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  1. #1
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    Breeder's Choice Active Care Lamb and Rice for all of them and I mix Breeder's Choice Pinnacle Duck and Potato for Shawna and Sophie...they don't care as much for the lamb, but they need the glucosomine and chondrotin.


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    I feed Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul. I would LOVE to feed raw again as soon as I find better suppliers. It just got ridiculously expensive with three dogs.

    Kai [Sheltie], Kaedyn [Sheltie], Keeva [Malinois], Kwik [Malinois]

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    Solid Gold Holistique Blendz. Once we found a food that Chipper tolerated, we stuck with it.
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    I feed Pro Plan Sensitive skin and stomach.
    I know it's not the best food in the world, but Sierra has a VERY funny tummy and that's what works for her. About 6 months ago or so I tried switching to Wellness but Buddy had an allergic reaction to it.

    By all means I know there are other foods that I could try that would be better for my pups, but this is what works for them and it has for about 5 or 6 years now. I'm not going to try to fix something that isn't broken.
    ~Angie, Sierra & Buddy
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    Quote Originally Posted by binka_nugget
    It just got ridiculously expensive with three dogs.
    Tell me about it! Trying to find meat on sale is crazy. I'm running really low now. I'm going to have to order a whole hog soon.

    I'd like to have some kibble to give them when I run low, but honestly there's none that I've found that Bon does good on. EVERYTHING gives him gas and cow plop poop

    I have gotten a couple of packs of Freshpet Select and they seem to do pretty good on it. But then again I only give it a couple times a week.

    Huney, Bon & Simba-missed so very much
    Remembering all the Rainbow Bridge Pets

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    We feed Sequoia Innova Red Meat and have since last April and the horrible pet food recall.

    When we got her we had her on Nutros natural. After a few months on that she looked wonderful but then she started having seizures. We assumed it was epilepsy. She would have them about every 2-3 months. We switched her to the Innova Red Meat and she stopped having seizures. She had one very small one last August that lasted about a minute. She hasn't had one since. It is expensive but wow... I wouldn't switch her off of that now for the world.

    One seizure in almost a year. Just from switching foods. I don't know what but I am not questioning it..*knocking on wood now*

    Denyce

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    Ginger gets a mixture of Evo reduced calorie dry food (what I want her to have) and Merrick Cowboy Round Up dry food (what she wants to have), and she gets two teaspoons of Evo canned (usually venison) mixed into her dinner serving. Ginger says she wants to move in with Nebo because she loves venison.

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    I have been feeding my 3 Nutro Ultra Holistic, but have been reading a lot of negativity about the Nutro company lately. So i'm gonna switch. I don't have a feed store near me so I got Petco and Petsmart brands to choose from. I'm thinking i'm gonna try them on Avoderm by Breeder's Choice. It seems a bit better and cheaper. If that isn't good with them, i'll get Natural Balance.

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    Raw for Finn and Pinnacle (Trout and Sweet Potato) for the little ones.
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    Currently I am feeding 4 of my dogs Canidae.. and 4 of my dogs Diamond Naturals Chicken and Rice. All get their dry food mixed up with a little canned food (1 can between 8 dogs) and a little warm water.. mixed all up in a bucket and scooped out to their bowls.
    If you're gonna breed Collies, don't you forget to breed in the brains and common sense. Without that you won't have a Collie, you'll have just another dog.



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    The working sled dogs eat Acana "Red" in the winter. I think it's actually called "Performance Formula". High fat, high protien. In the summer they get the Acana "blue" which has slightly less fat and protien. Keeps the summer weight gain to a minimum.

    Ozzy eats Acana Extreme, which as it's name implies, is very high fat, high protien, super calorie dense. I can not keep weight on Ozzy. He gets dangerously skinny very quickly. The Extreme formula is designed for dogs working under extreme conditions, like running the Iditarod in -40C. Ozzy eats it year round, even when he's doing nothing in July!

    The senior girls and Earle eat a mixture of Acana Senior and Ripley's Ranch Senior Holistic. My friend sells the Ripley's. I'd feed it straight, but it's too expensive so I mix it with the Acana. The dogs do well on it and I get to support to my friend a bit too.

    All the dogs, except Pirate, Earle and Paxil, have their kibble heavily supplemented with wild game, beef, and salmon. Lots of bones are available for chewing at all times. Earle and Paxil have chronic pancreatitis and can't handle any extra fat. Pirate gets the runs from one milkbone. It would be ugly if she got raw meat!
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    Ginger is happy and healthy on Purina Puppy Chow
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    I recently switched from Innova EVO Red Meat to Nature's Variety Prarie.
    I'm not as happy with the ingredients in Nature's Variety, but it's much cheaper.

    I may be switching back to EVO or something similar soon. Just have to decide what I want to feed them.

    They also get their raw meals on occasion. I haven't been feeding it as often as I'd like.

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