moggy Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I bought some chicken mince for pets today from Leonards, after reading lots of recommendations from other posts in DOL. I cooked up some brown rice, peas and grated carrot, cooled the mixture down then added the raw chicken mince. I will try it on my Chis tonight, but boy I wouldn't eat it. lol. The mince smells vile. I also got some chicken necks to try at a later stage. Still experimenting with different foods to see which ones they really like. Am I doing the right thing? Moggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwynwen Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 It shouldn't stink when you buy it... I find that cooked peas seem to come out the other end much as they went in, same with cooked carrot. Raw (pulped carrot) seems to get digested though... Strange things, dog innards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 chicken mince shouldn't smell ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awoonga Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Chicken mince dosnt smell if it is fresh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromwell Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Have to be careful with some of that Lenard's chicken pet mince. I found that it was quite old and also had some bones in it, fine if feeding raw but you have to be careful cooking up the bones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny123 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 (edited) I've bought pets mince from two different Lenards outlets. One always smells really fresh and they tend to mince the frames while we wait - we now only go to that store. ;) At the other store the mince smelled terrible, not off, but really strong (perhpas it had offal in it). However I also noticed it had green bits like they use in chicken florentine. So it seems they just minced up anything that hadn't sold either along with or instead of chicken frames. Won't go to that Lenards again. ;) EFS Edited November 7, 2007 by benny123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moggy Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 I am a bit suspicious about it. There are red specks in it, like there might be offal minced in. I will wait and see if they eat it and then how it affects them. If there are any problems, the rest will be going into the bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Anne~ Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Raw chicken can cause problems as it contains salmonella. I would be very wary of using any chciken mince that didn't smell and look fresh. Keep the chicken and the vege mix well refrigerated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckitWhippet Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I have had problems with mince from there, smelling like bleach or chlorine ( no I'm not joking ). ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaCharlie Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Chicken mince shouldnt smell, although I have given my dogs some rather gamey mince before (so bad that I refused to thaw it because then Id smell it again) and Ive never had any problems with it. In humans, yes Id worry about salmonella but dogs stomachs can handle meat that is starting to go funny. To be on the safe side though I would avoid it, especially if your dogs arent used to eating proper meat. I would scrap the rice and vegies. Dogs cannot digest the vegies anyway and we now know that grains such as rice arent that great for dogs and can cause problems (up until a few years ago rice was promoted as a really healthy thing for dogs so now nutritionists are frantically trying to re-educate pet owners). Dogs dont need carbohydrates, and the rice is basically a carb overload for their system. Plus, its best not to introduce too many new foods to them at once anyway, dogs stomachs dont handle a great variety like ours do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Lenards is so dodgy for pet meat. I won't buy mine from there anymore, it stinks and goes slimey within 12 hours. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~JessyBee~ Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I just bought some really fresh chicken mince today, I couldn't see any bone in it like the Leonards stuff. It was a 10kg bag and I came straight home and split it into small bags - no yucky smell at all. ;) Hubby freaked when he saw the big splash of green die though! LOL I am a bit funny when it comes to chicken and sometimes find even the human stuff can stink by the time you get it home. Makes you wonder how long it has been ther for....... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny123 Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Agree with everyone who said it can be dodgy. That why I only go to one Lenards store where they mince fresh frames for me. I think they are franchised so I guess it depends on how the owner values pets. I think we found one that loves dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arby Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 chicken...actually any mince should not smell off/sweet/bad when fresh... Good idea is to freeze it for a couple of days, kills some of the bad bugs...mind you most dogs have a better stomach then humans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I just bought some really fresh chicken mince today, I couldn't see any bone in it like the Leonards stuff. The bone is good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TangerineDream Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I get the feeling that some of the stores sell 'human' grade chicken for 24 hours longer than they should (I've had dodgy human grade chicken from at least 2 Lennards stores which was definitely not fresh ) so I think that might be the problem. If I don't like the smell of chicken mince when it is raw it goes straight out the door - refuse to feed it if it's that 'off'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jillybean Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 I am a bit suspicious about it. There are red specks in it, like there might be offal minced in. I will wait and see if they eat it and then how it affects them. If there are any problems, the rest will be going into the bin. It doesn't matter if there's offal mixed in with it, dogs need some of that too. The red specks might also be blood from the bones. Pet mince is usually minced frames so it's likely to have bones in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joan of Arc Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Only ever bought pet grade chicken mince from Lennards once. It was feral, and I didnt like the look of it when I got it home. I use human grade chicken mince, yes its dearer but its often fresher and I am careful about when and where I buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavNrott Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 If it smells off it probably is off. I'd throw it out. With vegies, you need to blend them into a pulp in blender or juicer, otherwise they're not digested by the dog. Raw blended vegies are better than cooked vegies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~JessyBee~ Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 should have been a but in there! I just bought some really fresh chicken mince today, I couldn't see any bone in it like the Leonards stuff. The bone is good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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