Re: [pyrnet] Re:Question on Foods(Diamond)??

[M3A4E5@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/1/01 6:04:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, JKW9298@aol.com 
writes:

<< Ok Im sure I missed this but I need to put some weight on my my two Pyrs. 
 What do you suggest? I am now feeding Nutro large breed. Julie
  >>
I can recommend to you a choice of two brands that are excellent quality. 
One: SOLID GOLD, Hund-N- Flocken; dog food flakes Maintenance Diet for dogs. 
Ingredients include; Lamb meal, Ground Millet, Ground Brown Rice, Ground 
Barley, Menhaden fish meal, Canola Oil, Flaxseed Oil, Rice Bran Garlic, 
Amaranth, Blueberries, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Taurine, Carotene, Choline 
Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, and another bunch of vitamin supplements. It has 
NO wheat, No soybeans, No Corn, No Animal Fat, No Poultry Fat, No Byproducts, 
No Sugar Added, No Preservatives, and No Salt added. My neighbors told me 
about it. They have the biggest Doberman that I have ever seen; 33 inches and 
120 lb. he has a beautiful coat, as does my Jasper. My Jasper (14 months) 
really enjoys it and if FINALLY starting to put on some weight with it. His 
stools are SOLID, (no more loose stools or squishy stuff) and he is also 
GROWING a little. We buy it at a Feed Store.

The second brand is: Owen & Mandeville, (O&M) either Puppy Pride Dog Food, or 
Prime Life Dog food. This is Not Available in Stores. I got a 15 LB bag free 
from a distributor that I met at a dog show. It is an ENZYME ACTIVE WHOLE 
FOOD CONCENTRATE product. It has; Kelp Meal, Probiotics, and Chelated 
Minerals among its many ingredients. It is a HOLISTIC, BIOSYNERGEITIC, 
PRODUCT. It is supposedly baked fresh under very strict conditions. At any 
rate Jasper does extremely well with it.

I combine the two products together, in equal amounts, in his food bowl. He 
is absolutely thriving on it. He came to us when he was 22 weeks old. He had 
an ear infection, an eye infection, and Giardia. He was very small for his 
age, and I really despaired that he would ever grow enough to make the 
minimum standard. I tried IAMS, Science Diet, (Veterinarian's Prescription 
type) Chicken Breasts and Rice, (the same stuff that we ate) and a few other 
brands. THIS STUFF REALLY WORKS. It is expensive but it is TOP QUALITY. I 
also mix in a CAN of Solid Gold every other meal. I mix this in with the dry 
food and he usually finishes all of it. He is not a gulper, he chews his food 
better than I do. Therefore, I will leave the food out for him to finish. I 
do not take it away after 15 minutes. Once he finishes it, His bowl is 
cleaned and remains empty until the next meal. 

Sorry I rambled on here, but I am just as thrilled as can be that Jasper is 
healthy and thriving. These two brands of dog food are the best that I have 
ever found!

Terry Rickert