Huh? Last time she eat on her own wan. In fact she ate very well. Maybe she is still feeling a little cautious. You just leave the food there and see? If she don't eat within 10 minutes, take away. Then give her again the next morning.

Better not to hand feed her one by one. After very the susah loh

i been there only. other no yet.

Hi Joan, thanks ... i will listen to your advice ... Actually that night i dont feed her one by one ... then i left the food for her in the play pan and when i come home after work. She can finished it. I will try that method again ... ... just now evening i came back early ... so i brought her to walk at about 7pm ... she pee and no poo ... haha ...
then i asked my gf's sister to bring her to walk again at 9pm ... finally she poo ...

hi all,

is blackwood a good brand for dog kibbles? thought of buying blackwood for my dog.

anyways, i got a call from the breeder today. she said the microchip has arrived and Ramses will get his microchip done this weekend. but i'll only be back on tuesday so i will pick him up on tuesday evening from seremban

finally the wait is gonna be over soon!

nolar..juz wonderin y so long din see him at da forum onli mah..
maybe he's bz paktor-ing ler...heehee

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Added on March 6, 2009, 1:08 amMy place here, all pet shop is not selling blackwood d ler..they say not good..coz now it is made in Thai..so not good d wor..but dunno isit true anot lar..sumore they say dat blackwood will lighten da color of da fur..

This post has been edited by waichee86: Mar 6 2009, 01:08 AM

hmmmm....if thats the case...wat brand shud i try ah? coz i need to buy it tomorrow. coz weekend i won't be around and puppy coming home on tuesday. so i have to prepare everything tomorrow.

i feeding my boy boy canidae. The price is much more expensive lorr but is worth to give them.

red queen, where u stay wan?
heard of da brand IAMS?
i saw it at pet safari yesterday..not expensive lar..but dunno good anot..

IAMS is not a good brand in my opinion...it's just only SLIGHTLY better than the dogfood that is sold in supermarkets like Purina / Pedigree. If you're buying kibbles, try to opt for higher quality kibbles, like Acana, Orijen, or Addiction (though Addiction is a dehydrated food, and you would need to wet it, making it more of a wet food than dry). Look at the labels on the packaging to see the ingredients on the food. The first ingredient listed should ALWAYS be meat (eg chicken, lamb, beef, etc) and not animal by products or grains. In fact, I think kibbles should not contain any grains, corn, or soy.

I THINK I've posted an article here quite some time ago on how to rate the kibbles in the market. Let me look it up...if it's not, I'll post it here again for you to have a look


EDIT: I found it, but I can't seem to post the link for some reason (or maybe it's just me). Anyways, you can always do a search in this topic. Type in the keywords 'grade dog food' in the text field at the bottom left of the posts. It should come out with my post. I checked

P/S: I almost forgot...most probably your breeder would have been feeding Ramses another brand of kibble. It's best to ask him/her about it and stick to it for a while before changing the food if you want to. Sudden change of food for a pup could cause loose stools.

This post has been edited by Rayne: Mar 6 2009, 09:23 AM

I think the Top grade kibbles were ranked as:

Evanger
Natural Balance
Eaglepack
Back to Basic
Artemis
Acana
Innova

Here's another link for top ranked kibbles found in the Whole Dog Journal: http://www.geocities.com/rottndobie/wholedogjournal2.html

Most of them are from America though...not sure if we can find those brands here in Malaysia. Anyways, just thought I'd share There are also the other list for 2008 and a 2009 approved canned food list, plus a 2005 list of NOT approved dog food, which you can see here: http://www.geocities.com/rottndobie/wholedogjournal.html

I am actually quite sure Ramses is fed with Eukanuba... As what Mrs. Lim told me when I got Boy Boy... However, we did change the brands for few times, and now ended up with Canidae...

My dogs currently are on Eukanuba......so far no problem. but i've been searching around and saw brands like Orijen, blackwood, etc. so i thought of trying them.

anyone knwo where i can get eaglepack, innova or orijen? i'm from PJ area.

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Added on March 6, 2009, 9:46 amthanks for the links Rayne. going through them now.

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Added on March 6, 2009, 9:47 amhey winnie,

where did you purchase canidae? i don't mind if it's more expensive.....as long as Ramses gets the best.

This post has been edited by red-queen: Mar 6 2009, 09:47 AM

Well, I think FLUFF carries Orijen...you could also try the bigger petshops like the one in Taman Megah, or Pet Safari? Usually,these bigger stores would have more variety, and MIGHT just carry those brands. Not very sure though coz I'm not from around PJ. Maybe someone else from PJ would have a better clue

red-queen,

We bought our Canidae from House of Groomers. They only carry in this brand. They fed all their Golden Retrievers with this. They have the best golden retrievers in town as I know...

http://www.houseofgroomers.com/

kam sia!!! tq tq very much. will need to go buy and prepare stuffs for Ramses's homecoming as i'm on leave today.

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Added on March 6, 2009, 10:30 amhmmm....house of groomers is in Plaza Damas....my office is here as well

This post has been edited by red-queen: Mar 6 2009, 10:30 AM

acana expensive anot ar?
anyone here noe how much? for big pack wan..

If I remember correctly, I bought Acana Salmon & Potato for about RM40 - RM50 plus? Not a very big pack...I THINK it was about 2kg plus? Can last Scottie for 1 month per pack. I got them from DoGroom in Kuchai Lama...but that was quite some time ago, and it was way before I found raw feeding So, the price might have gone up a bit I guess...have not been checking prices for kibbles at all these days.

This post has been edited by Rayne: Mar 6 2009, 11:31 AM

Im not sure house of groomer in plaze damansara got or not cause i always went to subang. Keep the receipt with you, buy ten 15lbs can get 1 free. Not sure with other packages...

oh...i actually checked their site. the one in subang is the academy. the one in plaza damas in sri hartamas is their main branch i think.