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What dog food do you feed?
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flipgirl24

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Posted: 8:36:01 PM 10/9/2007

I feed Innova puppy - it's done wonders for my puppy - great coat, no more freakouts, wonderful vitality but not hyper. The food that she was on previously made her really hyper and weird and made her tear stains worse (which could be a food allergy). Anyway, I thought that you shouldn't feed raw with kibble (I mean, you shouldn't feed kibble and raw at the same feeding) - since kibble digests slower, the raw meat would stay in the stomach longer and thus ferment longer and then cause problems. If you meant that you feed a combination of raw and kibble but not at the same feeding, then please disregard my last comment. I could be wrong however, but this is something I've read. There is also EVO which is kibbles answer to raw. If you're going to switch to a premium food then I'd suggest you make the switch slower as they contain different nutrients and higher quality proteins so it's easier on their systems if you switch slowly.

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pope1982

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Posted: 8:45:53 PM 10/9/2007

Good advice about switching to a higher end food and different nutritional value flipgirl.
I had forgotten about the garbage they used to eat. Years ago when I started feeding them higher grade foods, I did phase them into it.

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weimngolden

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Posted: 9:29:03 PM 10/9/2007

I feed maxximum, when i rated it it rated in the lower 90's. Really good in my opinion. Since my dogs have been on it have noticed less shedding, shiner coats, healthier stools and a lot more energy from my dogs.

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sadieboo1

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Posted: 9:32:50 PM 10/9/2007

IDK, what ur talkin' bout' I am so confused is Pedigree good thats what we always have fed our dogs *knock on wood* it has yet to be recalled (i think)

cats humor us because they know there ancesters ate ours!

Wandering_Spirit

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Posted: 9:33:12 PM 10/9/2007

I feed Raw/BARF.

If I fed dry food I would feed Fromm.

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WileyBlaze

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Posted: 9:34:27 PM 10/9/2007

I bounce from all raw to half raw and Canidae. I find it way cleaner to feed raw in the winter, it says frozen. I also feed the raw outdoors and with the Sibs they are fine with that.

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WileyBlaze

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Posted: 9:40:30 PM 10/9/2007

Sadieboo no Pedigree is not good at all. It rates F on the scale.

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journey

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Posted: 10:13:55 PM 10/9/2007

We have given our pups Eagle Pack Holistic Chicken from day one, but once they are adults my husband wants to start them on Eagle Pack Holistic Lamb. Love Eagle Pack, never had a problem with them, beautiful shiny coats on the pups.

illini

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Posted: 10:55:32 PM 10/9/2007

Bode gets a quarter can of wet food in the AM and 1/2 cup EVO kibble PM.

Right now I'm getting Wellness cans from a local store. I've tried five or six other brands. My favorite was the Nature's Logic but I have to mail-order it.

Raven312

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Posted: 3:39:52 AM 10/10/2007

I feed Cuba Merricks. So far he's had the Puppy Plate and Turducken, both of which he loves. He's only 4.5 months old. I love the fact that I can switch them out and let him try another flavor since they all have the same base and are for all life stages (and he loves the gravy that you get by adding warm water.)

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jackie17

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Posted: 8:27:33 AM 10/10/2007

We feed the Members Mark Exceed Chicken & Rice mixed with Diamond Large Breed. It has worked for us.

CatDogMom

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Posted: 9:43:56 AM 10/10/2007

I have been feeding the Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul by Diamond. It has several sources of protein, which I am told is a good way to prevent allergies.

I fed Blue Buffalo, and I liked it also, but it gets a bit pricey for feeding four dogs. If you have only one dog or two little ones, I would go with that.

I recently bought a bag of the super premium Authority. They like it, and eat it readily, but I don't like the poop situation at all.

I'm taking them back to the Chicken Soup after this bag is gone.

I feed the Chicken Soup to my three cats and they do well on it also.

pittbulls

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Posted: 3:49:58 PM 10/10/2007

Can someone give me the link to the scale on dog food? Thanks

scout1

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Posted: 4:21:53 PM 10/10/2007

the adults get canidae chicken and rice formula and max our puppy gets innova puppy. i've also switched their treats from milkbones to the mother nature honey glazed chicken biscuits that innova's makers make.
http://www.mothernaturepet.com/products/default.asp?id=1355

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lovemygirls

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Posted: 9:45:56 PM 10/10/2007

pittbulls, the link (Wileys great list of grading foods) to the scale on dog food is the 7th sticky on the topic page.

My dogs were on Pedigree Adult Complete the past 6 months (because it wasn't on the recall list) until my youngest got sick and quit eating it. I just switched to Authority Harvest Baked - don't know how I like it yet.

I fed Nutro Ultra Adult for 3 years until it hit the recall list in March. This would be my 2nd choice food after Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium and Duck & Potato. Van Patten's was the best food and my girls loved it. I moved and can no longer get it.

***Edited By: lovemygirls on 10/10/2007 11:40:54 PM***
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