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coolbrze · Post by **coolbrze** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:26 pm

What do you all pay for a 50 lb. bag of Pro Plan? I just found a new dist. near me and I can get Black Gold 26/18 50 lb. (black bag) for $16 tax inc.

khensler01 · Post by **khensler01** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:03 pm

i have used black gold don"t like it. now feed Pro plan proformance like it the best of any feed ever. i only have a couple of hounds so don"t mine the cost as much,if I had lots of dogs would"t pay that much.proplan preformace about 33.00 for 40# thats close. I have trouble getting it all the time,some times they have it sometimes not Ken

pete young · Post by **pete young** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:14 pm

I have never tried Black Gold, but it would take a lot to get me to switch from Purina. I feed Pro Plan to the dogs i am running hard, but feed hi pro to the others. i like both. The pro plan is the best i have ever fed.

Michael Maynard · Post by **Michael Maynard** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:15 pm

Black Gold.

J.C. Blair · Post by **J.C. Blair** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:34 pm

Black Gold 26/18 dogs look great.
I used Purina for a long time, my dogs look just as good on Black Gold as they did on Purina.

We can't all be rich like Pete Young

Jim Stinnett · Post by **Jim Stinnett** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:05 pm

Black Gold 26/18

pete young · Post by **pete young** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:42 pm

Blair,
If I had your money I would burn mine.

rlsbeagles · Post by **rlsbeagles** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:53 pm

everthing on the farm here eat's better an more often than i do most have auto feeder's right down to the chicken's that my wife has to have an i can't stand but i must say i must be feed good since my doc say's i need to lose about 50...i'll lose 10 or 20 but it won't take about a week for me to find it...but i want the best i can aford for my dog's..anit's inbetweenthese 2 food... an coolbreez if you read this we will get togerther soon an run some hound's let me know how the black gold is doing since i'm using the pro plan now...

mdbeagler · Post by **mdbeagler** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:04 am

Black Gold 26/18 all my dogs look great on it.

Mapel Valley Kennels LLC. · Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:09 am

pete young wrote:I have never tried Black Gold, but it would take a lot to get me to switch from Purina. I feed Pro Plan to the dogs i am running hard, but feed hi pro to the others. i like both. The pro plan is the best i have ever fed.

I just go to pete youngs once a month and scoop up his stool from his dogs and feed my culls.And between times when its to slick to get there i fed black gold , black bag

coolbrze · Post by **coolbrze** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:47 am

Ronnie - called you last night, left a message on your cell, your house line was busy. Dogs seem to be doing pretty good on the BG 26/18, but I just started feeding it a week ago so it may be to early to tell.

Steve

Schag · Post by **Schag** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:27 pm

It seems like every time I switch feed my hounds do real well on it at first and then look poor after 10-20 bags. Years ago I fed Purina Hi-pro and swore by it. Dogs looked good, a lot of energy, more stool, nice coats. Went bad. Poor coats, couldn't keep weight on. Switched foods and had better results.

Switched to Diamond with same results after 15-20 bags. (Tried all of Diamonds premium feed.) The hi-energy (purple bag) in my opinion was the worse. The green and yellow premium was the best. Switched after the problems Diamond had.

Switched to Black gold in the black bag. I told everyone that I talked to that it was the best feed that I have fed in a long time...until recently, the dogs are starting to lose their "glow" after 15-20 bags. (Can't keep weight on 3 of my 5 dogs.)

I do not claim to be an expert, but from my experiences, it seems like you have to switch feed every once in a while to keep them looking sharp. Also every dog is a little bit different. Some can stay on feed for a long period with great results. Some do not. I have one hound in particular that I think would shine on bread and water.

I will probably go back to black gold because it is a good feed and less expensive, but I think I am going to try pro-plan or maybe hi standard for now. I have only used it a couple of times when other feeds at the time I was feeding were unavailable.

cuttinedge · Post by **cuttinedge** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:54 pm

Black Gold 26/18

PLATEAUBEAGLER · Post by **PLATEAUBEAGLER** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:57 pm

we don't have black gold here, so i have been feeding big red 24/20 and have no complaints, other than they went up 5.00 on the bag, now i'm looking for another brand.
i have tried hi-pro, pro plan, and both give my hounds the runs, and looked bad, i feed all types of Diamond and like Schag wrote after 10 bags back to the runs, weight loss, poor looking hounds. Out of the selection the pro plan was the best but i cannot feed 8 hounds and pay 25.00 bag for dog food and feed my family, so thats out the window.
i have talked to a lot of people and read up on the ol'roy lamb and rice and i am considering on going to it.
has anyone used it with success or is it like all the others?

rlsbeagles · Post by **rlsbeagles** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:49 pm

i tried old roy once an didnt like it lose stool an alot of it .....i had my dogs a food called show time no lose stool good coats but they just did'nt seem to have the all day power that they had on pro plan.... now they back on proplan they have the punch but alooser stool that smell's bad think i might try the black gold just to see how they'll do...