Hi,
We are going to bring home a 9 week old australian shepherd puppy in about 2 weeks. The breeder whelped the litter on Fromm Gold. I will have some on hand to transition the pup onto whatever I decide to use.
As background, we lost our 14-1/2 year old aussie last fall and had experience over the years with a variety of kibbles and granulated foods: Abady, California Natural, Innova, Natural Balance, Solid Gold and Wysong.
I have been researching food options. I have friends who have had good luck feeding frozen food (Bravo and Steve's Real Food), but they do not travel with their dogs. We do frequently and this seems logistically difficult. I was wondering if a combination of a rotation of premium kibbles augmented by a freeze dried food (say 75% kibble-25% freese dried) would be a good strategy? Freeze dried foods alone appear to be quite expensive, this is why I was thinking about their use to augmant a core meal of kibble (like people use canned food for).
From my initial research, the kibbles that are generally well regarded are: Artemis Maximal Dog, Nature's Variety Instinct and Orijen.
In terms of freeze dried, the two most widely available are Wysong Architype and Nature's Variety.
A kibble + freeze dried strategy appears to be a good option in terms of nutrition, portability and cost. I would appreciate hearing from form members on this. I would also like specific product recommendations. I am totally open to other options (particularly if you think my strategy in all wet!).
Thanks,
Bob
We are going to bring home a 9 week old australian shepherd puppy in about 2 weeks. The breeder whelped the litter on Fromm Gold. I will have some on hand to transition the pup onto whatever I decide to use.
As background, we lost our 14-1/2 year old aussie last fall and had experience over the years with a variety of kibbles and granulated foods: Abady, California Natural, Innova, Natural Balance, Solid Gold and Wysong.
I have been researching food options. I have friends who have had good luck feeding frozen food (Bravo and Steve's Real Food), but they do not travel with their dogs. We do frequently and this seems logistically difficult. I was wondering if a combination of a rotation of premium kibbles augmented by a freeze dried food (say 75% kibble-25% freese dried) would be a good strategy? Freeze dried foods alone appear to be quite expensive, this is why I was thinking about their use to augmant a core meal of kibble (like people use canned food for).
From my initial research, the kibbles that are generally well regarded are: Artemis Maximal Dog, Nature's Variety Instinct and Orijen.
In terms of freeze dried, the two most widely available are Wysong Architype and Nature's Variety.
A kibble + freeze dried strategy appears to be a good option in terms of nutrition, portability and cost. I would appreciate hearing from form members on this. I would also like specific product recommendations. I am totally open to other options (particularly if you think my strategy in all wet!).
Thanks,
Bob