 inches high. The only thing that dog likes as much as finding birds is eating. He is doing well at both.

[Big D]

I guess it's better than kale or Okra.

[Double Lab]

Try canned pumpkin, not pumpkin pie mix. Dogs love it, it's great for digestion and if your dog has loose stools it will firm them up.

[George "Scott" Davis]

I have a friend who hunts English Pointers and he swears by the half can of Green Beans, both of his is dogs hunt between 35-45 days a year in Montana or Arizona.

I've utilized a tablespoon of canned pumpkin during season to keep weight on my Brittanies.

Thanks to all of you for your sharing of information.

[Harold Pickens]

Currently feeding Inuckshuk, dogs eat it well.

[Setter Man]

Originally Posted by Ed Norman

John,
Several people told us to use green beans from a can to help our dog feel full. He literally acts like we are starving him at both feedings. Our dog food company said we should be feeding him 3 cups daily at his weight. We tried to go between what dog food company said and what the breeder uses. Cash is about 22 inches high. The only thing that dog likes as much as finding birds is eating. He is doing well at both.

My vet recommended the same thing. Great filler, low calories.