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I have been feeding my Springers Royal Canin dog food for over 20 years.
I remember paying $40 or so a bag years ago.
In October, it was $85 a bag, for 30 lbs. mind you, and I bought 3 bags due to some 5% off mumbo jumbo.
Welp, we are about to run out of dog food, and just checked. $99 a bag at Petco, Chewy, and Amazon. Up $15 since October.
I bought one bag, and now am going to consider alternatives. My dogs have done great on Royal Canin, and if the crazy increase is across all brands, I may stick with it.
But $100 a bag (and likely rising) is a bit much.
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine
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Rick,
Ditch that crap and buy real dog food. Fromm for starters . I started 2 Parson Russel terriers and a Bull Mastiff on it years ago and had absolutely no issues .
Other one I can recommend is Blue
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I like Victor for my hunting dogs. They do really well on it. I supplement with deer, elk, antelope scraps, bones from processing https://www.chewy.com/victor-purpose-performance-formula/dp/120684
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everyone has their favorites I guess. I think we're paying about $37 a bag for Kirkland brand which is supposedly made by Diamond pet foods. I think that is the same company that makes Blue
I want to make sure my dogs get something decent, but I don't think I could pay those prices you mentioned
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everyone has their favorites I guess. I think we're paying about $37 a bag for Kirkland brand which is supposedly made by Diamond pet foods.
I want to make sure my dogs get something decent, but I don't think I could pay those prices you mentioned Diamond makes a lot of dog food for other "brands". We had the Mastiff on it for a few years , his coat looks better with Fromm and he has zero health issues. I am not buying it if Chicken,Beef or Lamb are not the first ingredient on the label and protein levels are correct, not a fan of grain free food either.
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And yet the Dems will insist that inflation is running at 6-8%.....but a $15 increase on $85 works out to roughly 18% increase on my calculator......that seems to be about the norm for most food items we have seen, other than eggs....
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I've noticed over the years that dogs will eat their poop if they are fed food with corn in it.
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I used to buy Nutro.... at $50/bag.... he bag size went from 40lb to 38lbs.... then to 35lbs.... then to 30.lbs... and now the shelf has 25lb bags for $52.00 and what they now call the XLbag which is 40lbs.... is $104.00 plus tax !
Well... we have come to the point.... where... the parasites are killing the host. It's only a matter of time now.
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Several other posters have mentioned Fromm dog food and I concur. That's what i feed my GSP's with good results.
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Damn.... at 100 a bag I'd start feeding Salmon like the Alaska guys Lol.
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I bought dog food last Tuesday.
Science Diet, 55lbs was $165.
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Just checked out Fromm.
$42 a bag for 15 lbs, so 84 for 30 lbs.
Better for sure, but certainly not inexpensive.
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My girls doing well on Purina One. $60 for 38lbs.
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And yet the Dems will insist that inflation is running at 6-8%..... Inflation is about 8% , what they aren't telling is that the 8% is PER MONTH not per year. Mike
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Libby is almost 4 years old. She's the last dog I'll have. I'm 68---it hurts to much when they go.
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everyone has their favorites I guess. I think we're paying about $37 a bag for Kirkland brand which is supposedly made by Diamond pet foods.
I want to make sure my dogs get something decent, but I don't think I could pay those prices you mentioned Diamond makes a lot of dog food for other "brands". We had the Mastiff on it for a few years , his coat looks better with Fromm and he has zero health issues. I am not buying it if Chicken,Beef or Lamb are not the first ingredient on the label and protein levels are correct, not a fan of grain free food either. we buy the salmon and sweet potato mix for ours. They seem to like it. In the mornings we give them a few spoonfuls of gravy mix canned food. A can will last us a 4 days
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We picked up 2 Great Pyrenees puppies as livestock guardians about 5 Months ago. They are about 7 Months old now. My wife has been buying the puppy chow on her way home from work. I don't know how much a bag costs now and I don't think I'm going to ask.
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Bring back the horse meat!
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Mostly Diamond Naturales, a farm store gift card knocks about 17 percent off a fifty dollar 40 pound bag.
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