To My Puppy Buyers: As many of you know I have been involved
with the design and feed trials of many of the Eagle Pet products
over the past 22 years. But now the company is owned by the Berwin
and not the Cocquyt family. Eagle and Wellness was merged to form
WellPet LLC. I have removed Eagle and Wellness from my list of better
foods for my puppy buyers based on deep
philosophical differences between
myself, WellPet
LLC and those of the former family owned Eagle Pet Food Inc.
This is a list of quality foods I have in my
feed programs for my puppy buyers. They are listed here based on my
own criteria of:
- Feed trial results - the company's -
and my own feed trials.
- Laboratory tests on guaranteed analysis
- Philosophy of the company
- Ethics of the company
- Truth in advertising
- Company focus is on making a good product
and not on "image" and margins.
- Positive marketing as opposed to "fear
or negative" marketing techniques.
- The manufacturing plant's history of
safety
- The company is independently or family
owned
CORE 4 SUPPLEMENT KITS
It is very important that you use a comprehensive feed program, because
there is no food on the market that is 100%complete regardless of
what the bag may say.
For a comprehensive program to go with a good kibble, homemade or
raw diet see the BLACKWATCH CORE 4 SUPPLEMENTS
THOUGHTS ON FOODS
1).Many companies seem to be on the right track, but they are new
and have no longevity, nor do they have long term feed trials for
growth on giant breeds. I can not recommend them to my puppy buyers
during the growth stageS, because of this. Doesn't mean it is a bad
product, just means it may not support giant breed growth very well.
SLOW AND EVEN GROWTH IS THE KEY.
2) Just because it is new does not mean it is necessarily good. Some
of the old companies keep reinventing new labeling, ways of making
a food look like it is actually a good food, at least on the surface,
when in fact it is the same poor quality food. All this to try and
grab a niche of the growing natural/holistic pet food market. It would
easier to just make a new quality food instead of having a product
line that is so diverse that the average person has no idea what they
feed their dog. Some product lines are so divided there are formulas
for Labradoodles born in Poland but living in Jersey, that's
how ridiculous it is at times.
In picking a formula for a specific situation I forget the "type"
and look at protein, fat, calories, calcium levels, quality of minerals
and are there trace minerals in a food. These are the deciding factors
in the selection of a bag of food for a special use.
3) Another issue is the advent of many new no grain foods. A no grain
pet food does not mean the food has no carbohydrates, it just
means they are generally using potatoes and sweet potatoes for their
carbohydrate component. These diets are not recommended for growth
nor are they recommended for Systemic
Yeast Overgrowth issues.
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List of Quality Dog Foods
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family owned - I am using
- line to be updated soon, a great foundation food - has long
history - no recalls - owns plant with 100% safety record
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family owned - I am using
- line to be updated soon - a great foundation food - has long
history - no recalls - ownd plant with 100% safety record
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Dehydrated raw diet - I use w/ Precise to
top dress kibble - great product can be use as stand alone diet.
Great stand alone raw product.
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family company update foods,
owns plant - I am impressed with improvements -I like their
senior and giant breed formulas. (218) 346-7500
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family company update foods
owns plant I am impressed with improvements! (218) 346-7500
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family company update foods - owns plant -
impressed worth a try! (218) 346-7500
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family company update foods - feeds out very
well
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quality family owned company
and great for large/giant breeds - a favorite
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family owned - relatively
new - kibble raw and canned - interesting concept - well worth
trying - unique/visionary |
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family owned been around
awhile and works - I don't like low calcium levels on Innova
for giant breeds.
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very good - part of the
Innova family
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family owned - has long history
- good products - owns plant - great human product line - visionary
- pioneer in pet health products.
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family owed part of Innova family
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owned - Dr. Jane Bicks - quality products!
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old company, quality food, hard to locate
at times
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owned Dr. Lisa Neuman - quality
products !
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Canidae
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Geeze just leave it alone -it worked before
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not a bad food - multilevel marketing not
my favorite
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family owned - very good
product line
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family owned - not a bad food
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family owned, not bad
- relatively new food not for giant breed growth until after 8
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family owned - more regional but good food
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family owned relatively new
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No Grain - recently sold
to large corporation too bad. I really hated to see this happen.
I can't endorse it any longer.
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No Grain - owned by WellPet
- I do not like this company !!
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No Grain - owned by Innova
- good company - not for giant breed growth
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No Grain - relatively new
- good reports - not for giant breed growth!!
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Come on, I don't care if the dogs like
it, it is made by Diamond at the Diamond plants - relative new
some good reports, I wish it was not a Diamond product. NOT
my favorite plants.
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Wellness and Eagle* and
Eagle Holistic*
and Naturals Variety Prairie*
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*under
new LARGE corporation ownership and management and will not
be included in this list of foods so don't ask. NO LONGER OWNED
BY A FAMILY OR INDIVIDUAL.
When that happens history shows us
quality is compromised - it's a matter of time.
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If there are foods you want to know about that are not on this list,
contact me at GrDaneLady@aol.com
For a list of raw diets go to RAW
DIET OPTIONS
