Conditioning only on a Raw feed diet or a Kibble with Supplement added diet?

[CYJ]

Ditto gotap_d. The raw diet should enable a dog to compete at a lower pit weight and remain strong. Could be a greater advantage in Hot and humid type weather. Was probably how Mayfield got the edge over Bobby Hall and others. Mayfield got those dog men to match their hard charging/hard biting dogs in that Texas summer heat. A deep game dog is still standing and scratching hard around the hour mark. The rougher harder biting dog could be in serious trouble at that point. LOL

Don Mayfield's keep that was posted in the SDJ, near the end of keep dog was on a all out raw diet. When Don went into Stinson & Glover's Ruby with his Easy bitch. Would be nice to know what Ruby was fed and what sort of work method was used. I saw both bitches up close and both were in outstanding condition.

In cold weather a dog may fair better with kibble added to feed. Been watching this dog sled competitor on the (Below Zero series). He uses whole dried salmon (any occasional whole squirrels he shot) cooked with kibble and plenty of the broth water. These dogs are worked hard. I like his dog chain set up as well.

Where I lived I learned the hard way, that raw fish was not the way to go. Even cooked was too hard on the dog's kidneys and produced to much heat in the body. In extreme cold weather Fish seems to work much better.

Even if one has had success with basically a kibble feed keep. The Protein & Fat content would have to be adjusted for the daily type weather dog was being exercised in.

Overtime for me it became evident that chicken necks and whole chicken backs with all the skin/fat attached with or without kibble worked the over all best for working dogs in my area.

EWO mentioned how versatile a dog's diet could be from his past experiences and observations. I remember reading a conditioning/feed article written by a dog man named Maffie in the SDJ dog journal. His feed was really different almost vegetarian. His dogs performed well and won. Cheers