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Originally posted by Chiggers
Could some of you post some pictures of those dogs you are feeding 2 cups of dog food a day to ?

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Originally posted by CSnowgren
My bad, didn't know you fed for comfort. I haven't done that in almost 20 years. I would guess a pan of any old junk would work, the more grain the cheaper you could get by with.

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Originally posted by Joe~mcavoy
nothing wrong with comfort feeding i feed mine 6 cups of the dollar store dog food and he looks great poop easy to clean also kinda looks like oatmeal washes off super easy

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I feed all my hounds 4 cups a day. When Im hunting one hard, ( 5-6 night s week ), I feed 5 cups. Doesnt seem to matter the type of dog food I feed, they seem

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I feed Diamond Extreme Athlete. My young dog that I'm hunting 3-5 nights a week eats a little over 2 cups a day at 50#. He is perfectly fit and muscular, no ribs or bones showing but thin and very muscular. My 4 year old female gets 2 cups of DEA a day and has been in heat for last 2 weeks and she is a tad overweight.

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I also feed extreme athlete 2.5 cuos wich equals right about 1.10lbs. Jog them next to the truck 2 miles 5 days a week on top of hunting them 3-5 nights a week look best I've ever seen them

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I will say that the food Im feeding now, Hunters Blend, I do have to feed a tad more than the Diamond. I have never used the EA, but I fed High Energy for years. I always thought that was top notch food. I do like the Hunters Blend, and at $19/50lb bag, Ill take that over the $35/40lb bag of Diamond. I started feeding Diamond it was $22/50lb bag. Now, it's $32.99 at Orschlens! Oh well, the Hunters Blend is very good in my opinion.>>Jim Harper

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Very good topic.Ill be switchin back to Diamond Naturals.

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I'm feeding victor also. I had them on the 26/18 for a while and just switched to the 24/20. A few of mine got a little loose on the 26/18, so that's why I switched. (All of my dogs are wormed regularly and up to date on their shots) There doing good again. My beagles get 1 1/2 cups a day. My coon hounds get 3-4 cups a day 40-60# dogs. Now my Dozer dog has been getting hunted quite a bit and he's an 80-85# dog. I feed him about 5 cups a day. He is solid muscle.

Not all dogs are the same and surely not all people are the same. So what I'm saying here is that we can all agree to disagree. What works off one may not work for others.

Victor 26/18 and 24/20 are both $37 for a 40# bag

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Get mine at HyVee 50lb bag around $30 bucks. Feed my walker little over 2 cups with a tablespoon of pork fat.


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Originally posted by joey
I guess all of you know that hounds come in all different sizes and require different amounts of food right? 2 cups for one will work 2 cups for another will starve it to death.

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i feed victor 30-20 and feed two 60 pound hounds 2 red solo cups each per day and they stay right but thats hunting 4-5 nights a week

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How does there coats look?I took a good look at one of my hounds today and it is startin to get bald spots.Im guessin its caused by the feed so im switchin asap.

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Jackson87, are you feeding the 24/20 ?

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Bald spots on a dog are mostly caused by a fungus infection not the dogs feed lol

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Wet or moldy bedding

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Yeah been feedin 24/20 last 2 months im close to the bottom of the bag.Feed the the 26/18 for a couple months and figured the reason they were slim was due to the cold weather we were havin so I went to 24/20.I know thats a bad mix,for the warm weather that just showed up.Im not to proud of the way they look.Thats a 5 cups aday.What you feedin?

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I use a measuring cup straight out of the kitchen.It says 1 cup so thats wh what I go by.

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Just to clarify. When I say a cup, I'm not talking about a solo cup, a coffee cup, or any other drinking cup. A cup, is one measuring cup just like you have in your kitchen. A small one pound coffee can is exactly 4 measuring cups of victor dog food. My dogs food is measured every day. My dogs are wormed every month. And my dogs look good.

My beagles get 1 1/2 cups a day. My coon hounds get 3-4 cups a day 40-60# dogs. Now my Dozer dog has been getting hunted quite a bit and he's an 80-85# dog. I feed him about 5 cups a day. He is solid muscle.

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Your cup needs to be for dry matter. It is bigger than the one moms used in the kitchen. They should put a cup in every other bag of dog food. That way everyone would be on the same page.

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???So when they say cup there not talkin bout a measurin cup?

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I get a kick out of some of the "reasoning" mentioned on here. "Everyone will tell you my dogs are in top shape and they get Purina Dog Chow." Sorry, I call shenanigans, it is impossible. But hey, whatever floats your boat. You can't "see" a dog in top shape, top shape can only be evaluated by performance. If you don't have the experience of evaluating physical output, rest/recovery, anaerobic patterns, and a host of other things that aren't printed on a bag of feed....you are talking out of your azz. If your dog is in shape on cheap feed, it speaks to the genetic make-up of the dog. That same dog on a much better, cleaner burning feed conditioned for maximum anaerobic output, will redefine in your mind of what "top" shape really is. If you are feeding cheap, you aren't doing the best for your dog and you don't have any idea of what the dog is truly capable of. In the end, both you and him loose, regardless of what kind of argument you can craft on a message board.

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I swapped to diamond naturals here while back. Actually having to feed more of it than my old corn feed. I will use it until hot weather this yr. Just to see if what csnowgren is right about em recovering faster or not.Im now feeding them about 4 cups a day each. They both about 55 lbs.

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Originally posted by Jackson87
Ive been feedin Victor for several months and ive noticed my dogs r gettin skinny.They get 5 cups of 24-20.There all worm free and dont get hunted over 3 nights a week.

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I switched back to diamond naturals 26/18 and could tell a diffence right away.4 cups aday and withen the first bag my dog looks way better.Im gonna cut her down to 3 cups.

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