Tracking and feeding raw

big_dog7777 · 05-29-2008, 05:43 PM

How do those that feed raw and track handle the bait? Do you just switch to different food for tracking and deal with it, or dehydrate meat or what? Looking for ideas.

Brightelf · 05-29-2008, 06:05 PM

Howzabout the bags of dehydrated raw premade? I have friends tracking in Schutzhund who use K9Kraving, but there's also other dried brands out there. Maybe HonestKitchen and Omas Pride.
Good luck!

DancingCavy · 05-29-2008, 06:15 PM

I think most raw-feeders feed 'normal' treats as well. I know I do. So use whatever your dog likes and can tolerate. Wellness Pure Rewards, cheese, hot dog, jerky, etc.

**lhczth** · 05-29-2008, 10:32 PM

I use hotdogs, cheese, hamburger, chunks of heart, pieces of roast, even tried kidney ONCE since is was free (smelled like a bag of urine YUCK). Mostly hotdog since it is cheap.

tracyc · 05-30-2008, 10:11 AM

I don't worry about treats being part of our "raw" diet. They are just treats. Go with whatever will motivate the dog. At our house, the favorite treats are cat kibble. The pieces are really small, and they must be strongly flavored because they stink.

big_dog7777 · 05-30-2008, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted By: Luca_stlI don't worry about treats being part of our "raw" diet. They are just treats. Go with whatever will motivate the dog. At our house, the favorite treats are cat kibble. The pieces are really small, and they must be strongly flavored because they stink.

The issue is that for a while this will be the only way my dogs will eat... off the track and cat kibble doesn't do it. Maybe I'll get a dehydrator and go that route.

umzilla · 05-30-2008, 11:43 AM

It's possible, but a pain, and does have some drawbacks. How long are the tracks, and how much are you wanting to age them? I've done it with my dogs, but not in the introductory stage of tracking, where I'd put food in nearly every footstep.

Christine

**lhczth** · 05-30-2008, 01:38 PM

John, it does present a problem. What I did was use chicken necks. They were really easy to chop into tiny pieces. On other days you could use roast or hamburger since the chicken necks are almost all bone.

jesusica · 06-06-2008, 12:34 AM

I take his normal meal and just chop it into pieces and add things like hot dogs, even in the foundation training where food is in every step. The hot dogs filled in the steps between parts of his meal. I did use the frozen BilJac instead of hot dogs but I guess Flash is a mutant, he did not care for it and wouldn't eat it, it just told him he was on the track.

Even now he doesn't care to do obedience for BilJac, oh well. And I had to randomly disperse the raw food throughout the track rather than have it as a jackpot at the end with only hotdogs in the steps. After a few times with the end being a raw meal, Flash started running the track and skipping even the hot dogs.

05-29-2008, 05:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
big_dog7777 Knighted Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,186	Tracking and feeding raw How do those that feed raw and track handle the bait? Do you just switch to different food for tracking and deal with it, or dehydrate meat or what? Looking for ideas. __________________ John - Zahar vom Leerburg "Lowen" http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/...ee/521413.html - Diesel vom Kriegershaus "Diesel" BH http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/...ee/399527.html

05-29-2008, 06:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Brightelf Crowned Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 9,357	Re: Tracking and feeding raw Howzabout the bags of dehydrated raw premade? I have friends tracking in Schutzhund who use K9Kraving, but there's also other dried brands out there. Maybe HonestKitchen and Omas Pride. Good luck! __________________ Patti Frauchen von: Grimm van den Heuvel, aka "The Doofinator" My strong-minded, very loving boy

05-29-2008, 06:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
DancingCavy Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 9,655	Re: Tracking and feeding raw I think most raw-feeders feed 'normal' treats as well. I know I do. So use whatever your dog likes and can tolerate. Wellness Pure Rewards, cheese, hot dog, jerky, etc. __________________ ~Jamie~ Risa W-FDX/MF RN CGC WCM It Just Keeps Getting Better (Risa's Blog)

05-29-2008, 10:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
lhczth Administrator & LOTR Addict Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 11,698	Re: Tracking and feeding raw I use hotdogs, cheese, hamburger, chunks of heart, pieces of roast, even tried kidney ONCE since is was free (smelled like a bag of urine YUCK). Mostly hotdog since it is cheap. __________________ Lisa Clark Zu Treuen Händen Working German Shepherd Dogs *South Michigan SchH and Police Club*

05-30-2008, 10:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
tracyc Crowned Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: St. Louis Posts: 5,393	Re: Tracking and feeding raw I don't worry about treats being part of our "raw" diet. They are just treats. Go with whatever will motivate the dog. At our house, the favorite treats are cat kibble. The pieces are really small, and they must be strongly flavored because they stink. __________________ Tracy St. Louis, MO http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y18...shepherd_4.gif Luca says, "Arf!"

05-30-2008, 11:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
umzilla Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: IL Posts: 467	Re: Tracking and feeding raw It's possible, but a pain, and does have some drawbacks. How long are the tracks, and how much are you wanting to age them? I've done it with my dogs, but not in the introductory stage of tracking, where I'd put food in nearly every footstep. Christine __________________ Monster Dog Equipment http://www.monsterdog.net Vesta German Shepherds http://www.vestagsds.com Rock River Dog Sport Club, UKC http://www.freewebs.com/rockriverdogsport

05-30-2008, 01:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
lhczth Administrator & LOTR Addict Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 11,698	Re: Tracking and feeding raw John, it does present a problem. What I did was use chicken necks. They were really easy to chop into tiny pieces. On other days you could use roast or hamburger since the chicken necks are almost all bone. __________________ Lisa Clark Zu Treuen Händen Working German Shepherd Dogs *South Michigan SchH and Police Club*

06-06-2008, 12:34 AM	#9 (permalink)
jesusica Knighted Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 2,700	Re: Tracking and feeding raw I take his normal meal and just chop it into pieces and add things like hot dogs, even in the foundation training where food is in every step. The hot dogs filled in the steps between parts of his meal. I did use the frozen BilJac instead of hot dogs but I guess Flash is a mutant, he did not care for it and wouldn't eat it, it just told him he was on the track. Even now he doesn't care to do obedience for BilJac, oh well. And I had to randomly disperse the raw food throughout the track rather than have it as a jackpot at the end with only hotdogs in the steps. After a few times with the end being a raw meal, Flash started running the track and skipping even the hot dogs. __________________ The German Shepherd's faults are faults of education not nature, for if someone worked with him he would be blissfully happy and most obedient of all dogs. - Max von Stephanitz

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