TOTW or Blue?

Has anyone heard of Halo? I saw it at a petstore today. Would you recomend it or no?

I can't find For Health or Fromm....sorry guys!

 For Health is found at Tractor Supply, if you have one near you.  From what I understand, it is their store brand and a good mid-priced food.

 Halo, IMO is an over-priced, way to grainy food. Also, its celebrity endorsed. Go figure.

tiffy

 Halo, IMO is an over-priced, way to grainy food. Also, its celebrity endorsed. Go figure.

Ahh....ook...scratch that then.

 I'm going to TSC tomorrow anyway, so I'll shop around while I'm there.

I thought Retriever was TSC in-house brand? Maybe I'm mistaken...

Blue hands down is the better of the two food. And actually- if I fed kibble instead of raw feeding, I would feed either Blue, Orijen or Acana with Blue being the better priced food.

! TOTW is now owned by Diamond, and other products by diamond have questionable meat and grain sources. Too bad too as TOTW was great until the buy out with change in the company.

glenmar

I swore by Blue for a number of years.  However, the price has skyrocketed and I'm not so confident in their QC at this point.

TOTW is a grain free and I would not use that for pups.  Diamond (who makes TOTW) also has a nice food, quite low priced actually, in For Health.  It's available at Tractor Supply and where else, I'm not sure.

I have been feeding Shadow Blue Buffalo Duck and Potato. This is different than the Nutro Lamb Meal and Rice I used to feed him before they got bought out by Mars and changed the formula (idiots). Last year, Shadow developed a soft sac on his neck and it went away and I thought it was maybe just a bug bite. This year, it came back, a little bigger. The vet said it was a fatty cyst, benign, and it is not affecting his health. However, I have begun to wonder if it is due to food, especially now that he is a little over 7 years old. Just now, I have given him some Fresh Pet Select. Once in while, I give him a raw main leg bone from a deer. And could certainly feed him raw, once I get a handle on a recipe and a way to balance calcium. However, at 7 years, he has still shown no signs of hip displaysia, which is common among Labs, the other part of his heritage. This may be due to his bone density being that of a Siberian (per my vet) and his weight is still only 65 pounds, which is slightly over for a male Sibe and slightly under for a male Lab. Anyway, I have begun to wonder if changing his diet to something a little more pure protein and less fat would make fatty cysts, benign or not, less likely. For example, the Fresh Pet Select is low in fat but high in protein. As opposed to most dry kibble, which has higher fat.

I feed For health to my big dogs and they LOVE it! Tried it with the malinois pup and she had diarrhea, so we have her on Merrick now. Anyone know about it?

juliemule

Tried it with the malinois pup and she had diarrhea, so we have her on Merrick now. Anyone know about it?

Be cautious with Merrick. They've had a ton of quality control issues. I personally found beetles and meal worm looking bugs in a *sealed* bag (w/ no holes, rips, or tears) of Merricks "American Made Hungry Dog". I emailed them multiple times and called once. I never got a response and when I called they put me on hold and then their phone disconnected. Another member here (I believe Lori w/ Willow) found plastic in a can of Merrick. I wouldn't feed Merrick.

 I wouldn't touch Merrick with a 10ft pole!

Ugh, lol, I thought I had finally found a good food!

Taste of the Wild would be hands down my preference.  Trouble for me is....for some reason it makes Gibby drink TONS of water......... and when he drinks too much..he pukes!   Have still ha half of bag left...I feed for treats.....