[crader]

Originally Posted by tattoopierced1

well its closer to Cincy than Columbus.. right outside of Kings Island actually. cant wait for Christine to read your response

LOL he knows where the door is!!

I love the pics I had 2 Danes but they both were biters. I love them though, I need to get pics of my Mastiffs up. The dobie and the baby is super cute.

[T-AD]

Very awesome pic, Tattooed... I'm amazed at how gentle Max is with kids. He's high strung for a Dane (still very much a puppy), but whenever a kid comes up to pet him, the younger they are, the gentler he is. Awesome how they're like that. Even after we found out that the wife was pregnant, he completely stopped jumping up or being rough with her. It's like magic!! You just have to love a big dog....

[Palo Alto Labs]

Originally Posted by crader

What do you make for him. my mastiffs are going on a food strike and getting thinner. I can't do a raw diet because they fight over food.

At the moment, my gf and I have a small dog, hes about 18lbs.. I want a BIG dog, but I wont do that until I have a house with a yard. I usually hate little dogs, but he is NOT a yapper, and he acts like he is the biggest dog on the block. Ive seen him steal a bone out of a 75lb pit bulls mouth without even thinking twice. Hes the boss.


luckily since hes small.. a homemade diet is pretty easy. he gets 2 meatballs a day with about a 1/8th cup of store bought kibble (good for teeth).

Our recipe is 40% meat / 30% oat or grain / 30% veggies

usually its about 50/50 gound beef/turkey or liver
either whole wheat pasta or brown rice
and sweet potatoes, corn, peas, etc (no tomatoes)
+ garlic

we mix all of that up and make little meatballs out of it...cook them at 350 until cooked and then we freeze whatever we dont need in the next 5 days.

When I get a larger dog, Ill prob continue the same thing.. but instead of meatballs.. you can easily just turn this into a crock pot recipe. The meatballs are just easy because they are proportioned when we make them.

[tattoopierced1]

Originally Posted by Palo Alto Labs

At the moment, my gf and I have a small dog, hes about 18lbs.. I want a BIG dog, but I wont do that until I have a house with a yard. I usually hate little dogs, but he is NOT a yapper, and he acts like he is the biggest dog on the block. Ive seen him steal a bone out of a 75lb pit bulls mouth without even thinking twice. Hes the boss.


luckily since hes small.. a homemade diet is pretty easy. he gets 2 meatballs a day with about a 1/8th cup of store bought kibble (good for teeth).

Our recipe is 40% meat / 30% oat or grain / 30% veggies

usually its about 50/50 gound beef/turkey or liver
either whole wheat pasta or brown rice
and sweet potatoes, corn, peas, etc (no tomatoes)
+ garlic

we mix all of that up and make little meatballs out of it...cook them at 350 until cooked and then we freeze whatever we dont need in the next 5 days.

When I get a larger dog, Ill prob continue the same thing.. but instead of meatballs.. you can easily just turn this into a crock pot recipe. The meatballs are just easy because they are proportioned when we make them.

sounds pretty good, although I always thought cook ground beef wasnt very good for dogs stomachs?

[Palo Alto Labs]

Originally Posted by tattoopierced1

sounds pretty good, although I always thought cook ground beef wasnt very good for dogs stomachs?

havent seen anything that says this... a lot of people have different ideas of what is good/bad for dog food.... you can tell how a dog reacts to food very easily... especially if you live in an area where you have to pick up the poop

just keep an eye on him.. watch for extra scratching or loose stool which would indicate a allergy

a lot of breeds are allergic to specific things... so if you do some research you can find what key foods to avoid.

[dsade]

Hmm...GUT Health for dogs....


/runs to the drawing board

[tattoopierced1]

Originally Posted by Palo Alto Labs

havent seen anything that says this... a lot of people have different ideas of what is good/bad for dog food.... you can tell how a dog reacts to food very easily... especially if you live in an area where you have to pick up the poop

just keep an eye on him.. watch for extra scratching or loose stool which would indicate a allergy

a lot of breeds are allergic to specific things... so if you do some research you can find what key foods to avoid.

i had just always heard that, and further made me a believer when my dog got ahold of a few burgers and had the worst case of explosive diarrhea i've ever witnessed.

[Palo Alto Labs]

Originally Posted by dsade

Hmm...GUT Health for dogs....

/runs to the drawing board

hahah yea there is already a FAQ entry about this on the KE-99 website.

[Palo Alto Labs]

Originally Posted by tattoopierced1

i had just always heard that, and further made me a believer when my dog got ahold of a few burgers and had the worst case of explosive diarrhea i've ever witnessed.

that would happen to any dog who was on a store-bought dog food diet. dogs cannot handle such sudden changes in diet.. so it prob wasnt the chop meat that was the problem, but the fact that he had never had it before (at least in that quantity). plus im sure he got into a lot more that he would eat in a 'normal' meal.

People are the same though. Dont eat meat for a few years and then suddenly eat 1/2 lb of 80/20 ground beef.. youll get the runs.

[tattoopierced1]

Originally Posted by Palo Alto Labs

that would happen to any dog who was on a store-bought dog food diet. dogs cannot handle such sudden changes in diet.. so it prob wasnt the chop meat that was the problem, but the fact that he had never had it before (at least in that quantity). plus im sure he got into a lot more that he would eat in a 'normal' meal.

People are the same though. Dont eat meat for a few years and then suddenly eat 1/2 lb of 80/20 ground beef.. youll get the runs.

lol.. runs is an understatement.. it was like someone threw a **** grenade.. nasty nasty nasty..

[dsade]

Originally Posted by Palo Alto Labs

hahah yea there is already a FAQ entry about this on the KE-99 website.

You fail marketing 101.

/that was supposed to be a hint, BTW...we have been trying to perfect a combination of enteric coating and granulation for a while now in preparation for this, and are pretty close to rolling this up.

[dsade]

Originally Posted by tattoopierced1

lol.. runs is an understatement.. it was like someone threw a **** grenade.. nasty nasty nasty..

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