Gosh, you are most definitely a doggy person and no doubt very busy. You did very well to get your Ridgback to 15 years of age. It’s good that you are finding the website to be useful. Forgot to say hello and welcome to the forum.
Thank you Dottie, yes, 15 years was good going for a large breed. I started him off on raw mince and stale wholemeal bread as a pup, which was recommended by my vet at the time, an ‘old skool’ vet who began practising in the 1950’s.
I didn’t keep him raw as an adult dog though, but I reckon it set him up for life, healthwise, as he hardly had any heath problems at all over the years, apart from when his anal glands became impacted AND infected … I dealt with that myself
Wholemeal bread - that brings back memories. Years ago I used to dry slices of wholemeal bread, make it into breadcrumbs and mix it up with their butcher’s meat. They had heart, beef cheek, a bit of liver etc all done in the pressure cooker. Can’t say it was very well balanced but in those days we didn’t have all this knowledge and tbh the dogs didn’t exactly fade away, all living to a good age.
Years ago I used to dry slices of wholemeal bread, make it into breadcrumbs and mix it up with their butcher’s meat
I think I used to do the same thing actually - 15 years ago is a long time ago
Milo my Ridgeback was fed on extruded for most of his life, Arden Grange lamb & rice, then ‘Ultimate Nutrition’, ending up on Wainwright’s turkey & veg.
Not the best foods I know (now) but at least it wasn’t Bakers**!!!**