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codyoates
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« on: December 17, 2011, 09:05:01 pm » |
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What's the best dog food I can get around san Antonio Texas... Not looking to pay a lot of money. If any one knows of any good food for pretty cheap please let me know
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Purebreedcolt
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« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2011, 09:26:39 pm » |
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Man I switched to sports mix and have not looked back. When I figure it up spending less than I was
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SCHitemHard
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« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2011, 09:33:01 pm » |
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i have call of the wild right now, may switch back to diamond in the spring
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Matt H
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cward
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« Reply #3 on: December 17, 2011, 09:40:39 pm » |
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OK I have always feed good feed but I will asure you some of the best dogs I hunted behind were not feed worth a crap!
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Hog hunting can start more crap than anything I have ever seen!(HDLCrystal)
Remember John Wayne was just an actor the real cowboys is who he looked up to..........
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wolfpen
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« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2011, 10:00:03 pm » |
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i've been feeding sportmix because of convenience, practicality, and overall best bang for the buck. gotta drive further to get Victor, Victor comes in 40lbs. bags while Sportmix comes in 50lbs. bags. buy Six bags and get a bag and a half free.
It seems like Victor last longer pound for pound, but once you weigh in the gas and time, so far Sportmix seems like a no brainer. If he right bag of Victor was along my normal route, I'd I've gotten Victor last time.
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J.Prince
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« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2011, 10:25:33 pm » |
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I think a lot of it depends on your dogs. You just have to try them out and see which one works best for your dogs. For example I was feeding Diamond and everything was fine and my dog looked great with it but the price was getting out of hand. It got up to $31 at my feed store. So I went a couple miles down the road where they have victor for $24 a bag I heard good things about it so I decided to try it. Half way through the bag my dog started looking poor and didn't even eat all of what I gave her half the time. when that bag was out I just grabbed a twenty pound bag that cost $7 at dollar general just to hold her over til I got back to the feed store. In less than a week she started looking a lot better. And every time I put the cheap food in front of her you would think I just gave her a slice of prime rib the way she goes to town on it.
So to sum it all up IMO there's no sure fire feed that'll be the best for every dog. You just need to try them out and find which one works best for your situation
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« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2011, 09:42:19 am » |
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i use diamond high energy, $25 at tsc for #50
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sshh... ya hear that??? there bayed boys!!!!!
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wolfpen
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« Reply #7 on: December 18, 2011, 09:54:38 am » |
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If money was not an issue I would probably get the Blue Buffalo Wilderness, or some other 100% grain free kibble, and supplement more with raw meat and bones. If my dogs want more fiber they can eat white oak acorns or deer corn as they do it anyway.
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« Reply #8 on: December 18, 2011, 08:41:13 pm » |
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i dont if you guys in texas can get it but theirs a brand called value pack , white bag generic looking as it gets it comes for the ten. ark. border somewhere first ingredient is fish meal its got the omega vit. min. pack. its good stuff been feeding it 4 years, small hard stool, heavy muscle tone slick hair fast healing" its good stuff" ill look on the label for some more info its the best ive ever fed. it used to pretty fair priced but here lately it gone to $22 a 50lb bag.
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« Reply #9 on: December 18, 2011, 09:58:12 pm » |
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I use to feed call of the wild, then switched to blue buffalo. I only have 3 dogs so the $ is not bad but if I had 10 like some folks on here I would have to get another job..
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Texasreaper86
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« Reply #10 on: December 18, 2011, 10:19:34 pm » |
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I use sports mix high energy i was feeding retriever high protein but the dogs just didnt look good on it and they started to flake so i made the switch and the dogs love it now! they look great on it. its like 30$ i think for 50lbs
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« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2011, 08:22:18 am » |
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I've tried several different feeds victor, sportsmix,diamond, value pack, shawnee, caliber,even Ole Roy which is a product of purina. As some of the other guys said it depends on the dog I have to many so I have to go with bang for the buck value pack was doing great but I can't get it anymore sportsmix 26/18 is good feed I use it for my house pets. I feed victor puppy to my pups and if I have a dog get down or need to gain some weight its 30/20 so it will put it on them fast. I now feed caliber 24/20 to my hunting dogs it maintains their weight well and stool doesn't look bad not as good as I like to see but they like it and they perform well with it. Main things to look for is the protein and fat content hence the 30/20 for pups and so on and make sure it is a meat based feed not grain based start lookin at what's on the back of the bag not the name on the front.
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codyoates
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« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2011, 06:30:19 pm » |
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Ok guys thanks a lot I am just going to have to try a few different ones like yall said... It just gets expensivewhen you have around 15- 20 dogs year around
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