Has anyone tried lower quality foods with good results?

rashadlc · 09-12-2011, 11:11 PM

Just wondering have anyone tried lower quality kibble food and had good results. Nice coat, good stools etc... Not anything that is extreme horrible, but something that is below the premium foods. Maybe Pedigree, or something a little higher quality but lower then maybe ummm blue buffalo.

Just curious. My dog is on TOTW. I don't plan to change him, but just curious.

msvette2u · 09-12-2011, 11:16 PM

I don't feed it personally but had okay luck with Atta Boy at the shelter. For some reason it came out on the other end pretty well, better than some of the others.
When we were pretty short on cash though, a few times, we fed the green bag of Purina.
They didn't die or anything LOL
I've heard of dogs living well into their teens on Purina...
We feed our non-allergic dogs Diamond Naturals and Kirkland Signature.

robinhuerta · 09-12-2011, 11:28 PM

I actually like the Kirkland Signature foods....and the Nature's Domain.
My dogs looked good on Pro Plan......I really have nothing negative to say about the food. (corn & all)....except that it has become an expensive food now.

Emoore · 09-12-2011, 11:31 PM

To me, the food issue is black and white. There are good foods and bad foods. The bad foods have byproducts, wheat, soy, corn as a main ingredient instead of a minor one, artificial colors and flavors, sugar, BHA, and/or BHT. The good ones, well. . . . don't. I won't feed my dog a "bad" food, but I've gotten some great results with less expensive "good" foods.

k_sep · 09-12-2011, 11:31 PM

When I first got my pup she was on Iambs for about a month and had no problems. She's been on a variety of higher quality food since then, but she liked Iambs the best. It's the only food I don't have to mix in wet with that she'll eat happily.

robinhuerta · 09-12-2011, 11:35 PM

I remember growing up....our dogs were fed Strong Heart and Dog Chow....sometimes Ken'l Ration too.
*Alpo canned dog food (horsemeat).

Emoore · 09-12-2011, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by robinhuerta

I remember growing up....our dogs were fed Strong Heart and Dog Chow....sometimes Ken'l Ration too.

Yeah, my husband's grandmother lived to 98 years old eating KFC nearly daily and smoking a pack a day. Doesn't mean I'm going to try it. Although with my luck I'll eat organic produce and free-range meats and get hit by a truck tomorrow.

robinhuerta · 09-12-2011, 11:46 PM

Emoore.....I don't think that they had many choices in dog/pet foods about 30+ years ago?? I think Dog Chow, Ken L Ration, Alpo & Strong Heart... *were* the foods back then...?

Emoore · 09-12-2011, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by robinhuerta

Emoore.....I don't think that they had many choices in dog/pet foods about 30+ years ago?? I think Dog Chow, Ken L Ration, Alpo & Strong Heart... *were* the foods back then...?

Oh I agree with you. Also, at the time horse meat was dirt cheap because we hadn't started mass exporting to China and France yet, so even the cheap foods had a fair amount of meat as their primary protein source, not corn gluten meal. I was kinda making a funny about the grandmother thing.

carmspack · 09-13-2011, 12:00 AM

there is speculation that the problems we are having NOW are the result of past generations of poorly fed dogs, that there is an accumulative effective , epigenetics . One study that documents progessive deterioration is Pottenger's Cats.
There are dogs showing sensitivity and allergy , digestive disturbance from the earliest of puppy days long before there is enough time to have had prolonged exposure to an irritant/alllergen. Essentially you are what you eat , but you are also what your mother ate .
Your dog is not a land fill for waste .

Carmen
Carmspack Working German Shepherd Dogs

09-12-2011, 11:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
rashadlc Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Grand Prairie, TX Posts: 47	Has anyone tried lower quality foods with good results? Just wondering have anyone tried lower quality kibble food and had good results. Nice coat, good stools etc... Not anything that is extreme horrible, but something that is below the premium foods. Maybe Pedigree, or something a little higher quality but lower then maybe ummm blue buffalo. Just curious. My dog is on TOTW. I don't plan to change him, but just curious.

09-12-2011, 11:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
robinhuerta Knighted Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,224	I actually like the Kirkland Signature foods....and the Nature's Domain. My dogs looked good on Pro Plan......I really have nothing negative to say about the food. (corn & all)....except that it has become an expensive food now. __________________ Huerta Hof German Shepherds www.teamhuertahof.com ....where breeding is still considered an art....

09-12-2011, 11:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Emoore Crowned Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North DFW, TX Posts: 9,214	To me, the food issue is black and white. There are good foods and bad foods. The bad foods have byproducts, wheat, soy, corn as a main ingredient instead of a minor one, artificial colors and flavors, sugar, BHA, and/or BHT. The good ones, well. . . . don't. I won't feed my dog a "bad" food, but I've gotten some great results with less expensive "good" foods. __________________ Rocky vom Backyard- 10 years young Kopper vom Felssclucht Bach - 17 months At the Bridge: Cash van der Animal Shelter 2006-2010

09-12-2011, 11:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
k_sep Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: LA, California Posts: 233	When I first got my pup she was on Iambs for about a month and had no problems. She's been on a variety of higher quality food since then, but she liked Iambs the best. It's the only food I don't have to mix in wet with that she'll eat happily. __________________ Luna: GSD puppy rescue Niki: 12 yo Shih tzu/ lhasa apso mix

09-12-2011, 11:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
robinhuerta Knighted Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,224	I remember growing up....our dogs were fed Strong Heart and Dog Chow....sometimes Ken'l Ration too. *Alpo canned dog food (horsemeat). __________________ Huerta Hof German Shepherds www.teamhuertahof.com ....where breeding is still considered an art....

09-12-2011, 11:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
msvette2u Crowned Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Beautiful Pacific NW Posts: 5,505	I don't feed it personally but had okay luck with Atta Boy at the shelter. For some reason it came out on the other end pretty well, better than some of the others. When we were pretty short on cash though, a few times, we fed the green bag of Purina. They didn't die or anything LOL I've heard of dogs living well into their teens on Purina... We feed our non-allergic dogs Diamond Naturals and Kirkland Signature.

09-12-2011, 11:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
robinhuerta Knighted Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,224	Emoore.....I don't think that they had many choices in dog/pet foods about 30+ years ago?? I think Dog Chow, Ken L Ration, Alpo & Strong Heart... were the foods back then...? __________________ Huerta Hof German Shepherds www.teamhuertahof.com ....where breeding is still considered an art....

09-13-2011, 12:00 AM	#10 (permalink)
carmspack Knighted Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: ontario - Posts: 3,325	there is speculation that the problems we are having NOW are the result of past generations of poorly fed dogs, that there is an accumulative effective , epigenetics . One study that documents progessive deterioration is Pottenger's Cats. There are dogs showing sensitivity and allergy , digestive disturbance from the earliest of puppy days long before there is enough time to have had prolonged exposure to an irritant/alllergen. Essentially you are what you eat , but you are also what your mother ate . Your dog is not a land fill for waste . Carmen Carmspack Working German Shepherd Dogs

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