posted 03-17-2004 07:24 PM         

Well, he's done so well with the Nutro product and it's a really great product, so I'm planning on sticking with it.... I just don't know which one to try:
Nutro has two adult formulas (Natural Choice) that I was looking at:
1) For "active adults" - Lamb and Rice Formula (which is what he had as a puppy), or
2) For "active adults" - Chicken Meal, Rice & Oatmeal Formula. The website for this says that it's "unique because it provides superior nutrition and taste while being highly digestible and easy on the stomach."

posted 03-18-2004 10:30 AM         

Bailey already is on the Nutro... I was just more curious if anyone has used the Oatmeal formula. I went to the local petstore and they didn't have it (never even heard of it!), so if I wanted to put Bailey on it then I'd have to special order it... which is no big deal, as long as it's a good formula.

posted 03-18-2004 12:34 PM         

Since dogs prefer eating the same thing, unlike people who like variety, you may want to stay with the flavor that Bailey is used to. But, you said that already. This is my thought, I too am thinking that the Chicken meal, rice and oatmeal formula will be better for my dogs particular needs (when we get to that stage). Precious tends to get dry skin and she has a sensitive stomach. I guess it all depends on what Baileys needs are.

Good luck and keep us posted. I'm very interested to hear what you decide and what your results are.

posted 03-19-2004 01:50 PM         

Unfortunately, they've stopped loving it. This just happened about two months ago. So since I was almost out, I decided to wean them onto another brand. My pet store highly recommended a new brand called LOTUS, which is supposed to be human-grade so even you could eat it. It's also supposed to have a higher meat/protein content than Natural Choice. They also said that because it had a higher protein content, they'd eat less.

Well, you know what? I used to feed them two handfuls each of Natural Choice and they'd eat it all up. Now, with LOTUS, I feed them one handful and it's enough, and they can't eat it fast enough. Oh, because they're eating less, their stool is smaller. Yippeee!

Lotus is more expensive than Natural Choice, and quite frankly, had they not decided to boycott it, I would still be feeding them Natural Choice. I think Natural Choice is a good product. Just looking at my dog's coats is evidence of it. However, my mom said that with her dogs she just added a tsp. of olive oil a few times of week and her dogs' coats became beautiful. I also met this woman at the dog park whose dog had the most GORGEOUS coat and she said that she added olive oil to her dog's food.

Anyway, that was a bit off subject, but I just wanted to say that I used the lamb and rice for a year and it worked great for me until doggies became finicky.