Because I'm trying to keep them to TCM cool foods right now I'm somewhat limited in my selection. All the manufacturers have lots of chicken grinds and mixes available (chicken is somewhat less expensive) and some with novel proteins, but I really had to look for a pre-made mix that was a TCM cool blend.
Primal Pet Food's Canine Turkey & Sardine Formula |
Ingredients: Turkey Necks, Turkey Wings, Whole Sardines, Turkey Hearts, Turkey Livers, Organic Collard Greens, Organic Squash, Organic Celery, Cranberries, Blueberries, Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, Almonds, Organic Cilantro, Organic Ginger, Organic Coconut Oil, Alfalfa, Spirulina, Mixed Tocopherols (source of vitamin E).
The boys loved their primal! I fed one part Honest Kitchen Preference to two parts Primal. I found that the boys didn't require any adjustment - and honestly you can't get any easier than to feed a raw pre-mix. Thaw one patty at a time and you're ready to go. The problem is of course that you pay for convenience. At $38 for eight lbs of patties it could get really pricey to feed a couple of hungry and fit golden retrievers.
The Honest Kitchen's Preference |
By design preference is a pre-mix. It's an incomplete diet to which you add your own meat - in varying ratios depending on age and activity levels. This would allow an owner to hit up all of the sales at the grocery store for turkey, chicken, beef, fish, etc or to tailor their dog's diet based on allergies. Your dog can't eat flax and must eat white fish? Bingo - make friends with your local fish monger and pick up a box of preference and you're good to go.
Ingredients: Alfalfa, sweet potatoes, cabbage, celery, apples, spinach, organic kelp, coconut, bananas, zucchini, honey, tricalcium phosphate, choline chloride, zinc amino acid chelate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, potassium iodide, potassium chloride, iron amino acid chelate, copper amino acid chelate
I loved the earthy smell of Preference's alfalfa - it reminded me of the hay cubes that one of the stallions at Hardscrabble had to eat. Karny was retired and had contracted heaves years before, so he ate his portion of hay in cubed and rehydrated form. Not unlike Honest Kitchen actually...My two gobbled up preference and licked their bowls (and my spoon) clean.
Turkey and Chicken grinds from Vermont Raw Eatting LOCAL!!!! |
I elected for the basic grinds - this gives me the option to add my own pre-mix.
Turkey formula Ingredients: Ground turkey bones, turkey meat and organ meat
I also picked up a couple of tubes of their chicken grind formula as well - it's frozen so it'll keep for a few weeks until I'm ready to cut the boys over to a bit of chicken.
Oma's selection of foods: Meat and bone grinds, necks, marrow bones, tripe, ground mixes - including novel proteins like Kangaroo!! |
Primal's Sardine Grind Also available in turkey, chicken, beef, buffalo, sardine and lamb. |
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The Honest Kitchen's Embark |
I can keep tupperware containers of my Honest Kitchen food with me on the road and have their dinners ready in five minutes - which is a really big deal for my two starving golden retrievers.
2 comments:
Raw meat is not the only important ingredient. You must also feed your dog with carbohydrates like brown rice because they need energy to digest the meat.
@Nicole
Dogs do need carbohydrates in their diets - however, dogs do not need those carbohydrates in the form of grains. IMO, there are a lot of better options nutritionally than brown rice (though brown rice is better than white rice). Quinoa is a great option, as are beans, carrots, potatoes.
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