Dog food prices?

Anyone notice an increase in dog food prices? I went to pick some up today and it was ~$2.00 increase in less than a month.

 

Yes, I noticed that Diamond foods has increased their prices by$4. It may be due to a shortage of fuel.

 

Actually here in ohio diamond hi-energy went down $4 .From 17.99 to 13.88 for a 50 lb bag.Its funny every time i go stock up i buy all of it. I go through 5-7 bags a week right now for the winter .So these prices are very pleasing to my pocket.

 

Lucky

I'm having a hard time now b/c work is screwing me and my last check was $53 for the 2 week pay period. Only worked 1 day...and not even a full day. I was getting Purina Hi Pro that was like $16 and now it's $19 and some change. Might go around and see if Diamond prices dropped.

 

um u guys are still feeding diamond even after the recent recalls? hmmmm......i know i sure as shit wouldn't be

 

WWII: No increase in price. I have tried to PM you for a while, but it said your box was full. I got ahold of that guy you told me about a long time ago that makes the cards/rails. He got me one done in less than 48 hours. He seems like a real cool guy. Thanks for his info.

 

Well when its the only High Performance you can find in the area.You kinda have no choice.Every one of my females are very very active .So its hard to keep weight on them .Diamond is the only thing that does the trick for me.

 

I'm not sure how many dogs ur feeding and what part of ohio ur in but i did a quick search on the Canidae website and there a bunch of places that carry it in ohio. It's just my opinion but i would everything in my power to switch from diamond to something more reliable

 

Yes and canidae is also anywhere between 32-38 bucks a bag. Put it like this i go through 50 lbs every 2 days if im lucky.So thats pushing the limit just a little. If i only had a few dogs id try canidae or some super premium food. But for now Diamond Hi energy and Extreme athlete(For a few over active bitches) are working just find.If it ever recalls again ill switch to a raw diet.

 

I just cleaned it out. I had no idea it was full. So, do you like the cart? He's a good guy.

 

I feel you on that note, i couldn't afford to feed multiple dogs with canidae, however Diamond was recalled again just this past week. I've talked to some dogmen who feed over 25 dogs and they are all switching to exceed, its fairly cheap and a good quality feed, i don't know just throwing out another option, do what u do

 

Actually exceed is the same formula and actually looks identical to ol roy hi pro and retreiver hi pro.It ran right through my dogs.And for 3 of my dogs i had to feed supplement just to keep there hip bones from showing.They sh!t a good 5-6 times a day.Just didnt work for me.I think ill just switch Iams or something.I feed puppies Iams Puppy food .They sat way fat and sh!t once a day if that.

 

at the store where i get canidae, it went up to 38 bucks a bag from 35 bucks when i bought one a month ago.

my sister-in-law is coming up from louiseville (sp?) this weekend. she's going by costco and picking up 2 40 lb bags of kirklands signature for me to try....i've heard good things about that from ppl.

going to give that a whirl.

P - is there a costco up your way? we could get a pallette of that shit for the low if it works good....

 

R* - i did not know that.

i'ma have to call her and nix her stopping by costco on her way up here.

thanks for the heads up.

 

I heard of a feed outlet up by toledo that sells food by the pallet.I wonder if anyone here knows about it?That or i may see if i can find black gold.Heard its decent.

 

Mott's: Where have you been?? Diamond was IS on the latest recall (Jan - 08)! And it was on the one before that & the one before that as well.

You can say all you want about having high energy dogs, ect. but you won't feel so sweet about feeding that Diamond when you have to watch your dog go through a painful death b/c that sh!t food poisoned them. Get your head out of your butt man & find another feed unless you want to bury some dogs!

As a side note, I switched to Black Gold black bag after Diamond Hi Energy killed 2 of my dogs. I have been very pleased w/ the Black Gold thus far & to my knowledge Black Gold has never been on any recall lists or killed any dogs!

 

I too have just switched to Black Gold for 2-3 weeks now from Natural Choice Nutro. For the cost of a 50lbs Black Gold bag, I can't be more pleased ! And ABK is right never have I seen Black Gold on any recall list. A lot of people may dis-like that fact that it has Corn Meal and Corn Gluten Meal but I've seen good results with Black Gold compared to Nutro.

And yes the price has increased a bit. I've seen canned food for $1.25 jump to $1.75

 

I use Red Flannel Prime. Use to be known as PMI Prime. The feed store where I purchase it, you buy 6 and get 1 free so I usually pick up about 7 bags at a time for $134 and some change. It's now $22 and some change a bag here where I stay, use to be $18 even a bag when I first started feeding it about 3 years ago. I have had very good results with this in my adult dogs and pups. Here is a link to the product information: http://www.pminutrition.com/rf_prime.html

 

I just switched back to Natures Variety for my young dogs and Precise for my retired dogs. I was on Diamond Naturals Lamb/rice and Chicken/Rice for the last 3 months and my dogs looked great, but after this recall again I just cant chance it. Yeah I was saving alot, basically half the cost but my dogs are too valuable to me to loose one. I am finding a way to cut corners financially in other areas to keep them on better food.

hbk

 

Well with all the scare I'm trying this...

http://www.tasteofthewildpetfood.com/products/dogs/wetlands_canine_formula/

I've heard its made by Diamond so hopefully it don't kill my dogs but who knows now days