 Re: is nutro natural choice a good brand?
[Re: Amber Morgan ]
#132712 - 03/11/2007 02:14 PM |
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for those who don't know, EVERY food product at Petco or Petsmart PAYS to be on the shelves. Petco or Petsmart don't give a rat's rectum about the ingredients in the food. They're interested in making money, bottom line.
I agree that there are dry foods that are better than others..as a matter of fact you can research alot of them here and on the Net in other places. However, when you do the math, raw/prey diets just aren't that much more than the ultra-high quality human grade ingredient dog foods.
I can get 10lbs of raw chicken for .59 a lbs every day...6.00 bucks for a 10lbs bag. Check the price for a 10lbs bag of regular dry dog food...it's not exactly the same, but it's not far off, either.
 Brenna
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Re: is nutro natural choice a good brand?
[Re: Mike Morrison ]
#132715 - 03/11/2007 02:28 PM |
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Mike,
Unfortunately I have noticed at every Petco, Petsmart and other large chain pet stores that most of the dog food bags have nibble holes from mice and their droppings on the lower shelves  . I found a butcher near me that sells chicken leg quarters for $19.99 for 40 lbs (this is the normal price too) and chicken necks and backs for 0.39 cents a lb. Raw is definitely cheaper for me to feed my shepherd. I think after bagging everything up in ziploc bags I had about 26 days worth of food for about $23.
Kimberly
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Re: is nutro natural choice a good brand?
[Re: Kimberly Bunk ]
#132936 - 03/12/2007 11:18 PM |
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do any of you ever worry about the bones...for real? i would personally feel more comfortable about feeding raw if yall were saying, "yeah, i grind the bones up..."...
well, is that considered 'just as good', even though they dont have the bones to chew on????
if yall told me that i may be further along to switching than i thought....just have to buy a food processor for the house to do it with.....
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Re: is nutro natural choice a good brand?
[Re: Louis LaRose ]
#132938 - 03/12/2007 11:26 PM |
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do any of you ever worry about the bones...for real? i would personally feel more comfortable about feeding raw if yall were saying, "yeah, i grind the bones up..."...
well, is that considered 'just as good', even though they dont have the bones to chew on????
if yall told me that i may be further along to switching than i thought....just have to buy a food processor for the house to do it with.....
No, it's not just as good, because there are so many benefits to the chewing (teeth, gums, and jaw/neck muscles), but it's still pretty darned good, IMO.
A food processor won't do it.
A butcher can, and there are grinders that can. (I have heard from several people that Northern Tool is better than Maverick. I used to have one, back when I was very nervous about bones.)
BUT, better still, you could feed necks and backs, which are soft, as the RMB part. 
In fact, a LOT of people use necks and backs as the major RMB part of their dog's raw diet. You could start there and see how you feel about it in a few weeks. There's nothing wrong with a diet based on chicken backs, IMHO. They even have some organ meat attached (kidney). If they are meaty, they can be a whole meal, and if they are not, they can have some muscle meat added.
JMO! 
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Re: is nutro natural choice a good brand?
[Re: Connie Sutherland ]
#132939 - 03/12/2007 11:38 PM |
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thanks....i think that i am going to finish up my solid gold kibble and the nature's variety raw patties that i have and start giving it a whirl...i have to have all my ducks in a row though...can't just start by throwing hunks of yardbird for the dog and expect it to suffice....lol...
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Re: is nutro natural choice a good brand?
[Re: Louis LaRose ]
#132945 - 03/13/2007 12:16 AM |
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I was using it for a while and unfortunatly I got a bad bag of it. made all for of my dogs throw up, haven't bought it since due to concern for thier quaility control
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Re: is nutro natural choice a good brand?
[Re: Louis LaRose ]
#132946 - 03/13/2007 12:18 AM |
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I had the same worries initially. I am still careful and hand feed my 6 month old puppy her small chicken wings.
I did notice that when I give her large chicken wings she has a lot of trouble chewing and tearing the large bone, I also noticed that she would sometimes strain and squeal a bit when going potty, and there would be visible pieces of bone (But NO blood), in the stool.
So now I chop the large pieces with a kitchen ax until the bones (especially the large joints) are crushed, but I don't cut it into pieces.
So far all is going well, she is ripping, tearing and chewing, and no more squealing.
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Re: is nutro natural choice a good brand?
[Re: Su Saou Wen ]
#132948 - 03/13/2007 12:25 AM |
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Su Saou, your puppy might do better with chicken necks than wings...what kind of dog is it, btw?
Brenna
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Re: is nutro natural choice a good brand?
[Re: Mike Morrison ]
#132957 - 03/13/2007 05:18 AM |
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Re: is nutro natural choice a good brand?
[Re: Connie Sutherland ]
#132961 - 03/13/2007 06:51 AM |
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I know that neither my garbage disposal nor my food processor could handle bones. But I watched my pup take care of a couple of frozen lamb chops in a very short while. I had hoped being frozen they would last longer. But I think longer may have constituted about 30 seconds. Dogs are amazing!
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