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Location: Louisiana | What brand of dry food do you feed?
Also, I know quite a few on BHW used to cook for their dogs, what is a proper protein, carb, fat ratio?? What do you typically prepare?
My dog is pretty sick right now, and I was instructed to feed him boiled chicken and rice until his stomach settles and his appetite returns. Then mix with dry food, then eventually return to dry food.
But I'm thinking about continuing to make his food, or at least a portion of it.
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Location: The edge of no where | Taste of the Wild - my little hoodlums love it. It seems like their coats are better since they've been on it, fewer allergies. |
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Location: Kansas | I feed science diet. Also my pup gets an egg daily with her food. |
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | Taste of the Wild!  |
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Location: East Texas | My dogs would randomly throw up. I changed to 4Health (Tractor Supply) and neither have thrown up since. It is grain free. They have thrived and I am happy!!
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Location: Willows, CA | Renew Gold Balance Dog Food from the makers of Renew Gold. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I've had really good luck with taste of the wild. I get a different flavor (protein source) each time. |
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Location: WI | I'll also put my vote in for Taste of the Wild - ever since my little Tillie had her sick episodes last fall I switched to TOTW and she has really blossomed on it. My 7mo. old mini aussie also gets it now. |
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Location: Louisiana | Thanks guys!! He was on 4Health a while back but it wasn't convenient to make the trip to TSC. So most recently he was on Diamond Naturals. Of course I've heard a LOT about Taste of the wild, but I'll check out the others also.
My ponies are on Renew Gold so I'll definitely check that one out. |
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| Purina Sensitive skin and stomach salmon, limited ingredients -the only food that keeps my lab from itching himself raw from hot spots. |
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| We also feed Taste of the Wild . Our dogs do very well on it . My little dog loves vegetables so he gets to supplement his diet with veggies. |
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Location: Mansfield, Tx | My dogs have sensitive stomachs... I feed 4 Health, from Tractor supply also.. My dogs love it and they have healthy, shinny coats.. |
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Location: In my own world | PB or Pure Balance. It's a grain free that's at Walmart. Most convienant for me. Dogs like it and look good. I feed the salmon recipe. Don't feed anything with rice because of arsenic. May not matter but just makes me happy |
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | Mine started on Purina Proplan and about the 3rd bag, screaming diahrea...took me a little bit to figure out it was the dog food and my dogs were not wormy or sick.
Switched to Diamond and about the 4th bag, the same thing.
Now on TOTW and have been on it for about 8 months. No issues to report.
By the way, check your TSC...just bought the 30lb bag for $5.00 off, so I picked up 2 bags.
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| after an extensive thread on here we switched to Blue Buffalo (which is excellent but fairly pricey) A few on here talked very very highly about 4Health as a close alternative to Blue Buffalo and we've settled on that. It's also rated 4 stars on our Vet's list of dog foods and the purina brands we Had been feeding were VERY low on that list with 1 or maybe 2 stars.
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Location: MI | Taste of the Wild! Our doberman loves it and looks/feels wonderfully on it- he gets the waterfowl one.
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Location: Where it isn’t cold! | winwillows - 2016-04-14 11:54 AM
Renew Gold Balance Dog Food from the makers of Renew Gold.
This! Our dogs love it! |
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Location: Texas | Blue Buffalo Lamb & Rice for my sensitive stomached gal. |
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Location: Alabama | Diamond Natural Beef and Sweet potato (grain free)
Been feeding this for about two years to the Jack Russell Terrorist, the Great Dane, and the Pit. No issues and no landmines in my yard!  |
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| We have a bull mastiff and feed Earthborn. It's grain free. Her coat is amazing and never had any problems with GI problems. I'm a believer in the grain free for dogs. |
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| I have a special dog that would pretty much "Tie Up" like a horse with HYPP. We finally, out of desperation put him on Ol' Roy High Performance dog food, and it has solved all of our problems. We tired all the expensive stuff and none of it accopmlished what we needed. So now I use probably the cheapest dog food available and it works. Go Figure. |
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Location: Where the buffalo roam | Go by Petcurean - incredibly expensive. I used to feed TOTW and had no issues, but when I went to switch my youngest mini aussies from his puppy food by GO to TOTW adult he started throwing up. We switched back and then introduced the adult (grain fee) GO and had no problems so just switched everyone that way. I had a dog with cancer and will only feed grain free. |
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Location: Southwest Minnesota | Nutrisource Grain Free Lamb...no grain, no chicken protein. Poor pup has allergies bad and this seems to help along with a daily Zyrtec. He was itching so bad he would rub the hair off the sides of his nose. His coat looks great now and no more itching! |
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Location: Willows, CA | Some things to know about "grain free" dog food. The issue is not grain in general, rather the fact that a lot of dogs do not do well with wheat, corn or soy in their food. All dog food that has a nugget or shaped form needs to have starch in the formulation to hold that shape together. As long as the starch source is not corn, wheat or soy, dogs will do fine, even benefit from some oatmeal, rice or even barley in the formulation, as long as the inclusion is low. The vast majority of grain free dog foods use potato for the starch source. In general, they list it several different ways on the ingredient list. If they had to lists all potato sources as simply potato, it would be the number one ingredient on the list by volume. Most people would not feed "Potato Dog Food". Grain free sounds much better. So, the issue is not keeping all grains of all kinds out of dog food at any level. The issue is not to feed a dog food that has corn, wheat or soy in the formulation. If you made a change to grain free and your dog does better, most likely, the elimination of the terrible three, corn, wheat and soy, are the reason, not the addition of potatoes in the diet. |
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Ms. Poutability
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Location: In my own world | KDS - 2016-04-14 3:27 PM Taste of the Wild! Our doberman loves it and looks/feels wonderfully on it- he gets the waterfowl one.
Just wanted to say HI to a fellow dobie lover!! I have one too!! |
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Location: California | Blue Buffalo has been through a few lawsuits after changing ownership.
I was feeding Purina One but after tons of research switched to Victor. Victor has never had a recall that I can find and my dogs look MUCH better! I am also paying less for a healthier food. |
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Location: Northeast SD | Royal Canine-
Before I had troubles getting mine to actually eat her dry food and she wouldn't eat for a few days (I was told if they're hungry they're going to eat) I triedf allt he brands (besides renew gold, did't know they made dog food!) with no luck and now with Royal Canine she eats this as soon as I put it down (like a real dog! She's never done that before ever since a pup). her coat is smoother and softer now too! |
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Location: MI | livinonlove&horses - 2016-04-14 6:16 PM KDS - 2016-04-14 3:27 PM Taste of the Wild! Our doberman loves it and looks/feels wonderfully on it- he gets the waterfowl one. Just wanted to say HI to a fellow dobie lover!! I have one too!!
EEK! Yay!! They're so great!  |
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Location: Warsaw,NY | I have French bulldogs and feed 2 of the Fromm Salmon, the other has different issues and eats Royal Canine french bulldog formula and he is also on Forco. for whatever reason he does the best on that wellness is also another really good food, i feed the wellness can. |
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Location: California | Science Diet. I have worked at a vet since I got my dog who is going on 4 this year. He is small so I can afford to feed it to him. I don't think I have ever heard or seen bad things about/from it. They make a hundred different types for every dogs different needs. |
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| livinonlove&horses - 2016-04-14 5:16 PM
KDS - 2016-04-14 3:27 PM Taste of the Wild! Our doberman loves it and looks/feels wonderfully on it- he gets the waterfowl one.
Just wanted to say HI to a fellow dobie lover!! I have one too!!
I have one too! She's getting up there in age and got really bad arthritis in her hip.. I found a fantastic dog food that's made for seniors with added glucosamine and it's basically changed her life. She no longer hops around on 3 legs and she plays and runs with my lab all day long. We love our dobe! |
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Off the Wall Wacky
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Location: Louisiana | Well looking online and at what's easily available to me, I was leaning towards Diamond Naturals.
I was wondering if anyone has fed Premium Edge dog food? I like the ingredient list, and it's only slightly more $, but Diamond seems to have had several recalls.
Also, it turns out my mom was feeding him Diamond Naturals when he got sick. The food had nothing to do with that, but in the past anytime he got sick we had to change food, he would refuse the old stuff. |
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Location: Adopt a homeless pet - www.petfinder.com! | We went grain free when our pit mix was having skin issues. All of our dogs are on Taste of the Wild and doing great, we started on the Sierra Mountain Roasted Lamb formula and then I mistakenly bought a bag of the Pacific Stream Salmon and they are on that now - it smells like fish but they love it! Our cats are on Taste of the Wild now, too.
We get ours from petflow.com and use the auto-ship program. I get two bags at a time and it's free shipping.
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Whiteboy - 2016-04-14 4:06 PM I have a special dog that would pretty much "Tie Up" like a horse with HYPP. We finally, out of desperation put him on Ol' Roy High Performance dog food, and it has solved all of our problems. We tired all the expensive stuff and none of it accopmlished what we needed. So now I use probably the cheapest dog food available and it works. Go Figure.
Glad to know there's someone else out there that does. |
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Location: In my own world | KDS - 2016-04-15 9:50 AM
livinonlove&horses - 2016-04-14 6:16 PM KDS - 2016-04-14 3:27 PM Taste of the Wild! Our doberman loves it and looks/feels wonderfully on it- he gets the waterfowl one. Just wanted to say HI to a fellow dobie lover!! I have one too!!
They aren't for everybody. I think you either love em or you don't. But I love my Jewel!! |
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Location: In my own world | want2chase3 - 2016-04-16 7:22 AM
livinonlove&horses - 2016-04-14 5:16 PM
KDS - 2016-04-14 3:27 PM Taste of the Wild! Our doberman loves it and looks/feels wonderfully on it- he gets the waterfowl one.
Just wanted to say HI to a fellow dobie lover!! I have one too!!
I have one too! She's getting up there in age and got really bad arthritis in her hip.. I found a fantastic dog food that's made for seniors with added glucosamine and it's basically changed her life. She no longer hops around on 3 legs and she plays and runs with my lab all day long. We love our dobe!
Aww my first girl lived to be 13. I lost her in 2010. Miss her every **** day since. It took me 4 yrs to get to where I could emtiobal my be where I wanted another. Jewel has been a blast and I love my new girl in her own way!!! |
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| I have two blue Heelers, and the both are doing well on Taste of the Wild. |
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| I have fed many of the foods already listed on this thread. Finally I have found the best food hands down. NULO. You can order it online and depending where you live some upscale type feed stores may carry it. I have 2 Labs and an english bulldog. They all do great on it. Especially my older 14 yr lab. Everything about him has improved since feeding this grain free food. They get dry mixed with a small portion of canned. Also another good website to research dog food is
www.dogfoodadvisor.com
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| I feed Bil-Jac Sensitive Stomach to my two inside dogs. One is an english bulldog and she had problems with vomitting and the typical bad gas that they are known for. After trying out a few different feeds, this one has been the best for me. No more vomitting issues and her gas is probably as good as it is going to get for a bully. It has also helped my other dogs alleregy and skin issues. One big thing that I like about this food is that it is cooked differently than most dog foods, I believe at a lower temp. The feed itself looks like a pelleted horse feed almost, but it is pretty soft and not extremely hard like most kibble.
For those who are wanting to try a different feed but can't find it local, look on Petsmart.com. That is where I get mine from and several times throughout the month they will have either free shipping over $50 or $0.99 shipping. I usually have a months worth of dogfood for them on hand, and then will keep my eye open for the discounted shipping when I open the last bag. |
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| We feed Dr. Tim's kinesis. It's made by a vet in Alaska and he'll talk with you one on one to see which would be best for your dog. I get it shipped from chewy.com |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | We have four dogs. A 3 year old English Mastiff, who has never finished a meal unless mixed with yogurt, broth, or eggs. Always been on the thin side. Never liked food... A 4 month old English Mastiff, who is taking the same habit up as the 3 year old. Refuses to eat. A 6 year old Bull mastiff and a 5 year old Chug.
We have tried multiple brands and flavors. Pedigree, Science Diet, Nutro, Natural Balance, Diamond Naturals, Purina and a few others. Nothing seemed to stick for any longer than one bag worth. They like it for a week or so, then quit eating. So, we get a different brand every, single time. Haven't had an issue with eating since. Not sure if it's boredom related or what. But the 3 year old is finally putting on weight and finishing meals. |
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Location: Alberta | Grain free and non filler filled dog food...my Cane Corso will get SUPER stiff if he eats anything with grains in it...so our dogs don't get doggie treats either cause MOST are made with grains. |
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Location: MN | Blue Buffalo has been the only thing that my Aussie's will continuously eat. My male doesnt really care what he eats lol, but my female is SUPER picky. She would go days without eating and then we kinda forced her to eat on other grain free dog food. Ive been very happy with Blue Buffalo so far! And so has my girl  |
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Location: OH. IO | winwillows - 2016-04-14 5:57 PM
Some things to know about "grain free" dog food. The issue is not grain in general, rather the fact that a lot of dogs do not do well with wheat, corn or soy in their food. All dog food that has a nugget or shaped form needs to have starch in the formulation to hold that shape together. As long as the starch source is not corn, wheat or soy, dogs will do fine, even benefit from some oatmeal, rice or even barley in the formulation, as long as the inclusion is low. The vast majority of grain free dog foods use potato for the starch source. In general, they list it several different ways on the ingredient list. If they had to lists all potato sources as simply potato, it would be the number one ingredient on the list by volume. Most people would not feed "Potato Dog Food". Grain free sounds much better. So, the issue is not keeping all grains of all kinds out of dog food at any level. The issue is not to feed a dog food that has corn, wheat or soy in the formulation. If you made a change to grain free and your dog does better, most likely, the elimination of the terrible three, corn, wheat and soy, are the reason, not the addition of potatoes in the diet.
Where is your fog food sold.and can you tell me the benefits of brown rice over white?I'm only asking because I saw a writing on dog food that doesn't suggest brown rice.im researching different food now as I have a very sick dog. |
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Location: OH. IO | jake16 - 2016-08-20 11:18 PM
winwillows - 2016-04-14 5:57 PM
Some things to know about "grain free" dog food. The issue is not grain in general, rather the fact that a lot of dogs do not do well with wheat, corn or soy in their food. All dog food that has a nugget or shaped form needs to have starch in the formulation to hold that shape together. As long as the starch source is not corn, wheat or soy, dogs will do fine, even benefit from some oatmeal, rice or even barley in the formulation, as long as the inclusion is low. The vast majority of grain free dog foods use potato for the starch source. In general, they list it several different ways on the ingredient list. If they had to lists all potato sources as simply potato, it would be the number one ingredient on the list by volume. Most people would not feed "Potato Dog Food". Grain free sounds much better. So, the issue is not keeping all grains of all kinds out of dog food at any level. The issue is not to feed a dog food that has corn, wheat or soy in the formulation. If you made a change to grain free and your dog does better, most likely, the elimination of the terrible three, corn, wheat and soy, are the reason, not the addition of potatoes in the diet.
Where is your fog food sold.and can you tell me the benefits of brown rice over white?I'm only asking because I saw a writing on dog food that doesn't suggest brown rice.im researching different food now as I have a very sick dog.
Nevermind...can't do chicken...but thanks....if anyone here makes their own food can you go into detail please |
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Location: Arkansas | jake16 - 2016-08-20 10:23 PM
jake16 - 2016-08-20 11:18 PM
winwillows - 2016-04-14 5:57 PM
Some things to know about "grain free" dog food. The issue is not grain in general, rather the fact that a lot of dogs do not do well with wheat, corn or soy in their food. All dog food that has a nugget or shaped form needs to have starch in the formulation to hold that shape together. As long as the starch source is not corn, wheat or soy, dogs will do fine, even benefit from some oatmeal, rice or even barley in the formulation, as long as the inclusion is low. The vast majority of grain free dog foods use potato for the starch source. In general, they list it several different ways on the ingredient list. If they had to lists all potato sources as simply potato, it would be the number one ingredient on the list by volume. Most people would not feed "Potato Dog Food". Grain free sounds much better. So, the issue is not keeping all grains of all kinds out of dog food at any level. The issue is not to feed a dog food that has corn, wheat or soy in the formulation. If you made a change to grain free and your dog does better, most likely, the elimination of the terrible three, corn, wheat and soy, are the reason, not the addition of potatoes in the diet.
Where is your fog food sold.and can you tell me the benefits of brown rice over white?I'm only asking because I saw a writing on dog food that doesn't suggest brown rice.im researching different food now as I have a very sick dog.
Nevermind...can't do chicken...but thanks....if anyone here makes their own food can you go into detail please
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Location: Warsaw,NY | I feed 2 of my Frenchies Fromm Salmon with wellness grain free can food, My 3rd Frenchies has a horrible stomach. Threw up multiple times daily for a year after I imported him. He gets Rpyal Canine french bulldog formula with wellness lamb/sweet potatoe can and lots if Ricotta cheese, this is what works for him. Raw didnt even help him. He is also on Reglan 2x daily and Omeprazole daily. Fromm is the only food with no recalls other than their can food cuz it had too much vit D in it. |
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | I have fed several different brands over the years.
I have worked in kennels, vets, and the animal industry for a lot years.
One thing I have found is that there is NO ONE food that will work for all dogs.
My friend has fed ProPlan to her show dogs and NEVER had an issue. I used it for about 2 months and my dogs got the screaming you know what and it took me about 2 weeks to figure out it was the food.
I have used ProPlan in the past with no issue on previous dogs.
I started using Diamond food, was great for about 3 bags and the same thing as the ProPlan. Finally switched to TOTW salmon....with in 2 days stools firmed and my itchy house dog quit itching.
The whole point is that you have to find what works for you and your dogs and be able to get it (availabilty). |
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Location: Aubrey, Texas | winwillows - 2016-04-14 4:57 PM
Some things to know about "grain free" dog food. The issue is not grain in general, rather the fact that a lot of dogs do not do well with wheat, corn or soy in their food. All dog food that has a nugget or shaped form needs to have starch in the formulation to hold that shape together. As long as the starch source is not corn, wheat or soy, dogs will do fine, even benefit from some oatmeal, rice or even barley in the formulation, as long as the inclusion is low. The vast majority of grain free dog foods use potato for the starch source. In general, they list it several different ways on the ingredient list. If they had to lists all potato sources as simply potato, it would be the number one ingredient on the list by volume. Most people would not feed "Potato Dog Food". Grain free sounds much better. So, the issue is not keeping all grains of all kinds out of dog food at any level. The issue is not to feed a dog food that has corn, wheat or soy in the formulation. If you made a change to grain free and your dog does better, most likely, the elimination of the terrible three, corn, wheat and soy, are the reason, not the addition of potatoes in the diet.
Thank you for this informative post. I learned several things that will help with my mutt! (Mama was a German Shepherd girl in trouble). Interesting about the potato starch used to make the kibble. Potatoes are a member of the nightshade family, as I recall. But then again, I had a vet once tell me that dry dog food was good to help keep one's teeth scraped clean between vet cleanings. I have had Katie on Royal Canine for GS, but will look into the Renew Gold- |
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| forty years ago I had a dog start to have seizures. After working with the vet we finally determined that they were caused by Purina Dog Food. I have never fed that since. I feed Diamond dog food now because my dog eats it better than anything else. My dog just doesn't like the cheaper dog foods. I guess he is trying to tell me something. He is fat and looks great. |
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Location: In a happy place | Where do you buy Taste of the Wild? |
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Go Get Em!
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Location: OH. IO | sorrel horse ranch - 2016-08-22 6:39 AM
Where do you buy Taste of the Wild?
Tractor supply has it;) |
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Location: TEXAS | Iams mini chunks...mine love it |
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Location: Southern Indiana | I am feeding canidae platinum....I believe its some kind of chicken formula, but its been awhile since I bought it. Was feeding blue buffalo, but decided to try the canidae. She eats it good. |
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| Blue Buffalo. My dogs really love it. It's also grain free. I use www.chewy.com for all my pet food/treats. Great prices! |
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Location: North Dakota | Iams |
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It's not my fault I'm perfect
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Location: Where the long tails flow, ND | Taste of the Wild for sure! |
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Location: Where I am happiest | I used to feed taste of the wild. After a couple months my dogs quite eating it and one started having digestive issues. Now for the last 2 years I have been feeding Earthborn Holistic and it is a awsome food and my dogs are doing great on it. |
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| I still feed my cats Iams - even the barn cats. The bird dogs get Diamond high energy, the border collie gets Nutro mini chunks but I am about to switch her to Diamond. The Nurtro bags keep getting smaller and the price keeps going up! |
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Can we talk about dog food???