If you don't own pets, you can ignore this post. If you do, then read on.
Friends of ours recently bought a Colorado Mountain Dog puppy. She's a delight, very intelligent and playful, and is growing up to be a real family asset (she can herd kids as well as animals, to their parents' occasional relief!). We were struck by her luxurious long hair, and asked what they were feeding her. They told us about Gentle Giants pet food, which is her exclusive diet, and we were impressed by the visibly good results. They feed her only the dry food, but GG makes wet food for dogs too. Best of all, as far as I'm concerned, it's all made right here in the USA using local ingredients, and they list them all. No toxic Chinese food additives here!
We did some more research, and found that GG makes cat food too, both dry and wet. We ordered a 9lb dry food bag to test it, and had excellent results. Both our cats like it, and they eat less of it than they did of their old food with no loss of weight or ill health results. In fact, I think they're more energetic now. Our 13-year-old senior cat passed her annual vet checkup this morning with flying colors after a month or two on the new food, and was even more obnoxious than usual (freely translated from growls and hisses, "I hate this place - it's where they stick needles and other nasties in you!"). She was clearly in fine form, to the vet's amusement.
Therefore, I'd like to give an unhesitating Thumbs Up to Gentle Giants pet food for dogs and cats. We're impressed enough with its results that we're standardizing on it, and recommending it to our friends as well. It's freely available from the makers via mail order, and it's no more expensive to buy from them than through outlets such as Petco, Chewy or Amazon. Also, the price is very reasonable, and although you have to pay shipping, buying two or more packs at a time lowers the transport cost per packet, making it much more affordable. (I just bought two 18lb packs of cat food, and even with shipping added found the combined total cost to be less than a single 17.6lb pack of Royal Canin cat food from the local pet supply store. I'll take a bargain like that any day!)
(No, I'm not getting any sort of compensation or free product for endorsing Gentle Giants here; they don't even know I'm writing this. I just like my readers to know about good products and good deals.)
Peter
9 comments:
New options for good critter food are always helpful; our cats have been getting Taste of the Wild kibble the past few years, but it's sometimes hard to find and getting pricey. They also get canned food of various brands, but the ones we've been buying are likewise getting pricey, so we're forever looking for alternatives.
Well, I'm glad I got past the first paragraph or noticed that they made cat food out of the corner of my eye.
Our two senior cats have been having a rough year, with the male having trouble first. One of his possible diagnoses was an inflammatory bowel disease. We went looking for cat foods that didn't have grain and minimal vegetables, since cats are obligate carnivores. We found a brand we'd never heard of called Orijen that he loves and now he won't touch the food he lived on for almost the entire 12 years we've lived with him. We have to order it online.
The Gentle Giants website says a case of their wet food is $36. Orijen is $54.
I'll try to find a source where I can get a few cans and test it out.
Thanks for the tip! Will check them out.
You all be safe and God bless.
Just ordered some dry and wet for the cats. Thanks for the tip.
reasonably priced? ... wow
Started by Burt Ward -- Robin of the old Batman TV show.
Might be good dog food, but their website reminds me of the old X10 remote control website from years past...I'll pass.
Reasonably priced is always by comparison. Royal Canin from the Vet or online is $$$$. IAMS is a little less.
We have fed our cats IAMS for many years, and our fuzzy girl Golditoes just turned 21. YMMV.
We are trying a bag of the dry. I will compare the wet to what we are feeding now by specifications before we try that.
Thanks for the heads up on this stuff.
John in Indy
In looking at the dry dog food ingredients, I see that copper sulfate is included. A local vet who's a friend of a friend has researched this due to the death of his dog from liver disease which he determined was caused by excess copper in the liver. Just something to think about:
https://truthaboutpetfood.com/a-veterinarian-takes-a-stand-against-a-common-pet-food-supplement/
https://www.safedogfood.com/
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