This is just a little story about dog food and the recommendation from Penny Taylor of Penny's Tuppence several days ago. Penny is an SPCA mom and has had numerous pets in her care as a foster mom. She is a groomer as well, and explained about a Taste of the Wild animal food.
Well I kind of did my normal thing saying Ya Ya Ya, but when Loyce announced that we were out of food for Biscuit, I did a look up on the google site and found out where to buy this stuff. "Tractor Supply!"
I do buy some stuff from them like trailer parts, and a pair of coveralls. But it is not a store that I normally frequent, because I don't have need for hog waterers and the like. But they do have all kinds of feeds and bird seed too.
They have all sorts of varieties of this Wild stuff, but the one Penny was feeding was the poultry based product. It has Duck, Chicken and Smoked Turkey. The filler is sweet potatoes, as it is completely grain free.
Other formulas include Bison and Venison, and a Lamb based food. Also a Fish based food and several for cats as well. Their web site is Here.
But the fun of this story is that when I came home with the smallest size to see if Biscuit would eat any of it, she began to follow me around. I took the bag upstairs to show Loyce who was in her office. I sat down and Biscuit jumped up in my lap and began to sniff the bag.
She kept licking me and sniffing the bag almost demanding that I open it. So I did, and she frantically gobbled the handful that I poured out. Amazing, she is the most finicky eater......
The instructions were to mix some of it with her old food, so I went down to her bowl and did just that. About a third of the new stuff in her old bowl of Science Diet. She dumped the bowl over on the floor and took her paw and spread the food out and began to pick out the new pellets from the pile.
She stayed at it until she had completely separated the new from the old and eaten all of it. Then she just marched off leaving the old stuff all over the kitchen floor. What did I start here?
Anyway that was yesterday, and she will not touch the old food now and is demanding to get some of the new Wild stuff like it was her treat bag.
Like I said, Penny knows her animals!!
Retired Rod
She is definitely a girl! She knows what she likes and will go to any lengths to prove it! That is a very cute story!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm going to have to track this stuff down. Our Scooter can't eat chicken or beef so we've been feeding her venison from Petsmart. But they are discontinuing this brand. So this definitely gives me a new option. Thanks Rod. Besides that, I loved the story. Way to go Biscuit.
ReplyDeleteSince I want to keep the Riggster all muscle, I will only feed him low fat foods, I will have to look at this as it sounds about as low fat as you can get, Even bison meat,almost sounds fit for human consumption, Had a buddy who loved Milk bones. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna...
ReplyDeleteSince I want to keep the Riggster all muscle, I will only feed him low fat foods, I will have to look at this as it sounds about as low fat as you can get, Even bison meat,almost sounds fit for human consumption, Had a buddy who loved Milk bones. Be safe out there. Sam & Donna...
ReplyDeleteRod your Biscuit sounds exactly like my Pug, Kybee. Talk about a finicky eater! I still have not been able to find a dry dog food that is acceptable to him.
ReplyDeleteAs this Taste of the Wild comes in a variety of flavors, which one did you buy?
I anxiously await your response so I can run out to purchase it for Kybee!
Thanks for the informative and funny post.
I am so glad that Biscuit likes the "Wetlands Canine Formula Roasted Fowl", Taste of The Wild dog food.
ReplyDeleteMine love the "Roasted Bison and Roasted Venison" one, too.
I know my cats love the feline version, "Rocky Mountain Roasted Venison with Salmon", Taste of the Wild, too.
It is grain-free, and that is what our little carnivorous animals need to keep them healthy.
Corn meal, which is used as a filler in so many name brand pet foods, is just not good for them, and can cause skin allergies and all sorts of nasty things like kidney trouble.
Happy Tails, and Trails, Penny, TX