Feeding Oscar

pgreid

Hello folks - belated good wishes for 2014 to all of you from here in the Netherlands! Oscar is doing well- still a few obedience issues due to the deafness, but nothing insurmountable. But I'm coming to you guys again because of a new problem - best go the experts! We have fed Oscar from day 1 on a raw meat diet (plus veg,etc) always ordered online. We were let down on a delivery on Christmas eve which meant that we ran out of his food last thing on Boxing Day. So I went to a 24 hour shop and reluctantly bought a tin of Pedigree ( only thing they had). This was wolfed down by Oscar and the meat delivery duly arrived on the 27th. From that point on he had refused to set any raw meat at all. We have even tried with a piece of minute steak - sniffed and walked away! So he had been on a diet of tinned food and dried food ever since. Apart from the fact that we now have a freezer full of meat, I am coming to you guys to get any feedback on Orijen dried food. I have done a lot of online research and unfortunately we are unable to get most of the product that is recommended on here. I want a grain free diet and this brand is getting good reviews from owners but I would appreciate any experience that you may have. Far more trust in a Bully owner feedback! Attached latest pics of the white devil!

BulliesofNC

Orijen is another 5 star food which many swear by. http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/orijen-dog-food-adult/

I have not tried it due to the success I've had with a few other grain free foods. However, if it's available to you and your Bullie enjoys eating it I'd welcome that diet. Often the choice of food stems on the individual dogs taste as much as the nutritional value. Meaning, I wouldn't keep my Bullies on Victor if they were losing their appetite, eating less, and dropping weight. It would be at that time I'd look into another top quality kibble that they'd find more appetizing in order to eat the volume of food they need.
I wouldn't worry too much about the fact that your EBT got a little spoiled on the canned food mixture. As long as he's eating the proper amount of his quality kibble you won't be hurting him by mixing in some pedigree canned food since he really likes the taste.

exiled

I can't add anything related to the subject at hand, but I do love Oscar pictures!  MORE, please! 

Leslie

The "white devil " lol!!!!! She adorabull!!!!

bullygrumpus

Kiko's been eating Orijen and Raw food since I got her.

WhiteBull

I have been using Orijen puppy and adult, and a bit of raw for both my bullies since I got them as puppies. It has been a year and a half and they are doing really well. I am also limited with what I can get here. But I would strongly recommend it.

pgreid

Hi guys
Just an update on the feeding situation - ordered Orijen pup food on-line and it has been a big success. He loves it and it looks as if he is starting to bulk out a bit more since we started him on it. So for any owners from Europe, I can heartily recommend this brand as an alternative to the ones our American friends talk about and which we cannot get over here.
Now the next problem to overcome - his ears have collapsed again after nearly two months of being up, so we have had to resort in taping them up again in the hope that this will definitely be the last time. I must say that I was really surprised as it happened over night and he will be 6 months old next week. I am taking heart that some of you have had to have several goes at getting them to stay up!

BulliesofNC

That's good news about the food. Don't give up on them ears! Give him some Knox gelatin which will help harden and strengthen the cartilage.

philsergeant

Don't worry I have shares in the Gelatin Factory and almost own the tape factory.... Our kids took DOZENS of tapings and it was about 7 months before we could relax.... ( by the way, they say the more you love them the harder it is for their ears to stand up :-). )

pgreid

Hey Steve and Phil I don't wNt to becoming boring on this topic but we have just had failure number 6. They stayed up for 2 days and the 1 collapsed followed by the other 2 days later. He is on gelatin but I am wondering if, due to deafness and not pricking those flappers up and down in reaction to noises, we are on a losing battle. We will try again this weekend but was just wanted your opinions if this could be aaa reason. Cheers guys

philsergeant

Save me looking back.... How old is he know? I think Marco was about 7.5 months before his stood regular.... If he is older than that you might need to try him on using Viagra .... How many times have you taped for how long each? When they were "down" between times, how long before you taped again? You might have a point on the deafness of he is not exercising them toward any sound source?

pgreid

He's just turned 61/2 months. I reckon we've taped him 6 times, ranging from 4-7 days. The first time they stayed up for nearly a month but we usually tape back within a couple of days as it is such a wrestle to try to do it again immediately! Here's the latest pic. Apart from this flapper issue, he is turning into a lovely natured dog.

philsergeant

Yes, He is great looking, you can see his soul too... Try this method if you haven't already.....

philsergeant

You need to use really stick tape something like this:

BulliesofNC

Don't give up on them ears! Keep taping.