Comments on: The dog food dilemma http://reddogs.com/2008/11/08/the-dog-food-dilemma/ life in the heartland... with dogs... and cats... Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:47:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Leslie Hettinger http://reddogs.com/2008/11/08/the-dog-food-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Leslie Hettinger Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:15:15 +0000 http://reddogs.com/?p=34#comment-51 We feed a raw diet (chicken backs in the morning, beef and veggies at night)to our Tollers and Tibetan Terriers. Recently though we found Wellness Core, it is Wellness' response to the Raw movement, and it is GOOD we can interchange it with our raw diet with out getting upset stomachs or diarea. (Most kibbles AREN'T interchangeble because the high carb levels in kibble means dogs digest them slower than raw. Resulting in poor stools.)It cost's less than EVO or Nature's Variety Instinct(grain free). This is what we feed when we go on the road to shows. (traveling with home made raw takes a lot of coolers) If you do go the raw route it's not that hard. We have 15 dogs we feed raw and it doesn't take any more time in the morning than kibble did, and cost's less than it did to feed kibble. If you go raw and you have any large number of dogs it will be cheaper to make it yourself. I also think our homemade raw is more compleat than pre made raw, and I know exactly what goes into my dogs. Another plus, I don't have to give my dogs suplements anymore! (with the exeption of fish oil, that's just because I refuse to feed raw fish) If you want to know more about the raw just send me an e-mail I can send you the instructions for our diet. Happy Hunting, Leslie Hettinger CH.Littleriver's Shoot for the Moon CH.Keepsake's Windy City Beekauz We feed a raw diet (chicken backs in the morning, beef and veggies at night)to our Tollers and Tibetan Terriers. Recently though we found Wellness Core, it is Wellness’ response to the Raw movement, and it is GOOD we can interchange it with our raw diet with out getting upset stomachs or diarea. (Most kibbles AREN’T interchangeble because the high carb levels in kibble means dogs digest them slower than raw. Resulting in poor stools.)It cost’s less than EVO or Nature’s Variety Instinct(grain free). This is what we feed when we go on the road to shows. (traveling with home made raw takes a lot of coolers) If you do go the raw route it’s not that hard. We have 15 dogs we feed raw and it doesn’t take any more time in the morning than kibble did, and cost’s less than it did to feed kibble. If you go raw and you have any large number of dogs it will be cheaper to make it yourself. I also think our homemade raw is more compleat than pre made raw, and I know exactly what goes into my dogs.

Another plus, I don’t have to give my dogs suplements anymore! (with the exeption of fish oil, that’s just because I refuse to feed raw fish)

If you want to know more about the raw just send me an
e-mail I can send you the instructions for our diet.

Happy Hunting,

Leslie Hettinger
CH.Littleriver’s Shoot for the Moon
CH.Keepsake’s Windy City Beekauz

]]> By: Wendy (Barbie's mom) http://reddogs.com/2008/11/08/the-dog-food-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Wendy (Barbie's mom) Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:28:51 +0000 http://reddogs.com/?p=34#comment-48 We use the Evo kibble, but mix it with Bravo raw meat or just raw meat from the good ol' fashioned supermarket (we use bone meal when not using the Bravo). Our dogs don't smell at all, no bad breath, and their teeth are wonderfully white (Barbie's are getting better, they were awful when we adopted her, God knows what her original owners fed her). Raw meat isn't much harder than opening a can of food, but you have to be ready to do it and do lots of research first! We've had Caleb (Barbie's bro) on it for 4 years, and Charlie the cat for 6 years. I can tell you this, we haven't had to visit the vet as often! And MUCH less poop to clean up! We love the Evo, we switched from PHD Products kibble and they love it, both dogs and the cat (they make cat food, too). Good luck! There's lots of info on Bravo's website, just do a google search for Bravo Raw Meat if you're ever interested. We use the Evo kibble, but mix it with Bravo raw meat or just raw meat from the good ol’ fashioned supermarket (we use bone meal when not using the Bravo). Our dogs don’t smell at all, no bad breath, and their teeth are wonderfully white (Barbie’s are getting better, they were awful when we adopted her, God knows what her original owners fed her). Raw meat isn’t much harder than opening a can of food, but you have to be ready to do it and do lots of research first! We’ve had Caleb (Barbie’s bro) on it for 4 years, and Charlie the cat for 6 years. I can tell you this, we haven’t had to visit the vet as often! And MUCH less poop to clean up! We love the Evo, we switched from PHD Products kibble and they love it, both dogs and the cat (they make cat food, too). Good luck! There’s lots of info on Bravo’s website, just do a google search for Bravo Raw Meat if you’re ever interested.

]]> By: jenna http://reddogs.com/2008/11/08/the-dog-food-dilemma/comment-page-1/#comment-3 jenna Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:57:30 +0000 http://reddogs.com/?p=34#comment-3 Snicks and Seeky eat fish and grains - specifically Salmon with Dr. Harvey's Canine Health and/or long grain brown rice. I started feeding Snickers fish several years ago based on the idea of an "ancestral diet" and he really flourished. (Shibas have been with people in Japan for thousands of years, so his ancestors probably ate fish and rice!) Snicks and Seeky eat fish and grains – specifically Salmon with Dr. Harvey’s Canine Health and/or long grain brown rice. I started feeding Snickers fish several years ago based on the idea of an “ancestral diet” and he really flourished. (Shibas have been with people in Japan for thousands of years, so his ancestors probably ate fish and rice!)

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