[RodiKenley]

My dog didn't want Tast of the Wild. We even bought the 380 calorie kind and tried them in packets. Whether he liked it or not is almost out of question. He felt sick and very hungry those days. I might have to try Eagle Pack someday. It's so expensive and hard to find though!!!

 

[JonP]

Just bought a small bag of the Sierra Mountain Canine Formula. I have five dogs and they all loved this food. They even wanted more after they finished eating.

 

[GermanSheperdlover]

Hey Jon, try the wetlands. My dog eats it so fast he chokes on it sometimes.

 

[Shan1]

will taste of the wild high priare be good for a 6 month old GSD ? considering the high calcium %. feeding high priare solely. thank you in advance for your prompt reply.

 

[GermanSheperdlover]

I would not feed that as his main food yet. A large breed puppy food is the way to go.

 

[Holly2]

My dog's coated started to change almost immediately after adding TOTW to his food. So much that I emailed the company and asked them if they could send me some more samples. The sent me 2 pouches of each flavor! He loves this stuff and can't get enough. I've finally bought the 30 pound bag and am switching his food over slowly. Even my parent's picky pomeranians liked this stuff. It costs the same at my local feed store as the Nutro Ultra he was eating and it's a much better quality.

 

[GermanSheperdlover]

I got a little bag of this to see if Tony wanted to try a new taste. I guess he really loves this, because I had to slow him down because he was gonna choke himself to death he was eating it so fast. This is his new favorite food. Now he won't even eat the Orijen Red and he loves that, maybe I should say used to. I mixed them together last night and somehow he was able to eat all of this and he LEFT ALL OF THE RED in the bowl. What a sneaky boy he is.

 

[Antonio1]

Jess,

I've been looking at giving Diamond Pet Food another try since my Doberman is a bit older, and also since their feed costs quite a bit less than the stuff I'm feeding. But do you know if their ingredients are ALL USA sourced ingredients or do they source some out of the country? I didn't see this info on their website.

 

[GermanSheperdlover]

I have no answer for ya on that one. But the only Diamond product I would ever feed is TOTW. I make sure at least half of Tonys food is Orijen everyday, plus his meat, so I don't worry to much. It looks like Michelle's Whole earth farms canned food is working out, his stools are staying firm. I am pretty happy about this because I really want to get him off Innova canned food. I used the canned to mix his powdered supplements in with.

 

[Antonio1]

I guess I won't put too much thought into it. You know maybe I'm naive, but I just found out that TOTW and Diamond are not actually run by the same CEO. TOTW is a seperate company w/ completely seperate business practices. Their only connection to Diamond Pet Products is the manufacturing facility. I actually put my other dog (Pug) on TOTW to help him keep his weight under control since it has fewer calories than his previous food.

 

[GermanSheperdlover]

Yep, and Diamond has that relation with a number of companies to include Costco's brands. I have the list but it is on my other computer. It still isn't the greatest feeling in the world, but just how could I tell Tony no. He loves this dog food.

 

[Antonio1]

I say keeping using it, and your dog gets plenty of added meat in his diet, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. I keep trying to post a couple of links about Chicken by product meal vs Chicken Meal, vs Meat & Bone Meal, kind of intersting, it's located on Diamonds website under dog nutrition. For some reason that email has been blocked twice, but check it out it's a interesting read.

 

[GermanSheperdlover]

Even though I feed TOTW I would be hard pressed to believe them(Diamond). But I well go read it even though I might not believe what they have to say. I really like this gal.

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=meat-meal

 

[GermanSheperdlover]

It's pretty odd they talk about how low quality Chicken by-product meal is(which it is) and then they have it as ingredient in their own dog food. Makes no sense to me. Man, 3 of the worst ingredients you can find in a dog food. Also I have been reading about brewers rice and that stuff is down right horrible. I now believe wheat is worse than corn by a mile and wheat "flour" is really a low quality ingredient.

Chicken by-product meal, whole grain ground corn, wheat flour, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), brewers rice, beet pulp, egg product, flaxseed, natural chicken flavor, fish meal, potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, niacin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.

This was pretty interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Pet_Foods

 

[Antonio1]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one that read that I thought someone was strange about it. They blast the stuff, but yet and still it's in their products LOL. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot. I appreciate you taking time to look at that info and give it a second look as I'm sure I could have mistakenly looked over stuff.

 

[Antonio1]

someone = something

 

[Michelle6]

Hi guys,when I was a kid my Collie LOVED whole wheat bread.If she didn't want to do something,all you had to do was show her a piece of bread and she would do whatever you wanted her to.To her it was the BEST TREAT EVER!!! LOL.You guys are right about Diamond using gross ingredients in their regular line,but the Naturals line looks pretty good for a budget brand.

 

[Antonio1]

Michelle, long time no see, I finally got a breather here and there to pop in, but your right, the Naturals line does seem to be a step up from their original formulas. I've even considered giving their Naturals Extreme Athlete a try, since it's far less expensive than the other stuff I use this time of year. I've had mixed results though in the past from foods manufactured by Diamond, but I'll try the slower transition process and see how it goes I assume.