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| We just switched and are liking it so far and just wondering if anyone had good/bad experiences?
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I have always fed Purina Brand Walmart dog food and I know this stuff is not much good. I have noticed a lot of fatty tissues on my dogs (3) over the years and last year put my dog down due to one reoccuring issue with a lump on the side of his hip.
There is a growing market for small farmers and homesteaders on the livestock front though, and that is taking cull animals and turning them into dog food (eweburger lol) . For sheep farmers the cull ewes are great because they are thin on the fat, yet mutton has a very low price, so you get more for dog food mutton then you do for human consumption mutton. For a lot of sheep farmers the dog food market is lucrative and is building. But honestly you could raise anything for dog food and have it be better then what you buy at the store.
I think slaughtering the animals yourself would be the one tipping point. If you paid a slaughterhouse to do it, it might be too expensive to be practical, but if you slaughtered yourself and ran everything through a meat grinder...I think you might be able to do okay on a pound for pound basis. ???
(Never heard of the brand you speak of Tx...sorry)
I love vegetarians...slice them real thin, dip them in ranch dressing and they compliment lamb quite well! :-)
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I've never had any complaints with Diamond dogfood. Its good stuff. Though I feed all raw to my pets and LGDs now, I fed Diamond to my pups, nursing female doges and working dogs for years. Loved it.
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Also Morningland Dairy Raw Milk Cheeses. www.morninglanddairy.com
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| I am considering going to at least a partially raw diet because I can get chicken for about .60 cents a pound and the dog food averages out to .88 cents a pound. What type of raw food do you feed?
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I feed raw beef, goat, lamb, poultry, deer. I pick up poultry legs and thighs, gizzards and livers, and sometimes feet when they have them at our discount grocery store(which isn't often). The rest comes from what I butcher myself. I save all the best cuts for the family and cut the rest into dog-sized portions. Save all the bones and organs. The big bones they clean, the smaller goat, lamb and deer ribs they eat and they also eat all the chicken bones. Remember that *raw* bones are fine, but cooked bones are dangerous.
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http://www.freewebs.com/ozarkjewels/
Also Morningland Dairy Raw Milk Cheeses. www.morninglanddairy.com
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| I didn't know that...raw bones aren't dangerous? Cool, I will do that from now on.
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| this is an excellent dog food! Use it & you will find your dogs in good condition and very healthy... I recomend the lamb and brown rice blend of kibble..no corn , no by-products, no fat, no junk... the other food i like and used to buy via pallet full for many years when i owned my Pet grooming buisness & had lots of show dogs was "wysong" Now this is a GOOD dog food... they also sell all kinds of suppliments , and we used to buy their food grade peroxide so we could feed raw meat to our dogs and avoid salmonella and other bad stuff. Rule of thumb, anything sold at WALMART for pet food is GARBAGE! Read the ingredients,highest content is first on ingredient list, if it says CORN as first ingredient dont buy it... corn is a filer, and makes tons of stools with MINIMAL NUTRITIONAL VALUE! find food with Lamb & rice as main ingredients, this is good for all ages, is easiest meat to digest (for people too). I wont buy anything with MEAT or Poultry BY-PRODUCTS. a byproduct is the BEAKS, CHICKEN FEET, BOILS, CYSTS, FAT, AND OTHER DISCUSTING STUFF... We foster for a boxer rescue and have seen what bad nutition can do over time... We love our dogs and have even cooked for some of the sickly ones we rescued just to get thier damaged intestines and stomaches healthy enough to absorb nutrition and get over colitis and other ematiating stuff. Sorry for the soap box but i have worked as a vet tech, a pet groomer and done rescue for over 35 years...not to mention 3 generations in my family of raising show dogs... I am a NUT about treating animals right. well that's enough for now, hope you & your pets live healthy happy lives 
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| When we got our dog from the breeder two years ago she was feeding all of her dogs on Diamond Natural and had absolutely wonderful things to say about it. She cautioned us to never give him anything with any amount of corn or wheat in it, for that's often the source of allergies. That breeder regularly has dogs at Westminster and is past president of the national breed club, so I valued her opinion. If it was good enough for her, I imagine it's of very good quality. And the fact that the price is pretty reasonable is a nice bonus.
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| My hounds get a lot of ground beef, eggs and some dry food. however I put them on a high protein and semi fat food. They are body builders so they eat like the a defensive line.
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The hunters around here will often take the beaver carcasses after pelted out and give them to the hounds. The high fat content of beaver makes for a good feed for dogs that are worked pretty hard.
I love vegetarians...slice them real thin, dip them in ranch dressing and they compliment lamb quite well! :-)
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