diamond feed

mo. beagler · Post by **mo. beagler** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:42 pm

Bought my first ever bag of diamond feed. it is the performance adult. been feeding BG> black bag for about 8 months but after a 20 mile drive south the dealer was out and I didnt want to drive 25 miles north. I will give it a try. started it tonight. Anyone using it??

ChadCaslte · Post by **ChadCaslte** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:51 pm

I fed Diamond for about a year. I have no complaints, my dogs did pretty good on it.

sanfordssj · Post by **sanfordssj** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:27 pm

I used Diamond for a year and was never able to get their stool right. I switched to Pride. I attached a side by side comparrison below....

Pride 21/17 (Lime Green bag) Summer Feed
Pride 26/20 (Pro Series….Orange Bag) Winter Feed
1.Food needs to be CHICKEN based.
2.Moisture content needs to be no higher than 10%.
3.Need to have Protein %, and Fat % as close as possible:

CHICKEN PROTEIN & RICE
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS

Pride / Diamond Maintenance

CRUDE PROTEIN 26% / 22
CRUDE FAT 20% / 12
CRUDE FIBER 2.0% / 3
MOISTURE 10.0% / 10
ASH 5.5%
OMEG 3 0.5% / .3
*OMEGA 6 3.0% / 2.2
497 KCAL PER CUP / 330 KCALS PER CUP

Emery · Post by **Emery** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:00 am

If you are in Rolla, the Black Gold mfg plant is just north of you. Go buy 10 bags at a time and you will save money and you won't have to make the trip very often. They have a kennel rate that is cheaper than if you just buy one bag at a time.

mo. beagler · Post by **mo. beagler** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:22 pm

Yeah Emery, I was saving the extra ten miles and went south instead. When I got back to rolla he was at the family farm store here trying to get his feed sold there. He did not have any with him. I have been to the vienna store before. I hope they start selling it here in town.
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gunner · Post by **gunner** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:06 pm

I have been feeding the Diamond blue bag for about two months now. I have my dogs in an above ground kennel with wood floor slats. Thier stool is not firm at all. What kind of dog food makes a firm stool.

mo. beagler · Post by **mo. beagler** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:35 pm

After one night of feeding there stool seemed about the same as BG. we will see this week. The feed recomendation is less for Diamond than BG.

gunner,
You are not feeding to much are you??

Diamond is made in MO. to.

tinymwoods · Post by **tinymwoods** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:43 pm

we fed diamond for about 4 months and had the problem with loose stool. Also the smell was horrible (from the waste). Dogs actually put on weight with less food, and the price wasn't too bad. Switched back and paying about $1.50 more per bag, but am really happy.

mo. beagler · Post by **mo. beagler** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:46 pm

what did you switch back to ?

tinymwoods · Post by **tinymwoods** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:54 pm

I feed a brand called chestnut mountain. It is made here in Va. It has no soy or midds. It may not be the best but our dogs do very well on it. Do better than black/gold, diamond, proplan. Never tried Pride, but who knows may try that soon to save about $2 / bag.

http://www.chestnutmountainfeed.com/

sanfordssj · Post by **sanfordssj** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:17 pm

Tinywoods, that is the same thing i had with Diamond. Loose and smelly stool. I really like how the dogs are doing on pride. Here is a link:
http://www.thepridedogfood.com/

tinymwoods wrote:we fed diamond for about 4 months and had the problem with loose stool. Also the smell was horrible (from the waste). Dogs actually put on weight with less food, and the price wasn't too bad. Switched back and paying about $1.50 more per bag, but am really happy.