Doc
Was just wondering about the salt question. Is there any down sides with salting food or placing a salt block in the kennel for hounds? Other than making sure they have plenty of water.
For Doc S. The Salt????
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MasonsBeagles
Salt
Well Doc
I have a young dog that was just not adjusting to the warmer weather, I took him and got him a total physical because I have other dogs from the same bloodlines that were not affected as bad. He got a clean bill of health. Well i kept on running him and he still was not getting used to it. He seemed dehydrated quick, a friend of mine suggested salting his food I had thought of this and so I tried it, figuring I had nothing to loose. Well I did it for about three nights in a row and then ran the dog in the heat and he was fine. It seemed that he was not retaining water for some reason. Well I have quit the salting because I was scared it would not be good for him and he seems better than he was. So I was wondering if I put a salt block in my kennel, they could self regulate their salt intake. I have seen farm dogs stand and lick on salt blocks occassionally but not sure what side affects or harm I could do to a dog by providing salt. I feed Diamond dog food (Green Bag).
I have a young dog that was just not adjusting to the warmer weather, I took him and got him a total physical because I have other dogs from the same bloodlines that were not affected as bad. He got a clean bill of health. Well i kept on running him and he still was not getting used to it. He seemed dehydrated quick, a friend of mine suggested salting his food I had thought of this and so I tried it, figuring I had nothing to loose. Well I did it for about three nights in a row and then ran the dog in the heat and he was fine. It seemed that he was not retaining water for some reason. Well I have quit the salting because I was scared it would not be good for him and he seems better than he was. So I was wondering if I put a salt block in my kennel, they could self regulate their salt intake. I have seen farm dogs stand and lick on salt blocks occassionally but not sure what side affects or harm I could do to a dog by providing salt. I feed Diamond dog food (Green Bag).