Tag Archives: Canine Nutrition

LEAP

I said yesterday that I was going to talk more about my thoughts on weight training, but I’m going to postpone that until tomorrow in favor of re-running a nutritional health story I wrote last year, if that’s okay with you guys/gals.My latest Vet Bag entry is about a nutritional supplement called LEAP that I’ve […]

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More thoughts on feeding your beast

A few more thoughts on training/nutrition, relating to these previous “competitive nutrition” based posts. Please keep in mind what it is that I’m doing and or expecting of my dogs. I cannot stress enough my concerns about need based on output when it comes to caloric requirements.If you are a stage driver, or perhaps sprint […]

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More on Feeding Your Beast

More on feeding (here is a link to a nutrition oriented post from a few months back that I started and never got around to finishing) To recap some of the high points: Feeding is based on need, need is based on output. Keep it simple, only getting as complex as you plan onĀ  when […]

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Feeding the Beast (er, I mean your sled dog) #1

For the first time in years, I’m not feeding a bunch of sled dogs or making any long training runs— I’m on a 2-3 year hiatus where I can spend more time with my children (the Little’s), and aggressively pursue my writing career–but I wanted to start a series of posts that delved into the […]

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