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:lol: :lol: :lol: NO need for words! Pointed at deer? And a real life wild turkey? What VZ you aren't impressed? One of mine TREED a turkey once. :) Hope that dog gets tired of deer before some hunter puts a bullet in her. The odd thing is that bird hunters with wild and uncontrollable poorly train...

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:lol: :lol: :lol: NO need for words! Pointed at deer? And a real life wild turkey? What VZ you aren't impressed? A GSP on point holds it's tail straight back and one front foot up. Surly you can get a proper photo....... Or are there none Do they now? Pretty pup, I'm sure she would make a good one ...

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Vonzeppelinkennels wrote: NO need for words!

A GSP on point holds it's tail straight back and one front foot up. Surly you can get a proper photo....... Or are there none

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I would much rather see pictures of your dog, than read this drivel. But that dog of yours is supposed to be a bird dog, lets see some picture of it on point, or retrieving, or something else constructive from all of this awesome nutrition you are providing. ... Something like this. http://i935.pho...

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I didn't realize life was this complicated.:-) In reality it is about a 50/50 mix, with a teaspoon of oatmeal and some olive oil and broth, so I figure the first two main ingredients to be 48%, could be 49%....Actually it is simple, though more complicated than feeding corn meal in a dog food bag. ...

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I find it kind of comical, that so many hunters fail so badly at hunting that they never have any meat left over for the dog. Tell us about some of your great hunting conquests. Tell us about how you tie up little birds, so your Rover can catch them and be a great hunting dog?????? Then watch this ...

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[PS. People who tie up birds, or clip their wings so they can't fly, (this is recommended here) and plant them in a field, then take their dog to that part of the field, so that their sad "bleep" excuses for hunting dogs can find them......Well some would say that these people are the ones who need ...

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I hope you realize that using dogs to hunt whitetail deer is illegal in most of the US.[/quote] But it is not illegal for a real hunter, not an internet fake, to feed whitetail or moose to a hunting dog in any state, it's excellent nutrition, even though the meat is a little lean, and 100 percent of...

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You could be right. There is something wrong with these two. To go on and on about how horrible people are for feeding a food they they don't approve of, thats not normal. The people feeding these poor quality foods are not horrible, they are just foolish and do not take the time to understand what...

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One whitetail or moose goes a long way to feed a dog and it's family Steve, all one needs is a freezer. PS. People who tie up birds, or clip their wings so they can't fly, (this is recommended here) and plant them in a field, then take their dog to that part of the field, so that their sad "bleep" ...

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One whitetail or moose goes a long way to feed a dog and it's family Steve, all one needs is a freezer. I hope you realize that using dogs to hunt whitetail deer is illegal in most of the US. But it is not illegal for a real hunter, not an internet fake, to feed whitetail or moose to a hunting dog ...

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http://www.rodalenews.com/pet-food You may not realize it, but pet food is made primarily from leftovers from human food production, such as animal products that are unwanted or are condemned for human consumption. The type and quality of pet food ingredients can vary widely. While it's true that, ...

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http://www.rodalenews.com/pet-food You may not realize it, but pet food is made primarily from leftovers from human food production, such as animal products that are unwanted or are condemned for human consumption. The type and quality of pet food ingredients can vary widely. While it's true that, i...

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You are just throwing lame insults, for the purpose of frustrating me, and thus causing me to return the same lame insults, then when I do, I get kicked for behaving like you. I am familiar with the tactic, and quite frankly, it's beneath me. PS. If you have anything to add to a nutritional discussi...

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What is the deal with all this BS on food. This is a site that is full of people that care very much about thier dogs. Some food may be better for some dogs. But its not like PRO Plan is designed to kill dogs :roll: Go hunt with your dogs, ...... geez No disrespect, but this site is also full of pe...

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If this has been happening since June, and you took the dog to the vet in June, and there is still little to no improvement in 5 months.... I would look for a second opinion from another vet. One other thing that you might try, is to see if any other pups in this litter have a similar situation as t...

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Wrong again, as my dogs food contains 48% Blue Buffalo and 48^ real cooked meat of various sources. Thus your numbers only hold up if you are feeding only bagged dog food, which I never do. Feel free to inform the FBI, CIA, Humane Society, and the NSA that I am feeding my dog 48% Blue Buffalo wilder...

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I can not believe that anyone that knows anything about formulating a product thinks they can tell the formula by reading an ingredient list. Think we have talked about it and explained it a hundred times on this forum over the years and every few months here comes someone else who hasn't taken the...

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I feed Blue Buffalo wilderness, it's animal protein content is higher than Dr. Tims, though Dr Tims seems to be a lot better then Purina Pro Plan. Blue Buffalos rating here is a 5 Dr Tims rating is also a 5 star Top 5 ingredients of Dr Tims are, Chicken meal, brown rice flour, chicken fat, oat flou...

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What is the deal with all this BS on food. This is a site that is full of people that care very much about thier dogs. Some food may be better for some dogs. But its not like PRO Plan is designed to kill dogs :roll: Go hunt with your dogs, ...... geez No disrespect, but this site is also full of pe...

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Wow. Just.... wow :| What % of the total protein is meat/animal based, genius? That would depend on the meat of the day as it could be chicken, pork, beef, or venison. They all have different fat to protein ratios. Truth be known, you are playing a numbers game, as chicken and venison has been on c...

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I feed Blue Buffalo wilderness, it's animal protein content is higher than Dr. Tims, though Dr Tims seems to be a lot better then Purina Pro Plan. Blue Buffalos rating here is a 5 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/blue-buffalo-dog-food-wilderness-dry/ Dr Tims rating is also a 5 star htt...

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My dogs' kibble has a animal protein % higher than that. But that's probably because Dr Tim doesn't inflate his protein % by using legumes 8) Diamond EA has a higher % of animal protein as well. Imagine that. Your posts here demonstrate that the marketing of dog food really has utilized the quip att...

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Take your dog out and prove your point should be real easy out performing all those corn Fed dogs.Most everyone your arguing with have proven dogs do you? Show us your more then just a internet know it all. It's never going to happen. His little bench bred bitch is pretty, though, romping through t...

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Take your dog out and prove your point should be real easy out performing all those corn Fed dogs.Most everyone your arguing with have proven dogs do you? Show us your more then just a internet know it all. There ya go----> http://www.flickr.com/photos/105281199@N03/sets/72157637820434703/ I've own...

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Mountaineer wrote:Are there any sled dog races in Singapore?
Odd question, I know...just curious.

Google it, I won't........................

CIAO

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I don't know where you get your info from, but corn prices are down at the moment and are currently at $166.25 per METRIC TON, http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=corn see monthly graph.

CIAO

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http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130310/what-powers-iditarod-dogs-over-1000-unforgiving-miles-wild-alaska-salmon-course What powers Iditarod dogs over 1,000 unforgiving miles? Wild Alaska salmon, of course. It's natural, wholesome, and contains absolutely no corn gluten. Before you argue thi...

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Yep. Nothing like pulling the weight of 1000 lbs of wild salmon 1000 miles to feed sled dogs that win. :lol: The Iditarod sled dog race begins the first Saturday in March. Teams of 16 huskies will pull their musher in a sled 1100 miles across the frozen Alaska wilderness from Anchorage to Nome. Thi...

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As to your question to another...yes, genetics matters in the largest measure re a dog's age span. However, I do expect that if could we convince our dogs to ease up a bit on the pace, that would help them, as would removing all the barb wire in every field, trucks on every road and....bones, w/o c...

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I did cite the source, it's the Harvard school of public health, please argue with them-----> http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/protein-full-story/ Corn, wheat, and rice protein chains, and the byproducts of them are always shorter than animal based protein chains, this may mean nothing i...

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...Show me a kibble fed dog that made it to his mid twenties and I'll stock up on some cheap kibble? Your first dog is...3 years old at present, right? You believe that the lifespan of birddogs, English setters to single out one breed, can be in the realm of a legitimate 25 years by following your ...

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As to your question to another...yes, genetics matters in the largest measure re a dog's age span. However, I do expect that if could we convince our dogs to ease up a bit on the pace, that would help them, as would removing all the barb wire in every field, trucks on every road and....bones, w/o co...

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So mammals that get less "pace" and exercise live longer? is that what you are saying? "Mammals"?....hmmm, maybe there is indeed a deeper and more dastardly agenda here. I believe that exercise and being fit both serve as a factor in the Life of a dog and in living that Life. I believe that some bi...

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Starch is necessary for kibble. Your super blue food uses a different veggie source/s for the same result. Gluten is normally a protein booster. Your Thuper Therial Blue food also uses protein boosters from a different plant source. If you want to get into this conversation I suggest that you read ...

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http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130310/what-powers-iditarod-dogs-over-1000-unforgiving-miles-wild-alaska-salmon-course What powers Iditarod dogs over 1,000 unforgiving miles? Wild Alaska salmon, of course. It's natural, wholesome, and contains absolutely no corn gluten. Before you argue this...

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...Show me a kibble fed dog that made it to his mid twenties and I'll stock up on some cheap kibble? Your first dog is...3 years old at present, right? You believe that the lifespan of birddogs, English setters to single out one breed, can be in the realm of a legitimate 25 years by following your ...

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Starch is necessary for kibble. Your super blue food uses a different veggie source/s for the same result. Gluten is normally a protein booster. Your Thuper Therial Blue food also uses protein boosters from a different plant source. If you want to get into this conversation I suggest that you read ...

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Corn gluten is a natural weed killer... http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/h531cornglutenmeal.html Corn gluten meal (CGM) is a natural substitute for synthetic pre-emergence herbicides. Pre-emergence herbicides attack seeds while they're still in the ground, before the seedlings eme...

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the other 4% of the food is olive oil and gluten free oatmeal. The dog food is Blue Buff puppy chicken, the meat is cooked and can be anything, chicken, beef, pork, or venison also adding a little broth from the meats. ? Muscle meat is very high in phosphorous and almost devoid of calcium. You will...

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Mountaineer wrote:Pretty sure Rooster Cogburn took a bag of corn dodgers when he went after Ned Pepper...that would speak highly of the value of corn.

When dogs are becoming sick or dying from some of the stuff that they are being fed, it's really not funny.....

At least in my opinion.

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Sharon wrote:I didn't realize life was this complicated.

In reality it is about a 50/50 mix, with a teaspoon of oatmeal and some olive oil and broth, so I figure the first two main ingredients to be 48%, could be 49%....Actually it is simple, though more complicated than feeding corn meal in a dog food bag.

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BTW dogs are not and wolves are not 100% carnivorous animals... And neither makes raids on farmers cornfields for the corn............................ Show me a wild wolf, coyote, jackal, or dingo that eats the percentage of grains in purina dog chow, and you win this argument. Questions that a law...

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I have only ask for one name, and that is the name of the breeder, who feeds their puppies Purina Pro Plan. If you did the math, and measured out what a litter of puppies would actually eat, it might cost between 50 and 100 dollars more to feed a top quality food, as the cheap Purina Pro Plan is no...

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To be honest probably more then 99% on here feed kibble but lets see you prove even 1% here feed raw! :wink: All of my dogs food is cooked, the venison, the chicken, the pot roast, the pork....... So don't assume..... PS Just because there are 99 people in a room smoking cigarettes, does not make t...

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Interesting, the tab selected on the page is dog food products, and the page is for advanced 28/18 formula, but if you click the preceding tab which is great stories, then click back to the dog food products tab, there is no longer any link to the same page that you posted, thus the link is broken o...

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BTW dogs are not and wolves are not 100% carnivorous animals... And neither makes raids on farmers cornfields for the corn............................ Show me a wild wolf, coyote, jackal, or dingo that eats the percentage of grains in purina dog chow, and you win this argument. Questions that a law...

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pointstar why do you keep asking for names when you have given up nothing about who you are,where you live,your dogs breeder,or ped.You acuused me of hiding but seems as though your the one HIDING SOMETHING. I've been here a few yrs almost aslong as the site itself & members here all pretty much kn...

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I've always fed kibble. Does that mean I set myself straight? :lol: 2 weeks ago I hadn't seen proof that giving rmbs can be dangerous. Now I have. Talked about it with the member of my club this happened to. Decided risk outweighed benefit because there are other ways to get the same results. I'll ...

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The important thing about your post, is that it contains no information, that challenges nor disproves what I posted, as nothing that I posted is wrong. http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-industry-exposed/dog-food-corn/ Dogs that have a choice, do not choose to eat corn...![/quote] I do not need...

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