What to feed?
This said, I have been searching kibble that is completely manufactured in the US and I found one that is pretty close. Flint River ranch, http://www.flintriver.com/productinfo.a ... m%23recall Anyone ever try this food? Looks good to me, I think I'll order a bag and give it a try. Mark |
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| Hi, I have looked into that food but have never tried it, you'll have to let me know what you think! I have been using Eagle Pack but the distributor I have been getting it from isn't going to carry it any longer so I am in the market for something else. What does every body else feed? I was told by some one who raised Champion Goldens that they would never feed Iams, Eukanuba or Science Diet because it is full of lead, more than in lead paint. Has anyone else ever heard this? Looking for suggestions. |
| Solid Gold is also sourced almost entirely in the US and has no glutens. "Almost entirely" sounds risky but they mean that the lamb comes from New Zealand and the fish comes from somewhere else too. They are very specific on the website about what comes from outside the US. My dogs really like the grain free Barking at the Moon flavor (and I really liked the compact poop it produced):
http://www.solidgoldhealth.com/ We rotate through brands regularly. We are also using Timberwolf Organics Wild and Natural grain free. They like all the Timberwolf varieties except the ocean blue (fish based). http://www.timberwolforganics.com/ I have a small bag of Nature's Variety Raw Instinct (also grain free) but have not tried it yet. |
| Valerie...Why have you gone grain free? Do Maggie and/or Chumley have grain allergies? Just curious....we are still trying different foods for Izzie and figuring out what she does best on. |
| I have been feeding my dogs Authority Lamb and Rice.
The Lamb is New Zealand Lamb, which I guess is supposed to be the best. It contains no rice proteins, no glutens of any type. No by products and no fillers. I have been very happy with the food and have been feeding it to my dogs for over 2 yrs. You can get it at Petsmart. |
Amanda P wrote: Valerie...Why have you gone grain free? Do Maggie and/or Chumley have grain allergies? Just curious....we are still trying different foods for Izzie and figuring out what she does best on.
Nope, no allergies that I am aware of. I have been trying them on grain free formulas primarily because I have heard that grain free food is good for dogs with arthritis. Somehow grains cause or support inflammation. And then with all the various recalls, going grain free seems safer to me until the dust settles. Finally, it seems to produce a more compact poop, which makes pickup easier.  |
| forgive my ignorance but what are the blue ribbons by peoples names, are these an indication of show dogs and number of wins or what? probably sounds kind of stupid but if i don't ask i'll never know! |
Gaff wrote: forgive my ignorance but what are the blue ribbons by peoples names, are these an indication of show dogs and number of wins or what? probably sounds kind of stupid but if i don't ask i'll never know!
See this post: http://forum.oes.org/viewtopic.php?t=13577 |
| Merrick is also made completely in the United States. |
Ahhhh...you guys shattered my illusions, I thought you were the owners of these incredible champion dogs....now I know you just talk to much!  |
Gaff wrote: Ahhhh...you guys shattered my illusions, I thought you were the owners of these incredible champion dogs....now I know you just talk to much!
I didn't see your earlier post and was like, "Hey, what the heck is this person's problem?" Now it makes sense, lol! |
Gaff wrote: Ahhhh...you guys shattered my illusions, I thought you were the owners of these incredible champion dogs....now I know you just talk to much!
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how do you add a picture to yourself? does that make sense?  |
| I use Flint River for my cats - they love it. I have heard excellent reviews about it from people who use it with their dogs. |
Valerie wrote: We rotate through brands regularly.
Why do you rotate brands, Valerie? I thought it wasn't good to change their food? |
cinemarco wrote: Valerie wrote: We rotate through brands regularly. Why do you rotate brands, Valerie? I thought it wasn't good to change their food? I do it a few times a year as well. Some research says that switching may help prevent allergies as well as keep dogs from becoming finicky. |
| I like the idea behind rotating foods but it seems to take forever - if I swith it over too quickly I always get loose stools. I am dreading changing from my puppy chow to the adult variety. Has anyone tried the oatmeal sensitive sytems that Purinia One has?
Thanks |
| Rotating brands is like hedging your bets. Even though all the premium brands may offer comparable nutrition, I am not really sure which ones will provide the most benefits for my particular dogs.
Also, I think it helps build stomachs that are more capable of adapting to change. I used to take a week or two to slowly switch brands but lately, I've had them going from one brand directly to another with no ill effects. |
Ditto, I have always rotated the brands.  |
| I just started switching brands about 3 months ago. My 7 all transitioned just fine.
Val and Lisa - how long do you feed each kind before you switch? |
| For those who rotate foods, do you stick with comparable protein and fat levels and like ingredients or is that not a consideration? |
| I purposely looked for a switch with different 1st 3 ingredients than what I was feeding. They are similar otherwise - protein percentage, fat, cost. |
| I buy the big bulk bags of dry, then when they are gone onto another brand then. Mine don't have any food intolerance problems what so ever and I contribute that to the rotation of different same quality premium drys. I don't even bother now to slowly introduce another brand when switching, I did when they were babys spend time mixing the drys and giving them time to adjust to another one then, now when ready to open a new bag and another brand into the bowl it goes.
I agree with Jill too, as well as stopping building up an intolerance to a particular food, it also stops them becoming fussy eaters too. Mine have cast iron guts and will eat anything that is edible. |
| I too started out using the big bags (30 pounds or so) and then would slowly transition over a week or two because switching cold turkey would cause the runs. But over time, I kept decreasing the transition period and lately I've had them sharing 4 pound bags of food and then just going on to the next one when it runs out. They haven't had any difficulty making the switch.
They are all ultra premium brands. I don't pay attention to protein or fat ratios other than to note that they are all different. I like them to try different protein sources. I've been using the smaller bags so they can try lots of brands and formulas to see if there are a few that they seem to like the most and digest well. I don't want to spend on a 30 pound bag of food that they don't like (Natural Balance) or I don't like (Merrick made them smell funky). |
| wow this is great. I will try rotating brands, it makes sense to me. |
Willowsprite wrote: For those who rotate foods, do you stick with comparable protein and fat levels and like ingredients or is that not a consideration?
All the foods that I chose are similar in ingredients and also happen to be close in protein and fat-- not exact but nothing drastic either. When I started researching, I picked stuff that had more subtle differences, usually like the addition of kelp or berries-- just something to make it a bit different but not like hopping from a grain free to regular dry food or something like that. I know I've said it before, but one of my main criteria in my picks is kibble size. The boys are both chewers and they do much better with something larger that they can crunch on. |
| We've always rotated between premium brands. For instance we would buy one premium brand that was chicken flavor and a different premium brand that was say fish and potato or vegetable, and maybe one brand would have glucosamine and chondroitin for large dog's hips. So we will have two to three different bags at one time. So each day we rotate between the different bags. This is referring to the kibble they get. We also feed other food intersperced such as vegetables and chicken, turkey and beef.
I like to give my dogs a large variety of foods because I wouldn't want to eat the same thing every day and also nutritionally they have a better chance of getting all the different vitamin, mineral and supplement contents. |
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