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Old November 21st, 2009, 02:36 AM
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Honestly I don't think the breed matters, a good quality kibble is a good quality kibble regardless of what kind of dog you're feeding. High energy formulas are really meant for working dogs and most pet dogs don't need them unless they can't maintain ideal body weight on a regular maintenance diet. If you take a high energy dog and unnecessarily feed it a high energy feed, you're just winding an already tight spring and something's going to give. Either the dog is going to be bouncing off the walls with pent up energy and bored out of it's mind, or it's just simply going to get fat. I have border collies that are sled dogs and they're eating just a maintenance diet. I've fed high energy when they're working hard, but didn't really find it necessary. I'd usually mix it with their feed on the days they did training runs and just give them the regular on rest days. I didn't have any problems feeding high energy, my guys get lots of exercise even on their days off, I just didn't feel that they really needed the high energy and it was more costly than the maintenance diet.

I use dry kibble sometimes, but when they're in training I cook for them as well. Soups, stews, broth, gravy etc. plus leftovers. We raise our own chickens so I cook a lot of chicken for both us and the dogs when they're training. That way I have a pretty steady supply of broth for them. I generally wet down their food with broth or plain water to make sure they stay well hydrated when they've been working, (or will be).
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