redneck_girl
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Re: High Protein
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Originally posted by BlueBagRules
Hey Guys! Just found out about the site!
First of all I'd like to say thanks for all the SPORTMiX support!
Before that though, let me introduce myself.
My name is Kent. I am the Alabama Rep for SPORTMiX. SPORTMiX is produced by Midwestern Pet Foods, Evansville, IN.
If any of you guys ever need anything please feel free to call us. I am part of a close-knit South Eastern Team that covers Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Missouri. Also some of the Florida Pan-Handle.
Phone #'s
Ala/Fla pan-handle: 256-740-1837 - Kent
Tenn/Missouri : 205-862-6375 - John
Miss/Lousiana : 205-329-3356 - Chad
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Just wanted to give a brief word to the "Protein on the Kidneys" discussion.
redneck_girl is right.
The key to this discussion is this: If we are not *Working* our dogs we don't need them on the high protein numbers. We recommend that you move the dog back to a "maintenance" product like our Green Bag 21/12. Especially in the Summer Heat.
This way, with SPORTMiX at least, you are still giving the dog a quality feed that still has two (2) meats in the top four (4) ingredients. There is no need to go all the way down to a Corn Based product here like a 21/8.
Our human system is a lot like a dogs in this regard. Our kidneys will "burn-up" too if we are not exercising sufficiently but are taking in high doses of Protein. Not to mention if you are generating that Protein number with a high quality and highly digestible source of Protein like Meat. Corn usually blows through tooooo fast anyway. Of course you can get real ridiculous with the numbers. If you are doing that you are going to damage your dog no matter how hard you work him. Over 30% you are basically putting Moth Balls in the Gas Tank. You WILL go fast for a little while! But it is just a matter of time before something goes "BooM"!!!
From what we are seeing, the Coon and Squirrel guys are using the Blue Bag, 26/18, with a HIGH level of success! These dogs while competing don't need the higher fat. They need energy and lots of it. You guys know better than I do that all that counts is all-out focus and endurance for two (2) hours. The more digestible the the Protein form the better. That is why we use Meat instead of Corn. We see our recipe as a *tool*. The quality of any job is directly related to the quality of the tools used to perform that job. Hopefully we are making your jobs easier and your *products* better!
On the other side of the street, the Bird and Duck guys love the Black Bag, 24/20. These guys dont run "all-out". They spend some time sitting in the blind as well as taking alot of cold dips. This is where a little extra fat comes in handy! We also have gone after the quality of the coat with the Omegas. 3 & 6. Our sources are Minhadin Fish Oil and Flax Seed. The highest forms available. Sounds like some of ya'll have seen the way the dogs coats slick out on it. If you haven't, you got to try it!
Well, I ramble some....haha.
Give us a call and watch for us at the next couple of "Dog of the Year" hunts with the ATAF series! look for us in Full Cry as well!
Thanks everybody!!!
Thanks BlueBagRules!! Here I started thinking I was loosing my mind (would have been a short trip). The food we were feeding wasn't SportMix, but was high in protein. We were led to beleive it was good for them by the dealer. Now, granted it didn't have adverse affects on the other hounds, but it did Chief.
Chief was a hard one to keep weight on no matter what ya did. I even resorted to cooking him whole roasts with taters,gravy and all. To no avail. When I took him to the Vet all they could come up with after $300+ worth of tests was he had low cholesterol.
Anyway, Doc said that 'paticular' hound had to have lower protein because it was burning his kidneys up. Having that experience, I try to let people know what to watch for in case this happens to their hound as well. Guess I should have kept that to myself, this thread got a little out of hand with people that have never experienced such a thing.
Thanks again for clarifying this.......
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01-17-2007 03:38 AM
18 somethin!
. Oh, and Bio-Diesel is REALLY going to wreak havoc on Feed Prices too! 
