Life Abundance dog food

[Robo]

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Alpo and Taste of the Wild or Evo are not "the same stuff". Read the labels.

I would not have dogs if I couldn't afford to feed them decent food. No creature should have to subsist on junk.

Just an opinion also.

Well in my opinion paying as much for a dog as you would a person is ridiculous. Sure it isn't the best thing for them but its better than starving yourself. Plus tons of dogs live on said junk very contently every day.

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

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[hikerchick]

The problem is the food is not equally as good. You can't compare a grain free, meat based food with the corn and byproduct based food you find in the grocery store.

 

[hikerchick]

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Alpo and Taste of the Wild or Evo are not "the same stuff". Read the labels.

I would not have dogs if I couldn't afford to feed them decent food. No creature should have to subsist on junk.

Just an opinion also.

Well in my opinion paying as much for a dog as you would a person is ridiculous. Sure it isn't the best thing for them but its better than starving yourself. Plus tons of dogs live on said junk very contently every day.

My dogs are family. I would not feed junk to them or to my children. I don't care how other people choose to treat their animals. It is none of my business.

 

[Carols Clucks]

Having read the ingredient list on the Lifes Abundance dog food I would probably skip it. Grain free is the way to go.

When you go by your chicken feed, see what else the feed store has that is listed as grain free

 

[hikerchick]

There are some good grain free foods out there, and some can be purchased at Petco. I buy Blue Wilderness, but I know they also carry Solid Gold and Before Grain, among others. I just got a 25 pound bag today for $54. It sounds like a lot, but the dogs actually require less of it because it is nutrient dense and not mostly fillers like the supermarket brands.

At that price, my family is unlikely to starve so that I can feed my dogs.

 

[Akane]

It's not a bad food but you can get grain free for cheaper. TOTW can be found in a lot of feed stores and some pet stores these days. BG (Before Grain) is also fairly cost effective and I've seen it at a few chain stores like petland. If you can find a dog bakery or small petstore that concentrates on supplies instead of animal sales you will have a lot better luck finding good foods without paying insane prices. Currently we are feeding kent's new native dog foods which are not grain free but still good quality and the dogs have been doing just as well if not better than they did on TOTW. You can find it at feedstores like theisen's. They have different formulas based on your dogs energy level with different protein, fat, and calories. I think there are 5 different energy levels including the puppy food.

Even if you think the dogs do fine on cheaper foods some good benefits of the more expensive dog foods is you feed a lot less (my dog would have to eat 10 cups of the grocery store brands versus 1-2cups of totw or kent native) and they poop a lot less. The poop also comes out a chalky white which breaks down within a day so no poop pickup required if you have your own yard and minimal if you walk them. There's no indigestible grains or filler that has to come out the other end.

 

[country freedom]

Everyone - thank you for your replies/suggestions.
I believe I will go for RAW diet - I do not believe any dog should be fed any grain at all.
Mainly meat with a few greens and bones, with an egg once weekly.

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

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Probably the very best thing you can do for your dog!! I am getting meat rabbits and plan on supplementing my grain free kibble with bunny about twice a week or more. Good for you!!!

 

[Robo]

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Well in my opinion paying as much for a dog as you would a person is ridiculous. Sure it isn't the best thing for them but its better than starving yourself. Plus tons of dogs live on said junk very contently every day.

My dogs are family. I would not feed junk to them or to my children. I don't care how other people choose to treat their animals. It is none of my business.

Sorry, but not everyone can afford to feed them expensive food. I'm not saying that you can't, but the average person really doesn't have the money. I give mine good food and we're already dishing out all the money we can on him for insulin. I sometimes feed taste of the wild, but mostly Purina, I don't think my dog is suffering and if he was I would do all I could.