Kibble Question

[jennifer5799]

Ok, so mine are eating raw, but during Ike they had some kibble - basically a blend of samples I got from a chick I know who owns a pet type store. She gave me some for the dogs, too, but I mixed this one in with the ferrets' mix. Has anyone looked at Solid Gold's Barking at the Moon? It's actually an adult dog food, but it has 41% protein. Anyhoo, I was just curious. I know it has a lot of other undesirable junk in it (fruits/veggies) but what kibble doesn't

I was just interested in it's "ranking" from someone who is better at readin' kibble labels than I am (don't feed it, don't need to read it hahaha)

~Jenn

[pear2apple]

Here's just the first few lines of ingredients:
Ocean Fish Meal | Beef | Potatoes | Potato Protein | Canola Oil | Tomato Pomace | Natural Flavoring | Salmon Oil (source of DHA) | Choline Chloride | Taurine | Dried Chicory Root | Parsley Flakes | Pumpkin Meal | Almond Oil | Sesame Oil |

Ocean Fish Meal, not so great as the first ingredient, if the beef were first it would be better. And then ONLY 2 sources of animal protein is quite lacking. Potatoes and Potato Protein? Who cares?? Its not helping your kids any. Salmon oil, taurine, dried chicory roots is good. The rest of the ingredients were stuff I never heard of or the typical veggies/fruits.

Overall, I would say no, this is not a good kibble to feed. They are getting the protien from the wrong sources, and I doubt too much is even coming from the meats, less than half is my guess. But the oils aren't bad, there just isn't enough good stuff in this to continue feeding...if thats what you might be asking.

[jennifer5799]

No, not what I was asking, mine don't eat kibble - I was just curious how it rated

It is good to know NOT to include it in an emergency kibble mix, should another hurricane come calling (I guess that's what I was asking, lol). Thanks

[savagedestiny]

I don't particularly like Solid Gold as a company. The woman who created the foods is a bit wacky, and they've got a few shady business practices, like changing formulas without telling anyone. Oftentimes we don't know they've changed something until customers start complaining about their dogs getting upset stomachs, then we look on the bags and go "Yep, they did it again!"

The potato is something you'll have to live with in any grain-free kibble, except Nature's Variety Instinct, which uses tapioca root. Kibble has to have a binder to hold it together, and in order to keep the food grain-free potato is usually what is put in.

[jennifer5799]

Sept 26, 2008 12:25:31 GMT -5 savagedestiny said:

I don't particularly like Solid Gold as a company. The woman who created the foods is a bit wacky, and they've got a few shady business practices, like changing formulas without telling anyone. Oftentimes we don't know they've changed something until customers start complaining about their dogs getting upset stomachs, then we look on the bags and go "Yep, they did it again!"

Wow - I didn't know that! Somehow it doesn't surprise me. Oh well, there's other kibbles out there that will work in a pinch! (My dogs begrudgingly had to eat kibble for a bit, too - 2 of them always think I'm trying to kill them!)