Dog food?
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Dog food?
how important is the food that you feed your dog? for instance euk and dog chow... is there really that much of a difference between the two when it comes to cost/quality?
i dont feed euk anymore cause is got to dang expensive. i had someone ask the other day why i dont feed Cash top of the line dog food and i replied by saying if you buy the pink bag then ill feed it to him
while we are on the subject what is the best dog food for the best price? i was looking at some and purina one they have at wal mart didnt seem to bad compared to others but im not very well versed in dog food.
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i dont feed euk anymore cause is got to dang expensive. i had someone ask the other day why i dont feed Cash top of the line dog food and i replied by saying if you buy the pink bag then ill feed it to him
while we are on the subject what is the best dog food for the best price? i was looking at some and purina one they have at wal mart didnt seem to bad compared to others but im not very well versed in dog food.
thanks
Re: Dog food?
I'll just put in my 2 cents on the price thing.
Dog food is sold based on the fat and protien content. One of the major difference in brand A thats dirt cheap and brand B that is more expensive is the quality of protien. By that I mean how well the protien is digested. if you have a feed that is 20% protein and that protein is only 10% digestable most of your protien is going out on the ground. Where as if that 20% protien is 80% digestable you are getting alot more protien "into" the dog.
So, with the more expensive food, you can feed less and give the dog more protien.
Hope that makes sense.
Dog food is sold based on the fat and protien content. One of the major difference in brand A thats dirt cheap and brand B that is more expensive is the quality of protien. By that I mean how well the protien is digested. if you have a feed that is 20% protein and that protein is only 10% digestable most of your protien is going out on the ground. Where as if that 20% protien is 80% digestable you are getting alot more protien "into" the dog.
So, with the more expensive food, you can feed less and give the dog more protien.
Hope that makes sense.
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I feed purina one. Compare the indredients to Pro Plan. Only a 2% ingredient difference. Now compare the price.
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I used to feed purina one and it is good, but enhance is both better and less expensive, bout $26, you feed less and get more performance and less poop. Read the ingredients and it beats or is very comparable with Euk, Hills science, pro-plan, etc.
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The term is...total digestable nutrients. TDN will be show as a percentage of the total. All feed has some type of filler. Rex Dog Food was made in Horn Lake Miss. and one of their biggest ingredients was the snack food purchased at Kelloggs in Memphis. Raised the fat content but not the protein content.
Protein content does come from both animal and vegetable sources. Animal sources being the most digestable. To determine the best food for your dog, find out the total digestable nutrients and the portein sources.
Lots of nutrional studies have been done with the dogs that are used to pull the dog sleds. Euk has done some very extensive work with these dogs. Plenty of info out there. Expensive dog food may not be so expensive if you feed it in smaller quantities because it is more digestable.
By the way, I feed Pro Plan.
Protein content does come from both animal and vegetable sources. Animal sources being the most digestable. To determine the best food for your dog, find out the total digestable nutrients and the portein sources.
Lots of nutrional studies have been done with the dogs that are used to pull the dog sleds. Euk has done some very extensive work with these dogs. Plenty of info out there. Expensive dog food may not be so expensive if you feed it in smaller quantities because it is more digestable.
By the way, I feed Pro Plan.
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i might have to switch over to enhance... where can you get it?
thanks for the input guys.
thanks for the input guys.
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I feed Purina Dog Chow to the ones I dont trial and Purina Pro Plan to the ones that I work.
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