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Originally Posted by hasrv4fun Has any one heard of or used the food by Flint River Ranch ? I came across a site for it and it sounds good, no by products, no corn and such but have no idea how good it would be. They don't do animal testing like Iamms does either.
I have a link to a page for it, http://www.flintriverranch.org/ and am wondering if some of you would take a look at it and tell me what your opinion is.
If any have used or heard good or bad about it , I would be interested in a report. Please help if you are able as I and I am sure others are always on the lookout for the best foods for the kids. |
Hi, I just came across this thread - so I know it's a bit old but I wanted to tell you how wonderful I thing Flint River Ranch is. That website you are referring to belongs to a distributor - not the actual company. I think that website does have a lot of good info out there, though. I've checked around on the web and it seems like every site belongs to a different distributor.
The number to the company will allow you to have it shipped directly to your door from their ovens with no shipping charge. the # is 909-682-5048. If you want a distributor # to order it under, PM me and I'll give it to you - it's my holistic vets.
from Flint River you can get them to send you some sample packs. It looks so unlike any other food you have ever seen before because it is twice baked and then broken into pieces, so the pieces are not some uniform size and shape. And you can add water to it if you want - I don't.
Flint River Ranch uses only wholesome ingredients. No by-products, commercial meals, products contaminated with chemicals, or any chemical preservative. This doesn't make them unique, as other pet health foods are essentially human quality. The oven baking process changes the molecular structure of the starches into an "easier to digest" form. There is less stress to the digestive system and, to my knowledge, this is the only company using this process.
My vet say's the change in a pet's health is almost always noticeable within a short time. The food is very concentrated and highly digestible resulting in less digestive health problems and smaller stools to clean up.
Flint River also is very compact - so you feed a whole lot less than other foods and it costs no more, usually less, to feed than any premium commercial food. I feed 1/4 cup a day to each dog.
the company has never had a "bloat" claim against it. The manufacturing process prevents this. The oven-baking and "cracked kibbles" only absorb enough moisture to start the digestion process, then they break down. Other meals/products, continue to absorb a great amount of water.
I normally feed Flint River Ranch Puppy & Adult Kibble Dog Food - with at least 37 ingredients including chicken, whole wheat flour, ground rice, lamb meal and fish meal.
this last time, I bought Flint River Ranch Trout & Potato - it has Trout, Potato, Course Ground Millet, Herring Meal, Oatmeal and Sweet Potatoes for the first 5 ingredients and also cranberries and blueberries in it. This is shaped differently from the puppy & adult food I described above - the trout & potato looks more like any other regular food - I think the puppy/adult formula took them longer to eat - which I think is a good think is good