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| La Gringa | May 6 2010, 09:43 PM Post #16 |
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I have had good luck with california naturals too. Currently ours are on Pinnacle.. it's really good food, limited ingredient diet, good for allergies etc. It's expensive though. Doggies love the taste! Ours don't like the taste of Natural Balance for some reason. We had them on the Duck and Potato formula.. but still didn't care for the taste. Our Frenchie has such skin issues he can only have the best foods. Pinnacle is a very good dog food.. as is Calif Naturals. |
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| Onelanerode | May 7 2010, 03:30 AM Post #17 |
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kady, I'm not sure about the difference in urine between male and female dogs, though I've heard people say that before. Basically what happened in my case was I switched from the CN herring and sweet potato (22% protein) to the Canidae grain-free salmon (41% protein). Both my dogs handled the switch fine, and Truman's allergies didn't flare up, but neither of them were using that much protein, so it was being broken down and converted to urea (a form of nitrogen) and excreted in the urine. Too much nitrogen in one place killed the grass. Once I stopped feeding that food, I didn't have any more problems with the brown grass. But I could see how you might have more issues with brown grass on the grain-free foods, as they tend to be higher in protein, and not many dogs are so active that they need that much protein on a daily basis. Mine weren't, but I was limited in which grain-free foods I could try due to Truman's allergies. |
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| kady05 | May 7 2010, 03:40 AM Post #18 |
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Very interesting. The Canidae I feed (the ALS version) has 34% protein, so not as much as the salmon version. I wonder if that could be doing it.. not like my yard is that nice anyway, but there is definitely a lot of yellow grass, and in some spots there's none at all! Oh well.. at least we're putting it on the market soon. For the next house, I plan on fencing one area off as a 'potty area' and then letting them out into the whole yard to play. Figure that will keep everything contained! |
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| Black Tack | May 7 2010, 07:07 AM Post #19 |
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Well I am happy to see that many of you are doing the same thing, finding a good quality dog food that seems to work for their dogs and keeping them on it for quite awhile. Same kind of logic, particularly worrying about tummy upsets. I have heard about changing it up more often from two very good sources lately though so imagine that this is something rather new that's being recommended. The one lady feeds a raw diet and changes it up daily. Her golden is very content and looks great. I am thinking about just rotating within the CN kibbles. So I just got a bag of lamb which is his usual and then next trying the Herring and then after going to the chicken. I guess basically taking a week - 10 days to change over and then tying the new one for a couple of bags...like 3 - 4 months or so and then on to a different one. One of the thoughts is that he will benefit from the different nutrients in the different proteins and he won't develop allergies from eating the same thing for years on end. Onelanerode, interesting about the ears clearing with the herring. Milo's have been very good for the past year and a half but once in awhile flair up a bit. Nothing like he used to have, including the red paws, etc but I will keep an eye on them to see if they get even better on the Herring. Kady, I think the grains can cause problems for sure but also really worry about protein levels. Does anyone know what the optimum protein level is for an adult dog or does that vary with breed? Talking a companion, couch puff here...not a working sheep dog For thos of you with dogs who get the runs frequently do you feed them a probiotic or prebiodic and if so, which one? I had alot of success with one that I bought at the vets, Flora something or other. Just wondering which other ones are out there that are good. |
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| kady05 | May 7 2010, 08:10 AM Post #20 |
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I'm not sure what the optimum protein level is for an adult dog.. I'm not a huge fan of the foods that are super high in protein (like anything over 40%), but only because my dogs can't handle them, and I've known many others that have the same issue. I linked to this earlier, but this is the digestive supplement I give my dogs: http://yhst-16232421414542.stores.yahoo.net/44103.html It's not expensive and it lasts forever. Does it help them? I *think* so, but I've never taken them off to see what would happen! |
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