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Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 10:48 pm
by duckinout
Do any of you guys feed thus kind of dog food and what do you think about it ?

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 11:03 pm
by rebelp74
My dogs eat mostly table scraps.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 12:06 am
by duckinout
Try not give my dogs human food

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 5:59 am
by jehler
Orijen six fish

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 6:22 am
by Tomkat
My dog didnt like Diamond food



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:25 am
by ohio mike
Been feeding it about a year. All my dogs like it and do very well on it. I started to use it because the Wirehair didn't tolerate my old food (got the runs). I feed two beagles,a hyper lab,and a German Wirehair. I actually feed less the called for during slow times or they get to heavy.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:42 am
by assateague
jehler wrote:Orijen six fish



I still refuse to Google this.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:57 am
by jehler
assateague wrote:
jehler wrote:Orijen six fish



I still refuse to Google this.
dog eats better than I do
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Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:58 am
by assateague
I know for a fact that had there been a price tag on the bag, that is what you would've posted a pic of. Matter of fact, it's probably what you were looking for when you took that pic.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:02 am
by jehler
assateague wrote:I know for a fact that had there been a price tag on the bag, that is what you would've posted a pic of. Matter of fact, it's probably what you were looking for when you took that pic.
oh hell no, the wife makes those decisions, the price tag makes my left eye twitch. If it were up to me he would be eating dog food made out of critters jr traps and we shoot

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:06 am
by assateague
I figured you would "pass on the pain".

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:25 am
by goodkarmarising
assateague wrote:
jehler wrote:Orijen six fish



I still refuse to Google this.



28.6-lb bag in stock $70.99

:o :o :o :o :o :o :? :? :? :? :? :?
My 2 mutts don't eat that good. I thought $49 for a 35 lb of dog food was high.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:27 am
by goodkarmarising
Or the premium stuff....

Orijen Regional Red Grain-Free Dry Dog Food

$91 for a 28.6 lb bag.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:41 am
by assateague
Dammit GK.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:46 am
by goodkarmarising
I go thru about 2 bags of 35 lb bags about every 1.5 months for my 2 mutts at $49 a bag. Plus whatever table scraps they beg from me.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:49 am
by assateague
The Dingo eats surprisingly little of the Taste of the Wild. The bag calls for 3 cups a day, but if we put 5 cups in her bowl, it'll be there for three days. She doesn't eat much, which is good, because she gets fat quickly. With the addition of the pup, not too sure how the food situation is going to play out. The Dingo has always been a "free range" eater, or whatever you call it when the food is just left out for them. Pretty sure that's not gonna work with a puppy.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:51 am
by jehler
Chach gets 1 3/4 cup a day

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:52 am
by goodkarmarising
All depends on the dogs. I leave food out all day for my 2 labs and they eat when they are hungry. When my first dog was a pup he got fed twice a day and then as he got older I just left food out for him. I was more lax about leaving food out for the 2nd lab as a pup.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:55 am
by jehler
Good source for research
http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:28 am
by duckinout
Thanks y'all ! My little dog eats when ever he wants he's on special food everything he eats has to be wheat and gluten free or his hair falls out and he turns red

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:38 am
by Goldfish
My dog would have ate whenever but I would take her food away so that she finished it when I fed it to her. Did that so that I could feed her and she would eat it before we went hunting and it would have time to work thru her before she was running a field or swimming on a full stomach

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:54 am
by assateague
duckinout wrote:Thanks y'all ! My little dog eats when ever he wants he's on special food everything he eats has to be wheat and gluten free or his hair falls out and he turns red

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The Dingo was suffering from dry skin, which is why we went back to TOW. I highly recommend it. You can usually see a difference in less than 2 says.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:57 am
by jarbo03
I fed Diamond for a while. They have had way too many recalls for me to use them, Taz also had gas and loose bowels with it. I now feed Loyall, $32 for 40#, he has done great.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 9:58 am
by jehler
assateague wrote:
duckinout wrote:Thanks y'all ! My little dog eats when ever he wants he's on special food everything he eats has to be wheat and gluten free or his hair falls out and he turns red

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The Dingo was suffering from dry skin, which is why we went back to TOW. I highly recommend it. You can usually see a difference in less than 2 says.

that gets good reviews and a decent price, nutrisource looked like a good deal also, merrick too

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 10:07 am
by Flightstopper
jarbo03 wrote:I fed Diamond for a while. They have had way too many recalls for me to use them, Taz also had gas and loose bowels with it. I now feed Loyall, $32 for 40#, he has done great.

This. I've always heard good about it but if you do feed Diamond keep a close eye on recalls. Been a few in the last couple years.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:18 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
My wife's English bulldog has food allergies. Eats food that costs 80 bucks for 20 lbs from some fufu holistic dog food store. Just switched the Lab over to the 4health puppy formula from tractor supply. She loves it and its way better for her than the crappy IAMs I was giving her.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:49 pm
by Redbeard
jehler wrote:Chach gets 1 3/4 cup a day
exactly?

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:53 pm
by Feelin' Fowl
Redbeard wrote:
jehler wrote:Chach gets 1 3/4 cup a day
exactly?

It's actually 127 individual pieces, but it measures out to about 1 3/4 cup.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:57 pm
by Redbeard
Charlie gets Costco's Kirkland Signature Adult (chicken). Can't remember exact price but thinking its bout $22-$23 for 40 lb bag I think

Just switched Cadee to it too.

Re: Diamond dog foods hi-energy formula

PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 2013 3:38 pm
by Rick
jehler wrote:Good source for research
http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/


On the contrary, even if you agree with their biases, which real, board certified, canine nutritionists often don't, all they're "analyzing" is what's on the label and under the assumption that it's the worst case allowed by labeling law. They are not looking at the mfg's actual practices and what is, in fact, in the bag.

The prime example being "meat" vs "meal". A feed listing "chicken," for instance, rather than "chicken meal," as it's first ingredient is heavily penalized under the DFA system, on the grounds that much of a meat is water cooked out in processing. Labeling law requires that ingredients be listed by weight prior to processing, so it is possible that could be the case. But there are also feeds like Pro Plan where the "chicken" is still first by weight post processing, or "as fed".

Another DFA black mark on Pro Plan which I've checked out is the listing of "animal fat," which DFA gigs for being generic, rather than high quality like "poultry fat". Had they bothered to ask, Pro Plan would have advised them that the fat used is that of the particular formula's primary protein source, so a chicken formula is, in fact, using a fat DFA likes.

In any event, like any information on the Internet, one really needs to consider the source. DFA isn't the work of canine nutritionists, instead "The ratings given and comments made about the foods assessed on this site and ingredients listed are the opinion of the Editors, who are a small team of volunteers each with a long standing interest in dog nutrition." Bonjour.