"Outstanding" PUPPY FOOD!

[wvduece]

a few years ago i feed a litter for 6 months with science diet it was very expensive something like 35 dollars a bag i THINK maybe wron on price but it weas something like that i have used purina puppy chow alot of times but my last litter i used JOY puppy chow pups did real good on the joy, i feed joy to all my dogs they do real well on it probally will feed the joy puppy chow soon as i got a jyp ready to whelp in mid of sept will start the jyp on it in about 2 weeks jb

[Keystone Kid]

I just want to make sure you guys understand “Black Gold has at least two if not three types of puppy food”. Their “Signature Series” is the one I’m making the claims bout. I looked at their other puppy food they carry and it to is impressive, but their Signature Series line is the ultimate”. Just thought I’d through in a little play on words.

[xdawg]

how much is that stuff?

[Keystone Kid]

how much is that stuff?

Retail I think is somewhere around $30 for a 40lb bag. You don't have to feed near as much, and the stool volume is much less.

[DRamey]

Jack, I have long thought that worms are transmitted through dry dog food because of my upbringing. When I was a boy in eastern Ky in the early 70's, we raised litter after litter on table scraps (back when we ate 2 or more cooked meals a day) and never bought owrm medicine and rarely lost a pup except a runt. Now I feed only dry dog food and have to wormm like you said, weekly, when I have pups. I have often wondered where else the worms could be coming from. We had a discussion on this board a few years ago about it but it didn't go very deep. Would like to get it restarted with some of you younger, educated beaglers. Food for thought. Why do mongrels raise such healthy litters?

[Keystone Kid]

Jack, I have long thought that worms are transmitted through dry dog food because of my upbringing. When I was a boy in eastern Ky in the early 70's, we raised litter after litter on table scraps (back when we ate 2 or more cooked meals a day) and never bought owrm medicine and rarely lost a pup except a runt. Now I feed only dry dog food and have to wormm like you said, weekly, when I have pups. I have often wondered where else the worms could be coming from. We had a discussion on this board a few years ago about it but it didn't go very deep. Would like to get it restarted with some of you younger, educated beaglers. Food for thought. Why do mongrels raise such healthy litters?

Start a new topic on the board about "Why do mongrels raise such healthy litters?", and I will be happy to comment.

[wvduece]

Jack, I have long thought that worms are transmitted through dry dog food because of my upbringing. When I was a boy in eastern Ky in the early 70's, we raised litter after litter on table scraps (back when we ate 2 or more cooked meals a day) and never bought owrm medicine and rarely lost a pup except a runt. Now I feed only dry dog food and have to wormm like you said, weekly, when I have pups. I have often wondered where else the worms could be coming from. We had a discussion on this board a few years ago about it but it didn't go very deep. Would like to get it restarted with some of you younger, educated beaglers. Food for thought. Why do mongrels raise such healthy litters?

the same here when i was growing up we never wormed our dogs n always had health dogs that would run all day n had coats so shiny they would glisten every once in awhile my dad would buy a couple cans of jobo but not very often they eat what wse did they got all the scraps off the table always had biscuits or corn bread our chickens eat what they would find in the wild except in winter months they got some cracked corn but now im constantly worming or doctoring something never heard of going to a vet then jb

[Phillip Housden]

When you open a sack of feed and you see worms crawling in it, I would expect you could get worms from dog feed.

[Keystone Kid]

When you open a sack of feed and you see worms crawling in it, I would expect you could get worms from dog feed.

what feed had the worms in it?

[fastnfuriouskennel]

Anybody tried the Pride 30/20 growth?

Stick to Purina, Ive tried the pride, didn't like it. They growed good, if you got alot of worm medicine!

I really can't believe the feed gave your pups worms.... Did you ever worm them?

-Jack

X Dawg,
Yes, I worm my pups every week with liquid Nemex, haven't had any issue with loosing pups due to worms. What I meant was, I seen more worms in the stool after worming, when I fed the Pride. I'm not above feeding Pride, But, after feeding Black Gold for the last couple of years, I guess I'm just a Black Gold kinda Guy!

[Windkist]

When you open a sack of feed and you see worms crawling in it, I would expect you could get worms from dog feed.

LOL, I don't think so!!!! If you find worms crawling in your dog food they are more than likely moth larvae or some sort of pantry beetle (mealworm) larvae. Not the type of worms you can "catch" I wouldn't feed it to my dogs but, it would provide nothing more than extra protein.

leah

[oakhill]

Gotta agree with Windkist. Those kind of worms are not the kind that you see in dog's stool. Like she said, just more protein but would never feed it. Cornmeal has the same thing in it. Where do you think the meal worms come from when you leave a package too long on the shelf??? They just hatched out of the cornmeal. Those in the dog feed are probably meal worms also.

[green river]

Jack, I have long thought that worms are transmitted through dry dog food because of my upbringing. When I was a boy in eastern Ky in the early 70's, we raised litter after litter on table scraps (back when we ate 2 or more cooked meals a day) and never bought owrm medicine and rarely lost a pup except a runt. Now I feed only dry dog food and have to wormm like you said, weekly, when I have pups. I have often wondered where else the worms could be coming from. We had a discussion on this board a few years ago about it but it didn't go very deep. Would like to get it restarted with some of you younger, educated beaglers. Food for thought. Why do mongrels raise such healthy litters?

Just my opinion, but I believe that these "mongrels" live so long because they live off of the land more than kenneled dogs and their immune system is probably much stronger. They are exposed to many more diseases and build up a tolerance. I don't have any of these mutts because they would'nt do me any good, but that is just my opinion.

[xdawg]

worms..

i can honestly say i've yet (in 3-4 litters) to see any worms in any of my pups less then 6 months of age...

however, i worm momma before with safeguard and worm pups week 2,4,6,8,10,12, and then once a month for life...

dogs getting worms from dry food... can't really see that...

fastnfuriouskennel,

there is no way you can compare 2 different litters and the amounts of worms they had when you feed them different feeds....

too many varibles.... time of year, how wormy momma stays, did momma have fleas, and on and on.....

i'm not a company man for pride or anything... but when it comes to blackgold... do you really think paying $30 a bag gives you anymore hope of not getting worms?

Jack

[Windkist]

Worms in Puppies come from the dam. If she never had worms as a puppy or never picked them up then likely the puppies would be worm free but, that would be very uncommon. Worms in dogs lie dormant in the bitches tissues until a pregnancy which then give them a signal that new life is about and they migrate throught he placenta into the puppies so, in essence the puppies are born with the worms. As they grow so, do the worms. If you can worm them young enough the worms will die off before they do harm. If not you'll see worms in the stool.

Why do mongrels not have worms? Most likely they do but, manage to survive anyway.

Leah