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Originally Posted by Poochieheaven  I think it comes down to what the breeders thinks. I truly do believe they probably got a lot of that food for free, so that is why they feed it.
But, a few personal stories.
When I was looking to get another German shepherd, I talked to a breeder not that far away from me. I can't remember why, but we got on the topic of food and she fed some cheap grocery store brand. She said that she has found that her dogs do best on it. She has tried others, but to her, it just didn't do as well.
But when I told her I fed raw, she totally knew what I meant and said several other area German shepherd breeders in the area did it.
Now, there is a great German shepherd breeder that is right in the same town that I grew up. When I first got Duke, I went to her a few times, she feeds all her dogs raw.
The breeder I got Duke from fed cheap grocery store food, but I do think it is because they get it cheaper and with 7-9 large dogs to feed, it does matter.
I recognized many of the names on the German shepherd side at Westminster as they are local. One of the owners (Kent Boyles) even had a hand in Duke's breeding.
So I really do think it comes down to costs. Feeding a large amount of dogs is expensive. Do I think they would see a difference if they feed better food? Yes. Do I think they would have to do less grooming? Yes. But again, I think it comes down to costs.
The owner of the dog daycare where I grew up, has performance dogs and feeds raw. |
^^ This, too. It definitely costs A LOT to feed 10 or more GSD's a bag of Orijen over Kibble and Bits. It often comes down to savings. I know if I had a larger breed, I probably couldn't afford Orijen, but I'd find something like TOTW that is still grain-free and what I consider a good food, just cheaper and a bit less meat.