Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums

Parker Gun Collectors Association Forums (https://parkerguns.org/forums/index.php)

- Man's Best Friend (https://parkerguns.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=43)

- - Problem with Pro Plan (https://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46070)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harold Lee Pickens (Post 445287)

Inukshuk 30/20 is a good alternative.

Where do you get that food, Harold?

Dave

I use Inukshuk 26/16 most of the year, and switch to 30/20 during hunting season. I buy from a reseller about 20 miles away. About $1.80/lb.

Chewy has Inukshuk.. been feeding it for awhile.. Top shelf chow ...

I switch to Kinetic from ProPlan. Look it up, avaliable on-line from Walmart." Worlds cleanest dog food" Many well respected pros feed it.

I get mine from a friend that used to be a feed dealer, he orders it by the pallet.
Like all things, price keeps going up

[QUOTE=Kevin McCormack;445298]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris Pope (Post 445285)

I don't want our dogs eating bugs. However, when we hunt they drink out of beaver sloughs and eat god knows what when I'm not looking.

I don't have any hunting dogs anymore so can't offer meaningful comments. But if your dogs are drinking out of beaver sloughs I wouldn't worry about any feed that looked good upon inspection when you open the bag: Years ago a close friend of mine who lived and hunted in Maine became violently ill after drinking out of a stream in the woods (he used purification tablets beforehand).

The emergency room physician diagnosed it as Giardiasis (also known colloquially as the "Beaver Sh**t Virus." My friend likened the experience to having eaten a large Italian cold cut sub, then swallowing a lit cherry bomb. Luckily he was upland bird hunting instead of waterfowl hunting so he wasn't wearing chest waders!
\

I'm told Giardia is no picnic. Also told Canines are not imune but they certainly have a more rugged gut than modern humans. Curious if a veterinarian on this discussion board would care to comment on this thread.

You haven't lived until you return from a day at work and find out your dog has giardia and couldn't hold it and was in the house all day. Been there and done that: Maine logging roads. That Inukshuk name keeps coming up over and over so I'm going to look at it.

I never had a problem with Pro Plan for sporting breeds.
For the first four years of Gracie’s life I used Kirkland puppy chow, then adult dog and she thrived on those. Then she was suddenly losing weight. She lost 20% of her normal weight and I contacted Kirkland and found out they had changed their supply source to CHINA…
That’s when I changed to Pro Plan and she regained her health and body weight.
Never found any foreign things, like moths or any other bugs.

.

I have always noticed my dogs experienced inconsistent stool when I fed Pro Plan.. While Inukshuk seems to regularly produces a 60 ring Maduro, without fail when feeding 30/25.. I do switch to 26/16 off season because the 30/25 will put weight on them.. Even my overzealous (never sit still) Pointer puts weight on with it in the off season..

My retired lab, Drake, loves when the 30/20 salmon Pro Plan is in season (Oct.—Mar). Just bought a new bag today. No larvae, but I’ll be on the lookout.

-Victor