Protein Levels

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J.Faulkner
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Protein Levels

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Will reducing the protein level in the diet make my dog more biddable or is this "clutching at straws"
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Springfield Pointers
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J.Faulkner wrote:Will reducing the protein level in the diet make my dog more biddable or is this "clutching at straws"
Biddabilty has nothing to do with diet.
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many years ago some research suggested that vitalin increased the hyper activity in dogs.so perhaps it can have an effect on a dogs desire to be biddable! :think:
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Andrew wrote:many years ago some research suggested that vitalin increased the hyper activity in dogs.so perhaps it can have an effect on a dogs desire to be biddable! :think:
A biddable dog is a biddable dog, no matter what it eats. If you give a biddable dog a sleeping tablet, it just makes it sleepy and untrainable for a while, not less biddable.
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Nothing to do with protein, could well be more to do with excesses of wheat. Mine are on a lamb and rice food which has 26% protein, same food all year round, they are lazy layabouts unless working. The better the food the less likely the dogs are to be off the wall. I had one off the wall puppy who came here on Chudley's, knowing what I know now she would have been off that and on to the lamb and rice as soon as she arrived. Possibly even onto raw!! :shock:

Will move this thread into the Health and Feeding section as its nowt to do with training really. :)
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You're splitting hairs SP!
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Springfield Pointers
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Andrew wrote:You're splitting hairs SP!
Must be all the red meat I'm eating...
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You're supposed to skin it first! :lol:
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My boy is normally on Skinners maintenance throughout non working season. Now he is on 50% crunchy 50% maintenance. Crunchy too has 26% protein. If I feed him that all the time, its uncontrollable :o
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Stihl 090 wrote: If I feed him that all the time, its uncontrollable :o
And therein lies the rub. "uncontrollable" and "biddable" are not the same hair.
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