Can anyone tell me the nutritional value of feeding raw fresh caught (with bones) walleye/pickerel, perch, northern pike as opposed to some of the oilier salmon, mackerel, sardines....Thx
Can anyone tell me the nutritional value of feeding raw fresh caught (with bones) walleye/pickerel, perch, northern pike as opposed to some of the oilier salmon, mackerel, sardines....Thx
I am not sure about all fish, but Salmon can contain deadly parasites for dogs.
Many ocean fish also carry bizarre, non-standard worms that are harder to eradicate than typical round/hook/whip worms.
Read this post ... and this post ... and do your research (e.g., Google pickerel+parasites+dogs, etc.).
Jack
I give my dogs frozen whitening doing training. Never had a problem. I thaw it out before feeding.
Frozen isn't raw.
Most worms are killed in the freezing process (though, as with trichinia in pork, not all).
Thanks for the responses, will do Jack.
We catch lots of walleye and pike here. I fillet all the pike, leave the rib and y bones in and grind it all up for fish burgers for the family.
I was just curious from a nutritional standpoint how much or what is lacking in these fish compared to the fatter/oilier salmon, sardines and mackerel.
Jack, your book is awesome.
Glad you like this bookOriginally Posted by mitchm
You pretty much just said what is lacking ... fats/oils
Here is a great resource to look-up/compare nutritional profiles: www.nutritiondata.com, and it does have walleye/pike, etc.
Jack
Yes, a bit more common sense will get further
You pretty much just said what is lacking ... fats/oils
Again, thanks; I have my 7 week old pup on your raw diet but was looking into fish options as an alternative once or twice a week since we catch lots this time of year.
Twice a week is good to feed fish for that variety you need. Whitefish is good to feed em, just freeze em for a few weeks. But I find canned sardines, good enough....or if you have any of them ethnic (Asian/south American) markets close by, they got whole frozen mackerel.
Thanks drz, fish and fishing is a staple in our house so I figured to give my pup a break from the chicken. We made a batch of burgers from ground up pike with the bones in. I ground up a variety vegetables, mixed that in with the ground up fish and made patties to go into the freezer.
Really enjoy feeding raw cause it makes me feel like I'm doing something for my pup.
I know freezing technically isn't raw any more but as Jack says it's still better than kibble.
Not sure I understand this. Freezing is raw, it might not be considered fresh - but it's still not cooked, so yes - it's raw. Also freezing foods for a few days will help eliminate some parasites.
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