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Originally posted by BWSupplies
I believe where the corn comes from has a lot to do with dog allergies..... Use to you never heard of a corn allergy BUT all the corn used came from the USA not foreign country's. Their is only a few dog food manufactures that use Iowa corn.
Corn that is shipped in has to be treated in a preservative to make to journey by boat here. What ever they use can't be to go on your dog or you.. Just imagine how much foreign corn is used for animal and human consumption daily.....

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How come lots of these feeds nowdays say no soy? Did they use to have soy? Is it just a filler or what?

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Michael Ghorley

Soy is used to make up some of the percentage of protein, some used to argue that because soybeans are plant based protein the dog doesnt convert it as well as say meat based diets,Some dogs are allergic to it. I just feed what I feel is good for my dogs JMHO

Micooner, that's the way I feel about it. Since the cheaper dog feed has went up and up and up I've went back to black gold. I used to feed it all the time until the went way up in pricing years ago. Now since pride,sports mix,plantation,and other feeds have almost caught up as far as the price I just went back to Black Gold.

Diamond Naturals

Just picked up my first bag of extreme athlete today. Switching em over from Pride blue bag.

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TEAM HOGBACK MAFIA

Any of yall feed the diamond chicken an rice instead of extreme athlete? ? I wish they had one kinda in between these 2.

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Michael Ghorley

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Originally posted by GA DAWG
Any of yall feed the diamond chicken an rice instead of extreme athlete? ? I wish they had one kinda in between these 2.

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Originally posted by GA DAWG
Any of yall feed the diamond chicken an rice instead of extreme athlete? ? I wish they had one kinda in between these 2.

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TEAM HOGBACK MAFIA

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Originally posted by RatDog
The EA is chicken and rice.

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Clyde Murphy 229-344-7308

GRCH GRNITECH"PR" Blue Iron Brummy HTX

Top 100 Finalist 2012 UKC World Hunt.

King of Hunt 2013 BBOA National Bluetick Days

Tree Blue

I use and recommend Backwoods Supplies

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Originally posted by Robert Johnson
I ran a simular test here at the kennels some 12-18 months ago. Used about everything under sun in terms of feed you can buy around here, inside a price range, Sportmix held up fairly well, however to maintain the dogs looks, one had to rotate between the 26-18 and 24-20 mixes. I like the feed, but it wasn't what we wanted. switched to the black gold, and saw very little if any difference in the 26-18 miixes. Showtime was way to much "clean-up" involved in feeding it. Them dogs could shoot through a mesh screen fence and never hit wire. Sunshine, believe it or not was good feed, but the place around here stopped carrying it.

The winner of the test by far was Purina ProPlan Performance. Dogs stay muscled up, lean and ready for whatever the hunt brings them. From observation, they appear to feel better on this feed. Yes it is more pricy than the rest of the above, although not that much more than the black gold, but worth it in terms of performance. I noticed and increase in stamina when I switched to performance. I also ran the white sheet test. put some pellets on a white cloth and see which one leaves the most grease after allowing to sit for a day or two. It will not be the Purina.

Long story shorten, Purina performance is just that. Performance enhancing fuel for your dog. To be truthful, i'd rather feed regular dog chow than a lot of other things i have tried.Nope, lesson is learned folks. If Purina is on the bag, the quality is inside.

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Johnson Creek Kennels
home of:
UKC Grand Nite Champion "PR" Yadkin River Addkis. Deceased 12/11/2016 RIP

2009/2010/2011/2012 AKC GA. State Leader and Supreme Grand Nite Champion Yadkin River Addkis

2010 ACHA Georgia State Champion Grand Nite Champion Yadkin River Addkis

PKC Champion Yadkin River Addkis

Bright Eye Lights


Treeing Walkers

912-663-5287 cell (perfered)

Have no problems with Showtime, must have been operator error, but then we are talking bout Rock

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James Lawrence, Big Slough Kennels

i tried native with no results the dogs stool was very lose and even cut down on the feed. i love sportsmix but can't get it around here anymore if i do i have to order 20 plus bags and that would last me a year. i feed river run with great results like it better than native dog food and its about 20 dollars cheaper and it comes in 50lb bags

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wyandotte, ok
shawnstovall2001@yahoo.com
918-961-2434
Home to:
Pr S&J's Shack's Backwoods Patches (walker)
'PR' Stovall's Black Knight Wild Willy
Past Home to:
dual grand stovall's black knight george (gone but not forgotten)
pr D&S' black little luke (1st and 3rd place wins) (davis black luke x paynes black june) gone but not forgotten
Dual Grand Davis' black hutch (gone but not forgotten)

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Originally posted by Blue Iron
There is a Chicken and Rice formula that's not EA.

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Red Ryder coonhounds.
Home of the
Xtreme Hyde Dawg

Home of,
PR Nitech Leinie Red Ryder
PR Jan Da Red Ryder Butcher ( JJ )

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Originally posted by GA DAWG
Any of yall feed the diamond chicken an rice instead of extreme athlete? ? I wish they had one kinda in between these 2.

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Chris McCrary
PROUD MEMBER OF THE BLUE DOG MAFIA

mine really like bread

I feed mine beef bones from the hind quarter and the hip bones! And buns they love them both is that bad for them i bet i havent bought a bag of dog food in three months they dont eat it! I thought about buying some native but whats the point they aint gonna eat it anyways!!!

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Aron Nieland

Update

So far I'm very impressed with the Diamond Extreme Athlete. Trooper is doing very well on it and looks the best he has in a while.. Trooper was granded out at 2 and after he went to a few big hunts but was mostly pleasure hunted. For the last 2 years he has lived a relaxing life at the beach wich bleached his tan white and made him look much older then what he is. He has only been on the EA for a few weeks and his tan markings are starting to come back, he has slimmed down some and his muscles are starting to be more visible. Today I started my 5 month old pup Jet on his food change over to see how he does.. So far the EA is out preforming the Native.. The Sportmix is still hanging in there and is a great food for the money.

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