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02-07-2011, 07:47 PM | #1 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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| To feed Tripe or not to Feed Tripe? So I feed Harley Now! kibble, he's free fed because he's so small 4lbs (barely) and so that my little "cupcake" gets all the required nutrients I've also been feeding Trippet Green Beef, I buy the small cans and he gets 1/8 of a can morning and night. Well Tripe is on back order at my closest pet store, and so I've been feeding Harley canned Atlantic salmon, (his stomach can handle fish, as he's been eating lobster, salmon and haddock, since he was a puppy). So it's been over a week since he's had tripe and still it hasn't arrived. Well this week Harley's coat is AMAZING, there are two possible factors, either the increase in fish is really helping or the groomer last week used something new. cause I've been avoiding the groomer cause his hair would get dry and flakey thus I use my own products at home... So now I've been thinking maybe instead of giving him tripe I should just switch to a source of fish completely. I've got a few options. - keep giving him the salmon - but it's double the price of the Trippet - purchase some fresh local haddock at the market and boil it and prep it myself (freezing the rest until it's ready to be cooked) -go back to tripe - explore any other canned food that has more fish. What do you all think? I'm a fisherman's daughter so I'm really not against the whole fish for my dog thing, I don't like it, so he might as well eat it. That and I may be able to buy haddock from a local fisherman much cheaper than tripe...
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02-07-2011, 08:03 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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| sorry, I have no comment on the feeding of fish or tripe to Harley.... but after you mentioned haddock 3 times, the British in me has me craving a Fish & Chip dinner with salt & lots of vinegar
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02-08-2011, 04:17 AM | #3 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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| Hahaha yeah I suppose I've made a few people hungry
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02-08-2011, 06:47 AM | #4 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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| Ugh... so for a business student i suck at price comparison... the canned salmon was 2/$5.00... (on sale) and tripe is only $0.80 per can... well i guess pure salmon is out lol. still considering haddock.
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02-08-2011, 07:11 AM | #5 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Merritt Island,FL
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| I buy my wheaten canned mackeral for $1.68 a can - it has 4 big fish chunks in there. Once I open a big can I've wondered about freezing it into little fish cubes for a dinnertime treat, rather than having to use it up so fast. |
02-08-2011, 07:14 AM | #6 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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| yeah when I use the salmon, I freeze it into baggies so that one can = three baggies. I get about a day and half out of a baggie.
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02-08-2011, 07:20 AM | #7 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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| Anyone feed Halo? I was thinking maybe this may be better than the tripe? Succulent Salmon Recipe (5 oz) I wont stop feeding him the kibble obviously, i just want this as an added treat/supplement to help his coat and other stuff. Haven't priced it yet.
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03-30-2011, 07:49 AM | #8 |
Donating YT 18K Club Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Yorkie Zoo
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| I know that this is a stale-ish thread but my local Mexican market carries fresh tripe for $1.99/pound. Have any of you looked at ethnic markets or do you rather use a canned product?
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03-30-2011, 08:09 AM | #9 |
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| I forgot to mention that it IS the GREEN tripe they are selling in my market~ Smelly stinky stuff
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