purina food question...

S.R.Patch · Post by **S.R.Patch** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:47 am

Warddog,
Have you got the special on the 21/17 chick/rice "The Pride" this month?
I've got to get another ton before Sunday, $2. off per bag, ends this month...
From what I've seen, these folks are in business to provide quality food for "hunting dogs"

... Patch

pztrailman · Post by **pztrailman** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 5:19 pm

I looked on the Pride web site and didn't see the 21/17 chick/rice feed listed. Can someone list the ingredients of the feed and what you pay for it.

beaglehandler · Post by **beaglehandler** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 7:59 pm

what are you paying for the Purina products ? i feed Blackgold and pay $15.00 per 50lbs and find it a very good feed. alot less stool, very shiny coats and lots of energy. i feed one cup per day and on days when dogs are ran real hard they get two cups. what i was told about grains is that corn is just a very cheap filler and has no benefit to the dogs diet. the vet school at the university of Tenn said that the best meat a dog can get is fish. why don't feed companies use it instead of chicken by-products.

Cottontail Chaser · Post by **Cottontail Chaser** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 9:07 pm

I have a bitch with 3 wins and several other places in 15" class AKC SPO, 2 years old and she was fed Purina Dog Chow during her trialing year. Had all the endurance and strength for all her series....Purina makes a good product period, buy a bag of each and see how your dogs reat and respond the best and that should make your decision easier after seeing the results first hand.. Good Luck

S.R.Patch · Post by **S.R.Patch** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:24 am

pztrailman wrote:I looked on the Pride web site and didn't see the 21/17 chick/rice feed listed. Can someone list the ingredients of the feed and what you pay for it.

pz,
The special brings it down to $13.75, it's good enough feed I'll pay that. I try to load up when good feed goes on special.
I don't have a bag in front of me to quote you the ingredients right now. It's the new blend in a bright green bag, the colour you like to use on a spinner bait.
They also have a new chick/rice 26/20 @ $16. per 50# in a bright orange/bubblegum coloured bag, another good one...lol
I think the guy who designs their food bags likes to fish also...lol...as he's used two of my favourite colours for baits...

Hunt6 · Post by **Hunt6** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 6:46 pm

Any dealers for Pride in central Tn that you'll know of.I also emailed them but have not heard back yet.I'd like to try it.
Hunt6

blackdirt beagles · Post by **blackdirt beagles** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:55 pm

update...

been feeding pro plan beef and rice and purina ONE beef and rice since the beginning of this topic. lately ive been using mostly purina ONE as they always have good coupons. we've had a fairly cold winter so far and im feeding less of the purina now than what i normally feed during the summer of my old brands i have tried. i figure im using 25% less food in the winter months and the dogs have easily maintained good running weight and are full of zip. coats are nice but ive never had trouble with that. waste is a big surprise. only getting about a 1/3 waste of my old food. that means a lot!! i had originally planned on using the pro plan but with all the coupons for ONE, i think i will stick with it. the ingredients look very similar to my uneducated eye anyhow and performance has been the same. i would say that either choice is a winner.

houndsound · Post by **houndsound** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:44 pm

You just getting coupons out of the paper or somewhere else????

dk

warddog · Post by **warddog** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:06 pm

Here's the ingredients on The Pride 21/17 in the nice green bag with orange trim: I think the 26/20 ingredients are pretty much the same.

Chicken by Product Meal, Ground Brewers Rice, Ground Yellow Corn, Poultry Fat (stabilized with mixed Tocopherols and Citric acis) sugar extracted beet pulp,wheat flour,animal digest,fish meal,flax seed,salt,brewers dried yeast,garlic,potassium chloride,choline chloride,zinc oxide,calcium carbonate,ferrous sulfate, zink sulfate, vitamin E supplement, niacin supplement, selenite,coppersulfate,d-calcium pantohenate,folic acid,vitamin A acetate, manganous oxide.d-biotin, menadione dimethyprimidinol bisulfate (source of vitamin k), vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, ethylenediamine dihydriodide, thiamine mononitrate, sodium selenite.

Been feeding it for about a year now with good results.

blackdirt beagles · Post by **blackdirt beagles** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:57 pm

i dont have access to PRIDE or od try it.

been getting a few online coupons. you know... take their quiz and get a $5 or $6 coupon.

Danny King · Post by **Danny King** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:48 pm

i have fed all of them i believe dog chow in the winter is the best i feed stait dog chow all year long though keeps nice weight on them to save your money just feed dog chow

Danny King

tony s. · Post by **tony s.** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:53 pm

i am feeding pro plan 26-16 how much do you guys feed mine seem pretty riby i feed about 2 cups it is cold right now should i feed twice a day ? about 25 to 30 lb dogs

blackdirt beagles · Post by **blackdirt beagles** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:22 pm

i got a 2 cup scoop i use. i give each dog a "healthy" scoop. during very cold spells i might add a bit more.

Danny King · Post by **Danny King** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:26 pm

I give my beagles 1 and a half cups of food winter and summer and my coon dog 2 cups. i feed dog chow and there all got good weight on.

Danny King