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I once again had to go buy the hounds some food and noticed that the prices keep going up. I was hoping that some you had some suggestions on different food that doesn't cost so much and the dogs stay healthy. This is killing me.

The crazy weather has many Spring young dieing...Calf, goat, sheep are all good meat to feed hounds...2 frozen calves and one born dead goat on the supper list...
Keep your eye on the turkey house down the road also...

S.R. I keep-a-tell'n ya get them calf 's on the ground in Oct. & Nov. and you want lose any + when ole mother nature turns up the sun and all starts to green them baby's are just right to pick them young tender green shoots .

Chaffin Crank wrote:I once again had to go buy the hounds some food and noticed that the prices keep going up. I was hoping that some you had some suggestions on different food that doesn't cost so much and the dogs stay healthy. This is killing me.

This comes up so much... Quite honestly if feeding your dogs decently is an issue, you have too many dogs. You have 3 options feed them junk, buy in bulk, and/or cut dogs down.

Incahoots wrote:This comes up so much... Quite honestly if feeding your dogs decently is an issue, you have too many dogs. You have 3 options feed them junk, buy in bulk, and/or cut dogs down.

Thanks for your coments but that isn't quite what I'm looking for. Keeping the dogs fed isn't the issue....Raising the prices of dog food is the issue. Just a few months ago it was $13-$14 a bag. Now it's $20 and that is too much no matter how many dogs you have.

I was simply asking to see if anybody was trying different brands (cheaper) and how they are working.

I am a dealer of dog food . All of the products my wholeseller has are going up in price. No matter if you buy the cheep stuff or the best food on the market, The story i get is the shipping and the cost to produce the product. Thats why the dramatic price increase. Nothing is inexpensive anymore bottom line. Be prepaired to open that wallet a lot more often. They also charge me a 20 dollar surcharge per delevery for fuel.

I think that what is bad now is going to be worse! If you dont like 20.00 a bag food try on 25.00-30.00 my bet is it will be there before long. I feed a premium kibble and it is pricy right now around 30.00 a bag and I was warned at my last purchase that I could be looking at as much as 5.00 a bag more next time. I also feed ground beef that I purchase from a mink rancher at 00.28 per pound this the best thing going in my opinion. (and the cheapest) Kurt Robinson

I also am a dealer. Fuel is the biggest issue. Don't blame dog food prices. Blame the the price of a barrel of oil. What gets me is I haven't pulled up to a pump yet and find it empty. If there is a supply and demand shortage, why hasn't the pumps went dry.

Truck, tracking equipment, E collars, Kennels, and the best bred dogs that suit you, the dog food is the most important key to good health and performance.

It would be like buiding a house and not insualting it, or having to have 6 panel oak doors and putting in cheap windows. Crazy how the montly heating bill is never cheep enough, but we all like the goodies.

there are alot of stuff that adds to the price all the grains are way up along with diesel fuel here friday was 3.98 one thing people don't know is that the extruders that make the food are ran off of lp gas

Chaffin i fed black gold 23/16 it kept going up for a 50 # bag its 21.00 ,they ran out so i tried purina green bag ,i bought it at walmart for about 17.00 and it seems ok they might have it on sale now and then but it has lot of good stuff for the hounds coat ........... you can get hi standard a lil cheaper and it seems to be decent its probobly around 16 a bag i personally dont like it ,it seems like there isa lot of stool from it ,hope this help,these times we have to worry about the prices of things .the fast one

Chaffin,

Try Pride's Black bag 24/20. I switched to it awhile back whenever prices started going up. Seems to be working out for me.... It runs about $16-$17 a bag...

I also here Pride is going to the poly bag here soon...

Jack

I have been feeding Hi-Standard 26-18 for several months and I love the dog food. I switched from Black Gold and the Hi-Standard definitely out performs it. Kennel clean up is easy and the dogs stamina and coats look dramatically better. And the I am saving $3 per 50lb bag, Black Gold was $20.50 and I am currently paying $17.50 for the Hi-Standard.

Thanks for the feedback, no pun intended. I may just have to look around and see what I can find. It won't be long berfore our hounds have to hunt their own dog food. May have to just start shooting deer and letting them have deer steaks every night. (Just kidding)

I realize the cost of everything is going up because of the gas, but what I don't understand is why WE let it happen. And they wonder why we are headed for a recession. It's because once you put gas in your vehicle to get to work, you don't have any money left to buy lunch, much less go out and spend money to boost the economy.

Thank every one who voted for that nut in the white house he has about ruined this country