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07-04-2011, 12:11 PM | #1 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Food in a Pouch Anyone know of any healthier dog food that has food in a "pouch" available? I use Mixables (made by Variety Pet Foods) for traveling with Jackson. We were away this weekend and the Mixable pouches are so easy (and only, like, .57 cents each) to pour on his dry food, shake the bowl around a bit, and then it mixes sooo easily, quickly, throw the pouch away, no fridge necessary (no fridge in our hotel room for regular canned food). I feel like this would be easier to use everyday. With cans (even the smaller ones) I always end up throwing half of it away because he barely uses it with just one dog, and I only mix about a tablespoon to his dry food meals. The little pouches would be perfect, I could use half of it in the AM, and half in the PM, and he LOVES the flavoring and they mix sooo easy and I'd probably end up SAVING money and I wouldn't feel so bad throwing a bunch of food out. Anyways, here are the ingredients in the Mixables, I know there are a few questionable ingredients (i.e. 'meat' is not named, wheat gluten, etc), but do you think it's *THAT* bad? I don't know. It's not something I'd personally look at to feed every day but I wish there was something offered like this with healthier food. 'Greek Banquet' Ingredients: Meat Broth, Lamb, Chicken, Pork Liver, Brown Rice, Wheat Gluten, Carrots, Animal Plasma, Green Beans, Guar Gum, Sodium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Natural Flavor, Caramel, Salt, Tricalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Minerals (Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Sodium Selenite, Potassium Iodide), Sodium Carbonate, Vitamins (Vitamin E, A, B12, D3 Supplements, Thiamine Mononitrate, Biotin, Riboflavin Supplement), Olive Oil, Rosemary.
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07-10-2011, 04:22 PM | #2 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Fort Worth, TX
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| I use a pouch once in a while on top of the boys food. It is by Three Dogs Bakery. It is only considered a three star food, but I like the limited ingredients and that I can visually identify what is in it. |
07-10-2011, 04:26 PM | #3 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| It would depend on the guaranteed analysis, manufacturer, etc. In general, no, I would not feed it. You can probably freeze canned food.
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07-10-2011, 05:19 PM | #4 | |
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Mixables are manufactured by Variety Pet Foods. Mixables | Variety Pet Foods Here's the analysis for 'Greek Banquet'.... Crude Protein (min.) 8.0%; Crude Fat (min.) 3.0%; Crude Fiber (max.) 1.5%; Moisture (max.) 82% I'm just curious, not trying to sound smart alecky at ALL, I value your opinion, lol, so I really want to know... but why would you not feed this but would feed SD? I just didn't know if there were any alarming ingredients in this that I should watch out for but some of the ingredients seem better than some formulas of SD, even, so I just did not know if there was a particular reason. I probably won't feed this every day but it would be nice to keep around for maybe once a week 'snacks'.
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07-10-2011, 05:47 PM | #5 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Fort Worth, TX
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| Three Dogs Bakery is three stars because it does not say what kind of rice is in it. I have even had an overweight Yorkie lose weight on it while my other has maintained weight. They also make all natural dog cookies that look like sandwich cookies that I cannot keep my DH out of at night. lol |
07-10-2011, 05:51 PM | #6 |
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| ..because I respect SD as a company to a certain extent and I am not familiar with this company. SD has veterinary nutritionists on staff. When possible, I think that is a great thing and is important to me. Also, unless it's an rx diet, I don't want to feed unnamed animal products. SD has a line of food where things are named. I wouldn't feed any SD food with unnamed animal products if I could avoid it... I like to know exactly what is in the food. I also like to know that there are people on staff who can do more than make sure a food meets AAFCO. They have additional knowledge that I like a manufacturer to have. It's hard to explain, but I like to see all ingredients named in the foods I feed and treats I give. If I ever was going to give a food where everything wasn't named, it would be from a company that "I" trust at least somewhat. I don't think SD is perfect by any means, but I do respect what they do for sick animals with their rx foods and think they are much more qualified to create a dog food than most other companies.
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07-10-2011, 06:07 PM | #7 | |
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Like I said, this is not something I'd usually ever seek out to feed, or recommend to anyone. I also don't like the unnamed meat source, or the wheat gluten. It was just really nice while traveling to have something so easy. So I suppose this will just be our special "traveling" treat to make things easier on us in those situations Thanks, Ellie May.
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07-10-2011, 06:08 PM | #8 |
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| To each their own, but considering that Science Diet is only a two star food. I'll stick to the pouches I feed with the limited ingredient kibble I use. I also feed a lot of fruits and vegetables as treats. I have had a horrible experience with SD Rx, and I will never trust them. My vet also knows it since I bought it from her. |
07-10-2011, 06:18 PM | #9 | |
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07-10-2011, 06:22 PM | #10 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| I don't feed Science Diet. I feed Purina. LOL I prefer recognizable ingredients, fresh food, etc., but that's not always possible or best. My dog kept losing weight on homecooked food probably because she couldn't break the protein source down. Now she eats soy. So my vegan dog is on a one or two star food, but at least she is alive. I used to use dogfoodanalysis as my food reference "bible". However, the authors are not veterinary nutritionists. They aren't experts in the field. That is the opinion I look for first now...experts in the field.
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07-11-2011, 02:27 AM | #11 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Fort Worth, TX
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| Three Dogs Bakery makes pouch food. They also make a kibble that I have never tried. I have feed my boys the sandwich cookies, and have problems keeping DH out of them as well. lol. |
07-11-2011, 05:36 AM | #12 |
Action Jackson ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Maryland
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| Oh great, thanks! Those look like better quality/ingredients than Mixables. Thanks
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07-18-2011, 08:44 AM | #13 |
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| The lady I got Marlee from said I need to feed a HIGH protiene food..QWhat % should this be? |
07-18-2011, 01:58 PM | #14 | |
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I am feeding a 25% protein food currently (TOTW Sierra Mountain) but he has done well on 32-35% protein foods as well.
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07-18-2011, 04:25 PM | #15 |
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| Maybe she feeds high protein cause she raises pups. Thanks for the info. I had thought one time my vet said they didn't need as much protien when they were older..Maybe not
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