Has anyone tried Natural Way Dog Food ?

I think missed something re: post counter? 

Also, the grains are in different form for each animal.

Horses, cows, and sheep (and goats and rabbits and alpacas and ducks and just about any other critter you can name!) all have "kibbles" - processed and extruded pellets similiar to dog feed.  "Sweet feed" also includes whole or cracked grains.  Cattle and sheep in lots are fed a ground feed which is mostly corn, as are pigs, which I didn't touch on because I've never studied porcine digestion.

All groups can eat whole grain - I know people whose livestock guardian dogs eat nothing but sheep feed [:-] (they look like heck and have serious breeding problems and live to be about half the age of mine, duh).  Results are similiar for [linkhttp://www.sheep101.info/201/feedstuffs.html]whole grain versus processed concentrates[/link], [linkhttp://www.sheep101.info/201/feedstuffs.html]except ruminants don't do as well on concentrates though this is the form preferred for feedlots.

Horses allowed to browse in a natural way on grass (kept on pasture rather than "turned out" after  fasting, for instance), will almost never overeat and get everything they need from grass[/link]. Their dentition is not as efficient at chopping off grass as the ruminants and they prefer to eat higher, more mature (but not too mature), and less carb-rich forage.  In other words, their internal system is built to keep up with a less efficient intake system. 

The natural method of a ruminant of grazing is to feed quickly and intensely and move on, avoiding predatory notice thorugh quick movement.  Equines are better able to defend their young and don't move as quickly. They browse more leisurely.

The common thread in my examples was that none of the groups of animals I described is ideally set up to get the bulk of their nutrition from grain (with the possible exception of humans/primates).  They are different, yet share that characteristic.

I apologize in advance if I lose the thread at this point.  I'll be offline all weekend - my husband had surgery today (he's sleepng it off now, lol) and I'm his slave until Sunday.  [sm=biggrin.gif]

I don't know what happened with the links in that last post, sorry.  That was supposed to be a link to a comparative study on concentrates in the first paragraph and the horse article goes with the second paragraph.  I've been up since 3 am and I'm a bit too tired to try to fix it.  Again, sorry. [8|]

I'll be offline all weekend - my husband had surgery today (he's sleepng it off now, lol) and I'm his slave until Sunday.

 
  I hope your husband has a smooth recovery.

Here's a web site where you can read about how to simply read dog food labels and what's good and not and decide what you want to feed your dog.
 
[linkhttp://www.dogfoodproject.com]www.dogfoodproject.com[/link]

I have a tendency to reply to each post I care to, which may show up, because of this format, as several posts just from me. Previously, someone busted me on that. She has since done that and sees how it can happen.
 
A newer person busted me on it. We're a bit gun-shy about post counters here. Glenda was maligned in a post simply on the number of posts she has made because a person didn't agree with her. So, I'm trying to lower my profile, so to speak.
 
I wish your DH well (d could stand for demanding) and thank you for providing the info. I think it contributes to the discussion, which of course, may wander.