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Originally Posted by OldDrumDobes  Does anyone have experience with this dog food? Kirkland Dog Food Chicken or Lamb it's sold at Costco.. I am a picky person when it comes to dog food and I search and search when it comes to feeding. Each year for the holidays we donate dog food to the local rescue/shelter and I usually buy whatever they want or suggest. And I normally take the time to read the label and try to buy a good food. This food is alot cheaper then what I normally buy, so in theory I could buy alot more bags. The rescue group is crazy about this food, which is great, they are seeing wonderful results. I have never heard of it or feed it and wondered has anyone else used it? Just wondering if anyone has personal experience. Thanks! |
When my 5 year old Dobe was two and being being shown in conformation I was having a terrible time keeping weight on him. Unlike a lot of my adolescent and post adolescent males who just didn't eat very well he ate--and was on ProPlan Chicken and Rice which he loved--but I literally couldn't feed him enough to put weight on or keep it on without launching him into massive bouts of diarrhea--his system simply couldn't handle that much food. Obviously the only real thing wrong was that he was young and we were showing him but since my handler shows in the northwest and California he had to be in condition when she was up here.
I tried a variety of foods with him and finally (don't even ask for an explanation of why I ended up with the Costco Kirkland Chicken and Rice) hit on a mixture of half ProPlan and half Kirkland Chicken and Rice--he ate it in moderate quantities and put weight on and kept it on--with the price of kibble these days I should just start feeding him Kirkland again. At any rate I think it's an excellent product at a very moderate price.
That particular Kirkland product is Diamond's top of the line kibble (both the lamb and the chicken formulas) and I had fed it as Diamond several years ago so knew that it was a decent food and most dogs did very well on it.
It's what I donate at Christmas to the local Humane Society who is always looking for food donations.
I should read the whole thread before I start answering--my dogs coat looked great, he had solid muscle--not just fat. I've never had very good luck with any of the lamb based foods so I stay away from them. I was feeding the Chicken and Rice