What do you feed your corgi?
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Permalink Reply by Sky and Lyla on
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Another thing to be aware of is that while, in the past I would have said Canidae was a great company, within the past year they have merged with Diamond and now Diamond manufactures the Canidae food. So everything Joanna says about Diamond applies to Canidae as well.
Also, if feeding raw is not an option (I understand it's expensive, I can't afford to do it 100% either), look into the Honest Kitchen brand. It is a dehydrated raw and my dogs love it. It's more convenient than raw but offers the dogs a lot of the same nutrition benefits. Here is a link to the company website. Also, when you look at prices for it, remember that each pound of dehydrated food turns into about 4 pounds (depending on the specific formula) of food for the dog. It actually turns out to be similar in price per pound to the Orijen, which I also feed.
Holistic does not necessarily mean human-grade. In fact, Holistic Select has the word in the title, but they are not human-grade. I believe that Canidae still calls themselves holistic as well, but they have had to remove human-grade from their materials since merging with Diamond. Whatever you pick, just make sure to research the company thoroughly. Most of the larger companies (Purina, owned by Nestle, Diamond, etc) do not have the pets' best interests at heart. Research what Purina has done to Wysong, a pioneer in healthy, appropriate pet food. I refuse to support companies like that (which is easy since their food is useless anyway).
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Permalink Reply by Joanna Kimball on
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Diamond did not buy, merge with, take over, etc. Canidae. The amount of bad information swirling about Canidae is crazy. I don't blame you for thinking it, but it's wrong.
Canidae contracted with a Diamond plant to produce its food. This is true of the vast majority of the smaller producers; because owning their own plants would be impossibly expensive and the infrastructure would be impossible to put into place, they rent space in a larger plant. They still source their own ingredients and come up with their own recipes, and they have dedicated machines that run their batches. Diamond plants make a TON of the brands that are very highly recommended here and elsewhere, but that does not mean they own the brands. Diamond owns Diamond, Premium Edge, Chicken Soup, Taste of the Wild, Bright Bites, Country Value, and a few others. It manufactures for probably twenty more.
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That's very interesting. Thank you for that information. I am certain though, that around the same time they contracted with Diamond to produce their food (also the same time Canidae changed their formula), they did take the "Human-grade" off of their website. I do not know if this is connected with Diamond's production or the new formula, but I find it very interesting.
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Permalink Reply by Mary on
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I am a little confused...from what I have read I thought it was illegal to term dog food as "human grade". I had heard that the equivalent term to use with dog food was "holistic" instead.
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No, human grade means the products they are using, specifically the meat, are the same as what is used in your food. That means that no diseased animals, poisoned animals, beaks and feather, etc are going into the food. I have never heard anywhere that it was illegal to coin a food as such. Since I refuse to buy a food that is not human-grade, I know of several products that classify themselves this way. Now, the companies might be required to meet certain guidelines before they can say they are "human-grade." Any company can actually claim to be "holistic" without meeting any guidelines. That is why I take the term "holistic" on pet food with a grain of salt. I thoroughly research any company I consider using, find out where they are getting their meats from, and check that all of their ingredients, specifically the meats are labeled as either human-grade or "fit for human consumption."
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No, "holistic" means nothing on a dog food bag. There's no real definition for it when it comes to diets. I say that I raise my dogs holistically, which means that I try to address problems from multiple angles (food, conventional and alternative medicine, exercise, emotional, etc.). Food, by definition, can't address problems from multiple angles, so it's just a buzzword that they know will sell bags.
Dog foods can, at least as far as I know and have seen on multiple sites and bags, say that their ingredients were fit for human consumption. Dog food the finished product isn't human-grade, of course, but the raw ingredients could have been.
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Permalink Reply by Buddy & Wynstan on
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I am have just started to switch my boy over to Buffalo Blue. He actually picks out the Buffalo Blue first then finishes the rest because it is there in the bowl
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I think I found where my confusion came from. On page 295 of Puppies for Dummies (lol!) it states that holistic translates into human grade. And those are the most important things to me Sky and Lyla, that her food doesn't have decaying or rotting or poisonous meat in it. I was really surprise how hard it is to find out whether a manufactor's fish supply has that one preservative in it, I can't spell it. The carcinogenic one. And even then apparently you can't find out if the fish was already preserved before it was received so then you have to figure out if the fish arrived fresh and unpreserved.....agh! I'm not looking for better food than what I eat, just something that that isn't harmful to my dog! Thanks to all of you for your plethora of knowledge thus far!
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Permalink Reply by Laurel on
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I feed my corgi the Royal Canin Mobility Support formula. She is active and this fromula has a lot of glucosamine and chondoriton in it. She also absolutely loves it! Also, her coat looks amazing and she couldn't be healthier.
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Permalink Reply by Kari Feddersen on
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We also feed Hills Science, but on a less serious note. I also have noticed the tummys of my two babys bellys getting rounder! I wonder where this is happening??? Couldn't be the holidays around here and their cute little "im so hungry" eyes begging everyone for food! My grandmother seems to think that its ok for dogs to eat people food, so since she cant chew anything hard gets passed under the table!! Of course its gma so even though I say no, it still happens. Also my girl Tess she seems to weasel food out of every child she sees!! I dont mind giving a carrot every once in a while, or maybe a piece of pop-corn but I know they are getting extra and I can see it in their bellys!! Also on another note, I was reading something, haven't done any research but I heard that you are not suppose to feed dogs grapes?? Anyone have a comment or knowledge on that one?? Hope everyone had a great day!!
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you are not supposed to feed grapes! they are toxic! i work at a vet clinic and a lab puppy came in last friday for eating a bunch of grapes and after being on fluid therapy and medications for 5 days now his blood work still is not normal so he has to stay on fluid therapy for a while longer. please dont feed your dogs people food!
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