Purina Mainstay?

[bckrazy]

Eeek sounds gross. It might make her sick (but I know you told your mom that). Why won't your mom buy a different food for her? How big as the food and how long will it last?

Seriously, the pot is calling the kettle black. Dog Chow is not the healthiest kibble out there either, but she isn't calling your kibble gross.

I think we have all spoken to her about the kibble her Mom chooses to buy, many times. Honestly, I feel sorry for her & for her pups, we all know she tries. Just keep asking, do chores & help out more if that means even a slightly better food for Roxy. The protein & fat in that is extremely lacking, she will most definitely need a ton of that kibble to keep weight on, so make sure you are upping her food and even try to feed her cooked meat scraps from dinner & such to add some more meat to her diet.

[caseysmom]

Your mom sounds careless

Many of us disagree with Bri's mom's choices for Roxy but I would never tell someone her mother sounds careless. She has been out of work lately and trying to make ends meet and doing the best she can. I just think its disrespectful to say that about somebody's mother.

Sorry Bri that Roxy is on the junk food, hopefully it is just temporary.

[bckrazy]

Many of us disagree with Bri's mom's choices for Roxy but I would never tell someone her mother sounds careless.

Totally agreed, as usual.

[IRescue452]

Mainstay is actually a very good food. It isn't marketed so you don't pay for advertising. Its scores a B+ on that rate your dog food chart. I used to feed it to Autumn and she did wonderful on the food. I recommended it once on here as a note to people who can't afford most foods but I didn't get any replies and it was lost in the threads. If this is what your mom wants to buy, encourage it, this food is so much better than stuff like Iams and whatever else she might be tempted to buy. They have different varieties of mainstay including lamb and rice, beef, and chicken, but I've only found the beef in local stores.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Mainstay is actually a very good food. It isn't marketed so you don't pay for advertising. Its scores a B+ on that rate your dog food chart. I used to feed it to Autumn and she did wonderful on the food. I recommended it once on here as a note to people who can't afford most foods but I didn't get any replies and it was lost in the threads. If this is what your mom wants to buy, encourage it, this food is so much better than stuff like Iams and whatever else she might be tempted to buy. They have different varieties of mainstay including lamb and rice, beef, and chicken, but I've only found the beef in local stores.

Really? o_O

caseysmom and bckrazy, thanks. I'm pretty sure I can get her back on Raw once my mom gets all her bills and stuff caught up.

[Vela]

Honestly, Purina Mainstay is not a good food. It's probably one of the worst I have ever seen. I know you have no control over what she gets at this point, but just for the future, I would run so far from that so fast. I hope she doesn't get too sick.

[K9soul]

Mainstay is actually a very good food. It isn't marketed so you don't pay for advertising. Its scores a B+ on that rate your dog food chart. I used to feed it to Autumn and she did wonderful on the food. I recommended it once on here as a note to people who can't afford most foods but I didn't get any replies and it was lost in the threads. If this is what your mom wants to buy, encourage it, this food is so much better than stuff like Iams and whatever else she might be tempted to buy. They have different varieties of mainstay including lamb and rice, beef, and chicken, but I've only found the beef in local stores.

You must be thinking of a different Mainstay formula.. I just can't imagine thinking a food with ground corn as the first ingredient, and 16% crude protein, is a good food. When I did a search on it I found people talking about it who mentioned how their dogs' waste had lots of undigested food in it, and complaining how MUCH waste their dogs produced on it.

Anyway, I certainly disagree with making rude statements against other's parents. And I encourage Briana to keep up her efforts to provide a healthier life for her dogs.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Honestly, Purina Mainstay is not a good food. It's probably one of the worst I have ever seen. I know you have no control over what she gets at this point, but just for the future, I would run so far from that so fast. I hope she doesn't get too sick.

Yeah. I figured it wasn't for $3.95. But at least Roxy has something to eat.. I'll be getting birthday money from the family in a few days, so I'll see if I can get some Raw or something for her. I already said that all my birthday money was going to the animals..

[Roxyluvsme13]

You must be thinking of a different Mainstay formula.. I just can't imagine thinking a food with ground corn as the first ingredient, and 16% crude protein, is a good food. When I did a search on it I found people talking about it who mentioned how their dogs' waste had lots of undigested food in it, and complaining how MUCH waste their dogs produced on it.

Anyway, I certainly disagree with making rude statements against other's parents. And I encourage Briana to keep up her efforts to provide a healthier life for her dogs.

I knew I'd heard of another Mainstay thing, but apparently it's not what my mom bought. Ick, corn. I dread feeding it to Roxy.. (she still has a little more Raw left) I hope she doesn't get sick, if she does I'm going to blame myself.

Thanks. I'm trying.

[Lori Jordan]

Really? o_O

caseysmom and bckrazy, thanks. I'm pretty sure I can get her back on Raw once my mom gets all her bills and stuff caught up.

I hope so too we all have hard times in our life,now i know it's not the best of food but the good thing is that her tummy will not be empty.Your mother could of choosen not to buy food but she did.As a mother i can understand at times things can get rough...But she does have a heart.I'm sure she is not happy having money problems i wouldn't pry her she must feel bad enough.

[Vela]

Mainstay Brand
Ground Yellow Corn
Corn Gluten Feed Corn
Beef And Bone Meal
Soybean Meal
Ground Rice Hulls
Protein = 16%
Fat = 6%
Fiber = 8%
Moisture = 12%

Ground yellow corn...no need to explain why that's bad as a first ingredient.

Corn gluten feed is a byproduct of the wet milling process. Wet milling separates the corn kernel into starch, oil, protein, and bran. First, the corn is soaked in sulfurous acid. The resulting steep liquor contains protein, minerals, vitamins and energy sources. The starch and oil are extracted from the swollen kernel. The remaining fiber or bran is mixed with the steep liquor. This product, wet corn gluten feed, contains about 40 percent dry matter. The wet corn gluten feed can be dried to about 90 percent dry matter and is called...Dry Corn Gluten Feed!

Corn gluten feed should not be confused with corn gluten meal. Corn gluten meal has 2 times the protein content of corn gluten feed. Also the protein in corn gluten feed is degraded relatively rapidly in the rumen versus the protein of corn gluten meal is degraded relatively slowly (more by-pass potential).

Soybean meal is the product remaining after extracting most of the oil from whole soybeans. The oil may be removed by solvent extraction or by an expeller process in which the beans are heated and squeezed.

ugh about ground rice hulls
http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_...Rec_Id=PC33127

and more about what rice hulls are used for...growing plants...after parboiling.

Fresh rice hulls have typically not been used as a horticultural substrate component because of weed seed and the potential for nitrogen tie-up in the substrate. However, we have demonstrated that parboiled fresh rice hulls are free of viable weed seed and do not cause nitrogen tie-up in the substrate. Parboiled fresh rice hulls have a higher total pore space and a higher air-filled pore space than horticultural perlite (8mm), and we have demonstrated that parboiled fresh rice hulls can be effectively used as a lower-cost alternative to perlite in horticultural substrates. We are currently conducting research to develop a replacement for Sphagnum peat from waste rice hulls.



Not picking on you Briana, just putting the info up there for any who might wonder. Irescue, are you sure this is the same food? I'm sorry but if so I just can't see how it could be good.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Mainstay Brand
Ground Yellow Corn
Corn Gluten Feed Corn
Beef And Bone Meal
Soybean Meal
Ground Rice Hulls
Protein = 16%
Fat = 6%
Fiber = 8%
Moisture = 12%

Ground yellow corn...no need to explain why that's bad as a first ingredient.

Corn gluten feed is a byproduct of the wet milling process. Wet milling separates the corn kernel into starch, oil, protein, and bran. First, the corn is soaked in sulfurous acid. The resulting steep liquor contains protein, minerals, vitamins and energy sources. The starch and oil are extracted from the swollen kernel. The remaining fiber or bran is mixed with the steep liquor. This product, wet corn gluten feed, contains about 40 percent dry matter. The wet corn gluten feed can be dried to about 90 percent dry matter and is called...Dry Corn Gluten Feed!

Corn gluten feed should not be confused with corn gluten meal. Corn gluten meal has 2 times the protein content of corn gluten feed. Also the protein in corn gluten feed is degraded relatively rapidly in the rumen versus the protein of corn gluten meal is degraded relatively slowly (more by-pass potential).

Soybean meal is the product remaining after extracting most of the oil from whole soybeans. The oil may be removed by solvent extraction or by an expeller process in which the beans are heated and squeezed.

ugh about ground rice hulls
http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_...Rec_Id=PC33127

and more about what rice hulls are used for...growing plants...after parboiling.

Fresh rice hulls have typically not been used as a horticultural substrate component because of weed seed and the potential for nitrogen tie-up in the substrate. However, we have demonstrated that parboiled fresh rice hulls are free of viable weed seed and do not cause nitrogen tie-up in the substrate. Parboiled fresh rice hulls have a higher total pore space and a higher air-filled pore space than horticultural perlite (8mm), and we have demonstrated that parboiled fresh rice hulls can be effectively used as a lower-cost alternative to perlite in horticultural substrates. We are currently conducting research to develop a replacement for Sphagnum peat from waste rice hulls.



Not picking on you Briana, just putting the info up there for any who might wonder. Irescue, are you sure this is the same food? I'm sorry bit if so I just can't see how it could be good.

[Vela]

Well at least you can say you have learned a lot about different foods and can make better decisions on food when you are grown up and have a say in it. That's much better than continuing to think those types of foods are good for your future pets and continue to feed them. Hopefully soon you can get her something else, but I'm sure you'll try to do the best you can. We don't always get to choose how things get done when we aren't the ones in charge.

[elizabethann]

even try to feed her cooked meat scraps from dinner & such to add some more meat to her diet.

That was what I was going to suggest.

Roxyluvsme13, just think, when you're older & out on your own, you're going to have a wealth of information on how & what to feed your dogs. You know so much about dog food at such a young age! Good for you!

[Roxyluvsme13]

Roxyluvsme13, just think, when you're older & out on your own, you're going to have a wealth of information on how & what to feed your dogs. You know so much about dog food at such a young age! Good for you!

Aww, thank you. When I'm on my own, Roxy's going to be a house dog, too.