Flint River Ranch food

Hi -- me again.  I checked out your other thread -- folks on here are pretty darned careful (probably WAY more so than on most forums) about not just higgledy piggledy throwing out "advice" without encouraging folks to see a vet.

In your case (because we've been corresponding and you've already talked to John Lamb on FB whence your encouragement to come here came from) folks don't understand you've already 'been there, done that, DOING it" with your vet, but your vet's recommending a pretty inferior food and you're trying to do better.

I hope some of the food gurus on here DO post -- I honestly haven't had experience with Flint River Ranch in like 12 years.  I considered it years ago but discarded the idea because it was such a hassle to GET that I decided I could continue to home cook more easily.

As far as the low purines -- I'm honestly not sure.  But my other suggestion would be for you to try Monica Segal's Yahoo group.  Yeah, she's a dog dietician and writes incredibly good diets. BUT she's also a good proponent of raw and MORE than knows her way around what kibble is good, bad or indifferent.

You could honestly write HER via her website and ask her that question.  You could likely actually do a small consult with her and she'll give you the straight scoop on what kibble --if any -- is really going to meet your dal's needs.   She has individual breed books on nutrition (pamphlets) and I'm pretty sure she has one on dals (your problem is NOT unique) that might be helpful. 

Monica truly knows her stuff and she will actually do a consult with your vet if you want.  She's not so much pro/con any one style of feeding as she is resolving your problem.  She's got a cavalier King Chas. spaniel (she's had 3 I think) who has all kinds of food-related problems. 

I've known Monica for almost 15 years (we both used to free-lance for the same website way back when) and she's incredible (particularly when you have a dog with problems).  But if ANYONE really knows about purines and what foods may or may not be acceptable it would definitely be Monica.

Sabine Contreras (Mordana) and I know several folks on here use her diets, but I'm just plain not as familiar with her nor do I know how versed she is in kibble.

My one caution to you would be that Flint River Ranch really hasn't been on the tip of anyone's tongue in a while -- now, all *I* know about kibble you could fit in a thimble so I'm not claiming to be any sort of expert at all. But I hear the names people talk about and I haven't heard FRR talked about in a while. 

But don't take offense because folks were steering around the health issue -- because bottom line, you're looking for a food *because* of a medical issue.

My only other suggestion would be **not** to ditch your vet, but look into a holistic vet who is more well versed in the better foods.   I mentioned TCVM to you in my email/post to you -- I've learned more about food from my TCVM vet than anyone else.  Most vets just plain don't get much nutrition in vet school.  They tend to stick with the companies that were reputable when they were in school (companies that underwrote grants and studies usually) so they're going on reputation more than anything.  That's not to say bad/nor good but it's why your vet isn't more well versed in a "quality" food. 

Most of us with dogs with challenges wind up becoming food Nazi's of one sort or another.  For the same reason YOU are looking -- we all care about our precious 4-footed friends whose digestive tracts are pretty different from ours.