Nutrish-Rachel Ray's new dog food line

[caseysmom]

Kirkland is costco's brand and in my opinion it has amazing ingredients for the price, I think I buy a 40 lb bag for maybe just over 20 dollars, I really don't remember how much it is.

[Lori Jordan]

Kirkland is costco's brand and in my opinion it has amazing ingredients for the price, I think I buy a 40 lb bag for maybe just over 20 dollars, I really don't remember how much it is.

I also have my guys on Kirkland,It is a very good food imo.Here in Canada the price has gone up to nearly $40 dollars a bag..I find alot of the foods has gone up a friend feeds her dogs Dog Chow which she swears on being a great food,Last year it was around $23 dollars a bag and now its at $30.

[MajesticCollies]

Here is an article I had published in a few collie news letter a few years back. Here is the ultimate diet for health. Take a look at my collies and see the difference compared with other dogs.


Importance of Proper Canine Diet
by Timothy Beard
Majestic Collies
Tri State Collie Rescue Volunteer

It has been said for years about what is the proper diet for your canine. Has it been followed since you read all those articles when you bought your first puppy? Live and learn is what I say and I have taken to long over the years to learn even from my childhood dogs. They die of hereditary diseases, they die early of cancer at the age of nine. Its time we all learn the proper diet not how just your dog looks but the diet formulated for the Immune system of your pet.
You heard the problems of commercial dog food. You try and read the ingredients of their contents. Is it right for your dog? The question is, is it right for your dogs Immune System? I have followed a specific diet now for years for my collies. The weight is maintained, their skin and coat are healthy and the unnoticeable of high Immune System and proper digestibility are being met. With this diet my collies, my fosters rarely see a vet appointment except for their annual immunizations. Fosters in need of health restoration require little conventional medications to cure themselves as the high Immune System Diet help cure naturally without side effects.
All Natural Diets or as some prefer to say “Holistic” are not a new way of feeding but just a forgotten one. Holistic health has been around for thousands of years utilized by people of all nationalities. We are recently applying this to our Canine Companions, watching them live longer and healthier lives by keeping their immune systems high with Raw and Holistic feedings.
To just touch on Raw for your Canines, it provides the natural Omegas, vitamins and protein needed in the canine diet. Please refer to this video at http://youtube.com/watch?v=DL2KluuiKck .
Another great article on the specifics of the Canine Immune System and diet can be read here. http://lowchensaustralia.com/health/immunenutrition.htm .
Each one of us can decide what is best for our canines diet through research from experts to friends. I am glad to be able to share my diet of my collies to you. Please try this diet for 1 month and physically see the difference in your companion. Please always feel free to email me any questions at [email protected] .


The diet is as follows for my 60 to 80# Collies


Step 1 Raw 12 to 16 oz of chicken Serve in their bowl with step 2
Step 2 3 cups kibble ( I prefer Solid Gold Hunden Flocken Holistic Blend) used as a binder
2 cans Mackeral
5 tsp Solid Gold Seameal (Holistic Supplement made up of seven sea algeas which contain the daily doses of trace minerals and kelp and digestibility needs)
2 eggs, shell also
1# beef liver
1# Chicken Giblets
In a food processor combine all ingredients and process until smooth like canned dog food, Serve about 4 oz with their raw chicken and top with the below vitamins
500mg Vit C
400IU Vit E
Refrigerate in container to retain freshness
Best Wishes to you and your Canine Companions.
Timothy R. Beard

[caseysmom]

Thats great but not practical for most people.

[MajesticCollies]

I have toured Eukanuba and Iams dog food plant and the less kibble I put in my collies bellies the better. Nuff said. lol Scares me to death.

[MajesticCollies]

No offense everyone but I am crazy about nutrition for my dogs. I will never go through watching my dogs die of cancer from commercial foods at young ages (twelve or below) ever again. Went through to many in my boy hood years and beyond until I researched for a long time about it. Just my pet peeve with nutrition. I am very comfortable about what I feed now in my heart. It's always a huge debate when it comes to dog food for sure.

[caseysmom]

nobody is debating.

[AllAmericanPUP]

her food is crap, maybe not as bad as ol roy and other store brands because it does have 2 meat sources as the first ingredients but it's still junk

[IRescue452]

If you do the "how to grade your pet's food" test, this food gets a 79 C, which is right BELOW Alpo. Not a good thing.

I'd give it a D myself. I don't see anything good in the food to outweigh the bad. Bad is soy, alfalfa, corn, gluten, beet pulp. Good is chicken? Perhaps if we knew which part of the chicken that was. Tomatoes carrots and peas aren't exactly the most nutritious nor impressive vegetables to add to a food. They're right up there with cheap filler when you think about the fact that these vegies didn't pass the test for human quality.
I believe the food is extruded as well. That's a major no-no. Extruded foods are devoid of nutrition until the kibble is sprayed with a a fatty spray filled with artificial nutrients before being packaged. This spray stuff is not stable at all.

[Scooter's Mom]

I have toured Eukanuba and Iams dog food plant and the less kibble I put in my collies bellies the better. Nuff said. lol Scares me to death.

I have toured Hills Brothers coffee plant and an Imperial Sugar plant. If you had, you wouldn't drink coffee again or use sugar for anything.

Sometimes you have to use your better judgement.

[caseysmom]

I have toured Hills Brothers coffee plant and an Imperial Sugar plant. If you had, you wouldn't drink coffee again or use sugar for anything.

Sometimes you have to use your better judgement.

I agree we may feel the same about a lot of human food places too. Read fast food nation and never eat meat again!