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HAS ANYONE OUT THERE FED ANY OF THE DIAMOND NATURALS? I BOUGHT A BAG LAST WEEK AND MY DOGS SEEM TO BE DOING WELL ON IT.WOULD LOVE SOME FEED BACK ON THE DOG FOOD..
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Yes, I've fed quite abit of the naturals chix and rice. Good feed! I personally hate 40# bags, in fact they piss me off, so I dont feed it anymore, but it is a good feed.

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I feed my senior citizen Plott male Diamond Lamb & Rice because he developed an allergy (ear problems) to the corn in other dogfood. He does very well on it. It's a little pricey, but affordable for just one dog.

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sams club has exceed all natural for28.89 full 50pound bags a super food 30 protein 20 fat

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I am getting the diamond performance, 30/20, 40# bag for 22.95, and the naturals, the chicken and rice, lamb and beef are also 22.95 a 40# bag....

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I have used it before. worked very well when my dogs were losing weight. sometimes you can catch a 44# bag at tractor supply

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I am getting the diamond performance, 30/20, 40# bag for 22.95, and the naturals, the chicken and rice, lamb and beef are also 22.95 a 40# bag....

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Yes I feed the extreme athlete and barely give my lab 2 cups per day. My blue gyp gets about 3cups perday and the best part is the easy cleanup

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not one bit ...I mainly got it instead of the natural, as it has what my old dog needs as far as glucosamine..what do you consider the pros and cons of natural vs. the performance

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We were trying to buy Diamond Naturals around here and most of the small feed stores were being supplied by the same guy, who was selling stale and discontinued feed to all of them. Now we buy from Coastal Farm Supply which is big enough to have a high turnover, so it's always fresh. We use the standard Diamond Naturals beef & rice or lamb & rice (No By-Products, No Corn, No Wheat 25/15) during the summer and their Extreme Athlete (No By-Products, No Corn, No Wheat 32/25) for Fall and Winter. We basically feed 4 cups per day and we have to watch carefully in the summer or the dogs start laying on fat. We did some calculations and came up with Diamond as being usually the best value in calories/protein per dollar. You can feed cheaper stuff, but end up spending more cause you feed more (and scoop more droppings). We settled on Diamond a couple years ago and haven't found anything better yet.

BTW, we just go by contents and analysis. We ignore labels like "Puppy" or "Large Dog". And as far as the 40 pound bags, they all get dumped into the storage bin anyway soon as they are unloaded.

Went back and looked at the Diamond web page and noticed that the regular Diamond in the maroon and green bag is 24/20 and contains corn and wheat. Diamond Naturals is their line to stick to, IMHO. Take a look for yourself here.

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it was between the natural lamb and rice, and the performance..I got the performance for the 30/20 and glucosamine it has...we had been feeding lamb and rice, thought I would try the performance, I have had my dogs on it for about a week, seems to be fine, but its a little early to tell...if this isnt what I am looking for, I will go back to the lamb and rice...Btw, I love the quote John...dang good movie...that was probably my favorite scene of the movie, lol...

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That quote and scene is one of my favorites also. Came from one of the 5 or 6 best books I ever read.

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not one bit ...I mainly got it instead of the natural, as it has what my old dog needs as far as glucosamine..what do you consider the pros and cons of natural vs. the performance

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not one bit ...I mainly got it instead of the natural, as it has what my old dog needs as far as glucosamine..what do you consider the pros and cons of natural vs. the performance

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they dont offer the extreme athlete anywhere I have been, only the lamb and rice, beef and chicken....I would try that if it was here....

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I was getting it from TSC but they kind of dropped the ball so I asked one of the local feedstores if the could order it. 3 days later I had my feed. I've found that most smaller stores will order it for you with their normal orders esp if they know you'll come back.

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give me the goods on the extreme athlete...ingredients, percentage, price, etc....if you dont mind, I would appreciate it anyway

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I found in on their website...looks good....

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the Extreme Athlete and the chicken and rice look the best out of the naturals...after I feed these 3 bags, I will try the chicken and rice...whatever I get has to be easily digestible...

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Love the replys on the dog food.Lets here some more..Thank you...

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I tried the Extreme Athlete for a while ... it's like $32 a bag , you can't tell the difference in it and any of the others.

Diamond and others use chicken alot because it makes the numbers look good ... but dogs just plain eat better and do better on the beef based foods even if the numbers aren't as good .

I've never seen a Diamond flavor that had the dark color and grease to the kernels like ProPlan , Canidae and such ....

I've never seen dogs get those ripped flanks with the muscles showing and get legged up on straight Diamond.

Canidae is about the same price as the Extreme Athlete and I'd say it a good bit better.

If a guy has several hounds and money is an issue ... you can't beat using the normal Diamond and mixing about 1/3 to 1/4 ProPlan into it .

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I tried the Extreme Athlete for a while ... it's like $32 a bag , you can't tell the difference in it and any of the others.

Diamond and others use chicken alot because it makes the numbers look good ... but dogs just plain eat better and do better on the beef based foods even if the numbers aren't as good .

I've never seen a Diamond flavor that had the dark color and grease to the kernels like ProPlan , Canidae and such ....

I've never seen dogs get those ripped flanks with the muscles showing and get legged up on straight Diamond.

Canidae is about the same price as the Extreme Athlete and I'd say it a good bit better.

If a guy has several hounds and money is an issue ... you can't beat using the normal Diamond and mixing about 1/3 to 1/4 ProPlan into it .

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