| Wylie's Mom | 09-23-2012 06:01 AM |
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Originally Posted by gemy
(Post 4020707)
They do give good discounts to breeders, and often times one of the prizes you win is this "dog food". It is a hoot to see all who don't feed that particular brand, going around trying to find a "taker" for the dog food.
Purina is big in the dog world as well.
My problem with the pups has always been; the adults get fed well it used to be raw (now it is home cooked), after a certain amount of time, usually by the time they are 3mths old, they turn their noses up to their kibble. Sigh... I want not to switch over until at least 6mths old. It's hard though when the big dogs, get the real meat, they know of course by smell that THEY are NOT eating what the big ones are, and it smells delish!. So I take to rolling the kibble around in the real meat. Then I eck out placing a tablespoon of real meat inside some kibble balls. I can usually get away with another month doing things this way.
The other problem I have as a breeder, is that I truly want the pups to stay on a good quality kibble, and no I don't feed Purina, Iams, or Eukanuba to pups), because most folks want to feed kibble. In one way it is more convenient, but given all those kibble recalls, jesh, I'm glad I home feed for the most part. My next litter I will have to once again investigate all the doggy brands, and try to pick one that seems to have the best quality and reputation.
Anyhow off to the vet.
| Lol, I'm picturing breeders running around trying to offload kibble :p!
I shouldn't be surprised that you don't feed the more 'usual' kibbles...you're almost always an outlier (in the best ways), which is one of the things I luf about you :).
I really think it's great that you are so mindful about which kibbles you use - what a great opportunity it gives you to explain to/educate those with whom you trust one of your kiddos. I hear you too on the desire to feed raw and/or homecooked to the puppies (as you know, I feed raw) and I can appreciate why you still feed kibble despite that, bc it's really what most people will likely want to feed. I like how you found a way to combine a bit of both :thumbup:. | 