Dog food

[OklaHemi]

Well I went and picked up a bag of the call of the wild high Prarie formula. He seems to like it. We'll see how it goes

[ramthis9501]

What all does that have in it that the other stuff like mine dont?

[SmokedRam]

Originally Posted by ramthis9501 What all does that have in it that the other stuff like mine dont?

It gets it's protein from other sources that the less expensive foods dont...ie, bison...ocean fish...stuff like that.

Your basic foods are gonna get their protein from either beef, chicken or lamb...the more expensive ones will get them from fish and other animals...thats where the added cost somes in. Also, look at the vegetables in the Call of the Wild foods...that is not cheap for a company to do. IIRC, the people who make Call of the Wild, also make the Diamond.

The thing about ocean fish, is that like lamb, it is nearly allergy proof.


Since yall guys are in the middle or about to begin to switch foods, if your dog becomes scoury, take them off the food and feed them white rice with chicken broth for 24 hours, then GRADUALLY get them back onto the kibble.

[ramthis9501]

Dang thats some good stuff! Glad I got the better food for the dogs, they seem to like it, but it seems the dogs aren't eating as much as they should. Think it might be cause of the heat?

[SmokedRam]

Originally Posted by ramthis9501 Dang thats some good stuff! Glad I got the better food for the dogs, they seem to like it, but it seems the dogs aren't eating as much as they should. Think it might be cause of the heat?

dont be confused with them "eating as much as they should" when going from a low quality food to a high quality food. The Diamond you are now feeding will satisfy them much better than what you were feeding and it will satisfy them in less amounts.

Think of it this way....what you were feeding is a $0.39 McDonalds cheesburger...what you are feeding now, is a $5.99 cheesburger from a high class restaurant...sure they both contain meat, but is the McDonalds burger 100% beef? I doubt it, for all you know it is freaking Kangaroo.

[ramthis9501]

Alright cool just want to make sure they didnt get pissed off from getting different food

[SmokedRam]

They'll be fine...just follow the feeding guidelines the feed manufacturer suggests.

[ramthis9501]

Been doing that

[SmokedRam]

totally unrelated, but I wanna share since it is about switching animal feed, I raised hogs for FFA in high school and when we switched foods from a starter feed to a grower, sometimes the hogs would scour...surprisingly, the digestive systems of swine are VERY similar to us humans, and we would simply feed them Pepto Bismol to rid them of the scours.