Protein ?

[CYJ]

I never got to prove the raw feeding out. Since there was really no top-of-the-line supplements like Garner is putting out. He has been a pioneer in that field. When that day arrives, hope Tom has sold his business to a well-trained family person or persons that will keep his supplements quality up to his standards and best prices.

I felt that using a proper high quality kibbled feed with said supplements could get the job done if feeding on the twenty-eight-to-thirty-hour cycle and pointing your dog the last four days counting back from weigh in time.

Seems you have already done this with very good results. Why change and go through all those other added headaches. LOL

Feeding the way, you are now. All you have to learn is the difference from your cold weather type performing dog and a hot weather performing type dog, and the overall type of weather you deal with the most year-round. Simply adjust the protein to fat ratio of the quality kibble feed you are using. More Protein/Fat kibble in cold weather and less in the hot weather. The feed company you use should make both.

Many years back I paid Rowell a unannounced visit. He was pulling a dog on his round table. Right close by he had some cans of at that time. Top of the line Alpo canned dog food. He started quickly removing the dog food cans and then took the dog off the mill. I figured he was using the canned and kibbled feed. LOL

Back then where we lived there was a dog food kibble making company. Was a local Animal Stock market nearby. This dog food feed Company bought all that animal stock markets old horses/cows and any dead large animals off the local farmers etc. The kibble was only cooked corn and loaded with meat/bone pellets etc. The hunting dogs performed very well on their feed. Believe it was called Jim Dandy. The Kibbled dog foods went way down in quality after the Humane Society got a bill passed that dog food companies could not buy Horses etc., from Animal Stock markets or all those wild mustangs running loose today.

I saw a dog Mr. Teal was working. He came outside with the feed in a large pan. It had x amount cups of that Jim Dandy feed some cooked greens/ Liver and big boiled Turkey egg. His dog looked great. First time I worked a dog. I used that Jim Daddy Kibble/ cooked fat back collard greens/ some cow liver/ and a couple of boiled eggs with shells included. Added one of my wife's corn bread Hoe cakes. My dogs would about take your arm off when offered one of her hoe cakes. LOL That dog looked great and was nice and shiny. Did all its work with no problems and did well in the dog show.

Was later when I tried to start trying all sorts of things and adding this and that. Trying to make things ten times better. Things got worse and worse. LOL

If you have already gotten your own way of skinning your cats. Everything is working well for you. Stick to it and let someone else do all that crazy stuff like I did, when I first started with the dogs. If you see that your competitors are doing stupid stuff. Let them roll on. You need something to practice on before the real competition shows up. LOL