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We're loving The Honest Kitchen!

Posted : 7/9/2010 12:39:55 PM

Last week, I bought a 3 pound box of the Preference premix from The Honest Kitchen. Wendy, at 50 pounds, is just too big to do all home cooked for. We're THRILLED! The dogs love it, I love it -- super, super easy. So, I ordered a 7 pound box from k9cuisine.com! It was 'on sale' ($61.99) and I signed up for their 'enewsletter' and got an extra $10 off, PLUS free shipping since I was over $50. I added a couple samples of the other HK lines since they were free :) Pi can't have them, but Wendy can.

I'm currently only using cooked meat, at a 50/50 ratio to the mix, but I think I'll introduce Wendy to more raw meat (suggestions?) and RMB's once or twice for Pirate. Does anyone add organ meat to Preference? I was thinking an ounce or so once a week, cooked for Pi-man, but Wendy might be able to have it raw.

Also, how do you guys STORE this stuff? I've just got a twist-tie on the bag right now, but I have a feeling that won't be sufficient forever.

jennie_c_d

Posted : 7/9/2010 9:02:41 PM

I wish it had a zipper. Seriously. I just store it folded down, in the box, in the food bin, with something heavy on top. No, no food stealers, here, JEWEL! She'd eat the whole box.

Did you look at THK's price for it? That sounds high to me. I found that having my local store order it was cheaper, by $9, and no shipping. I was so happy, that day...

BEVOLASVEGAS

Posted : 7/9/2010 10:31:43 PM

We always have HK on hand for the days that I forget to defrost food. Ours is stored in the bag, inside of a storage container that HK was offering about a year ago.

If you are going to be feeding it regularly, make sure & save your UPC's so that you can enroll in their rewards program. You can earn free food!

sl2crmeg

Posted : 7/9/2010 11:44:42 PM

Jennie, the price at k9 Cuisine was more, but with the $10 off AND free shipping, it was 5ish dollars cheaper than THK's website. Plus I got all those wonderful free samples! I got some awesome free samples. The only store that carries THK is 50 miles away, right near Pirate's holistic vet, but we only go there every 8 weeks and the 3 lb box only will last us about 30 days. :)

I'm thinking I need one of those plastic cereal containers. That might be just the right shape.

stardog85

Posted : 7/10/2010 12:11:46 AM

The twist tie seems to work here for the dogs' food, but the Prowl Pi eats is a bit finer and so it's a bit messier in the original bag so we transfer it to a slide-loc bag. :)

shamrockmommy

Posted : 7/10/2010 1:24:04 PM

We love it here too! I have not yet tried Preference, been using Embark and Thrive as the dogs' morning meals (with raw additions usually- ground beef or pork, chicken hearts/gizzards/liver, beef liver, etc) and then the evening meal is RMBs with sprinkles of kelp, oatbran and herbs on them.

Echo is 6 months and has been growing steadily, no up in front or down in rear, good energy, etc.

No matter what I do though, Darby gets the yeasty lips from HK. I would make up my own raw mix but we have a teeny tiny frige and not much room to make something up from bulk and keep in there. HK is also pretty cost effective and the dogs love it.

smilee1079

Posted : 7/14/2010 7:31:19 PM

We're also big fans. On their FB page a little while ago they asked how people store it. The overwhelming consensus is they need a sealable bag :).

sl2crmeg

Posted : 7/14/2010 8:36:39 PM

I saw that on their FB page! I like the idea of pre-measured ziplocs tossed back into the box, but I have trouble justifying using that much plastic. Maybe if I reused the baggies...hmm.

Moonlight

Posted : 7/15/2010 9:54:31 AM

I'm thinking of going from raw to the Honest Kitchen w/raw additions. I'm leaning toward the Embark mix. I'm happy to see people pleased with it. :)

shamrockmommy

Posted : 7/15/2010 12:32:50 PM

Moonlight

I'm thinking of going from raw to the Honest Kitchen w/raw additions. I'm leaning toward the Embark mix. I'm happy to see people pleased with it. :)

This is what I do, pretty much. Morning meal is HK Embark or Thrive with some raw add ins like meat, yogurt. Then the evening meal is RMBs with a bran/kelp/herb sprinkle. One day a week is all vegetarian meals (to rest the kidneys, according to Juliette de Baircli Levy's book) so one meal is a porrige of oats/quinoa, yogurt and an egg, the next meal is sweet potato or winter squash with cottage cheese. So far all dogs are doing well. Can't beat the convenience of the HK tho!

ETA forgot to add one meal instead of RMBs I do fish. I have a little week planner printed out which helps me keep the variety going.