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I'm feeding Nutro puppy food right now. I'll probably switch to Costco's Kirkland brand when I switch to adult food. Its made by Diamond and supposed to be good stuff.
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Re: What brand are you feeding your dog?
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When I had the big dogs I fed kirkland ...I actually work for natural balance so that is what my pug eats
just read ingredients and stay away from corn soy and wheat and food dyes.....the rest is just sort of personal preference.
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I feed my Boxers Natural Balance, from puppy to adult
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Natural Balance venison formula.
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Eukanuba high performance. My uncle, who is a trainer, is a firm believer in it and the 30/20 ratio that it gives to working dogs. I have a black lab by the way.
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Re: What brand are you feeding your dog?
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Taste of the Wild and Eagle Pack
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Re: What brand are you feeding your dog?
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Best value in dog food is the diamond foods, my labs are doing well on them. I buy all my dog food from Del's as they will price match any other add and its just convenient for me.
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Re: What brand are you feeding your dog?
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Natures Recipe has worked well for us for 13 yrs.
Tango on Large Breed Puppy for another few months.
Ellie does really well (for being over 13) on Adult Lamb and Rice.
Cleanup is not so bad, either.
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Re: What brand are you feeding your dog?
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Science diet for my Choco lab. I do know a guy who's been breeding and training labs and other hunting dogs for years, and now is a field trials judge and travels all over the U.S.. He is in his early 60's and swears that the best dog feed is table scraps. He swears that every lab he's owned that was fed pure table scraps is active and lived between 14-16 years. The dogs he's had that were "dog food" fed died or became disabled between 10-13 years of age. Not sure what to make of that proclomation for sure, but he's been working with dogs for over 40 years.
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Re: What brand are you feeding your dog?
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I feed both my Lab and my cat "Black Gold" brand food. Tried Kirkland, but the increase in "Kennel logs" was amazing.
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Taste of the wild! All four flavors. Bison, Fowl, Lamb and Salmon. A bit pricey but the dogs are very healthy, lots of energy and good bowels and maintaining weight very well.
Just a note, we used to feed our Rottwieller IAMs, thought it was a great product. I was approached by a lady at a dog park and she asked what I was feeding our dog. She told me that IAMs has been linked to cancer???, thought the lady was crazy and ignored the comment. 6 months later, my 5 year old beautiful rottweiler was diagnosed with lymphomia and bone cancer. She died a month later.
Well, that was a hard lesson. So, I did all the research on foods, proteins, grain...yada yada yada. We settled on Taste of the Wild. Never considered the cost an issue. $46 per 25lb bag. Hey, if it keeps my dogs healthy its worth every penny. Every Vet check, the Doc tells me they are doing great and in perfect health. Cant ask for much more then that. Do your home work, understand what YOUR breed of dog needs and what is best for their health. Dont consider the cost only your buddies health.
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Re: What brand are you feeding your dog?
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Dura Life hi pro. Dogs have done well on it!
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Re: What brand are you feeding your dog?
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I used Nutro for the past 7.5 years, then switched to Kirkland from Costco after the price of the Nutro was going up every week. No problems and at 9 y/o my Golden Retriever still runs around like a puppy.
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Re: What brand are you feeding your dog?
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I feed Breeders Choice Active Care. My old lab is 11.5 yrs old and has an awesome coat with good joints considering her age. She hunted hard this last year and did just fine.
http://www.breeders-choice.com/about/brands.htm
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