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What Food And How Much??

Basenji Feeding
  • Alot of you guys give your basenji's veggies with their food…What kind? I might try it with Jackers!! Esp. if its healthy and a generally good idea for basenjis!!

  • With my two, it's just about ANY veggie.

    Favorites are steamed brocolli and asparagas; cabbage – cooked or raw; carrots --cooked or raw,but raw is preferred. WARNING: brocolli, asparagas, and cabbage give Keoki DEADLY gas!!!
    Keoki also likes celery, but Jazz does not. {watch those strings}

    Favorite fruits are watermelon {although, it makes Keoki pee A LOT} and blueberries {I love to watch them pick those off the bushes!}.

  • interesting!! I know Jack doesnt like raw celery or carrots. He has eaten cooked greenbeans before (they fell on the floor) and the only other thing we have is corn…lol. That would be fun im sure during "clean up" outside, lol

  • Give steamed brocolli a shot - you may even find YOU like it. LOL
    Sprinkle a little cheese on top, and mmmm mmmmm.
    Asparagas, too.

  • Sahara eats veggies also, she loves cooked carrots (hates raw), broccoli, green beans, corn, mashed potatoes, and fruits, watermelon, apples, cantaloupe. Loves sweet potatoes also, it is in Merrick's wet foods.

  • Try anything green or yellow beans, lettuce, broccoli, small pieces of carrots-anything and everything except the onion family.

  • Magnum is fed mostly a raw meat/bones/organs diet. He won't touch a raw vegetable or fruit, but he will, on occasion, eat baby food veggies/fruit, which, at this point (after much experimentation), is what I offer him with regards to fruits and veggies. I'm of the opinion that they're not necessary for health purposes.

    I personally believe, after a lot of research, that raw veggies and fruit aren't doing him much, if any, good (dogs' digestive system don't seem up to the task of digesting most raw veggies and fruits), although pulverized veggies/fruits (baby food), not given as a staple of his diet, can provide some nutritional benefit.

    This is all JMO, of course.

  • Well I don't have a B yet, but..lol
    Reggie, Boxer, 5yrs, white, eats Solid Gold Hund-N-Flocken 1cup 2x a day, plus a daily banana (we share), random fuits and veggies, cuts from meats (usually before cooking, unless cooked unseasoned then after). Once a week shares a 5.5 ounce can of chicken or turkey with the cat

    :lmao - I feel like I'm writing him a dating add

  • Max 3 yrs neutered weighs 13 kg´s he weighed even more when I got him he eats Hill´s prescription diet R/D aprx 3 decilitres/day and I give him a drop of omega 3 and 6 oil for his scruffy fur(hormonal changes due to neutering according to his vet).
    Myran 8 months weighs 11kg´s and is slim as a whippet (so how can he weigh this much already) he eats Precept Adult Plus aprx 3,5-4 decilitres/day with a dose of Salmopet oil to keep his fur shiny.Twice a week they get an egg yolk.

  • Topper,12; Nicky 10, ; and Eddie 8 all eat a combination of 3/4 EVO by Innova, and 1/4 regular adult Innova. We free feed, dry kibble is down all the time, but I think I put about 3 cups out a day, some days they eat it all but some days I don't add kibble at all. Mine do get a bit of whatever we have for dinner, mostly veges, they love all veges as long as they are cooked, especially broccoli and sweet potatoes. IT acts as an appetizer, as soon as they finish their plates they run to the kibble bowls to finsih their dinner.
    We used cheaper grocery store foods for many years but I felt my dogs deseerved a better quality food so tried several premium brands and settled on Innova. Then when they came out with EVO, I slowly added that but when I went 100% EVO, their poops were a bit loose, so we re-added the regular Innova and it seems to suit them perfectly. Eddie's coat was very coarse when we rescued him, he is soft and silky now. Even though it costs about twice as much as the cheaper stuff, I know they are getting good nutrition and their coats glow and their teeth are clean, so it is worth every cent to me. We are what we eat, and if we eat 'animal by products' (hooves, bones, feathers and even sawdust in some) sprayed with flavors and dyed with food colorings, we may be saving money now, but inviting health probelms in the future. Just MHO, but strangers compliment my dogs on their gloss and vigor!

    Anne in Tampa, off the soapbox

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