Mariojames95:
good evening. please is it advisable to feed your dogs fish feed ?what nutritional value does it gives to the dog ?. I read a post on nairaland which says it's a great way to cut cost.
expert in this section your help is needed here.

frowland:

What do you mean by fish feed?

Mariojames95:

feeds like those given to catfish.
vital, copens etc

Mariojames95:
https://www.nairaland.com/2467571/cutting-cost-feeding-dogs

frowland:


Gone through that thread, it's just a user experience with his GSD.

Not a bad choice per say but for me with mastiffs and giant breeds to delve into such I need to even find out the nutritional composition of the feed. Then I compare it with Bingo et al... before I proceed.

It's one thing to feed GSD anything it's another to feed mastiffs. If you feed mastiffs anything you might notice it in few days weight wise and appearance.

Eveezy:

hmm no doubt DT mastif eat allot but I don't get what u mean by feed a gsd anything, no degrade Gsd oo, dem be ancestors ooo, same cost incured in ur mastif is wat is incurred in gsd, so no change am too much

Eveezy:

hmm no doubt DT mastif eat allot but I don't get what u mean by feed a gsd anything, no degrade Gsd oo, dem be ancestors ooo, same cost incured in ur mastif is wat is incurred in gsd, so no change am too much

frowland:


Not degrading GSDs far from it. The good thing about GSD is that no matter what you feed them, it hardly shows as their body status remains the same over time-Thats what I mean by feeding anything.
But to have a good looking mastiffs, you dont just have to feed more, you also have to feed right. Else you have a skinny, malnourished looking dog.
That's what I mean, nothing against gsd whatsoever.

adisabarber:
If you know what you are doing, you can combine fishmeal which has 72% protein, maize, GNC, salt and multivitamins to form a balanced ration for any dog. Everything your dog eats ends up digested before the dog's body can absorb it. The key is to know the exact nutritional requirements of your dog and you can formulate feed for it. The only thing I will not advise is feeding your dogs with ready made fish feed. Fish feed is different from fishmeal!!!! Fishmeal is used to add protein to animal feed while fish feed is formulated feed for FISH ONLY. To be on the safe side though, just buy ready made dog food and feed your dogs. If you can't afford that then buy a dog you can afford to feed.

Mariojames95:

some feed feed contains the exact nutrients a dog needs. fish feed like aller aqua can be used for fishes and fur animals as stated in their pack.

smokey12345:
i m new to dogs but i recently bought 2 puppies of diff breed.. rott nd gsd... if the person use gsd for exmple thts wnother thing, gsd dont consume much they et llittle nd tke more wter but to me there is no hrms in trying

Ebendo123:
I can confirm that its not a bad idea as I've been using it for a year now. Though I don't give as a kibble or dry food as u may call. I mix it wit other dog food.. Cooked with noodles or RandyCare dog feed. Its d best combo. Just look at the nutritional composition in fishfeed. It can supplement a lot of things in ur dog. My dogs are growing well. But also take note that too much is not good as it can cause diarrhoea because of excess protein. I'll post a pix of my dogs.

Ebendo123:
I can confirm that its not a bad idea as I've been using it for a year now. Though I don't give as a kibble or dry food as u may call. I mix it wit other dog food.. Cooked with noodles or RandyCare dog feed. Its d best combo. Just look at the nutritional composition in fishfeed. It can supplement a lot of things in ur dog. My dogs are growing well. But also take note that too much is not good as it can cause diarrhoea because of excess protein. I'll post a pix of my dogs.

Mariojames95:

please do.. and explain how you combine these food for one super nutritious K9 food..
I plan mixing the fish feed with noodles and eggs.

Mariomadiba:
Please experts come and illuminate this thread.

HardMirror:
it think raw eggs are best or not fully cooked. You can always mix the egg raw after the whole preparation.

tziz:

@bolded, are u kidding me? Iv read in multiple sites that raw egg-white is bad for dogs. "Raw egg whites can cause biotin deficiency in dogs".

HardMirror:
are dogs supposed to eat cooked eggs by their nature? Research before you start posting what you know nothing about. https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/feeding-your-dog-raw-eggs-good-or-bad/

Egg whites causing biotin deficiency has nothing to do with eggs being raw, so i dont know where you got that, and you forget that the yolks balances this problem. Try and read, learn before trying to educate others

tziz:

@bolded, The way u got ur info is the same way i got mine: The Internet! Do u know what that is? A lot of infos, a confluence of differnt ideas, some true, some false, none is sure, hence i said "i read in multiple sites". You on the hand, arent a vet but u read from a website and jumped in here to act I-too-know. Well, u have ur dog, i have mine. I just pointed somtin out to u.

Ok bye!