Okay to mix in?

That looks like the Kirkland Chicken + Rice ingreds. Is that what it is? If so, yeah its good. Kirkland has to be one the best for the price is being offered at, Solid ingreds, although I would like them to take out the beet pulp. But yeah its a good mix, its what I have my akita on. He hasnt complained, good bathroom portions, not soft, coat is fluffy, and he loves it with some wetfood mixed into it.

Just a word of caution from my own experiences, but my girl got quite sick off of Kirkland Chicken & Rice, about a year or so ago. She got ill after I opened a new bag (I'd been feeding it for a few months), and after I switched cold turkey to a different brand, she was better. I tried feeding her the Kirkland again the next week (didn't want to throw away a perfectly good bag of dog food) but had the same results. I e-mailed Diamond and they sent me a refund cheque, but otherwise didn't seem concerned.

About 3 months later, my parents cats got sick from Kirkland cat food. Same thing in their case - switched brands & problem solved. 

I'm not saying that you should rule it out completely, but just keep an eye out if you plan to feed it.

Also, from a biological perspective: If i'm right, Hund-n-Flocken is lamb-based, right?  If so, you'd be better off supplementing with another red-meat based food, rather than poultry.
 

sierra2002

Just a word of caution from my own experiences, but my girl got quite sick off of Kirkland Chicken & Rice, about a year or so ago. She got ill after I opened a new bag (I'd been feeding it for a few months), and after I switched cold turkey to a different brand, she was better. I tried feeding her the Kirkland again the next week (didn't want to throw away a perfectly good bag of dog food) but had the same results.

  The same thing happened to Jessie several months ago, when she was still getting kibble, but it was Solid Gold Hund-n-Flocken that made her sick.

  It doesn't matter whether or not the kibbles have the same meat; as long as your dog is getting all the nutrients and calories needed, it should be fine to mix them.
 

 This is from a food review website.

The first ingredient in this food is a named meat product. This is chicken, inclusive of its water content. Once the water content is removed, as it must be to make a dry dog food, this ingredient will end up weighing around 20% of its wet weight. It is thus unlikely that it is the true first ingredient in the food, and would be more accurately placed much further down the ingredient list. Since it is followed by a named meat product in meal form, however, this is of less concern. The first ingredient in the food remains meat. There is a further meat meal ingredient, fish, 9th on the ingredient. This is too far down to make a substantial contribution to the overall meat content of the food. We are unaware of any guarantee by the manufacturer that this ingredient is free of ethoxyquin. Ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish ingredients destined for pet foods and which is banned from use in human foods because it is believed to be carcinogenic. We recommend careful checking of the packaging for any such guarantee (specific to this ingredient).


The third and fourth ingredients are grains - rice and barley. These are both decent quality grains, the first of which is whole. The fifth ingredient is egg product. We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs in the food. Potatoes are a further carbohydrate source in the food.


Beet pulp is controversial filler. It is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required. The inclusion of some amount of fruits and vegetables is appreciated.


Overall this looks to be a reasonable product, but with only one true meat ingredient amongst the top ingredients ahead of the fat content, would appear to contain minimal meat and rather less than many other products produced by this manufacturer.

They also have a Lamb/Rice ingreds which I use, it has less meat products but I mix that with Innova Red meat bites.

Thanks for the info and opinions guys =) Though nervous about it after hearing a few of your dogs got sick from it I decided to go ahead and try it mixed. So far so good!