Taste of the Wild dog food - Page 4

I have had my shepherds on Purina puppy chow for years.They are free fed.All are in terrific shape.No coat problems..no digestive problems.

Have you read the ingredients on Purina Puppy Chow?      Purina has menadione in it also...you are asking for trouble...most people who have used Purina and stay on it evitdentually have liver, and pancreatic problems down the road...

You cant convince me that this food ever was good for any dog...Nestles makes it and it nothing but corn and no value of any kind...you must give your dogs table meats or something else...or are you adding viramin supplements or  Hidden Link...?

To the person asking about feeding this to puppies:

It is generally not recommended to feed large breed puppies the grain free kibbles, EXCEPT Orijen Large Breed Puppy, due to the fact that they have too much calcium/phos.  (Orijen Large breed puppy is the only one that I know of that has cal/phos in the "recommended" amounts.  Some brands even say NOT for puppies.

I don't know how much cal/phos TOTW has since I can't find it anywhere on the web that I have looked.

OGBS, I thought the same at first, but that wasn't the problem.

Also, only two had a noticable weight loss, the two I train and work.  The 3rd is a couch potato, and he really didn't show much loss.  Of the two who did, one is an EPI dog, and the other has no health problems.

Even though they lost weight, they looked great (just lean), shiny coats, lots of energy, clear eyes.  It happened slowly, and I really didn't notice at first, but realized after a while they were kinda thin.  When Raino Fluegge told me "your dogs are too skinny" during a seminar, I took a good second look, tested for parasites, but came up clean.  Changed foods the next week.

A change of foods solved the problem almost instantly.  Within a month, they both were back at a good weight.

Odd, I know.

RacingQH, thanks for your input about the puppies eating this food. I'm in an area where Diamond products are the easiest to obtain.

I'm thinking of feeding the Premium Edge Large puppy Lamb and Rice food. It has barley in it though and I think it's an over used grain in itself and my dogs tend to get gassy on barley but it's the best option for me. Or the Chicken Soup for puppy lover's soul and that's $39.95 for their large bags.

What would one here feed between these two Diamond products?

Here's the ingredients. It costs $29.97 for a 35 pound bag.

Guaranteed Analysis

* Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profile.

Calorie Content: 3,656 kcal/kg (342 kcal/cup) Calculated Metabolizable Energy.

Lamb, lamb meal, egg product, cracked pearled barley, millet, ground rice, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), potato protein, oatmeal, potatoes, tomato pomace, flaxseed, natural flavor, salmon oil (source of DHA), ocean fish meal, potassium chloride, choline chloride, dried chicory root, kelp, carrots, peas, apples, tomatoes, blueberries, spinach, dried skim milk, cranberry powder, rosemary extract, parsley flake, yucca schidigera extract, L-Carnitine, Enterococcus faecieum, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Saccharomyces cerevesiae fermentation solubles, dried Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.

Or Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul Puppy Formula

Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein     28%     Minimum
Crude Fat     17%     Minimum
Crude Fiber     3%     Maximum
Moisture     10%     Maximum
Sodium     0.3%     Maximum
Zinc     180 mg/kg     Minimum
Selenium  &

The label on TOTW does read well but Diamond has a history of recalls. Not only were they heavily involved with the recall in March 07, but just 5 months prior to that 8 dogs died eating Diamond dog food due to mycotoxin poisoning. Natural Balance was involved in the recall (also made by Dimond) because Diamond was putting tainted rice protien in the product and there wasn't even supposed to be rice in there!  Hmmmmm........that's just wrong. Also I would expect the fish sources to be preserved with Ethoxiquin - they do not have to put that on the label the fish companies are putting it in. 

I am on the inside of the petfood industry and quite honestly there are not too many dog foods out there that I would feed to my dogs anymore, even quite a few of the more highly reccomended brands have quite serious production issues.

My guys are now on this food after eating Eukanuba performance for years.  I first switched my male to it, the first thing was that he immediately gained weight on it, eating less of it.  He's always been a string bean and getting him over 80 pounds was darn near impossible on the Eukanuba.  For the first time in his life over the winter he was 84 pounds.   He's now 82 and looks good, but is still a string bean!  LOL  Their coats look good too and they really like the food. 

ironbark, what do you feed your dogs?

This is a serious question, (I am not one of the illiterate trolls)

Michele and Pharaoh vom Banach

I have also been using the Diamond Naturals from local co-op, the price is so reasonable .  I checked the website for TOTW and found a couple stores nearby that carry all Diamond lines.  One said the TOTW just didn't move as well, 1 store was closing it out for $20.00 for their 30 pound bags,   I'm on my way right now to  clear the shelf!!!!!

This looks great EXCEPT for one Important  thing

Canola Oil

It is crap. Made from Rape seed, which bugs & insects wont even touch. From the Mustard seed family.. It is garbage. Most is genetically modified as well.

I wouldnt feed based on this.   There are other & better forms of fatty acids. (Fish, Salmon, Sunflower, etc)

Let the manufacturer know.