EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

We have used a lot of feed from star pro,sports mix,caliber,all kinds. Not really impressed with the caliber and valu pak. What do y'all use?

Tops. It's decent priced and sticks with em. Blue bag

  dog feed is like dogs everybody swears by what they are using  lol  . I just love the caliber 24/20 . the valu-pak I don't like  .  but you see what I mean .

Our feed store doesn't sale it. Plus tops is made by the same company as valu pak and caliber

I got a bag of the camp 24/20 caliber feed the other day and it stunk bad.

Tell u what. Go get some science diet then. It ain't cheap. Most vet's carry it. I do some work for a vet and swap out for food.

sportsmix 24/20 for over a year now and I'm still happy with it and the dogs still hunt/look good while eatin it.

The sports mix works wonders but it's so high! Nearly 30 a bag here. The diamond does good. I think we might go back to the Shawnee we used to feed joy! It was alright we used to buy it in bulk.

I know what you mean, when I started feeding sportsmix it was 24.99 now for 100lbs its 64 bucks out the door......... its gettin high but I guess i look at it like this, I know it works and I know the dogs all look and act good while on it, hell I feed it to every dog in the yard from 6 weeks to 11 + years and don't have any problems so I guess its one of those "if it ain't broke don't fix it" kinda deals.

 the co-op in canton was out of caliber so I bought a couple bags of sportmix and their price is 25.50 and it's the 55lb bags  .  not much more than the caliber their price on it is 23.50 . some stores just have way too much mark up on dog food .

Indeed! It's got to be meat based feed don't feed corn on the kennels

I've always liked sportmix but times are a little tight right now so I've been feeding retriever from tsc

My dogs love raw feed

love the sportsmx but it's so high!!!

fed my pups valu pak and it stunted them, had several friends do the same, I feed reteriver blue bag now its 27%, 18% I think. Its like $22 for a 50lb sac

Feeding a pup 24/20 protein will stunt a pup or give them rickets. The blue bag reteriver is horrible on our kennel floors. Im thinking about going back to 26/18 shawnee or a feed that we used to buy it by the ton and its joy but you have to have it delivered down here because there is not a dealer around us.

I haven't seen joy dog food in a long while...about 25-30 years...wasn't the best around but it was pretty good...

we used to buy it by the pallet back in 09-10 a truck would deliever to our tire shop we owned.

My dogs didn't like sportsmix... They all would stay skinny!
Put them on victor high performance red bag and they all look damn good!


Sonny

Victor red bag around here is 40lbs and its 30 something a bag in huntington. i feed a folger coffee can to each dog and im feeding the valu pak and its not keeping them fat. At first it was now it isnt at all.

Tyson 10lb chicken quarters and raw eggs. Sometimes hamburger or deer.

is that what you feed? or is that what you use to get them fat? we use table scraps to get ours fat.

as the temperature drops in the winter the dogs burn more calories and they will lose weight...have to increase food intake as the temp drops...hot summer it is almost a half ration to maintain weight...

I don't hunt in the winter. Plus like I said I feed a folger can or more a day