Sally, The price of wholesale meat has gone up over 40% just since January.? I feed Eagle Pack Holistic Duck to 2 dogs that cannot tolerate raw.? My price for a 33lb bag went from $39.95 to $47.95 just last week.?Yikes!!!??I can't feed the cheaper brands due to the grains.? But, I will be looking for other options.? I am working with 2 dog food companies right now.? One has a cooked, refrigerated food that these 2 seem to tolerate.? I sure hope I can make that work as I get free food from them as a distributor.? I guess in this current economy, we need to get creative.?? Laura? -----Original Message----- From: sally <dan-ann@xxxxxxxx> To: List <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 9:14 am Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] sticker shot With only 2 wks worth of proplan left I decided to go shopping today to find another food. We are rather limited in this town for places to buy- Went to Tractor supply first and after flipping half the bags there to see the ingredients I ended up buying a bag of Diamond Chicken and Rice 35lbs for $25.00 - I will be feeding the younger runners Exceed but don't want to feed my seniors that high of fat and protein- and my crew insists on a chicken base dog good Since my dogs have become cuz ball fanatics I stopped at Pet Co on the way home to get a couple. I have not been in Petco since May. I thought I would have a heart attack at the prices on the dog food in there. Two come to mind Royal Canin 35 lb $55.99 and now the Dog whisper has his own food out- don't quite remember the price on the tag I thought would be for the larger bag was for the smaller bag. and a large bag would feed my husband and I for almost a week No wonder people in my area are not buying big dogs(or any dogs) The list of puppies in the paper is two columns long and with area codes from north and south of here. It is so bad that there are even Standard Poodles for $500 champion sired Sally www.embroiderybysally.org new designs ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://g sdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================