Anyone heard of ROTATIONS brand dog food?
O boy, here we go again, another food topic ^_^
I recently came across an ad for Rotations Dog Food. I wrote to them to request a sample and they sent me a 6 pound box (three 2# bags) which arrived in only one day!
http://www.rotationspetfood.com/default.aspx
Could some of you with more expertise in dog food look over their concept and ingredient list and tell me what you think? Sidney is on Wellness and he's doing great on it...it's just that he is picky and leaves a lot of his Wellness kibble behind in favor of stealing one of the other dogs' less healthy foods. Then Bruce (my senior dog) manages to sneak upstairs and eat Sidney's Wellness! It's like nobody eats the food they are supposed to! I thought if I could find a good quality kibble that Sidney would eat right away and avoid this "musical chairs" approach to dinner.
I'd appreciate any insight. Thank you! What I can say so far is this company has great customer service.
I recently came across an ad for Rotations Dog Food. I wrote to them to request a sample and they sent me a 6 pound box (three 2# bags) which arrived in only one day!
http://www.rotationspetfood.com/default.aspx
Could some of you with more expertise in dog food look over their concept and ingredient list and tell me what you think? Sidney is on Wellness and he's doing great on it...it's just that he is picky and leaves a lot of his Wellness kibble behind in favor of stealing one of the other dogs' less healthy foods. Then Bruce (my senior dog) manages to sneak upstairs and eat Sidney's Wellness! It's like nobody eats the food they are supposed to! I thought if I could find a good quality kibble that Sidney would eat right away and avoid this "musical chairs" approach to dinner.
I'd appreciate any insight. Thank you! What I can say so far is this company has great customer service.
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Permalink Reply by Joanna Kimball on
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I'm glad they finally put the ingredients up on the site - you used to have to dig through about seven layers to find them.
It's a basic super-premium conventional diet, comparable to Solid Gold or Canidae or Castor and Pollux, with the three varieties in one big gorgeous box for a ton of money. It's a fine kibble; nothing remarkable, and they use the same tricks everybody else uses (their "salmon" has "salmon, turkey meal..." meaning that the salmon was weighed wet but the turkey was weighed dry - it actually has a lot more turkey than salmon). If you want to order from a super-pretty website, go for it. Otherwise, buy three bags of any kibble of your choice (for example, if I was doing it I'd have the regular adult Orijen, a bag of EVO, and EVO Red Meat) and rotate on your own.
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Permalink Reply by Geri & Sidney on
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One thing I did notice was, the recommended feeding amounts for a 20-30 pound dog was 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups a day. They recommended breaking that up into two feedings. It seems usually the dog food manufacturer wants you to feed so much more than that, so I was glad to see the more reasonable amount listed. Still a little high, but better.
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Permalink Reply by Sky and Lyla on
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How did you get the sample? I am happy on the food I'm feeding, but I'd be happy to mix in some of their food for what I put in toys Kongs etc, if it's free. Never turn down free dog food (well, not as long as it's decent food)!
I have seen their ads several times in some of the "high end" pet magazines.
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just go to the website and find the "contact us" section...and ask!
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I just got an email saying they were sending me a sample. Hooray for free food!! Thanks again for the tip!
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Permalink Reply by Aj on
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I've never heard of Rotations brand until now. The ingredients look good to me! I went ahead and requested samples as well :) Thanks for the link/tip. How does Sidney like it?
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Today I mixed it with his Wellness, 25% as they suggested. I don't know if it was the food or that he was starving today (he has a walk, dog park...played hard, and a therapy visit), but he ate his entire dinner! At once! He's never done that before. I'm interested to see if this trend continues.
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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Free food? I may order some just to use as treats! Mine will think anything is a treat. :)
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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Yes I'm with you Beth...I get free samples and those are great "treats" for my dogs!
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Permalink Reply by Shepdog on
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Yup-- they actually gave me 100 lbs for free in my store as a promo -- they're trying to really get this food placed and pushed. Very nice company and rep, but I'll be honest -- I'm not likely to stock it.
I felt it was right along the lines Joanna said -- basic super-premium, and you're paying a crazy price for the 3 bags in a box. I want to say that the 25lb box will retail at 55.99/59.99. As a retailer, that makes me sort of raise an eyebrow -- you can get a LOT of nice foods for a whole lot less in the category this kibble falls into. It's pretty expensive for what it is - but that said, it's a pretty box, and the food seems palatable. :) My manager's crew liked it.
Personally, you can look at a lot of foods that do what theirs do -- many lines have a lot of different proteins that sit at about the same levels of fat/protein that they're touting as an easy switch. It's funny -- they're having you switch gradually too between bags -- it's just um... well, what any dog person's going to tell you to try when switching to a new food.
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Wow that is crazy expensive! I can get a 30 lb bag of Evo or Orijen for only $3-5 more, which I personally think are better foods. It's amazing how much you pay for marketing!!!
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It's also manufacturing. To ship and pack this is FAR more expensive than just a bag, and it takes up a lot of linnear shelf space -- you can't stack it well.
Orijen sort of er... fixes their price point way higher than any other food on the retailer's market right now. As a retailer, it is one of the only foods out there that you can't do your own choice of markup on... if they catch you selling it for less than MSRP, they'll pull it out of your store. You can sell it higher than that, just not lower.
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