Someone mentioned on here the other day about getting up first thing in the morning, feeding the dog and then going detecting. It got me thinking - when, what, how frequently do people feed their dog? 
We've had lots of dogs over the years and we always feed a dog once a day, in the evening. And a few tid bits/scraps/left overs during the day if there are any.
Why once and why in the evening - because that is what we did growing up on the farm. I think it was based around a dog in the wild likely only got 1 decent feed a day and maybe only every 2 or 3 days. It seemed to keep our dogs in pretty good nick without being too overweight. Farm dogs were different to what are now our 'pets' and a little more portion control is required with our more sedentary friends these days.
On the farm we fed our dogs dry food for a long time, then we mixed dry and some canned and then there was some stuff available at a place in Bendigo called 'Ready-Meat'. This was top stuff! The dogs loved it and they thrived on it. It had bits of dried meat, bits of what I think were pigs ears and other stuff that looked like genuine bits of dried, mixed up meaty stuff. I reckon it was around for about 6 years and then they stopped mixing it because they had issues getting the products that went into it. Anyone remember Ready-Meat?
Over the years we have continued to feed a mix of canned and dry food, sometimes cooked up mince or chicken with rice and vegetables that we froze in portions and sometimes just mince with dry food.
Can't say we like the canned food though. The first 2 dogs that my wife and I had as 'our' dogs both died within 6 months of each other (about 12 yrs old each) with pancreatic cancer which the vet said was pretty rare in dogs. We guessed that maybe it was all the crap in the canned food.
Anyway, what do you mob feed your dog? Any good suggestions of what to give them or cook them? Are there any 'great' commercial products you know of? How often do you feed them and at what time of day?
Be interested to hear what others do.
Cheers, N.E. 
