Royal Canin #24 - Page 2

 here's a link to a system of rating dog foods followed by a list of foods and how they ranked

 http://www.globalpaw.com/forum/dog-food-dog-feeding-dog-nutrition/45761-dog-food-rating-system.html#post268881

CHECK THE INGREDIENTS

I NOTICED SOME OF THE NEW RED BAGS FOR OTHER BREEDS HAS CORN, CORN GLUTEN.

SO NOT SO GOOD.

I KNOW THE FOOD IS UP TO 50.00

I HAVE BEEN FEEDING OTHER THINGS TIL PRICE DROPS. WELL, I HOPE SOON.

THANKS FOR POST.

I just found this CHECK IT OUT!!!

www.secretdogvideo.com/cane

thanks

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Maybe this will work.

I was shocked to know dead animals with collars, tags, flea collars, bags and such are being thrown in

the refinery and going into dog food. Yuck.

I have said it before, You Guys over there have a better time buying Dog Kibble than we do over here in Belgium

Royal Canin over here costs 88.16 USA dollars for 27lb bag

I feed Orijen which lb for lb is about the same price as Royal Canin but for me a better kibble , no Grains at all

Steve

Steve1 is right he goes to great expense to feed his dog's Orijen,  WHY   The above video is right on there are a few members on this form like the Yellowrose Trailrider and Steve1 that have preached and preached some more about canine nutrition but it goes on deaf ears.  Purina Royal Canine please DO your homework stop being so lazy you are killing your dogs!!!

Most commerical dog foods are killing our dogs slowly.  I fed Purina Pro plan vet recommended for years and both of my GSD's died from cancer at an early age. My lack of canine nutrition killed them. I have no one to blame but myself.

A year and a half ago I went on a mission to educate myself it's not hard all the reources are right here on the net put in the time and save your dogs life.

Can you answer the following questions about the food you are feeding your dog's? If not your asking for trouble.    Who owns the company that manufacures your dog food?  Is it a large multi national corporate conglomerate?   Where is your dog food manufatured? Who buy's the raw food stuffs? Who does the quality control? Do you blindly open your bag of kibble and pour it into your dog's bowl???

Orijen is a family owned Canadian company in Calagry Alberta Canada owned by the same family since 1975,  They have their own manufacturing plant.  They buy only local fresh ingrediants they get fresh meat daily from local farms they will even tell you the names of their vendors.    They do their own extensive quality control and it's checked by an independant quality control company.    If your going to feed a kibbe you better take a long hard look at Orijen.    It's not cheap but it could very well save your dog's life.

In respect to Orijen,are you guys not afraid that there is NO SCIENTIFIC LONG TERM studies done on feeding that high a protein %?Also,you guys must know that the protein is NOT totally digestible and absorbable.In other words how bio available is it to our dogs?I have fed Orijen for a short time but then decided to switch cause of the high protein%.I too would like to hear some more EXPERIANCED  and KNOWLEDGEABLE people speak on this.People who KNOW what dog food consists of and yes i know that there is not alot of us out there.Most are bombarded by MASS ADVERTISING and GENIOUS MARKETING.Please lets have some feedback on this VERY IMPORTANT topic.

Actually Orijen does not do a lot of marketing....they rely on word of mouth. My dogs look superb when they are fed Orijen, & when I can't get it & must rely on something else they lose condition. Orijen's formula is based on what feral dogs or wolves would get by killing or scavaging carcasses....that's what their percentages are based on; and in my opinion, they've got it right. And the dogs love it. If my Kali likes it, it's good stuff. She's got champagne taste, & I've got a beer wallet! LOL! We'll never truely know what our animals are eating unless we watch it being made, which is why home based feeding programs are so appealing. I've been using Royal Canin 24 during this last hiatus from Orijen, supplementing with homemade foods, I make a big batch every 2 weeks & freeze it into meal sized servings so the hubby can deal with it. I am not impressed with RC24's ingrediant list, but must admit the dogs look OK on it, so far. My husband bought a couple of big bags of the stuff, because...1) He does not like me driving halfway across the neighboring state to get Origen;...2) The dog on the bag looks like Kali, so that means it must be good stuff. (nevermind that she's already turned her nose up at it, she'll only eat it with the homemade dogfood mixed in...can you say 'spoiled'?) My poor Beckett is my canary, he shows changes in his coat & condition quicker than the rest, & so far he looks good. Besides, I have over 150 lbs of the stuff to use up; so it will get a pretty extensive trial, sigh, thanks to my hubby. He knows when I am ready to go get the Origen, and heads to the feed store & buys what HE thinks is best, quick before I can head over to NJ!!! Devil!!!  jackie harris

I can't believe how much dog food has gone up. I just paid nearly $50. for 35 lb. bags of RC 24. I don't feed that to all the dogs of course, some get Innova EVO ($$$) some EaglePak Holistic, some raw... My annual feed bill will top $5,000. this year, ditto for shavings for bedding. (My concrete surface is pretty rough... don't like callouses on elbows) Add misc. vet costs and health mainenance at about $1000+. yr. per dog. (I have 9 here right now) Its all I can do to maintain the dogs and keep the lights on if I work my rear off training and take in a boarder or two now and then. I can get Canidae cheaper, but not happy with what seems like more poop out than I fed IN, and too soft to clean up easily. Some of my dogs just don't do well on that stuff, even before they changed the recipe.

So much for getting rich in dogs. LOL Not gonna happen. No Escalade in my future, and very little steak, exotic cheeses and  shellfish  this year. (Shelley likes red meat and shellfish to keep her strength up for training all these dogs $$$)

SS

Shelly      I believe Steve1 pays 120.00 dollars for one bag of Orijen in Europe.   You think we have it bad!!