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Switched to Walmart's Ol' Roy dog food temporarily due to financial hardship. Not long afterwards Hobbs, our lab mix, developed frequent urination and started licking his penis (unusual for him). Thinking he might have a UTI, took a urine specimen to the vet. Result: high alkaline, probably due to dog food. Anyone else have problems with Ol' Roy food?
Just for fun, can you list the first 10 ingredients?
Discarded the bag. Looked up the ingredients online: Ground yellow corn, soybean meal, ground whole wheat, corn syrup, poultry fat, Meat and bone meal (Animal Fat Preserved with BHA and Citric Acid), Chicken by-product Meal, Rice, Animal Digest, Salt,
Not good, is it. And what is ANIMAL DIGEST? Have rejected cat foods containing that. Bought Ol Roy just as temporary food and now sorry we did it. Which ingredient(s) would screw up the urine PH? Have a friend who has always fed her 3 dogs Ol Roy and they did well on it or seemed to.
I rest my case, yer honor. As far as the UTI goes, well... I'm not a vet so I won't even hazard a guess. But I do know this: Dogs react individually to cheap food. My last Doberman got diarrhea and refused to eat it, and my current dog lost half her fur, got horrible scaly skin, AND had diarrhea until I settled on some decent food for her.
By the way, you probably DON'T want to know what "animal digest" is.
The question this begs, for me, is what DOES a responsible pet owner opt to feed a pet if they come into financial issues? What's the cheapest way to feed your dog without compromising health, realistically?
The question this begs, for me, is what DOES a responsible pet owner opt to feed a pet if they come into financial issues? What's the cheapest way to feed your dog without compromising health, realistically?
This is a tough one. Won't buy Ol' Roy again--will at least buy Iams, Purina, or similar. Sure glad I don't own a Great Dane! Guess its time to do regular searches for online coupons.
The question this begs, for me, is what DOES a responsible pet owner opt to feed a pet if they come into financial issues? What's the cheapest way to feed your dog without compromising health, realistically?
I've heard good things about both Sam's (Exceed) and Costco (Kirkland) brands of dog food. I think they are around $29 for a 40 lb bag. Also, Petsmart has a store brand (Authority) that is probably less expensive.
Iams and Purina are just as bad as Ol'Roy. Not one ingredient in Ol'Roy is actually a real meat, it's all by-products! To answer your question, no, I've never had an issue with Ol'Roy because I would never in a million years give that to my dogs. I'd cook before I resorted to that!
As several pp mentioned, Costco's new Nature's Domain is the generic version of TOTW. If you don't have a Costco, TOTW is a much better food. Because it's grainless, you'll feed a lot less and save in the long run.
We feed Caesar Wellness Core but there are a lot of other good dog foods...
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Have rejected cat foods containing that. Bought Ol Roy just as temporary food and now sorry we did it. Which ingredient(s) would screw up the urine PH? Have a friend who has always fed her 3 dogs Ol Roy and they did well on it or seemed to.
