Gun Dog Forum

your right, i dont have any knowledge of bartlett foods nor do i claim to have any. I was just making general references to what i look for in a food and in no way implied bartlett was good, bad or anything else. I would like to hear others thoughts on that food as it is a new one to me. As far as t...

ezzy333 is right by saying the only for sure way is by feeding the food as not all dogs will do well on any given food. With that said, you can, however, narrow down your search before you even open a bag. look at the ingredient list and if the first ingredient is any type of corn or grain product, ...

Wildrose-have you fed any of the Hunter's Edge by Arkat? Yes. My dogs didn't do nearly as well on it as the enhance line. CR I will agree with this one. I feed the endurance blend over the hunters edge and have gotten better results. I have a client that loves hunters edge but I prefer the enduranc...

i personally sat through a 2 day seminar on nutrena feeds, which makes Loyall. A big portion of the presentation was geared towards this new line of dog food. I was not impressed because they really didnt talk much about any nutrition or key ingredients, all they bragged about was their "opti-cook" ...

chuckars will recall.

Gotta ask though you sure you aint protesting BG so much just because you have an Enhance feed link on the website link you use as your signature. :lol: :wink: Enhance is a heck of a food for sure and if I had a supplier nearby i would probably feed it, I just find it funny you protest something th...

i go to the top of the mtn, usually at 10,000 feet or close to it anyway. grouse are found all over the state but i only have hunted them in the northern region. the terrain can be rough at times fro blues but the scenery is awesome.

I dont see any posts on here about grouse hunting. Out here in Utah we have tons of national forest and grouse are all over the place. Has anybody hunted grouse on here........i for one chase blue grouse like ohters chase pheasants, since we have very few roosters in our state.

The proof of my point is the millions of dogs being fed thousands of different dog foods and they are doing well on them. Ezzy How do we know this? just because a dog is alive doesnt mean it is "doing well". I have seen many dogs come for training that were malnurished from one of the "thousands of...

i am not in az yet but highly considering a move there......i frequent az a lot and have grown fond of it, except the 118 degree temps .....

a couple years ago, in march i was there and it snowed in pheonix......the last place on earth i would have expected snow.

Take what you want from this site.... http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=badingredients .......I am only presenting it as another source of information. "Meat Meal: AAFCO: The rendered product from mammal tissues, exclusive of any added blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stom...

I have a pigeon coop 10 feet away from my dogs and the only down side is occasionly a dog will bark at the birds but that usually is short lived with only new dogs. once they get used to the birds the dog usually settles down.
it wont bother the birds at all.

How many Arizona guy/gals do we have on here?

Arkat makes a VF Senior and a Weight Managment food in their VF lines. i have a 16 year old lab on the VF senior and i like the results.

well, that is how it goes....not all food will work with every dog unfortunately. I do agree with the arkat people being great to work with, part of the reason i am a dealer for them now.

what food do you feed now?

I use the sd-2000 which is a similiar version of the sd-1800, just a bit hotter on the low end for more stubborn dogs, and I have had great success with it over the years. A friend of mine purchased a sd-1800 from me, lost it one fall at a camping trip on the top of a mountian and found it the next ...

bobman wrote:Good ones will turn totally white....

The best ones turn yellow and fetch your ducks for you j/k

I am parcell to the half white half liver patched GSP's myself.

here in utah there are a lot of people that would give you a funny look if you asked them how far they hunt from a truck. Road hunting is a problem out here in my opinion.

as for me, I hunt alot of blue grouse so I am at 10,000 feet and 5-10 miles away from my truck.

I am sure that the vast majority of the folks who visit this site are already vaccinating their dogs, BUT, i figure it never hurts to have a little reminder. I have seen 3 cases of parvo this week, and about that many heartworm positive dogs this past month. BOTH of these ailments are VERY preventa...

Well, the truth of the matter is with any dog food is this.....not every dog will do well on any given dog food out there. there are dog foods that a vast majority of dogs do great on but for some reason there are always some dogs that a given food just cant help. I have found arkat to be the best s...

The reason they list meat meal as "Meat Meal" is because that is what they use as an ingredient. It is just that. The plants where it is produced do not seperate all of the different sources but mix them all together. What the dog gets from the meat is amino acids and has no idea or preference what...

What food are you currently feeding? Personally i wont feed another bag of black gold ever again. I had such a bad time with loose stools and dogs getting the runs. I am also not comfortable with any dog food that wont expicitly name the meat source and the last time I checked they listed "meat meal...

I have read some of the reviews of Enhance and other dog foods that are on the internet and they are way off the mark....some guy in a suit that has never fed a dog looks the label on the bag and determines if the foood will work or not. I can assure you those reviews are NOT people actually feeding...

i am going to try to chase them this coming season....apparently Utah has a huntable population of them. I am a huge blue grouse hunter so it will be cool to chase ptramigan for a change.

i have taken older GSP's like that and turned them into good dogs. it isnt as easy sometimes as a younger dog but it can be done. the bottom line is birds, birds birds.....get that dog on birds as much as you can to make up for lost years of experience and desire building.......

Here is my 2 cents on the e-collar debate......years ago i hated them with a passion because i would go to picnic hunt tests and see guys "lighting up" their dogs for small infractions. I would see these same dogs run hunt tests with their legs between their legs even without the color on. It was at...

I have a 16 year old akc master hunter lab at my feet and i was wondering how old are some of your hunting dogs? Anybody have an old akc master hunter lab that is as old or older that my old boy?

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