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Sal
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29-03-2006, 10:36 PM

Fresh chicken / can it be used to replace one meal of complete puppy food?

Hi all,
Can i feed our pup fresh chicken breast,poached/boiled in place of one of his puppy food feeds?
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29-03-2006, 10:46 PM
Chicken is fine...mine get raw chicken...

Thing is you are replacing a complete meal with chicken only, which on it's own isn't a complete meal.

Which would be fine if you were replacing other kibble meals with a variety of other things to balance the diet.

But in my opinion, I would think just replacing a kibble meal for a meal of chicken only would imbalance the overall diet.

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29-03-2006, 10:47 PM
You can do, maybe try adding a bit of raw veg in too? Mine have chicken and raw carrot all the time and they adore it!
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29-03-2006, 10:48 PM
Yes chicken is fine, don't bother cooking if you are sure it is fresh.
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29-03-2006, 10:50 PM
while I was feeding kibble I used to give mine some chicken etc but it was sporadic and on top of their other food...But if you plan to replace a kibble meal very regularly I would think you would need to think about balance in the long run
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30-03-2006, 05:57 AM
Oh gosh yes, you can't just feed chicken, thought Sal meant was it ok to give chicken on occasion or for one of the 4 meals once or twice a week.
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30-03-2006, 06:36 AM
Hiya, heres a link with good info on what you can add to commercial dog foods

http://www.dogaware.com/dogfeeding.html#addfood
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30-03-2006, 08:37 AM
Thanks guys,
Didn't mean to feed everyday,maybe just 2-3 times a week.
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30-03-2006, 12:36 PM
Poppy gets chicken and pasta with carrot, brocolli and a small boiled potatoe once a week, she loves it! She's actually gone off red meat, she used to get lamb or beef once a week, but the last couple of times I've given her minced beef, she's walked away from the bowl, but chicken ....... she'll love you forever!!
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