How do you feel about a new healthy dog food on the market?

[Northwoods10]

I don't consider what I feed "made," since I feed whole chunks of meat, bones and organs.

So this food, I'm curious, is it going to be wet or dry [kibble form]?
Also, several members here have large/giant breed dogs such as danes and feed PMR, which is essentially all protein, if I'm not mistaken. Their dogs thrive on it.

Just throwing this out there so that the OP understands....

Raw meat is considered much lower protein due to the water content. Kibble is so concentrated & dry that the protein levels are higher.

[SilverBeat]

Thank you for clarifying that. I didn't know... interesting.

[pickydaneowner]

I don't consider what I feed "made," since I feed whole chunks of meat, bones and organs.

So this food, I'm curious, is it going to be wet or dry [kibble form]?
Also, several members here have large/giant breed dogs such as danes and feed PMR, which is essentially all protein, if I'm not mistaken. Their dogs thrive on it.

I make a kibble dog food, but do agree with raw dog food. the only thing is my dog doesn't chew on bones enough to keep his teeth and gums healthy(but is getting better as time goes by so I might switch over to a raw diet in the future. Also he is a black Dane which was basically abandoned by the breeder(very sad) so when I got him he was just skin and bones. So I couldn't put weight on him too fast. I am going to look into PMR it seems very popular and because I've done a lot of research and haven't found the website before.

[luvMyBRT]

I make a kibble dog food, but do agree with raw dog food. the only thing is my dog doesn't chew on bones enough to keep his teeth and gums healthy(but is getting better as time goes by so I might switch over to a raw diet in the future. Also he is a black Dane which was basically abandoned by the breeder(very sad) so when I got him he was just skin and bones. So I couldn't put weight on him too fast. I am going to look into PMR it seems very popular and because I've done a lot of research and haven't found this before.

So glad to see that you are considering a PMR diet.
I wanted to let you know that the majority of the teeth cleaning benefits is from the dog actually eating and crunching the raw meaty bone (RMB) when they eat their meal. A RMB is a chicken quarter, pork ribs, whole prey, etc. A raw fed dog doesn't even need to "chew" on bones to have clean teeth and gums.

[CavePaws]

Why wouldn't you consider making a dehydrated diet like Honest Kitchen's Embark or even a ground-raw...

How do I feel about yet another dog food that is not biologically appropriate hitting the market? Well, I'm just saddened.

[DaneMama]

Hello and welcome!

As far as picky eaters are concerned, I suggest you read the link below that I wrote up for people to battle this behavioral problem:

Picky Eaters 101 | Prey Model Raw

And I will agree with all the other posters thus far that a prey model raw diet consisting of whole chunks of meat, raw meaty bones and organs from a variety of animals is the best way to feed a dog...heck its the only appropriate way to feed our domesticated carnivores.

I'd love to see a raw diet added to the market and not yet another crap kibble (all kibble is crap BTW) to the market. It would be awesome for a PMR style diet available and affordable for those who don't the added time for prep work. Just food for thought.

[Unosmom]

yes i agree very good ingredients but with 38% protein this is unhealthy for a large/giant breed dog. too much for their livers and digestive system

thats a myth thats been debunked long time ago, high protein does not affect kidney/liver unless they are already damaged.

Just curious, how do you make your own kibble? I've never heard it being done by one person.

[RaisingWolves]

I don't get it....why not just hand your dog the fresh food instead of turning it into a kibble?

[RawFedDogs]

I don't get it....why not just hand your dog the fresh food instead of turning it into a kibble?

Cause you can't sell the fresh foods at a profit and you can sell kibble?

[CavePaws]

Cause you can't sell the fresh foods at a profit and you can sell kibble?

But I'm sure they could in some way, they would just need to be filthy rich to out do the marketing of giant kibble companies who are supported by so many other companies, not just food companies, it's all truly disgusting. :| Selling whole foods pre-packaged, like a frozen dinner for dogs (one muscle meat, one organ, one rmb) with a nutritional value stamp on the packaging proving that it is a "complete meal" would be pretty awesome. Someone with a decent amount of time and cash just needs to take the plunge and get this started. >:/