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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>First and foremost once a day feeding is a
**BAD** idea. It can easily lead to resource issues, food issues
(guarding/resource) and is a marker for increased bloat potential (ie... if
being fed once a day they're probably starving by the time they eat, and thus
gulp food with more air, or that's the theory)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Second.. Food quantity ... are using an 8oz cup
measure or using a scale to measure out exactly 8 oz cups? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Third, have you tried adding fillers ... canned no
salt green beans, carrots (whole raw, minus any left over leafy
tops)?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Lastly ... food itself. I've been pretty
happy using Kirkland's Premium Lamb dry food. 40 lbs $26.99 last
week. Kirkland's not for everyone .. and even one version may not be ok
for all hounds. Within 2 weeks of trying the Kirkland "healthy weight" /
diet version of their food, my more "sensitive" hound broke out pretty badly ...
and most of that went away a month after going back to the Lamb formula.
And the Kirkland foods do rank up there in the higher tiers... no they aren't
your raw lamb/chicken/rice/potato ... but for dry food they're pretty
decent.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>-Robert</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <BR>Hi all.
Once again I am going to bring up the subject of dog food. I have 3
dogs, a 10-year-old lab, an approximately 8-year-old rescued mixed breed (med
size) and 4-year-old basset. I had fed Purina One in the past, then
switched to Purina Dog Chow because of the cost of feeding 3 dogs.
Because the dogs were packing on the pounds, my vet recommended we switch to
Science Diet Lite. My dogs eat twice a day, once at about 5:30 a.m. with
Millie the lab getting 2 cups, Buddy the mix gets about 1 1/2-2 cups and Reba
the basset gets 1 cup, same at about 4:00 p.m. I am going through a 30
pound bag of food in less than 2 weeks at $43./per bag. I am wondering
if anyone has any suggestions on maybe a better quality dog food
where I could feed them just once a day so that a bag lasts longer,
yet they are full, still at a good weight and maybe a little less money?
My second question is if I can find the right food, how do I transition them
to eating only once a day? As it is now, they KNOW when it is 4:00 and
time for dinner and they come find me and not let me out of their sight until
I feed them.. all 3 of them!</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>