I am looking for info on anyone who has fed the NutriSource Performance food or Dr. Tim's Pursuit (or Momentum) for that matter. what was your experience? These are both grain free foods that are 30/20 or above.
Fed the nutra source was paying 70 bucks a bag. My two year old had a hard time keeping weight on. I changed to Pro Plan Sport and then to select. She has put on a few pounds. Receipt shows $71.50 just checked. I fed the Nutra Source Performance for about 6 months.
There are two foods that are close in name. ONe is Nutrisource, and the other is NUTRO...... Was it definitely Nutrisource Performance? I don't need a weight issue......
I feed my 11 month old the super performance nutri source. He appears to be thriving on it. Been on it since he was 4 months old and is a very very active dog and holds his 71 lbs very well on it.
$71.50 is a lot for 40lbs. I pay around $42, got friends who will sell it to me for a discounted price though. These same friends (who earn their living through dogs) have all their dogs on it and who thinks its one of the best.
FYI, Pursuit and Momentum are not grain free. They do have a variety called Kinesis that comes in a grain free option.
I have been checking out labels on Dr. Tims for a few weeks now. I've decided this is what I am going to transition Hudson to once we are done with his backstock of Royal Canin.
I believe the whole corn thing is over rated unless your dogs is allergic to corn. I fed Dr. Tims for 6 months and noticed my dogs where more thirsty and there coats dulled a little so I went to Acana and they couldnt keep the weight on, so back to pro plan and everything is just fine. I too thought corn was awful but by trying top line foods I think its a bunch of hype. Dr. Tims is a good food dont get me wrong but it just didnt work well for me.
I've been feeding NS Performance for years and love it. I also feed my young ones NS LB puppy. Just bought a bag last week. Forty-five bucks for 30 pounds. Can't remember how much the Performance is. I know I spend more in gas in three days than a bag of food that lasts a month!!
Susan
I feed my two dogs Nutrisource Performance, I feel its a very good line of dog food, Im paying $45 a bag for the 40 pounder. I also have good results with maintaining weight, nice coats,teeth and overall health and apperance. Stamina with the dogs holds up well as recovery. FWIW I fed Euk or PP before and I feel I have better results overall.
I buy it at a local feed store and they offer a buy 12 get one free
Susan I feed Nutrisource foods by the ton. Literally . The labs and young setters do great on the 30/20 performance (not the super performance), the adult setter kennel does great on the adult chicken and pups are raised on a mix of LB puppy and Performance. I have two allergy dogs that are doing great on the Grain free Seafood. I love the food, I love the price
I fed Nutrisource for years when I could find someone to split a palette with me. Very good quality and good price. I would feed it again and buy 25 bags at a time if I could find someone to split again.
I found it when shopping for higher quality food for older dogs and to prevent allergies. It is not available in my area at all so I became a dealer.
Max has loose stools on all other brands (even the more expensive stuff) except Nutrisource and Pro Plan.
I feed Nutrisource Performance to my three field trial dogs and they have done well on it. One of those dogs has skin issues and he is better on Nutrisource Performance than any other food I have had him on. Chris Ledford also feeds Nutrisource performance and his dogs look great. Go to their web site and read the label. No corn
We love the Dr. Tim's momentum, actually was able to put weight on our males right away, which we wanted. Our females were fine weight wise on Orijen. We are actually mixing the Dr. Tim's Momentum with Orijen and are really happy with our results across the board, finally. We have tried lots of different foods from PPP to Orijen and Dr. Tim's is the one that can consistently keep the weight on in heavy training. You do not have to feed much of it, Momentum is 588kcals per cup, where PPP and Orijen are about 480-490. Just our personal experience in the food game.
Colleen
dr. Tim's is rated 5 /5 on dog food advisor and highly rated in whole dog journal. You can't beat the fact that the winning Iditarod team the last two years in a row feeds this food. What that tells me is that it gives the long-term energy that a field trial dog needs for training and trials on the weekend. this is the product i am leaning towards.
i actually think the nutrisource super performance is the better product over the performance It definitely has more chicken in it since the first two ingredients are chicken meal and chicken. When dog food companies list chicken as their first ingredient, this is uncooked chicken. Once it is cooked down there is much less of it and the other ingredients takeover as being primary. Chicken meal is chicken that has already been cooked and has been ground into meal. There is actually much more chicken in a product that says chicken meal as the first ingredient, chicken as the second ingredient.
Nutrisource is rated 4/5 on dog food advisor.
i am going to be talking with a canine nutritionist from Cornell next week and then will make a decision......
I have been feeding Nutri Source Performance to my dog since November last year. He used to eat 5 cups Purina and was too skinny and had a dull coat. Now he eats 3 cups NS is perfect weight and has bright shinny coat. I buy from wags.com with free delivery in 2 days for about $52.00 for a 40 lb bag. Cannot imagine $75 per bag....just search on web.
I spoke with a NS rep. in Middleton a few months ago and he told me that more than a few dogs have a hard time with the Super Performance. He said that the few percentages more of both protein and fat can upset dogs stomachs and give them runny stools. FWIW.
Good grief. There is no perfect dog food. There is one that is best for your dog. Pick one, try it and see if you like the results. If not, pick another and try it.
Susan, Chris had his rep drop off a bunch of bags at our trial here near Fargo a month ago. It's made just down the road here in the same vicinity as human food and I've heard they use the same policies between the different plants. Nutrisource has been a good feed for me in the past but their prices seem to keep rising, almost substantially the last year or two. I have been feeding ProPlan for a long time and didn't really see a change in my dogs when on Nutrisource and with PP raising prices again here recently and starting to see a lot of flaky skin, I thought I'd give Loyall a shot. I'm a committee member with our local Delta Waterfowl chapter and Delta has a deal with Loyall so I thought I'd give it a go. Theres only two places that I can get it around here, a fancy pet food place and Tractor Supply. The ingredients seem to be very nice and their Professional (31/21) and Active Adult (26/19) are around $35 for a 40lbs bag. So far on the Professional I've seen softer stools but I'm now mixing the Active Adult and they've tightened up again so I'm just thinking the Professional is a little hot and paired with the warm temps. Their coats have lost the dander and wiry feel and they look great.
Nutrisource isn't in the same league with Dr. Tim's but it is good food and less money.
Anytime you use a food with such low carbohydrate as Momentum you will see a loss of body fat. That is just the way the dog's body reacts. That is a good thing. If your dog loses weight on Momentum it was too heavy to begin with.
Energy stores should be in the liver not under the skin.
The 44# bag would be more like 1.71 per lb. I think it's an apples and oranges comparison anyway. I don't think PP or Euk are in the same league as the Dr. Tim's, Annamaet or Redpaw. If it's a little more expensive, there's a reason.
You are correct different levels of food .... I personally feel Nutrisource is a better food than Euk or PPP , but not as good as what Dr Tim's reads. I cannot afford that much for dog food when the Nutrisource is working great...
I do get better pricing ...I am using retail for this because most people don't get the 10,000 lb rate. I was using Dr Tim's Momentum for my example , will edit to reflect.
Dr. Tim sells pallets direct at a great discount. Last time I checked Pursuit was about $1.10lb and Momentum $1.35lb including shipping and no tax.
Figure you have to buy a minimum of 2,200lbs
Bridget you don't live far from the plant. Go on FB and check the testimonials. The premier working jack russell breeder in the USA just put the kennel on the food and had a nice testimonial.
I have been feeding Dr Tim's Pursuit for over a year now and can honestly say that my dog's have never looked better. I have fed Blue Wilderness, PPP, Evo and a few others and I am having the best results with Dr Tim's. Plus if you ever have any questions you can just e-mail him and he gets back to you promptly.
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