At 1:41 AM +0000 11/5/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Thanks, Carol and Mevanwy...one thing that's hard for us is finding good dog >food here. We live over an hour from the nearest bonafide petfood store, and >sometimes, I just have to go with what's available at Wallyworld. And I know >it's hard on the system to switch food back and forth, so that's how we >ended up with Beneful. Readily available and it seemed the best of our >options (Iams was available, but it makes our dogs get diarrhea). I wonder >if Nutromax has delivery....we have 4 dogs and go through a lot of food. >What about some of the other brands you suggested--are they available for >delivery or mail order?
Well Natron # 1 all time WRA (whippet straight racing) was raised and ran on Wally world food--the Max formulation I believe (it was close to 28 protein/18 fat) I get my feeds from the horse feed store--the animal feed stores will stock dog foods as a convience(sp) for the farmers...Iams doesn't work for my guys either and neither does the Purina line--but I know folks whose whippets do great on Purina--go figgure! Buckeye comes out of the midwest, not sure where Diamond ships from--both have web sites where you can look up dealers.. . Finding a good food that works for your animals is a pain--and the only way to interview a food is to feed it for 8 weeks or more and watch your animal--the old 'eye of the King fattenth the beaste'... I don't like to supplement because it is too easy to screw up and ditto for cooking or feeding raw--you can be off just slightly and the beastes will look great for awhile and then fall off the cliff. I like to switch between two good foods to try and catch any micro nutrient imbalances...That is why dogs sometimes seem to do so well when you first switch feeds.... So I went between 2 Buckeye feeds and now am alternating between the 'green bag' and the 'red bag' Diamond feeds--both fairly close in protein and fat levels and they have diff protein sources. Since one is a 'hotter' formulation, it is my main winter feed--our house is a cool (we wear sweaters in the winter!) one and I like the dogs to be out as much as possible to exercise. Good Luck!! Carol -- Creative Clutter is Better Than Idle Neatness! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/PJ_qlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
