What amazed Nairn even more were tales of droving told by the loquacious McDonald. Even in mid winter McDonald swam his stock across the waterways between Skye and the mainland, to avoid ferry charges, and then drove the cattle across the mountains to Falkirk market. On arriving at Falkirk, McDonald not only sold the cattle but also the Bearded collie, which accompanied him on the drive. The collie, Nan, would on being released on the farm of the new owner, set out for home and returned to Skye. McDonald told Nairn that he had sold the dog eleven times and each time the dog had returned to its breeder. McDonald was unable to produce Nan, but shortly before Nairn’s departure, the wretched dog crawled out of the water and happily greeted McDonald, McDonald’s eyes supposedly filled with tears as he introduced Nairn to Old Nan. McDonald said I shall not sell her again as I fill the English know her. Old Nan was allowed little respite for McDonald ordered his wife to “give the dog a piece for we are leaving for market tomorrow. What eventually became of this canine boomerang is unknown, but Nairn wrote of the collie “What a noble creature. “ What a shame the master is so ignoble”.
We are a family run business based in Southend On Sea in Sunny Essex, with over 40 years’ experience, in breeding training, and the welfare, of dog’s cats and various animals.
We only use human grade chicken in our raw dog food, sourced from Defra Approved plants. Our chicken mince has nothing added or taken away, we mince the whole carcase of the chicken including the skin and we do not sell rib cages as carcases as many others do. The reason they do is they cut off the meaty backs and sell these to restaurants for chicken soup, mincing only the low grade rib cage with very little meat content, hence the prices of their products. They sell the core, we sell the apple. Look at the images of our carcases for our raw dog food and then take a look at theirs.
I do not believe dogs, if given the choice, would eat vegetation of any kind. Dogs are carnivores, end of chat. Wild dogs only eat other food stuffs if pushed to do so, it must be understood what wolves actually eat in the wild, especially when they are not pressed by loss of habitat and human intervention. Contrary to some claims, wolves do not eat the stomach contents of their prey nor do wolves consume much vegetable matter. The preferred food of the wild wolf is the meat, bones, and organs of large hoofed mammals. In times of scarcity, desperate wolves will try to eat a variety of food items, just as would any starving creature, but they strongly prefer to eat meat, organ, and bone. Dr. L. David Mech has been studying wolves for decades and has published many books and articles on wolves and their diets. It is a carnivores Natural Instinct to eat meat, provided by Natures Menu, and make no bones, they love it.
