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They portion their food by suggested servings and proper balanced diet. Giving a smaller amount of high quality feed is not poorly treating a dog. What they are doing is 10 X tougher than us walkin to the tree. They require an athletes diet in my opinion.

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l.lyle I agree with you, 2 cups a day dont seem like enough.

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They portion their food by suggested servings and proper balanced diet. Giving a smaller amount of high quality feed is not poorly treating a dog. What they are doing is 10 X tougher than us walkin to the tree. They require an athletes diet in my opinion.

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Kind of agree with you. A foxdog or a sled dog is an athalete. We aren't athaletes just walking to a tree and niether is a coondog heading to a bucket , giving a 1/4mile chase at best. I only get on a dozen or so realy running coons a year at the most. Anyway, athaletes these coondogs are not.

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No buckets here, plenty of crops, but that doesn't mean there are a few times a year when it's all about a chase, even in thick coons.

Take a look at what's doing the winning. They're not overweight, sloppy built dogs. What you see are tight athletic hounds. You can keep a dog alive on Ol' Roy, no different than you can live on hot dogs, and mac and cheese, but you and I both feel better and more energetic when we are eating well balanced meals.

I'm with you on the corn. It shouldn't bother a dog to the point of illness or allergy, I just don't see the point in buying and feeding them corn when it adds ZERO nutritional value to the dogs.

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I feed 2 1/2 cups a day in cooler weather. I feed 2 cups a day in warmer weather (All 3 Dogs are around 50-60lbs). I hunt 4-7 nights a week year round. I feed Sexton Brother's Pro-Endurance 24% Protein 18% Fat (White Bag) as much as possible but in warmer weather I'll switch to the 20% Protein 20% Fat (Orange Bag) and 21% Protein 10% Fat (Blue Bag).

I know a lot of people say Sexton Brother's is poorly made dog food, but come take a look at my dogs, and then come hunt with them, plus the Vet says they are perfectly healthy (But would be even healthier if I fed their outrageous dog feed LOL).

I feed the same, dogs poop the same and they actually have a shiner coat on Sexton Brother's then when i was feeding Diamond Naturals................Oh yeah I am saving more then $10 a bag and getting 10 more pounds of Dog feed!!!

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Zero nutritional value to Corn ? Maize? Tell that to the Cherokee and Chipewa or any other of native Americans Or to Me a Southernman Grits eater. LOL

I hunted with Mr. Kellog from Battle Creek Michigan, of Kelloggs Corn Flakes Fame. Tell Him about Zero Value of corn. It kept alot of us Crackers alive in and since the most recent BiG Depression! but think whatever you want to.

By the Way , I don't feed OLE Roy because it cost a good bit that I don't see the value in. I feed ShowTime 27-20 . I would feed Diamond Maitenance Formular in the Yellow bag if I could still get it after my feed store shut down, but not extreme athaLete for that kind of money. I have dogs that swim the river once or twice a year and they swim back skin and bones after a few days, I have taken a pup and had him fumbling and reached in and sent a skin and bones old dog that i just picked back up to put that coon up. The staying power is in the dog,NOT the FEED.

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This is the Same Yellow corn .. But I converted it to Homony .. Which becomes 100% Digestable .. The Smaller you Mill Corn the Higher is Value .. Corn Flower is Highly Digestable .. But Grit Sized Corn will Pass stright thru a Dogs Digestive System unless its been Soaked ..

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So I guess we could feed 10 cups of popcorn, and be better off than 3 cups of chopped sirloin??? L.lyle you never cease to amaze me!

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