Breed Specific Dog Food

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Comment by David James Burns on April 16, 2010 at 2:30pm

Hi Beth As a breeder of working German Shepherds all mine are on Breed specific Eukanuba German Shepherd. they all have proper weight, excellent coat, great energy, less cleanup in yard. have you had your dog to the vet to check for allergies? Good luck

Comment by scott schenker on January 24, 2010 at 9:45am

Hi Beth my name is Scott I train K-9's in Maryland all my dogs are on this Merrick can with Verus canine for the dry. I think if you try this you will be happy, if you need anymore info on this they are on line or shoot me a e-mail and I will help you out.

Comment by ROBBIE REID on January 19, 2010 at 4:35pm

hi beth i just reading youre blog, i have reader a lot of dogs over the years and i have found that some of the hi end dog foods are over prised and hear in ireland we thank fully have a good chioce of dog food from 15/ 50 euros a 20k bag. i have found that with driffrent dogs there stomachs have driffrent trolents, i went back t a 50/50 dry and natural food diet, which will help the dogs stomach work much better with a bone dinner once a week and at least once a month a 24hr no feed to let stomach clean its sleff plus i only give rain water to drink if you would like anymore info leave a meassage and i will get back to you robbie

Comment by ROBBIE REID on January 5, 2010 at 4:35pm

hi tom have always stawyed away from hi branded dog food as i have found that they are over priced and over raeted. over the years i have found with my dogs have not done well as most of the food is bound with hi weat content and it depens were in the mix ur bag is.
i use a dog food called pedro which is hi in oils which helps the dogs skin. and i use a mix of natural foods to builed up there stomach emuine stistum. a dog that is working needs raw meat to get the stomach acid going pasta tined srdines in oil. meat that i would give my dogs , deer meat on the bone ounce no dry food, cow hart choped liver twice a mounth. tip for when dog gets upset stomach rain wather only it's cleaner, starve dog for 24hrs then give him corne flour 1/2 cup made with wather and add in some digestive biscuits three time a day for two / three days till stools become better then slowly back on to normal food little but offten

Comment by tom gullickson on December 26, 2009 at 3:09pm

Any experience with RMB'S

Comment by tom gullickson on December 26, 2009 at 3:08pm

Any experience with rmb;s

Comment by Beth Miller on December 11, 2009 at 9:19am

Thanks so much for all the helpful info. Canin Royal seems to be the top pick so I am definitely going to give that a try.

Thanks again.

Comment by Robert Lee Hanson on December 6, 2009 at 7:06pm

Hi Beth, I use about 1/3 Royal Canin mixed with two other feeds at a ration of 1/3 - 1/3- 1/3. Even when I fed it alone it was a good food. If you're looking for something without corn, wheat or beet pulp try FROMM Family Adult Gold. Its base protein is Fresh duck, Chicken, Lamb, Whole Eggs and Wisconson Cheese. The grain content is Brown rice, Pearled barley, and Oatmeal. Haven't tried it yet, but just found it and am looking into it. Their family raised Ranch fox for years and developed the first Distemper vacine, so they have been dealing with canids for a long time. They started FROMM LABORATORIES. Check @ www.frommfamily.com

Comment by Gary Garner on December 1, 2009 at 6:55am

Just to add, I found the Royal Canin helped me maintain Xena's weight better than the ProPlan - which puts weight on far too easily, if you're not careful.

Comment by Gary Garner on December 1, 2009 at 6:54am

Hi Beth. I used Royal Canin German Shepherd 24 for a few years. I found it excellent. Good protein release, solid stools etc. Appeared to be enjoyed by my dog, although she does have a good appetite, so that's no real recommendation. In all seriousness, I've never heard anything bad about Royal Canin. I only changed brands to Purina ProPlan athletic because I could get a better deal and also because the Purina is thought of even better than the Royal Canin.
I hope that helps.
Gary