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hugz4all4 · 05-02-2009, 09:22 AM

First let me tell you all just in case you didnt know..

TOTW is made at the diamond plant.. most people will not feed thier dog any food made at the diamond plant because of the huge recall they had in 2006 that involved several pets dying.
I fed my dogs TOTW for 3 months. I have a sheltie, beagle, toy poodle and at the time my yorkie poo was just 8 weeks old. That is the food that I switched him too when he came home from the breeders. They did good on it for awhile. I tried all 3 varities. My toy poodle took some convincing to eat it, she didnt gobble it down but she ate it. After about 2 months of them being on it, they all started to poop a ton, sometimes up tp 7 times a day, thier coats started to loose thier shine and my pups coat became really course to the touch, and he started itching agian, he also started having terrible gas that he would cry out in pain. My toy poodle who has always been around 4 pounds gained wieght, Tucker my pup gained 2.5 pounds in 6 weeks and my sheltie put on alot of weight also. When I took Tuck for his pup visit and shots my vet told me to get my dogs off it because she just didnt trust the high protien foods yet. It took me another couple of weeks to compeletly wean them all of it but once I did they all started doing better. Coats looked better, Tucker stopped itching and having gas issues and they all started pooping in the normal range, 2 to 3 times a day.
Do I think that its a good food.. yes, and I would still probably recommend it to others, it was way to high in protien for all of my dogs and not every food out there works for every dog. I can say that I wont ever put my dogs on something with that much protien again. I hope that you all continue to have good success with it..

silverjoy · 05-02-2009, 11:24 AM

TOTW has worked out great with my 3 dogs. We are using the salmon flavor at the moment and no problems at all. I would recommend this food in any flavor!

Yorkiekids · 05-03-2009, 01:18 PM

My guys love it, and I've seen nice sheen to their hair.

hartygirl · 05-03-2009, 01:36 PM

We just switched to TOTW last week. The feed store in our area stopped carrying Natures Variety

So far so good, we are on the pacific stream formula and my 3 seem to really like it.

lucyaboo · 05-30-2009, 07:49 PM

I have used the Bison TOTW for a long while now & it has been real good for the girls.
But, the last bag I bought, the food seemed lighter than usual in color. Have any of you noticed any changes in your TOTW food??

05-02-2009, 09:22 AM	#16
hugz4all4 YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: upstate NY Posts: 2,114 Blog Entries: 1	First let me tell you all just in case you didnt know.. TOTW is made at the diamond plant.. most people will not feed thier dog any food made at the diamond plant because of the huge recall they had in 2006 that involved several pets dying. I fed my dogs TOTW for 3 months. I have a sheltie, beagle, toy poodle and at the time my yorkie poo was just 8 weeks old. That is the food that I switched him too when he came home from the breeders. They did good on it for awhile. I tried all 3 varities. My toy poodle took some convincing to eat it, she didnt gobble it down but she ate it. After about 2 months of them being on it, they all started to poop a ton, sometimes up tp 7 times a day, thier coats started to loose thier shine and my pups coat became really course to the touch, and he started itching agian, he also started having terrible gas that he would cry out in pain. My toy poodle who has always been around 4 pounds gained wieght, Tucker my pup gained 2.5 pounds in 6 weeks and my sheltie put on alot of weight also. When I took Tuck for his pup visit and shots my vet told me to get my dogs off it because she just didnt trust the high protien foods yet. It took me another couple of weeks to compeletly wean them all of it but once I did they all started doing better. Coats looked better, Tucker stopped itching and having gas issues and they all started pooping in the normal range, 2 to 3 times a day. Do I think that its a good food.. yes, and I would still probably recommend it to others, it was way to high in protien for all of my dogs and not every food out there works for every dog. I can say that I wont ever put my dogs on something with that much protien again. I hope that you all continue to have good success with it.. __________________ Love all 9 of my furrbutts!

05-03-2009, 01:18 PM	#18
Yorkiekids Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida Posts: 14,495	My guys love it, and I've seen nice sheen to their hair. __________________ Susan, Piper ,Harley & Suiki

05-03-2009, 01:36 PM	#19
hartygirl megan - g Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: South Texas Posts: 2,324	We just switched to TOTW last week. The feed store in our area stopped carrying Natures Variety So far so good, we are on the pacific stream formula and my 3 seem to really like it. __________________

05-30-2009, 07:49 PM	#20
lucyaboo & pebbleliny ♥ my pups Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: LV NV Posts: 834	I have used the Bison TOTW for a long while now & it has been real good for the girls. But, the last bag I bought, the food seemed lighter than usual in color. Have any of you noticed any changes in your TOTW food?? __________________ MY 's BUDDY & BRONX & BERRI ~ MISSING MY 5 Handstamped pet ID tags at dogsidtagged.com ~ the Crew - YT 10% off code DIDT10YT

05-02-2009, 11:24 AM	#17
silverjoy YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 968	TOTW has worked out great with my 3 dogs. We are using the salmon flavor at the moment and no problems at all. I would recommend this food in any flavor!