Feed Store Find: Exclusive Dog Food

[Emoore]

I was in my local independent feed store today buying flea bombs for my new foster when I came across this food:
Exclusive Pet Food - Dogs

It was $30 for a 35lb bag.

I'm sticking with Victor but this looks good for the price. Hope it helps some people!

[sable123]

Originally Posted by Emoore

I was in my local independent feed store today buying flea bombs for my new foster when I came across this food:
Exclusive Pet Food - Dogs

It was $30 for a 35lb bag.

I'm sticking with Victor but this looks good for the price. Hope it helps some people!

That is a solid product I know people in the midwest that use it. It was part of the old Purina Mills company, the part not bought by Nestle. It was once owned by Mars, but maybe be part of Land O Lakes now, not really sure.

There is a fancy brand made by the same company called Infinia and lower priced one called Red Flannel. Classic rural feed store food.

[Emoore]

Yeah, the lady at the feed store said it was made by the same company that makes the Purina horse feed, which has a much better reputation than the company that makes Purina dog foods. I saw they had a grain-free line also.

[sable123]

Originally Posted by Emoore

Yeah, the lady at the feed store said it was made by the same company that makes the Purina horse feed, which has a much better reputation than the company that makes Purina dog foods. I saw they had a grain-free line also.

Then it is Land O Lakes. We dont have feed stores anymore, what's left of Agway is a joke, teak furniture, $1,000 goldfish and wildflower seed kits. Halloween costumes too. I can't even buy a 50lb bag of beet pulp anymore.

[Kittilicious]

Our local Fleet Supply store sells Exclusive and that is what I feed my golden and plan on feeding my GSD pup. Nice thing is, after 5 (or 6?) bags you get a bag free!

[clearcreekranch]

I fed my previous dogs Exclusive. I had no problems with it and would have probably continued to use it except for my gsd's allergies and then subsequent research. I still think that it is probably a very good product for those on a budget.

[Emoore]

Originally Posted by sable123

Then it is Land O Lakes. We dont have feed stores anymore, what's left of Agway is a joke, teak furniture, $1,000 goldfish and wildflower seed kits. Halloween costumes too. I can't even buy a 50lb bag of beet pulp anymore.

Funny you should mention the $1000 goldfish. When I was a kid we always put goldfish in the stock tanks to eat the mosquito larvae and we realized that the little feeder fish we put in there grew to be 6 or 8 inches long with these huge, colorful fan-shaped tails. So for a while there I had a little business raising and selling goldfish. I'd buy them for a nickle apiece and sell them for twenty-five or thirty bucks.

[sable123]

Originally Posted by Emoore

Funny you should mention the $1000 goldfish. When I was a kid we always put goldfish in the stock tanks to eat the mosquito larvae and we realized that the little feeder fish we put in there grew to be 6 or 8 inches long with these huge, colorful fan-shaped tails. So for a while there I had a little business raising and selling goldfish. I'd buy them for a nickle apiece and sell them for twenty-five or thirty bucks.

Now they are called Koi. You can't stick a $1,000 price tag on a "goldfish"

[ChancetheGSD]

Sable, you should meet some of the show people. You'd be surprised what a champion Goldfish from proven lines can go for. Koi (there is a difference in the two!!) can easily go for $800-$1,000+. I've seen a couple at over $2,000!!

On the other hand, I highly doubt this fish is worth $100 regardless of it's size (Probably huge therefore the reason for the price as Emoore discovered keeping Goldfish. In really any fish, the bigger the size the more $$$ you'll pay) because it's probably just from random stock like normal pet store fish. It'd be pushing it to pay $200 for a fish like that (would need to be a rare pattern which do occasionally pop up in pet store fish) much less $1,000.

It's kind of like with dogs, fish have written show standards too! The more they win, the prettier they are, the BIGGER they are, the more they're worth!!