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11-23-2008, 09:15 PM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indiana
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| The hardest time finding a good kibble. I am currently feeding my boys eukanuba lamb and rice formula. After speaking with a few YT members I have found that this is not as good and I had originally thought! I am finding it hard to come across a good puppy formula (for a couple more months) that is not chicken. I am wanting something that is pretty readably available. Can anyone help? |
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11-23-2008, 09:17 PM | #2 |
Kyle Plus 3 Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington, DC
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| I've started feeding Natural Balance (about a month or so ago) and have been pleased so far.
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11-23-2008, 09:19 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member | I recommend California Natural Lamb and Rice puppy food. I think you can google their home page and see what stores carry it in your neighborhood. |
11-23-2008, 09:29 PM | #4 |
YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indiana
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| Thank you both! I will deff check those out. |
11-24-2008, 04:32 AM | #6 |
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| Why not chicken? Is your pup allergic?
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11-24-2008, 06:00 AM | #7 |
Inactive Account Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Texas
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| This is what I feed my pup. She had so many issues with every other food we tried, but this she keeps down and is doing great on it.
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11-24-2008, 06:06 AM | #8 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas
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| I have heard some things about Merick dog food. Do lots of research and find out where its made and are their any rendering plants near by thats a red flag and not good...... |
11-24-2008, 05:03 PM | #9 |
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11-24-2008, 05:18 PM | #10 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Addison, TX, USA
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| Merrick? What "things" have you heard about Merrick? Bennett loves their Puppy Plate kibble! Is there something I should know? |
11-24-2008, 05:20 PM | #11 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member | We feed natural balance. |
11-24-2008, 06:06 PM | #12 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Suburbs
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| Merrick is perfectly fine. If there were questionable ingredients in there it would have to say so on the label. Thanks for reminding me to get some Thanksgiving Day Dinner I currently feed them Innova. Of course NOTHING beats raw or homecooked, but we have to be practical sometimes too. I feed Innova small bites for breakfast, then either homecooked, Grandma Lucy's Truth (dehydrated cooked), Innova/Nature'sVariety/Merrick/Evangers canned, or freeze dried raw for dinner (or some combo of that).
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11-24-2008, 06:36 PM | #13 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Sacramento
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| Um, I feed my yorkie Artemis Fresh Mix Small Breed Formula. I did a lot of research on dog food and I found out this is ONE of the best out there. Some forumula are too rich which is not good at all for our dogs. Here's the website that helped me chose. Dog Food Analysis - Reviews of kibble |
11-24-2008, 08:21 PM | #14 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hendersonville, NC, USA
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| Mine get Innova too.
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11-24-2008, 11:10 PM | #15 | |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas
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[K9Nutrition] Merrick Pet Food Subject: Merrick Pet Food From: "Heather Smith" <nittany1033> Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 16:04:51 -0000 Yahoo! Message Number: 163143 Onibasu Link: http://onibasu.com/archives/kn/163143.html I have three labs that I have been switching to a RAW & home prepared diet. To transition this, I have been feeding them canned Merrick food and what I have left of their Eagle Pack Holistic Fishy food. I purchased the Meerrick because I thought it was a premium food (sure is by the price per can) and I had read very good things about it. I did however see a disturbing blurb on htm < .htm> that someone wrote in the following: Raven said, March 31, 2007 @ 9:10 pm < .htm#comment-12558> · Edit <WordPress › Login 12558> Your site states that MERRICK PET CARE only makes one line of pet products. That is INCORRECT INFORMATION. They also make Blue Sky Beef & More pet food. Merrick Pet Care also owns a Rendering Plant in Hereford, TX. The rendering plant is located at the same location as their Merrick Pet Care plant which they say is making human grade pet products. Why would a pet food company who claims to use only human grade ingredients in their pet products also have a rendering plant at the same location? The rendering plant is owned by Garret Merrick who is Tyler Merrick's father. Garret Merrick went to the USDA in ?I think 2004 to state his support for use of SRM in pet foods. Why would a company who prides itself in using human grade ingredients want to tell the USDA that using SRM is okay in pet food? What else is Merrick hiding? If you feed Merricks I urge you to contact them and ask for honest answers. I called them on Friday?spoke with Ruby for a long time, and expressed my concerns about these facts. She told me that she did not know who Garret Merrick was and that she did not know anything about a rendering plant located in Hereford, TX. She promised me that Merrick Pet Care only makes one brand of pet food. Later in the day?while driving home from work I wanted to call Merricks back because I had not heard from Ruby. I called 411 for their number and was given 866-476-3310. They answered the phone saying "Blue Sky Dry Food Plant'. I thought I called the wrong number, so I asked ?"Is this Merrick's Pet Care" and she said "Yes". I then asked her ?"What dog food does this company make" She said "We make Merricks and Beed & More". I then asked to speak with Ruby and I was transfered to Ruby's voice mail. I have yet to hear back from Merrick. IMHO?there are no pet food companies that can not be trusted. Has anyone ever heard of this? Am I poisioning my dogs by feeding them this food? I do not want them eating rendered food. I heard sometimes people have difficulty in getting responses from Merrick when they have asked questions. I would soon like to get them off processed food all together, but I know my mom still feeds this canned food to her lab on occasion. The dogs absolutley love this food. Any thoughts? Heather | |
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