Ping Boxer owners

[marko138]

Originally Posted by The Chi

I think thats a lab thing. Everyone I have ever owned ate like that, whereas other dogs were less inclined to eat like an "animal". My current dog will only eat if we are near her food bowl or if she's able to eat while we are out all day. My collie would pick and choose throughout the day and eventually eat a cup or 2.

Labs are basically a stomach with 4 legs.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by marko138

Labs are basically a stomach with 4 legs.

Truth!

[Rider]

Originally Posted by The Chi

Wait, YOU got a cell phone?!! No way...

Yeah but don't tell anyone. There is a little story behind it.

[marko138]

I took Manward to see fireworks last nite. It is not possible for a Lab to be better behaved than he was. He was absolutely perfect...usually he gets really excited around people and wants to say hi to everyone.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by marko138

I took Manward to see fireworks last nite. It is not possible for a Lab to be better behaved than he was. He was absolutely perfect...usually he gets really excited around people and wants to say hi to everyone.

Was he feeling well?

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Rider

Was he feeling well?

Good question. He just sat and watched. Kept an eye on everyone around. Then when the fireworks started he watched them for about 2 minutes then just layed down.

[wildchild]

Originally Posted by cbrchick

My hubby had our Lab on Iams for most of his life. My cousin got into researching dog food/raw diets when her mix became ill (ended up having leukemia). Harris, our large lab seemed to be fine on Iams, but according to some dog food analysis websites, it gets a very poor rating for quality.

A lot of people here feed their dogs some pretty high quality, natural dog food, and I must say, it really made a difference in Harris. He's lost 8 pounds since last year. He's 101 pounds, leaner frame (wasn't overweight at 108, he's very tall), his coat just shines, poo is better, teeth are better, his hips improved with the added natural glucosamine in his current dog food (Fromm's Salmon and Veg).

Last summer, this time, he developed his first ever hot spot. Food allergies can have a lot to do with that. So we changed his diet and the benefits were better than expected. He was "fine" on Iam's. His blood work was stellar. But the better, cleaner nutrient content of his current food has made him a healthier middle aged dog.

Anyway... not telling you what you should do, but look into other foods if you are interested. This dog food is 85 bucks a bag where the Iam's was like 45 for the same size. But I can't put him back on anything close to that after seeing the results.

If I had the freezer space, he'd be on a raw diet.

Anyway...

google dog food analysis if you are bored

Kirsty

Wow I've always thought of IAMS as one of the better foods. I'll have to do some looking around.

thanks

[Rider]

Originally Posted by wildchild

Wow I've always thought of IAMS as one of the better foods. I'll have to do some looking around.

thanks

I'm no dog food expert but I do know that Iams, Science Diet and other so called premiums are no better than puppy chow.

[cuttle]

Originally Posted by wildchild

Wow I've always thought of IAMS as one of the better foods. I'll have to do some looking around.

thanks

IAMS is nothing special.

I feed my guys TOTW: http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_f...uct=1287&cat=8

They are doing great and my 80pd pyr-mix does well with only 2 cups of food a day.

[Kaneman]

You can't beat real meat!!
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