Recent content by okiegirl

You might check to see if your Tractor Supply carries Diamond Naturals. At the TSCs around Oklahoma City it's $19.98/40lbs for the adult chicken formula and $21.48/40 lb for the lamb and the ingredients are much better than the Retriever stuff. Maybe your parents will be more accepting if they...

The comment regarding Abady is accurate and the original incident it referred to was posted by a former Abady feeder. If the board it was posted on hadn't been restructured into such a mess you could go there and read it yourself. As it is, I think the original story is on at least one more...

Whoa..... Hi EVERYONE!!!! :lol-sign:

If you're shopping at Tractor supply you should be able to get Diamond Naturals - loads better ingredients than the other foods you mentioned and usually about $19.99/40 lbs.

http://www.k9cuisine.com carries Orijen - and ships orders over $50 for free.

I would never feed whole lake fish. I've cleaned a lot of fish in my life (never trout though) and found many old rusty hooks in them and lots of other strange objects in their stomachs. Additionally, trout need to be frozen or cooked before feeding because they can carry a fluke that will make...

For a Yorkie pup Instinct is probably fine. The reason foods like Instinct aren't recommended for puppies is the calcium levels, not the protein, although the two are linked. Any kibble with a high meat content, which makes it high protein, is going to have an extremely high ash content. Ash is...

You can contact companies and ask them what urine ph their foods produce. Ask your vet what you should be looking for and between now and June you can research foods.

Can you add in a small meal before bedtime?

A 5 month old small breed puppy shouldn't be going 10-12 hours between meals. Like suggested above, 3 meals a day should help. If it doesn't, vet time.

All the recalls are being posted on http://www.dogfoodproject.com too.

I don't know if you can blame them for sending stock e-mail responses. I know John from Eagle Pack posted on another board that he was 400+ e-mails behind, and they were still piling up. These companies are swamped. At least they're answering at all, and if they have a stock letter that answers...

Basics of home-cooking http://b-naturals.com/Apr2006.php

Balanced recipes from Monica Segal: Although I receive a lot of private email every day, today's requests are heart wrenching. Desperate to find a home-cooked diet to feed their dogs that were kibble fed just a few days ago, people have been emailing all day. I can't keep up with the...

Yes, the Canine Caviar "all meat" "grain-free" turkey and beaver cans were recalled due to rice protein concentrate today.