PoachedPlease Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Ooh it's all about the food chain isn't it. Keeping it as natural as possible. So even if mealworms are natural their diet might not be, In which case theres a market for organic mealworms. who would have thought it? Mind you the regs did say that the mealworms coming into the country have to be microwaved in order to kill the worrisome bacteria, so prob a very low risk. Thanks omleteers, back to corn for the chickees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoachedPlease Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Btw I realise I have made a complete 180 degree turn on my original view...but it was the effect of looking at one of the dFRA websites. There were photos of various foodstuffs that are imported and legislated for. Including dog chews. One is a well known chew called paddy whack sold in the uk and I recognised it, anyway it is from china and is actually dried cattle penises. Who knew??.?. What else is in our food?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Pizzle Sticks, or dried cattle penises are a common dog treat; I just buy British ones rather than imports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Pizzle sticks......hells bells, I pray my dog has never eaten one of those bad boys!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I don't really see a problem with dogs chewing dried cattle parts. They love them, and they're good for their teeth. I eat kidneys, hearts, pancreas, liver (sorry vegetarians) tongue, cheeks. Not every day, but I think you probably get my point. I think if you are going to kill an animal to eat it, then waste as little as possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoachedPlease Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I wonder how many they would sell if they stated the organ on the packet! It just says .....beef roasted in its own juices and 'not for human consumption'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 It just says .....beef roasted in its own juices and 'not for human consumption'. Now I live in London and I have heard it called a few things before but have never heard it referred to as "beef roasted in its own juices !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Segue-ing off slightly; my dogs are both raw fed, and I wouldn't dream of feeding them anything that I wasn't sure of the provenance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 That's brilliant dogmother. I would do the same, it's by far the best way to feed your dogs. There's a programme on channel 5 tonight about what's in our dog food, do watch it if you can. Unfortunately guide dogs are only allowed the food they are prescribed, but apparently years ago they used to feed them raw chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Thanks Chickabee, that programme is talked about on the lurcher forum; I will watch it tomorrow evening when I'm ironing... my TV for the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
