Levi Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Hi everyone, I have been considering feeding nutro dog food for a while as it gets a lot of support on this forum. I bought a small bag a while ago and the dogs loved it. My dillema is the large amount of rice and rice products in the food. I am looking at the Adult Large Breed and the first ingredient is dried lamb meat which is great, however the next four ingredients are ground rice, rice flour, rice bran and rice gluten. This does not sound like a great diet for a dog. I am hesitant to pay fairly big $$$ for so much rice. I know many of you have dogs that do very well on this product and mine may do too, but is it ok to feed something with such a large amount of rice and rice products in it? Some dogs do well on supermarket canned and dry diets, but I do believe there is a price to pay in the long run. Therefore I don't believe that the adage "if your dogs do well on it, stick to it" is always reliable for their long term health. I feed vegies, pet mince, a small amount of coprice working dog (also rice based but far inferior to and of course cheaper than nutro), yoghurt, vitamin C & E, fish oil. Twice a week they get sardines, two other nights they get an egg and once a week they get liver. They also eat mostly chicken bones daily and a soup bone twice a week. I would like to cut out the pet mince due to the fattiness and poor quality (I often find minced up plastic bags in it and have to throw it out), and replace it with a better dry. I would still continue to feed the other ingredients. Nutro is readily available locally and I would like to feed it but would like your thoughts on the high rice content. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norskgra Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 (edited) I wouldn't feed my dogs any other dry apart from Nutro. I have tried my dogs on Eukanuba, Iams, Royal Canin, Science Diet, Advance, Coprice, ProPlan, Optimum, Nutrience, Bonny, Pedigree, Eagle Pack and Supercoat and Nutro is the only food they all like. Their condition has improved since they started on Nutro. I have even had comments on how good they look. I had one very finicky girl and Nutro is the only dry she will eat and she actually gutses it down. The initial outlay may be expensive but as it is a super premium food you do not need to feed as much as other foods so it actually works out cheaper than some foods. ETA - My dogs don't seem to drop as much coat either when they are being fed Nutro. Edited October 28, 2006 by Norskgra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noisymina Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 To replace the mince, you could use some meaty bones - chicken or turkey necks, lamb flap, roo tail etc. I agree Nutro is very expensive, so you could probably reduce the amount you need to feed if you use some of those to help replace the mince. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 (edited) I feed Nutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice It's great, i was looking after a dog with horrible skin, was red and itchy. After being on Nutro for a couple of weeks he had healthy skin, and a nice shiny coat :D (nutro NC Lamb and rice doesn't have Rice Gluten though...) Oh yeah, as Norskgra said, you don't need to feed as much either Edited September 29, 2006 by Thunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShesaLikeableBiBear Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Ground Rice, Rice Flour and Rice Bran are listed as 2.3.4. ingredients whilst Rice Gluten is No.9 :D I would be a lot more concerned if a product was using Corn Meal, Corn Gluten, Maize and Wheat as their ingredients. The initial outlay is expensive as it is a super premium food, howver you are feeding less as you are feeding quality. Out of interest a 23kg dog takes about 4 months to go through a 15kg bag. We have been feeding Nutro for 6 years now and have also weaned our litters on to it. Sorry Thunder, it does have Rice Gluten. If you want an analysis of how much Rice is in the product I can try and get it for you. LOL am not a Sales Rep but have direct contact with the General Manager in NZ from when I used to live there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 I have kinda just started on it :D Got my bag yesterday, will be getting it tomorrow and mixing it with the food they are on right now, so they can get used to it. I have high hopes. so it better be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Ground Rice, Rice Flour and Rice Bran are listed as 2.3.4. ingredients whilst Rice Gluten is No.9 I would be a lot more concerned if a product was using Corn Meal, Corn Gluten, Maize and Wheat as their ingredients. The initial outlay is expensive as it is a super premium food, howver you are feeding less as you are feeding quality. Out of interest a 23kg dog takes about 4 months to go through a 15kg bag. We have been feeding Nutro for 6 years now and have also weaned our litters on to it. Sorry Thunder, it does have Rice Gluten. If you want an analysis of how much Rice is in the product I can try and get it for you. LOL am not a Sales Rep but have direct contact with the General Manager in NZ from when I used to live there :D Note to self, read ALL ingredients thouroughly. Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa0305 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Bailey has been the fussiest dog to feed. Being a small dog I have been very concerned that he wasn't getting what the nutrience he needed. We started him out on Eukanuba. But it was a real fight to get him to eat it. He would only one meal out of the 3 a day he was offered and then he would only pic at it. I just changed him over to Nutro about a week or so ago. The first few days it was the same as the Eukanuba but I just kept putting it down for him. Now he eats 2 meals out of the 3 offered. I have stopped offering his lunchtime feed. He has really shown lots of improvments. His coat is beautiful and there are less stools to clean up. I couldn't be happer, I was worried to start with but its a great investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayreovi Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Is there any place i can get a sample sent to me? Im sick of buying bags of food and Darcy not eating it. Do they have an energy formula? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShesaLikeableBiBear Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Tollersowned, the only place in Victoria is at 4 Paws, Keilor Park, I understand they have very good freight rates. Adult performance has a much higher protein and fat ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagittarian Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Nutro Performance is an excellent food for high energy dogs, or fussy eaters who need nutrition from every bite. Will pm you and am happy to post some samples. Sags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayreovi Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Hesapandabear - I still have your PM with their contacts, i am about a week off running out of Darcys food so am starting at looking at a different brand. I dont mind driving that far if he really likes it. Sagittarian - Thanks! Hope he likes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagittarian Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Hesapandabear - I still have your PM with their contacts, i am about a week off running out of Darcys food so am starting at looking at a different brand. I dont mind driving that far if he really likes it.Sagittarian - Thanks! Hope he likes it. Tollersowned... have posted several samples today so here's hoping! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayreovi Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Recieved them and he loves it! Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShesaLikeableBiBear Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 tollersowned's dog, perhaps another Nutro convert?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flycow Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 (edited) Nutro does not have prebiotics / probiotics right? And also no Yucca extract? Those are the main reasons I'm sticking with Eagle Pack. ETA: I do feed additional stuff like yoghurt and flaxoil though. Edited October 4, 2006 by flycow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teandell Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 Hi flycow and others out there that may know, I do not know how the probiotics can be effective in a dry dog food. I was under the impression thatfor probiotics to be effective they needed to be a live bacterial cultures. How can this be so in a dried food with limited available water and also exactly what bacterial species are we talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayreovi Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Sorry to bump this up.... Hesapandabear - I still have your PM with their contacts, i am about a week off running out of Darcys food so am starting at looking at a different brand. I dont mind driving that far if he really likes it. Sagittarian - Thanks! Hope he likes it. Tollersowned... have posted several samples today so here's hoping! Just wanted to say thanks for sending out samples, i went and bought Nutro last week and i am so excited usually he stops liking the food after a few days but he is still eating it with gusto and now has more fat on his body and a gorgeous coat!! It made my two hours of aimless driving there to get it very very worthwhile!! (i got lost a bit lol only took an hour to get home!) tollersowned's dog, perhaps another Nutro convert?. Definately!! He eats it and looks great, its all i was after now i have all three dogs here on it and they are all looking spiffy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShesaLikeableBiBear Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Tollwerowned, great to hear that your dogs are looking better and that they enjoy their Nutro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aziah Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Is there a rep in NSW or a stockist? I'd like to get a sample of the Adult Performance... and the Puppy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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