[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Now what to Feed?
- From: Peter Cacioppo <PeterCacioppo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:04:29 -0800
Addition to my email below: I forgot you also get the Petco buy 10 get one
free bag program as you use the Petco frequent buyer card they give you.
All in all a good program for you and for the parent club...and for the
dogs!.
Peter Cacioppo
www.members.tripod.com/EagleGSD
Eagle Hill Vineyards and Winery, German Shepherds and Belted Galloway cattle
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From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Peter Cacioppo
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 5:48 PM
To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Now what to Feed?
Since Scott had a Grand Victrix ProPlan must not be too bad. Seriously, I
also have been feeding ProPlan for years as do a number of other people I
know. If you buy it when Petco has it on sale at their monthly or so 4.00
off a bag sale...and then you buy 200 pounds at a time and ask for the
"Petco breeders' discount, you get another 20% off!!! Hopefully you are
already a member of ProPlan Breeders' club as you can then send in a number
of weight circles to ProPlan and get back $25 debit cards to great
restaurants like Applebee's, Chili's, Romano's, Macaroni Grill and a couple
more. I figured it out one time and that brings my cost to below $20 a
bag...can't remember the exact amount. But one of the better things is that
the German Shepherd Dog Club of America is also part of the ProPlan
Breeders' club plan and they get credit for the weight circles we breeders
send in at the same time if we mentioned that when we joined ourselves. I
believe in 2005 ProPlan sent the GSDCA a check for $20,000 from this plan.
I think the check was around $10,000 in 2004 so more of us are now
participating. If we could get a few hundred more breeders doing it the
check could get even larger. The check I believe ProPlan states is to be
used for health and educational purposes or something like that. Something
to think about.
Peter Cacioppo
www.members.tripod.com/EagleGSD
Eagle Hill Vineyards and Winery, German Shepherds and Belted Galloway cattle
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From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Trahanone@xxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 3:40 PM
To: arelee@xxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Now what to Feed?
I have fed Pro Plan for many years with great success. Quality control is so
important and many commercial dog foods pay "toll blenders/manufactures to
make there food. I suggest staying away from those and stick to the
companies that manufacture there own foods in there own facilities and have
a good quality control program.
Being a Chemist and Engineer I can tell you dog food is not hard to make and
when you look at cost there is a reason name brands are more expensive
besides marketing cost. It is a function of raw material cost and quality
control. I do not believe you can produce a quality 40 lb bag of food and
sell it for $12.00 and to expect it to be a good quality food.
McDonalds versus OutBack Steakhouse....prices are different but sois the
quality of food.
My 2 Cents Worth.
Scott Trahan
White Oak
Gvx Hickoryhills Godiva and BIS Sammy
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