Solid Gold

could ya be more specific 14?

 

Mine is DVP Natural Balance Ultra Prem. I have not had a problem with it yet.

 

Now, I know I cant speak for folks, but I am guessing he is responding to the topic....LOL! Solid Gold....he fed it and won't again?
possibly??????

 

yea, thats what I was thinkin'. but then again we went from solid gold to timberwolf then nutro and diamond.

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question for you.have you ever tried purina high pro? my dogs and most that i have seen do excellent on it.decent price,easy to get a hold of,nice fat protein levels,poop comes out managable and mine look damn good on it to.nice coats and muscle tone,nice energy just real happy on it.just a suggestion for ya

 

lol...I hear ya~

 

Baker, I had my dogs on DVP & I absolutely loved it........until the venison formula got recalled. And although they didn't recall the others, I don't trust that they haven't had melamine added even if it was done without them knowing. Until this blows over, I'm looking for another food.

 

I fed Solid Gold for a brief time, at the request of another man who dropped his dog off for a few months. She came with a few big bags of the most expensive food in the store, with the thinking "it must be good, if it's that expensive", opted for it over Timberwolf. Out of respect, I fed the food, announcing my dislike often. When she left, the remaining food went with her, and I don't see any coming onto the yard anytime soon.

Diahrea 10+ times a day, poor coat, lack of energy, and poor health in general. She did better on Eukanuba and "Farm n Fleet" cheap shit, than on the ridiculously overpriced Solid Gold. The formula we used was "Barking at the Moon", which was absolutely counter-productive for getting a dog through it's show preparations, and one of the main ingredients is BEEF.

I don't know how it would be as a maintanence feed, but I see little reason in it. Too expensive, pretty bag and high-price tag without the ingredients to follow. I'd pay twice as much for Timberwolf, AND drive 2 1/2 hours to the nearest dealer if free shipping wasn't an option. Not to mention, TW is CHEAPER. Place an order and have it for free on your door step in a few days, can't beat that. I'm back to experimenting with Canidae as I've found it somewhat locally in a pinch, and it's less than 1/2 the price for a competitive food. It's not been long enough to make an honest assesment, but all the dogs are doing well on it so far, after roughly 2 months.

But, back to topic. 50, there ya go. Not worth a shit as a keep kibble base, and too expensive for maintenance feed. Caused my dogs to do extremely poorly, and performed worse than 10 dollars a 50 lb. bag of corn-based "Cheap n Fleet".

 

I fed my dogs Solid Gold Wolfking for probably a good year, and just recently switched to Canidae about month or so ago... I got to looking at prices and quality for the price, and I decided to switch to Canidae because I got more food for less money and it was a better quality than Solid Gold... When my dogs were on Solid Gold, they did great on it and loved it... There coats looked wonderful... I have been getting Merrick's can food to mix in with the Canidae for one meal(dinner) and they go bonkers, it's gone in like 1 minute... Good Luck, I hope it works for you..

 

Why would you switch from Nature Variety?? IMHO and from experience I've never found any better dry kibble for the price. I've fed nearly all of the high end foods at one time or another and NV is the best I've found. I have several friends that stuck with it now too after trying many others. I always recommend it first when asked about foods.
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He's been breaking out to 3 different flavors, not sure if it's the food or an outside source. But, we've been switching to Timberwolf slowly and the redness doesn't seem as pronounced.

 

[font=Times New Roman','serif]Okay…why the Timberwolf? You say Canidae (which one…hopefully not the useless Chicken & Rice version?) didn’t work for your dog/s so that made you think switching to a lesser quality kibble and ingredients would benefit them? Was it the 4.5% less Kcal/kg that you liked or the you’re rolling in the money and simply enjoy feeding your 50lb dog 1 ¾ cups more per day? LoL As I’d hate to think you liked oats so much versus rice that you’d be willing to pay over a $1 more per pound for the substitute? Then again I’m an idiot and it could be the less, digestibility you’re impressed with? As I’d like to think the bogus internet ratings isn’t a factor in your decision to looking into that kibble. Just notice all those that feed it…feed the wrong formula. There is a reason they only have one formula recommended for “long term maintenance” (daily). If still looking look into Nature’s Variety…just don’t buy their canned food since you dislike the recall stuff!<O:p</O:p[/font]

 

Thank you for coming back with your accusatory tone. First off, I am nowhere near "rolling in money" as you put it. However, my financial status is none of your concern. But for the record, I paid a whopping $3 more per bag than I did the Canidae.

Although I usually enjoy your advice, your "ALL dog do well on Canidae" preaching doesn't fly. All dogs are different & not all do well on the same food. As for my dogs, I had them on Canidae All Stages & they look like shit. They shed horribly, their coats are very dry, the dandruff is out of control (& my dogs have never had dandruff issues before....ever), their overall body look is bad, & they poop constantly. I did a fecal check on each & every dog to rule out worms/parasites before blaming the feed. However, all were clean. Plus, this happens every single time I've tried Canidae with my dogs. Even the new pup looks guant & has a horrible coat with loads of dandruff. I don't like Canidae for my dogs. Period.

As for Solid Gold, I'm not pleased with it just after the 2 bags. My dogs poop is loose & God-awful smelly. However, Savage has taken to it quite well.

AF for Timberwolf, I have not tried it.

But I am open to your suggestions, TB, as long as they don't revolve around "Canidae is the only food worth feeding" & "Canidae is the greatest."

 

I feed the the Hundenflocken with good results. My only complaint would be terrible gas. I switched from Timberwolf to Solid Gold b/c Pistol is allergic to chicken. She has good muscle tone and too much energy. I would recommend it, but she is the only dog I have fed this too.

I like it better than the NB.

 

I agree God awful gas. Its really terrible.

 

did you just agree with yourself?


LOL

 

NO I was agreeing with Mia. I posted before I saw the last post from Mia.

 

oh got you, sorry I am a little slow in the brain


It's Monday.

 

Thank you for coming back with your accusatory tone. First off, I am nowhere near "rolling in money" as you put it. However, my financial status is none of your concern. But for the record, I paid a whopping $3 more per bag than I did the Canidae.
You’re welcome, though wasn’t any “accusatory tone” in the reply! The “rolling in money” was a joke, followed by questions as to why if Canidae didn’t work you’d try a lesser ingredient kibble. As I could careless if you’re rolling in it or not as it doesn’t benefit me in any form or fashion.

All dogs are different & not all do well on the same food.
Get out of here with that useless saying! Please show me how your dogs are different from any other dog, breed, or wolf. A dog is a dog and each requires the same basic nutritional needs! Cause you keep them in crates haven't changed anything within them!
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As for my dogs, I had them on Canidae All Stages & they look like shit. They shed horribly, their coats are very dry, the dandruff is out of control (& my dogs have never had dandruff issues before....ever), their overall body look is bad, & they poop constantly.
And I’m sure you left them on it for no amount of time just like below you mentioning switching from Solid Gold very quickly. Ever thought that the dogs GI system needs to adjust even more when going from a carb based kibble to a premium meat based one.
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I did a fecal check on each & every dog to rule out worms/parasites before blaming the feed. However, all were clean. Plus, this happens every single time I've tried Canidae with my dogs. Even the new pup looks guant & has a horrible coat with loads of dandruff. I don't like Canidae for my dogs. Period.
Good then don’t feed it…facts still remain it’s a great kibble and one every other manufacturer follows their lead. I mentioned in a previous thread…people that have problems with kibble are the ones constantly changing it! I’ve personally never seen a dog that didn’t benefit from Canidae and/or do well on it. Only exception is in the early part of 2006 when they was trying out different ingredients and formula changes was there issues with dogs. Why would you do such test if symptoms started with the switch of kibble-seems like a waste? Keep switching until you run out of options or simply feed what you were feeding. As for the “gaunt” looking pup…obvious you’re not feeding enough if it looks that way if nothing is medically wrong with it! Though given your prior kibble you’re simply used to the bloated carb look.

AF for Timberwolf, I have not tried it.
Well try it if desiring what I mentioned before.

But I am open to your suggestions, TB, as long as they don't revolve around "Canidae is the only food worth feeding" & "Canidae is the greatest."
Well if you’d work on the reading comprehension…you’d see where I in fact did recommend a kibble since you said Canidae wasn’t working out and even advised against their canned foods.

 

Just for the record, I'm not an idiot.

I don't change my dogs' food every 2 weeks like you seem to be assuming I do. The first time I had my dogs on Canidae, it was for a 10 month period. They looked like crap. Then, in light of the recall on DVP's NB, they've been back on Canidae for 3+ months now............& they look like crap. I've since switched to Solid Gold for just a whole week. Whoopeedeedoo. And despite the fact that many are having loose stools, I will continue to feed this same brand for at least 14 more weeks to see the true effects unless I choose otherwise.

And when I switched from Canidae to Solid Gold, I did it gradually by incorporating 1-1 bags of each with them being fed a different ratio each day. Just like I do for my horses.

And believe it or not, I DID read through your entire post. However, I feel that if I am going to chance a brand of food involved in all the recalls, I will put my dogs back on DVP's NB (Ultra Premium which was not included in the recall) as they all did very well on that food. I have no good reasons to pay $50+ for a 33 lb bag of food from a company involved in a worldwide recall especially when I will go through a minimum of 2 bags a week easy.

I'm glad Canidae works well for you & I understand you don't believe that different dogs do better on different foods. But in theory if all dogs will do great on Canidae, then please explain why they don't? And why some of those who don't do well on the food actually do downright poorly? The only other food I can compare the results from Canidae to with my dogs is waaaay back in the day when I had some on Purina One. Same thing.