It’s an interesting diet this breed needs. Basically small frozen scraps, but very rich in content. Their digestive systems evolved as nomads north of the Arctic Circle and know nothing else, so a bit of care needs to be taken. His body will do a lot with the vital scraps of tundra animals, and doesn’t know how to handle big foreign diets which make him unenergetic and unwell after a few meals.
Tonight’s menu is sheep and beef tripe—their organs go well, but their meat and fat doesn’t.
Frozen salmon cuts—these dogs know fish as well as reindeer and love frozen meet. They extract all the goods from them.
And a rabbit foot—Fur and bone is common in their diet and helps clean. They can start to poop bad without fur fibre.
One of the more tame dishes considering the other weird off cuts of bits and pieces he gets. Thought some may find it interesting for a bit of an unusual breed outside of Finland.
Edit: And yeah, the photo makes the meal look big and him small. But he’s 20kg and that dish is about 3/4 a banana in diameter.
What does this cost on a monthly basis?
And where are you finding so many available rabbit feet?
Not too much. I would say about $30. I go to the fish market and butcher a lot for herring, sardines, offcuts, etc. and these are always cheap. But I do order some stuff online (like the tripe).
Rabbits are an invasive species here and constantly culled. It’s not their fault, but they endanger other native species, so there’s plenty of rabbit feet going around.
Vittu perkele, give me the food!
In Lapland you can casually pull a salmon from the river that’s worth 100€ in a supermarket in the south. So much food that the dog is feasting too.
This reminds me I need to smoke a side soon.
We have similar where I live, but trout. It is incredibly cheap here but becomes expensive as you travel away. He loves trout and tries to hunt for it, but has never been successful because he is too excited and loud as he approaches. I hear they are excellent at fishing, but so far he is not 🤣
You’re insane if you think the breed needs this. You can feed a Finnish Lapphund any type of dog food. It’s not a magical being from another dimension.
Can confirm. Had a Finnish lapphund that lived over 12 years on kibble and frozen raw food. She was the best girl.
I think the owners probably know this, but If they have the means to spoil the ever living shit out of their dog, more power to them. I’d feed my dog snack steaks if I could.
I wonder if the frozen-ness is actually good for them or not. I can’t imagine a dog turning its nose up at unfrozen meat.
I wonder if the frozen-ness is actually good for them or not
The frozen stuff can be better for their teeth at least. If they have to chew and work more to eat it, that cleans the teeth better than just wet floppy meats.
Good grade dogfood is nothing like burgers and ice cream though. There’s not enough information of the diet OP uses so no comment on that, but it is easier to make dogs sick by feeding them only pure meat than with just kibble. Obviously don’t buy the cheapest processed shitty dog food, but please also do consult a vet and do some research before trying to feed a raw diet as well. Wetfoods and kibble tend to have the vitamins and fibers and all that added, but feeding a raw those need to be considered more.
And lapphunds 100% don’t need fancy meats any more than other breeds - nekin on tosiaan vaan koiria eikä mitään ihmeen taikaolentoja.
This is not helping convince me that Finland is actually a real place
