feeding only chicken and rice

[whodadiz]

Can a dog survive off just whole chicken and rice its entire life? Any need for supplements?

[The Old Timer.]

yes he can survive for its entire life on whole chicken and rice, but he wont have a healthy long life .

[EWO]

A dog will survive on a whole chicken and rice his entire life. Odds are he will not thrive on that alone. Scroll thru some of the articles on feeding or posts on here. Tons of information on here. The chicken and rice could be your staple and adding some vegetable pulp, a couple of eggs, a good fat source and you are leaps and bounds closer to thriving than chicken and rice alone. EWO

[Nut]

If you want to feed whole animals only, then at least feed a variety of different animals. A dog doesn't need rice.

[SGC]

Rice is just a filler. Feeding chicken or any meat is good but do you mean cooked chicken without the bones or raw chicken with the bones?

Raw whole chickens are much better since the dogs need the calcium etc. from the raw bones. But a varied diet is even better.

As suggested, take a look at some of the other info on foods already posted.

[whodadiz]

Thanks for the replies. I'm just wondering because I have access to tons of roosters. They are game roosters and do not have much fat compared to regular chickens and have much tougher meat. Rice is just used as a filler here. Chickens are given raw with bones and organs still intact. I have been combing through all the threads on this forum and theres good info here. cheers

[Officially Retired]

Thanks for the replies. I'm just wondering because I have access to tons of roosters. They are game roosters and do not have much fat compared to regular chickens and have much tougher meat. Rice is just used as a filler here. Chickens are given raw with bones and organs still intact. I have been combing through all the threads on this forum and theres good info here. cheers

The whole chicken, with organs and bones, is a complete diet.

No rice needed.

[Black Hand]

I think a dog can thrive on a whole chicken. like jack said, the rice is not needed. Most use the rice because it helps conserve the more expensive parts of the diet like meat. A whole chicken will provide good meat, muscles and tendons, organs, fat and bones.

[whodadiz]

Anyone see a benefit from adding vegetables/fruits? I was also under the impression that rice will add carbs in the diet but I've got that sorted out now. If anyone cares to post, I would like to hear what your weekly feed looks like. It would be nice to make feeding a good raw diet as easy and fast as possible.

[MRBLUEPRINT]

I sometimes rotate my outside bulldogs food but, I have an English Bulldog that lives inside. He gets boiled chicken with organ meat but, no cooked bones, vegi pasta blend with diced carrots, broccoli and green beans, collard greens. Sometimes blueberries, strawberries, organic peanut butter but, no nuts! Cheese as long as it's not a flavored variety such as Pepper Jack. Plain yogurt, cottage cheese, sometimes I use other meats such as beef or even deer meat and sometimes I'll dry it out to make a jerky for my dogs..
No potatoes cause they are hard to digest. Dogs love frozen green beans!...Throw them a chunk and they will gnaw away.

I know there are some things I am leaving out that we use but,...maybe I can think on it for a few.
Our English Bulldog is over 80 pounds and he's straight muscle, not fat...most people keep theirs fat. Ours like to run the yard and play without stopping every few secs to breath hard and fall flat on the ground, blown out.
I feed similar, 3 days a week to my outside bulldogs...the other days they eat River Run feed and I like it a lot for the price and the quality.