Dog food

[NW-GSP]

Purina pro plan is what I use. Don't buy the cheap generic crap,

[Stein]

We are picking our pup up this weekend, I just ordered Taste of the Wild off Amazon to transition her to.  The ingredient list looks very solid, no grain and a ton of good reviews.  It is right at double the cost of the Costco house brand that we have been using with our other dog.

We also heavily supplement with raw meat (scraps of beef and a bunch of trimmings and ugly looking stuff from big game).

[NOCK NOCK]

One of our labs has some allergy issues(still not sure exactly what she's allergic to) She itches/scratches ALOT.
Vet recommended grain free diet. We have tried a dozen or so of the high end brands that did not improve the scratching. Finally we have settled on Taste of the Wild Venison & Buffalo, her itching/scratching has reduced drastically. 

[bobcat]

NOCK NOCK- try feeding her only "people food." I bet the itching will go away entirely. We had the same issue with our Brittany.

[AspenBud]

Dr Tims or Fromm as long as I can afford it.

If I ever can't afford it I'll switch to Dog Chow or Costco brand food in a heart beat. No I am not kidding.

[NOCK NOCK]

Going to try making our own dog food from venison scraps and people food. Winter project, curious to see how it go's.

[Stein]

Going to try making our own dog food from venison scraps and people food. Winter project, curious to see how it go's.

Next time you shoot an animal, don't throw away anything except guts, bones and hide.  You will be amazed at how much you threw away before without realizing it.  Our dog will gladly devour the nastiest looking scraps with dirt, hair, blood, whatever on it.  We bag it up in day sized portions in ziplock sandwich bags and freeze them flat.

[NOCK NOCK]

  this is what we did with our two deer this year.  Do you cook it or feed raw?

[Stein]

Raw, but I feed it out of the normal food bowl so they don't become beggars.


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[Daisy May]

I have three Labs the two older ones are allergic to something one gets itchy and the other gets ear problems. After about 8 yrs of different foods finally tried Natural Balance as recommended by our new Vet.  The sweet potato and bison, sweet potato and salmon or chicken and oatmeal have all worked well for me. The Youngest Lab (1year ) is also on the same food and doing fine. I tried the Taste of the wild and the blue buffalo but the dogs just threw it up. Vet says there is to much protein in it because it is good stuff but if your dogs don't eat it from being a pup there body cant process all the protein. Good luck.

[heronblu]

Our dog gets 100% raw venison from what we kill each season. We supplement with the occasional rabbit and whatever she steals from the cats bowl

[Jarhead Chase]

One of our labs has some allergy issues(still not sure exactly what she's allergic to) She itches/scratches ALOT.
Vet recommended grain free diet. We have tried a dozen or so of the high end brands that did not improve the scratching. Finally we have settled on Taste of the Wild Venison & Buffalo, her itching/scratching has reduced drastically. 

If she is still having any issues, try Natural Balance. Any of their LID mixes will help, but the bison and sweet potatoe or the kangaroo are some of the more popular unique proteins that work well.

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[metlhead]

I love catching grief for this, but I feed buget Nutra Nugget, lamb and rice, and supplement by having the dogs do the dishes after supper. A dog still will find whatever it needs and eat it, even those who are tightly monitored. My 16yo GWP still hunts and is healthy, the pup goes like a raped ape, and the wifes wiener dog is unstoppable on park squirrels. No vet bills so far either. I save the money and just spend more time on adventures with them for exercise.

[NOCK NOCK]

One of our labs has some allergy issues(still not sure exactly what she's allergic to) She itches/scratches ALOT.
Vet recommended grain free diet. We have tried a dozen or so of the high end brands that did not improve the scratching. Finally we have settled on Taste of the Wild Venison & Buffalo, her itching/scratching has reduced drastically. 

If she is still having any issues, try Natural Balance. Any of their LID mixes will help, but the bison and sweet potatoe or the kangaroo are some of the more popular unique proteins that work well.

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1st one I tried, did not see any improvement 

[Jarhead Chase]

One of our labs has some allergy issues(still not sure exactly what she's allergic to) She itches/scratches ALOT.
Vet recommended grain free diet. We have tried a dozen or so of the high end brands that did not improve the scratching. Finally we have settled on Taste of the Wild Venison & Buffalo, her itching/scratching has reduced drastically. 

If she is still having any issues, try Natural Balance. Any of their LID mixes will help, but the bison and sweet potatoe or the kangaroo are some of the more popular unique proteins that work well.

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1st one I tried, did not see any improvement 

Have you tried to add any salmon or fish oil? That can really help with a lot of skin conditions.

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