Food that makes you go ...Hmmm.. - Page 6

 RS, LOL. I don't clean it. In the winter, I don't do anything with it. I'll leave it out in the yard and let them take turns. Seriously. One or two are civilized enough to share. It also keeps those pesky Christmas carolers at bay. 

In the summer, I just hack it up in manageable chunks so I can freeze what they don't eat immediately. I also get hunters to give me their scraps.

Awesome! 

Thank you

 Keep in  mind, I don't live in an area where Chronic Wasting Disease is a problem. Check into this before you feed wild deer. 

If you're going to feed roadkill, make sure your state doesn't have any laws prohibiting you from retrieving it--for example, in MI, only the person who hits the deer can take the carcass, and that's only after they've reported the accident to law enforcement.  Some areas will give blanket permission to one or more people, but it's wise to check with each locale...getting free meat for the dogs isn't worth the fine if you're cited for violating. 

I usually feed Kirkland or Solid Gold to my foster or rescue dogs at the kennel.  I have clients who feed TOTW, and I have noticed a lot of soft stools.  I prefer Orijen, Fromm, or Solid Gold.

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What formula of Solid Gold do you feed?

Bark at the Moon.  But I like any of Solid Gold's products, I like that the company has been around a long time.  There are so many "new" pet foods, so many trends, and not all of them have really had the research to back their nutritional values, this is why some vets are hesitant to recommend trendy new holistic foods.  I recommend Orijen foremost, and Fromm second.  For canned food, Evangers, all human grade and good quality control.

My litter of 8 pups are doing great on the Solid Gold food. I am feeding them the lamb and rice puppy food. I did not do the Large breed puppy since it is harder to get than the lamb puppy food.

I also use the Seameal from Solid Gold too... my dogs pigment is great. I mainly do it for all the vitamins and minerals that are in the kelp, I also use the Seameal to help keep my dogs noses black all year round. Since I have been using it I have NEVER had any of my dogs get "winter nose".

I alway fed my last GSD Orijen, with good results. When I got my new pup, I started him on Orijen LB Puppy, without a second thought. He couldn't tolerate it at all. I thought maybe it was too rich in protein, so I changed him to a grain-free Acana, still no good.
I ran 5 fecals in total over the course of a few weeks, they were all negative. I ran multiples in case coccidia was present, I thoroughly scoured those slides, not one cyst. We started him on metronidazole for 10 days, then I put him on Bio-K, which in combination with changing him to TOTW Lamb formula, has him in great shape. The adult coat that was growing in went from coarse to silky smooth, and his poops are excellent, and like clockwork.
I have a pretty good feeling that he may have a super sensitivy to chicken (though I have not tested that theory properly, as he is only 16 weeks old and I don't want to mess with him). On 1 occasion I gave him an old pocketful of the Orijen by mistake, and he got bad diarrhea right away. Another time, I gave him a couple kibbles of T/D at work to distract him while trimming his nails - same deal. I even gave him some of the Bison TOTW (which incidentally has ingredients listed as: bison, lamb meal, chicken meal, etc.... fish meal etc... so not that much bison after all, since it is weighed wet and not dry as meal is), and even that gave him the runs. However, foods that have chicken almost always have "egg product" aswell. So, I would have to do a true test to find out.
I am happy with TOTW (though I intensly resent having to pay nearly $80 a bag after tax - double what you pay in the states), and he loves it, and is doing great on it. I would not go with any formula except the Sierra (Lamb). Here are the ingredients:
(I know it is on the low side in calories, but I don't mind that, since my little monster is still super food obsessed and we use kibble for all training as well)
Protein: 25% Fat: 15%
Calcium: 1.6%, as-fed; Phosphorus: 1.0%, as-fed
Calories: 3,611 kcal/kg (338 kcal/cup) Calculated Metabolizable Energy
Available in 5lb, 15lb and 30lb bags.

Ingredients
Lamb, lamb meal, sweet potatoes, potatoes, peas, canola oil, potato protein, roasted lamb, tomato pomace, natural flavor, salt, choline chloride, mixed tocopherols (a natural preservative and source of vitamin E) dried chicory root, taurine, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, yucca schidigera extract, dried fermentation products of Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum, dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, niacin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin (vitamin B2), vitamin D supplement, folic acid.