[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Purina Hi-pro, Raw, or what?

  • From: Kay Reamensnyder Betty Doerpinghaus <bedkar@xxxxx>
  • To: Carol Moore <scharo777@xxxxxxx>, <pbgs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, GSD list <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:48:55 +0000

You are right on the mark, Carol.  Find out what your dogs do best 

on and be happy.  We have used Purina for almost 30 years and it's

been good enough to produce 20 AKC and 40 CKC Champions, 5 of which

have been top ranked and BIS winners in either the US or Canada.

We have had one bitch that tended to hot spots while blowing coat

so we changed her to a corn-free product during that period and it worked 

fine.  There is no one perfect solution for every situation.

 

As for raw, dog related animals in the wild didn't get nice clean chicken from

a supervised and regulated butcher.  They ingested every thing edibile in that

carcass, including intestines and stomach contents.. and it wasn't always fresh

....in other words, they ate what they needed to survive.

All I am saying is there is nothing wrong with raw if that is what your animal

does best on....but it is not the same thing that animals eat in a natural 
state.

 

What ever works is what is right for your particular GSD.



 -Kay Reamensnyder and Betty Doerpinghaus
 -Home of Bedkar German Shepherds
 -bedkar@xxxxx
 -Visit our Website:  www.bedkargsd.com

 



 
> From: Scharo777@xxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:30:06 -0500
> Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Purina Hi-pro, Raw, or what?
> To: pbgs@xxxxxxxxxxxx; kmc@xxxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> That is the good think about opinions - Everyone has one - And they are 
> about the only free thing left to us.
> With an opinion and 50 cents you can make a phone, if you can find a pay 
> phone. :)
> Here is mine:
> 
> I feed different foods. My dogs seem to like a change every now and then. 
> I add NO supplements.
> I find coats to be mostly genetic and seasonal. I could starve my Fire - 
> Bailey kids and they still would have full, thick, coats. I have tried 
> EVERYTHING with EBONY and she stays VERY close coated and sheds every 2 
> months. 
> Cathy did get her to gain weight by changing her kibble every 2 days to keep 
> up 
> her interest in eating. Now she is with a handler and eating everything in 
> site. Go figure.
> With a heavy back ground in Food Sanitation feeding raw scares me to death. 
> Yes, I know a dog's digestive system is different from human's. And I taught 
> all the terrible things that can grow in raw food & my families regigiously 
> practice the "Rule of 4" ,and I remember the story from 15 or 20 years ago of 
> some famous Wet Coast dog who ate a dead fish on the beach and got 
> salmonella and almost died. (No I don't remember the name or owner) So I 
> choose not 
> to dabble in raw. I am happy for the success of others.
> Carol
>
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