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Posted: 9/5/2007 9:05:54 PM EST
[Last Edit: ceadmin]
I used to use Purina Pro Plan but just switched to Native to try it out. The big thing on Native (by Kent) was: no byproducts listed and the dog food is exactly the same between Performance (which includes multiple levels) and Maintenance so there is no needing of mixing when season comes up for performance and then dropping her back when its over.

Check it out at Native Dog Food
Link Posted: 9/5/2007 9:11:02 PM EST
[#1]
Solid Gold
Link Posted: 9/5/2007 9:32:35 PM EST
[#2]
I feed Buckeye...dealer is close, reasonably priced, and the hounds do real well on it.
That said I used to feed National. It was real good feed and priced right considering the dogs would do good on less. one of the top ingredients was rice, as in the Native feed. I would not be afraid to try it and if it was good the dogs could try it also  
Link Posted: 9/9/2007 5:27:57 AM EST
[#3]
Nutro Natural Choice.  
Link Posted: 9/10/2007 7:56:19 PM EST
[#4]
Science diet.
Link Posted: 9/10/2007 8:03:34 PM EST
[#5]
Canidae
Link Posted: 9/10/2007 8:14:32 PM EST
[#6]
Diamond.
Link Posted: 9/11/2007 7:41:15 PM EST
[#7]
Canidae Platinum
Link Posted: 9/11/2007 7:59:58 PM EST
[#8]
Another Nutro Natural Choice user
Link Posted: 9/12/2007 12:40:45 AM EST
[#9]
Iams
Link Posted: 9/17/2008 12:57:32 AM EST
[#10]
Bil-Jac

used to use science diet for my lab, but when we got our second our breeder had her on biljac so we kept her on that then decided to switch our 2year old to it. since then he's never left a piece in his bowl and i believe its better for them
Link Posted: 9/18/2008 6:59:27 PM EST
[#11]
Science Diet.
Link Posted: 9/23/2008 9:15:31 AM EST
[#12]
Used Nutromax large breed puppy on rec from the breeder......

Trying Natures Variety Prairie, seem to be getting much less waste now.
Quite a few other excellent foods out there but many are super high protien.
I also throw her a meatball every day too.
Link Posted: 9/23/2008 4:21:16 PM EST
[#13]
Link Posted: 9/25/2008 4:31:11 AM EST
[#14]
Nutro Natural - it smells like my fish oil pills (yuck)
Link Posted: 9/25/2008 4:38:33 AM EST
[Last Edit: packingXDs] [#15]
Purina Dog Chow. Its cheap and the dogs will eat it. Though they get most of their nutrition from scraps.
Link Posted: 9/25/2008 6:26:16 AM EST
[#16]
Purina Pro Plan



or ground up small annoying children  
Link Posted: 9/25/2008 6:59:06 AM EST
[#17]
Iams dry mixed with "Moist and Meaty" burger bits for texture...

I love my dog.
Link Posted: 9/26/2008 12:27:31 PM EST
[Last Edit: bartonmd] [#18]
Canidae is what we fed up until a couple weeks ago when we ran out of the "old" stuff... They've gotten big enough that they are now being mfg'd by Diamond, and have changed their recipe but won't tell what is in it. Suspect it's like the other junk made by Diamond. Have heard from rescue president that a lot of the dogs she's hearing about who have continued to use it through the switch are having diarea and such. Plus, the prices have gone up ~30% over the last 6 months...

We've switched to California Natural herring and sweet potato, and the dogs seem to be doing fine with it. It's also a 4-star food (most anything you can buy at Walmart, or even Pet Smart is 1 to 2-star... Iams, Science diet, Euk., Nutro (standard, the "holistic" Nutro is good), etc.) without any of the bad things you don't want to see in food, like the others mentioned above have. Other good foods are Evo, Solid Gold, Acana, Blue Buffalo, Fromm Gold, Innova, etc. Don't go to a 5-star food unless you have sled dogs or REAL farm dogs that run ALL DAY and can process the extra protien, or they will have the runs from it.

Very good info found here:
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/

We thought we were doing a good thing feeding Iams for years, but though it's better than Ol Roy, it's like feeding them "made in china TV dinners" as opposed to "meat and potato home cooking"...

Mike
Link Posted: 11/6/2008 5:43:06 PM EST
[#19]
Nothin but Pride green bag for Rock Steady Kennels
Link Posted: 12/2/2008 11:08:10 PM EST
[#20]
Eagle Pack... Its expensive as hell, but the GF cares more about the dogs than money.
Link Posted: 12/5/2008 10:49:27 PM EST
[#21]
Originally Posted By innocent_bystander:
Solid Gold
Another vote for Solid Gold. If you live in AZ you can order it from Goober Express delivered to your door cheaper than any store and it's always there the next day after you order (LOVE THAT).

Link Posted: 12/14/2008 7:09:57 PM EST
[#22]
Diamond
Link Posted: 12/16/2008 11:20:03 PM EST
[#23]
Premium Edge Senior.  My 8+ yr old Chessie loves it.
Link Posted: 12/20/2008 1:08:01 PM EST
[#24]
Loyal ,,, quit using diamond few years ago after killing three (3) of my dawgs , liver failure , alfitoxin    corn base feed. Catahoula curs , hawg dawgs , only four (4) now.
Link Posted: 2/6/2009 9:00:01 AM EST
[#25]
Nutro Natural Choice large breed for my lab and Nutro Max puppy for my new Springer pup.


Tim
Link Posted: 3/4/2009 7:13:27 PM EST
[#26]
Originally Posted By LJUnaTIC:
Another Nutro Natural Choice user


Nutro Natural Choice 2nd time around, will never feed my lab anything else unless I have no choice.
I switched her to Iam, she started looking mangy and getting sick.  I will throw half of that 44lb bag out.
She is back on Nutro and loves it, looks fantastic.

Link Posted: 3/10/2009 9:17:24 PM EST
[#27]
Been feeding my gang of GSP's Diamond for years.  Good quality and fairly priced.
Link Posted: 3/10/2009 9:44:47 PM EST
[#28]
I use Eagle Pack Power formula and have been getting excellent results from it, shiny coats, small stool, and dogs that wolf it down like a coyote eating a deer
Link Posted: 3/10/2009 9:45:05 PM EST
[#29]
Iams
Link Posted: 3/10/2009 9:51:45 PM EST
[#30]
Blue Buffalo
Link Posted: 4/18/2009 2:25:36 PM EST
[#31]
Eagle Pack Power.....great dog food for a hunting dog.
Link Posted: 5/11/2009 3:41:03 PM EST
[#32]
Wellness Super5Mix Large Puppy Health

Shiniest coat ever, loves it more that the Eagle Pack he was on when I got him, and stays very regular in the bathroom department.

Link Posted: 5/11/2009 4:09:10 PM EST
[#33]
My dog loves this and does great since I started feeding him it.

http://www.annamaet.com/index.php
Link Posted: 5/11/2009 5:02:46 PM EST
[Last Edit: dphill] [#34]
Originally Posted By Blazin413:
Eagle Pack...


Link Posted: 8/7/2009 12:15:03 AM EST
[#35]
I used to feed Science Diet to all of my dogs.



I came across this:

http://tasteofthewildpetfood.com/products/dogs/high_prairie_canine_formula/




I switched my almost 8 year old Lab to this, and within a week, he was more active, more attentive, better looking coat, less shedding.

At first I mixed with the Science Diet, but he is eating the Taste of the Wild now.



Link Posted: 8/22/2009 9:57:41 AM EST
[#36]
I feed Taste of the wild dog food. It's about $32 bucks for 30lbs.

http://www.tasteofthewildpetfood.com/products/dogs/high_prairie_canine_formula/
Link Posted: 8/22/2009 10:12:32 AM EST
[#37]
For you Nutro feeders....I used to only feed Nutro. It was the only food I could feed my lab without causing food allergies, ear infections, shedding, etc. My lab has been diabetic for the past 2 years with twice daily injections of insulin. I think his problems may have been caused by using Nutro. If you love your pet you should reconsider using Nutro products.

FDA investigates Nutro
Link Posted: 8/30/2009 5:43:46 PM EST
[#38]
Chicken noodle soup for the dog lovers soul.  I get it at the local feed store.
Link Posted: 9/1/2009 1:36:18 PM EST
[#39]
I feed my gsp Innova Evo Red Meat.  Very high protein and low carb, no grain.  Bison, venison, beef.  If you feed a major store bought brand, ie Science Diet or Iams, you are slowly poisoning your animals.  These companies are owned by larger companies like nestle and johnson and johnson and are garbage.  Do some research, you will be horrified what's in there.  Innova, and there are several others, is human grade and although it costs more you feed less.  My sister is a vet/researcher for texas a&m university and did a 10 year study on pet food and what she found makes me sick.  We are unknowingly poisoning our pets.  I blame myself first for not researching what I was feeding, but Science Diet second for scamming the public into thinking that their food was healthy and poisoning several of my pets.  The only reason vets sell that crap is because they buy it for $5 per bag and sell it to you for $25.  Yes, pets can and do live healthy lives on grocery store bought food, but just do some research and you will discover that there are far better alternatives out there.  Google "truth about pet food."  Decide for yourself.
Link Posted: 10/8/2009 3:44:02 AM EST
[#40]
http://www.pminutrition.com/main.html  no problem from the three brittanys thats i've fed with it over the years.  I tried nutro with my current britt but she gained a bunch of weight and kept wanting more food even after she ate what she got.  went right through her too.  i mixed it with the pmi for a while but it didn't help.  only reason i switched from the PMI was i moved and had to drive an hour to get it.  it was worth the drive for her :)
Link Posted: 10/8/2009 3:58:02 AM EST
[#41]
Cargill Nutrena
Link Posted: 11/7/2009 12:35:06 AM EST
[#42]
kibbles and bits!  they love it
Link Posted: 11/19/2009 5:04:24 PM EST
[#43]
I use wellness large breed puppy now but recently switched from the solid gold wolfcub. I think my dog preferred the flavor of the solid gold, although I have noticed his coat looks a bit better on the wellness. so far he's making nice stools, very regularly on the wellness. I was pretty happy with the solid gold as well, the only reason I switched is because it was becoming hard to get.

-scott
Link Posted: 11/19/2009 5:10:42 PM EST
[#44]
my wife makes him organic beef or chicken with organic vegetables
Link Posted: 11/19/2009 5:19:17 PM EST
[#45]
Originally Posted By Naked80:
Iams


Link Posted: 11/19/2009 6:08:01 PM EST
[#46]
All most to drunk to type but i will try anyway. I have feed my dogs Purina since I was a year old. Well i didn't actually feed them that young that was just the food my parents used. I put my first doberman to sleep when I was 19 years old. that's my entire childhood with the same dog and the same food. Next a pit bull 16 years on Purina dog food. Not to shabby if I may say so. My latest dogs are twin sisters born in 2002 and still going strong! We feed them Purina dog chow. Born and raised on the stuff without any complications because of food for 38 some years. I will swear by it and my next dog will get Purina green bag also.

So as far as there puppy chow and old dog mixes I will save my money.
Link Posted: 11/19/2009 7:45:56 PM EST
[Last Edit: Lab_Guy] [#47]
Originally Posted By jeremy223:
Blue Buffalo


2nd that.  We switched to it for our lab that has allergies.  All the other dogs love it.  Dogs love the stuff.  I use it as a treat for other people's dogs over the other store bought "biscuits".
Link Posted: 12/9/2009 8:46:08 AM EST
[#48]
I use Buffalo Blue. I don't eat crap, and I don't think my dog should either.
Link Posted: 12/9/2009 8:50:03 AM EST
[#49]
Wellness
Link Posted: 12/9/2009 8:55:00 AM EST
[#50]
Originally Posted By Naked80:
Iams


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