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King, I feed my dogs Holistic Select. They both love it, but one, my 4 month old, occassionally chews his feet sometimes. I'm guess he's just bored and I should do more with him, but he's also shedding a lot these days. Is that just the heat you think? Or could he be allergic to the Holistic Select.

Also, my mom, who lives in Texas has a dog who constantly has hot spots. I told her to get better food but she lives so far from a specialty food store that's not likely to happen. Her grocery store has Flint River. Do you know if that would be worth it

He sells Eagle Pack at Chateau La Pooch, which makes HOlistic Select. SOmetime chewing feet will be an allergy. Might want to try him on a small bag of wellness or natural balance chicken/sweet potato or lamb/rice or fish/sweet potato.

If your mom lives near a pet smart, the Blue Buffalo fish/sweet potato pretty good for allergies. The larger bags are MUCH cheaper per pound than the six pound bag is.

Chateau carried Merrick, Eagle Pack, and Wellness. All good brands. Seen too many dogs lose their allergies after their owners took them off of the grocery store dog food and got some of the better stuff. And Science Diet is not a good one either. Check its ingredients.

I'd certainly support all your sponsors if I didn't live in Oxford. We've got two pet stores, one with nutro and the other holistic select. I may switch back to large breed puppy from nutro for my 4-month old. Chews his feet and scratches behind the ears. But we also just returned from the coast where both pups got torrmented by skeeters and ants, so I may wait another week before making the switch back.

I used to feed my other dog science diet, and she drained constantly. Within a day on holistic it had stopped. Food makes a huge difference.

I'm working on my mom. I think this post was fairly convincing for her. Just gotta find the nearest place for her to get the good stuff. Flint River looks good on their website and the store is a small two store chain that only has organic food, no science diet or iams (which her dog eats now).

Since your mother is remote she can purchase all these fine products online.

Next time I'm in Madison I will check out Chateau La Pooch! Thanks for telling us about it.

My husband keeps talking about Olga's and if you say it's good then we will definitely try it.

You mentioned Petsmart.. Has anybody else been totally burned by Bansfield? They quoted me $165.00 to fix my 6 mo old male Chow Puppy then called me and told me it would be $270.00. No complications, I had just been given the wrong price the week before. When I questioned them, they asked if I wanted them to stop! Those were her words, 'do you want us to stop?' I bout died...

Where does your mom live in Tejas?

La Grange.

Let me see, There is a Petco in Bastrop. They sell Wellness and Natural balance.

Lee County Feed in Giddings and Pet Station in Brenham both sell wellness. Baastrop Feed and Supply sells it as well. treats are pretty good as well.

She lives in Salado part time and Austin part time. But in Austin it's nowhere near a petsmart/petco. And because she's older, she doesn't like to drive far. She already has to chaufer my paps everywhere. The online order may not be a bad idea. Or my hermano lives behind petsmart and could deliver the food for her. But I'm convinced Farley's hot spots are a food allergy. She's gotta do something.

Gotcha. If Petsmart, the Blue Buffalo probably the best bet. http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2750074

Another good brand is Solid Gold.

my two 100 lb+ GSD both eat Blue Buffalo and it makes a great difference in their coats. Shiny as all get out. But they still have allergies, more in the summer. I think they are allergic to the type of grass we have. Again, Blue Buffalo has done wonders in other areas for them. There was an article on the NY Times yesterday or Friday, written by Jane Brody, about how all dog foods are pretty much the same with the exception of fillers. JJ has a really good point.

What I took from that article in the NYTs is there should be more scientific research about how different foods affect pets. But logic tells me the better the dog eats, the healthier my dogs will be.

I got the impression that article was haphazardly thrown together. Few sources and I think the writer was biased against better food from the get go. Probably didn't want to feel guilty about buying his dog Old Yeller food.

She's full of it. Except for the fillers? Um, its the fillers that are bad for the dog and make up all the grocery store dog foods. Its the fillers that usually cause the allergies.