Fodring af mine hunde.
Der er mange måder, at fodre hunde på og der er omtrent lige så mange meninger om det som der er hundemennesker. Jeg vil næsten gå så langt som, at kalde fodring af hund en livsstil. Her vil jeg forsøge, at fortælle lidt om den måde jeg fodre mine hunde på.
Hos mig forsøger jeg, at fodre mine hunde så naturligt som
muligt. Det vil sige ingen fabriksfremstillet tørkost som indeholder alle mulige
biprodukter og E-numre som vi overhoved ikke ved hvad betyder, og har af
indvirkning på vores hunde.
Eftersom
bjørnehunden jo er en naturhund, som stadig flere steder i oprindelseslandet
lever naturligt synes jeg ikke, at tørkost som har en holdbarhed på 12 måneder
eller mere virker særlig naturligt. Vi mennesker ønsker ikke, at vores
mad indeholder alverdens biprodukter, E-numre og genmanipulerede ingredienser –
vi vælger selv på hylden i supermarkedet – det kan hundene ikke – de har ikke
noget valg – de må spise det som vi servere for dem. Med andre ord, det er os
hundeejere der har ansvaret for, at vores hunde får en god ernæringsrig kost.
Tørfoderfirmaerne største udfordring er, at få os hundeejere til, at tro på, at
lige netop deres produkt er det bedste og eneste rigtig for din hund, men som
flere forskere har sagt så kan man sagtens tage ulven ud af naturen, men du kan
ikke tage ulven ud af hunden. Selvom vores hunde ikke ligner ulve så er der
stadig ca. 80 % af deres adfærd og instinkter i vores hunde. 98,8 % af hundens
og ulvens gener er identiske og derfor kan de som de eneste arter reproducere
sig sammen. Det betyder også, at hunden og ulvens anatomi er identisk og derfor
bør betragtes ens når der er tale om fodring – ulvene i zoologiskhave lever jo
heller ikke af tørfoder. Når ulven i naturen har nedlagt sit bytte vil den først
æde mave- og tarm indhold for bagefter, at spise kødet. Det er ud fra dette vi
forsøger, at efterligne vores hundes foder.
Dyrlæge Finn Smed var en af de første dyrlæger herhjemme der gik ind for
naturlig fodring af hunde. Han levede og åndede for sin sag og blev til tider
temmelig upopulær blandt kollegaer grundet sine holdninger. Han endte med, at
melde sig ud af dansk dyrlægeforening da han følte det mere handlede om penge
end dyrenes ve og vel. Alligevel kæmpede han videre for dyrene til han i 2006
døde 73 år gammel.
En voksen hund får mellem 1,5-2,5% af sin kropsvægt i foder alt efter
dens aktivitetsniveau. En god ide er, at dele portionen op i to således hunden fx får
morgen- og aftensmad.
60 % af kost er kødfulde ben (lige dele spiselige ben/brusk og kød).
40 % er rent kød.
og nogen gange frugt og grønt i fri mængde
Kødfulde ben er ben hvor hunden kan spise lige så meget
ben/brusk som kød. Kødfulde ben kan være:
Kyllingelår, Kyllingehalse, Nøgleben fra Gris, Rygben fra Gris, Grisetæer,
Grisehaler, Lammeribben, Lammerygben, Oksehaler, Okseledknogler, Okseskulderblad
eller Kalkunhalse.
Man kan i mange BARF butikker købe hakket kød med ben – det vil sige der er
hakket ben/brusk med i kødet. Dog giver kødfulde ben hunden rene tænder og
beskæftigelse,
Kødet kan være:
Kylling, Svin, Okse, Lam, Hest, Fisk, æggeblommer eller kalluner (maver) og en
ugentlig dag med lever/hjerter.
Grønsagerne kan være:
Gulerødder, Blomkål, Rosenkål, Spinat, Persille, peberfrugter, ærter,
grønkål, osv.
Frugt kan være:
Melon, Jordbær, Hindbær, Brombær, Solbær, æbler, pære, banan, appelsin, mandarin
(aldrig druer)
Hunden kan dog ikke optage hele rå grønsager så det anbefales, at enten blende
dem eller kører dem igennem en kødhakker. Jeg køber oftest de dybfrosne grønsager
og hakker/blender.
Grønsagsblandingen består af ca. 1000 gram grønsager blandet med 100 gram
frugt.
De eneste tilskud vores hunde får er rapsolie (rapsolie er
den eneste
vegetabilske olie som indeholder de
vigtige omega 3 og 6 fedtsyre) og enten NSD K9 eller Hokamix 30, som
begge er
naturprodukter baseret alene på urter og ekstrakter heraf - det vil sige ikke
kemisk fremstillet. Hokamix optimere
udnyttelsen af foderet og udskillelsen af affaldsstofferne - man kan sige det
virker som kroppens katalysator. Hokamix indeholder kun naturlige vitaminer og
spormineraler - der er ingen tilsætningsstoffer.
The way I feed my dogs.
There are many ways to feed your dog, and there are nearly as many opinions about what is best, as there are dog owners. I would go as far as to say, that the feeding of dogs is a kind of life style. In our house we aim to feed our dogs as close to nature as possible. We will not use factory-made dry-feed, because it can contain many by-products and food-additives, and we do not know how it would affect our dogs growth and well-being. Most humans do not want that our food contain by-products, food-additives and gene-manipulated ingredients, we chose ourselves when we buy food in the super-market, and that can our dogs not do, they do not have a choice, they have to eat what serve for them. In another word, it is us, the dog-owners, there have a responsibility for feeding our dogs in the proper way.
The companies selling dry feed wants us to believe that their product is the best. Dogs have their origin in the wild wolves, and as several scientists say, you can take the wolf from nature, but you can not take the wolf out of the dog. Although our dogs don´t look like wolves, the dogs still have 80 % of their behavior and instincts. The wolf and the dog share 98,8 % of their genes and that in why they can reproduce together. It also means they have common anatomy and need, also regarding food. The wolves in zoo do not live by dry-feed. When the wolf in nature have caught its prey, it will first eat the stomach and intestines and after that the meat. It is according to this, we try to feed our dogs.
A veterinarian by the name Finn Smed was one of the first in Denmark to recommend that dogs should natural food. It was nearly a cause of his and from time to time he became very unpopular among his colleagues because of his positions. In the end he left the Danish Veterinarian Society, because he felt that it was all about money and not about animal welfare. He continued to advocate for animal welfare. He died in 2006, 73 years old.
Puppy food
The fundamental rule is that a puppy´s food should have about 8,5-10 % of its bodyweight, shared out 3 times a day. The amount is gradually lowered to about 1,5-2,5 % to the adult dog, depending on the level of activity. Most dog owners will feed their dog twice a day.
The food-firms and their publicity campaigns make common people believe that it is nearly a science feeding dogs, but this is not truth. A couple of fundamental rules and common sense is all what is needed. As humans, dogs should be given a broad variation of food, however considering that the dog is a predator, and therefore meat and bones are is the main course.
60%
should be as fleshy bones (half eatable bone/ gristle and half meat).
20% should be pure meat
10% chould be vegetables with fruit
10% chould be cereals (if no allergy)
Fleshy bones can be : chicken-leg and -neck, pig´s collarbone, backbone, trotters and tail, lamb´s rib and backbone, ox´s tail, bone and shoulder blade and turkey´s throat.
In many shops dealing with BARF (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food) you can buy minced meat with minced bone and gristle. On the other hand one can say that fleshy bones provide clean teeth and occupation.
The meat can come from chicken, pig, ox, lamb, horse and fish. Also good is yolk of egg and tripe. One day a week you can serve liver and heart.
Vegetables can be carrots, cauliflower, sprouts, spinach, parsley, pepper , peas, curly hale etc.. We often buy deep-frozen vegetables and use the mincing machine. Our mixture contains 1000 grams vegetables and 100 grams fruit.
Fruits can be melon, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, blackcurrant, apples, pear, banana, orange, and mandarin. The dog can´t absorb raw whole vegetables and fruit, so it is recommended that you either blend the it or use a mincing machine
Never serve grapes and raisins!
Never serve chocolate!
Cereals can be bread.
A food-plan can be as follows :
Morning - fleshy bone
Lunch - meat with vegetable and fruit mixture and bread
Supper - fleshy bone.
If the above mentioned cause a lot of trouble, there exist another way. You can buy ready-made BARF. A list of dealers can be found here : http://www.barfworld.com/
We also recommend, that you give the puppy in its first year Hokamix Gelenk+ ( a natural product based on herbs and extract from herbs).
Never give your dog boiled or roasted bones, because it make the bones hard and may splinter, which can make a hole in the intestines. Raw bone is softer and is crushed in another way, and the acid in the stomach help to absorb the nutrients from the raw bone.
Never give your dog boiled or roasted skin of duck, because the fat give diarrhea and sometimes also vomiting.
The white of egg can the dog not digest, unless it is boiled or roasted. Raw white of egg often give vomiting.
It is a good idea to have a can of asparagus in your home. If your dog for example takes a bone from a roasted chicken, you can give the dog asparagus and the treads of the asparagus will coil around the bone and reduce the risk of harming the intestine on the road through the dog.
Karina Kofoed , January 2008.