Raw Fish?

robk · 10-03-2011, 04:19 PM

How do dogs do with raw fish and can you feed it whole? Is it considered RMB or MM? If I feed it whole (including the intrales) would that be a balanced meal? I am interested in reading some of your thoughts on this.
I am off tomorrow and am thinking about going to the coast and seeing if the Spots are running. On a good day I can usally fill a good sized cooler with Spots and other pan fish.

onyx'girl · 10-03-2011, 04:23 PM

My dogs won't eat fish heads,scales or fins. They barely tolerate the meat unless it is semi-frozen. They love canned mackarel.
I was giving my dogs sunfish/bluegill heads, etc a couple years ago during the Winter(icefishing) and thought they were eating them....snow melted and I found the remains.

I've gotten whole fish from my raw co-op and the dogs still won't eat it....so I give them partially frozen some of the skin is on, no scales/fins.
If you do feed fish, freeze it for at least a week to kill any parasites that may be within.
I consider it MM.

Klamari · 10-03-2011, 04:28 PM

My pup did not like whole fresh fish.....at all. And she is a maniac about any kind of food but that fish did not interest her in the least. I ended up feeding what fresh fish I had to my parents' dog, she seemed to like it. So now Rayne gets canned sardines and mackrel which she absolutely LOVES.

I don't consider it MM, because the fish I feed do have tiny bones. I feed it as a meal, all by itself.

robk · 10-03-2011, 04:36 PM

So are the scales ok? I was thinking of cutting off the heads and scaleing the fish but leaving the guts in. The freezing part to kill the parasites makes sense.

billsharp · 10-03-2011, 04:52 PM

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My dogs won't eat fish heads,scales or fins. They barely tolerate the meat unless it is semi-frozen.

It is so funny how different they all are. Liesl loves whole, raw tilapia. Head, scales, fins, tail, innards -- the whole thing. But if I put a piece of chicken in her bowl, well, I might as well have placed a typewriter or truck transmission there.

Josie/Zeus · 10-03-2011, 05:07 PM

I haven't tried feeding Koda whole fish, but I have fed with Zeus. He loves it! I don't remember if it had scales, but I remember the fish head and how grossed out I was watching him eat it.

robk · 10-03-2011, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by billsharp

It is so funny how different they all are. Liesl loves whole, raw tilapia. Head, scales, fins, tail, innards -- the whole thing. But if I put a piece of chicken in her bowl, well, I might as well have placed a typewriter or truck transmission there.

LOL that is the way ruger was the first time i gave him raw chicken. Now he loves it but I had to slightly cook it and put garlic powder on it to get him to try it.

**JakodaCD OA** · 10-03-2011, 05:38 PM

As most know, I work in a fish market, so have access to alot of fresh fish..

Just me, but I don't feed heads/scales/bones...and salmon is ALWAYS cooked, never ever raw...I usually poach it, (sometimes poach the carcass as well), keep the juices as well.

Mine will eat any kind of fish, altho there are some I won't feed, like sword and blue fish..

Tilapia from us farms, I do, anything from foreign countries, no way especially if they are farmed..

robk · 10-03-2011, 06:58 PM

So are fish bones ok or not ok? I cant imagine that they cannot do any harm.

**JakodaCD OA** · 10-03-2011, 07:02 PM

I don't have an answer, because I won't feed them

..sorry

10-03-2011, 04:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
robk Master Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 571	Raw Fish? How do dogs do with raw fish and can you feed it whole? Is it considered RMB or MM? If I feed it whole (including the intrales) would that be a balanced meal? I am interested in reading some of your thoughts on this. I am off tomorrow and am thinking about going to the coast and seeing if the Spots are running. On a good day I can usally fill a good sized cooler with Spots and other pan fish.

10-03-2011, 04:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
Klamari Master Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: South TEXAS Posts: 596	My pup did not like whole fresh fish.....at all. And she is a maniac about any kind of food but that fish did not interest her in the least. I ended up feeding what fresh fish I had to my parents' dog, she seemed to like it. So now Rayne gets canned sardines and mackrel which she absolutely LOVES. I don't consider it MM, because the fish I feed do have tiny bones. I feed it as a meal, all by itself. __________________ ~ Cayla 'Rayne' Karma v. Wildhaus (2/2011) Last edited by Klamari; 10-03-2011 at 04:30 PM.

10-03-2011, 05:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Josie/Zeus Elite Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: DFW TX Posts: 1,846	I haven't tried feeding Koda whole fish, but I have fed with Zeus. He loves it! I don't remember if it had scales, but I remember the fish head and how grossed out I was watching him eat it. __________________ Alta Tollhaus "Koda" 3/18/11 currently training in PSA Rest in Peace my boys Zeus 2000-2009 Odin 2010-2011

10-03-2011, 05:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
JakodaCD OA Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Old Lyme, CT USA Posts: 14,237	As most know, I work in a fish market, so have access to alot of fresh fish.. Just me, but I don't feed heads/scales/bones...and salmon is ALWAYS cooked, never ever raw...I usually poach it, (sometimes poach the carcass as well), keep the juices as well. Mine will eat any kind of fish, altho there are some I won't feed, like sword and blue fish.. Tilapia from us farms, I do, anything from foreign countries, no way especially if they are farmed.. __________________ Diane Danger Danger vom Kleinen Hain aka Masi "Angel" Jakoda's Bewitchen Sami CD OA OAJ OAC NGC OJC RS-O GS-N JS-O TT HIC CGC "Angel" Steinwald's Four x Four CGC HIC TT Harmonyhill's Hy Jynx NA NAJ NAC NJC RS-N JS-N HIC Jakoda's Jagged Edge

10-03-2011, 07:02 PM	#10 (permalink)
JakodaCD OA Moderator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Old Lyme, CT USA Posts: 14,237	I don't have an answer, because I won't feed them..sorry __________________ Diane Danger Danger vom Kleinen Hain aka Masi "Angel" Jakoda's Bewitchen Sami CD OA OAJ OAC NGC OJC RS-O GS-N JS-O TT HIC CGC "Angel" Steinwald's Four x Four CGC HIC TT Harmonyhill's Hy Jynx NA NAJ NAC NJC RS-N JS-N HIC Jakoda's Jagged Edge

10-03-2011, 04:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
onyx'girl Crowned Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SW, MI Posts: 17,600	My dogs won't eat fish heads,scales or fins. They barely tolerate the meat unless it is semi-frozen. They love canned mackarel. I was giving my dogs sunfish/bluegill heads, etc a couple years ago during the Winter(icefishing) and thought they were eating them....snow melted and I found the remains. I've gotten whole fish from my raw co-op and the dogs still won't eat it....so I give them partially frozen some of the skin is on, no scales/fins. If you do feed fish, freeze it for at least a week to kill any parasites that may be within. I consider it MM.

10-03-2011, 04:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
robk Master Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 571	So are the scales ok? I was thinking of cutting off the heads and scaleing the fish but leaving the guts in. The freezing part to kill the parasites makes sense.

10-03-2011, 06:58 PM	#9 (permalink)
robk Master Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 571	So are fish bones ok or not ok? I cant imagine that they cannot do any harm.

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