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« on: February 23, 2018, 07:41:31 pm » |
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I was thinking of swapping back to Diamond High Energy from Sportsmix black bag on account I have had to increase the feed to the dogs to help maintain the dogs weight...Diamond High Energy was good at maintain weight but the smell of the poop was nasty and it attracted flies more than with sportsmix...
Well I found the Valu-Pak dog food close to me and am real happy to try it on my dogs...the kibble is small like that of sportsmix in the blue back which I really like that...the price is exactly the same as sportsmix for both bags of food they offer...the Valu-Pak dog food in the black bag is 20% fat and 28% protein...the blue bag is 18% fat and 26% protein...both are gluten, corn and soy free...
it's a no brainer...for the same price I will stay with the black bag and it also says to feed it to puppies...it seems the blue back is exactly the same feed as the black bag just lower fat and protein...probably will be a month before fully transitioned over on account I still had about 100 pounds of sportsmix...
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Mike
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« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2018, 07:48:16 pm » |
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Everyone I know that hunts and works their dogs hard... tried it, and went right back to Sportsmix.
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« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2018, 08:36:42 pm » |
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We are feeding a litter of Dogos that we’re weaning the black bag of Value pak Cannons was out and we needed Feed and they had this available. The pups seem to be doing good on it. Fat and healthy. For the money Sportmix is the way to go when they offer the 55 pounds for the 29.00 but like I said Cannons was out. It is free of any fillers and supposed to be the equivalent to Victor I’ve heard. We will transition the big dogs back to black bag Sportmix once the pups are gone. Pups are maintaining a healthy weight at 6 weeks my biggest male is 12 pounds and smallest is 8 pounds and the females around the same weight.
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Reuben
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« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2018, 08:47:51 pm » |
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I appreciate the feed back and will watch the dogs closely...but if I make another swap it won't be back to spoprtsmix...it will probably be Diamond High Energy...
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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2018, 04:37:40 am » |
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Just bought 200lbs of the Valu Pak 24 20 FREE (no corn, soy, etc). It is in a gray bag. No one has carried it up in this area until now. That is all they had except for the maintenance formula.
I’m going to give it a shot. If I don’t like it, I’ll go back to the Black Sportmix.
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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2018, 10:15:37 am » |
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The Diamond Extreme Athlete is the best food diamond makes hands down. It will keep the weight on them if you hunting hard. It is a more money...but you can mix it with a bag of the Diamond high energy to make it go farther.
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Goose87
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« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2018, 02:10:07 pm » |
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I fed it for a while, and got 3 bad tons in a row that was as dry as a powder house floor, and my dogs fell of fast since then they have fixed the problem but I have since swapped to showtime and the only complaint is that they keep a little to good on it, I'm sure something will come along one day that will make me change my mind but so far it hasn't and that's Showtime dog feed, a lot of the deer dog hunters around here fed value pak for along time but most have swapped over to showtime, to each his own and you'll never know unless you try it...
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« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2018, 02:37:14 pm » |
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I sure like the gray bag
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t-dog
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« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2018, 05:41:03 pm » |
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We switched from sportsmix to value pak a couple of months ago. Tractor supply wouldn't have it half the time and are the only locals that carried it. I thought our dogs looked OK on it but I can sure tell a difference now that they are on the value pak. Good sustainable energy and maintain good muscle. I don't like feeding too much protein if in this Texas heat. The 24/20 or the 26/18 are good for us. Don't mind the 28/20 in the cooler time of year but don't like switching a lot. Mixing it with the other is o. I'm liking it Reuben.
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Reuben
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« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2018, 07:59:20 pm » |
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Thanks T-dog...
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« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2018, 06:38:49 am » |
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I appreciate the feed back and will watch the dogs closely...but if I make another swap it won't be back to spoprtsmix...it will probably be Diamond High Energy...
I have been feeding it for 2 years now love it. I had same problem with sport mix dogs losing weight looking bad in cold weather couldn’t feed them enough. I feed black bag to everything Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2018, 11:04:12 am » |
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I have been feeding the Red bag 24/20 for a couple of years now. It is probably the equivailent of diamond Hi Energy but they do crapp a lot & I do have to feed more in the winter when I am hunting them. I have had to feed more with any dog food tho in the winter.
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Reuben
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« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2018, 02:46:59 pm » |
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Yes Mike...years ago I saw a chart on how much to increase dog food as the temperature dropped but haven’t been able to find it...I just increase as needed to keep the dogs looking fit and cut back as it warms up to maintain a decent weight...thanks E. Barnes...
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« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2018, 05:57:58 pm » |
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i've had a hellufatime this winter . i wormed for everything , i fed diamond hienergy , sportsmix in the black bag and everything i could think to do . been throwing them raw meet at times and just in the last few days they have been picking back up .
not talking about all of'em just a couple . some stay too fat and others stay too thin , it seems the meat helps more than anything .
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Reuben
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« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2018, 07:50:09 pm » |
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It not quite a week yet that I have been mixing 50/50 Valu-pak dog food with sportsmix black bag and the dogs are looking better and looks like I might be cutting back on the feed in the next week or two...I have always preferred the smaller kibble dog food for my dogs but further down in the priority list...and Valu-oak dog food has it and the listing on the bag to feed it to puppies a plus...usually when the bag says for puppies it usually is a good feed...time will tell
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Training dogs is not about quantity, it's more about timing, the right situations, and proper guidance...After that it's up to the dog...
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« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2018, 05:59:05 am » |
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It not quite a week yet that I have been mixing 50/50 Valu-pak dog food with sportsmix black bag and the dogs are looking better and looks like I might be cutting back on the feed in the next week or two...I have always preferred the smaller kibble dog food for my dogs but further down in the priority list...and Valu-oak dog food has it and the listing on the bag to feed it to puppies a plus...usually when the bag says for puppies it usually is a good feed...time will tell
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Reuben
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« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2018, 07:40:18 pm » |
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Lacy Man...I hate to hear the bad news about the cow patties...right now the patties are slightly smaller than normal but can really tell it with the pups...but then right now I am feeding 50/50 until I run out of the sportsmix black bag...
Were you feeding the Valu-Pak black bag when you were getting the cow patties?
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« Reply #17 on: February 28, 2018, 08:49:27 pm » |
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I never had a problem with their stool being loose, if anything it made stick to the kennel floor worse than anything else, it’s a good quality feed I’m sure you’ll like, I liked it just had a run of bad luck with it but it has since been fixed and I would probably swap back to it if it weren’t to far to drive and get it now...
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Reuben
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« Reply #18 on: February 28, 2018, 09:18:02 pm » |
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thanks Goose...
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« Reply #19 on: March 02, 2018, 08:42:18 pm » |
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good reading. I've been feeding diamond chicken or lamb rice. been doing good for me, but I'm going to look at the valu pak and do a 50/50 blend.
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