Refreshing Pet store

[Laceface]

So I discovered the most amazing pet store today. It's small, and not a chain, but amazing. They actually new the difference between quality dog food and nasty "purina" and such. They actually don't stock any bad food, except science diet. They had bearded dragons, all of which were on papertowels, which ACTUAL veggies, and the correct lights. They had bunnies that looked healthy, only two puppies, and tarantulas on eco earth, and everything was just...amazing! It blew my mind. They even gave me free dog food samples even though I didn't buy anything.

I had to go find Quinnie some new food, she has decided that Innova is not up to snuff for her. They gave me Solid Gold sample bags, but I never trust brochures, or sales people, to tell me how good or bad a food might be. Does anyone use this food?

 

[ftorres]

HEllo,
What store was this?
Where is it located?

thanks

francisco

 

[Laceface]

It's a pet store here in Florida.. Ivey's something or other, Can't remember the whole name.

 

[lilmoonrabbit]

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I had to go find Quinnie some new food, she has decided that Innova is not up to snuff for her. They gave me Solid Gold sample bags, but I never trust brochures, or sales people, to tell me how good or bad a food might be. Does anyone use this food?

I use Solid Gold brand for my cat (she likes the one in the purple bag). For my dog, I feed Orijen. But, solid gold is a good brand- at least it was when I extensively researched pet foods 2 years ago. My cat does beautifully on the Solid Gold, so I would imagine it would have the same quality for your dog.

 

[LeilaNami]

Blue Buffalo, Wellness, and Innova are the top three brands listed on nutritionist websites. Solid Gold would be a step down and I was not satisfied when I tried it with my dog. His fur became discolored and his poop was nasty like it would be if he had been on Science Diet. I do not find it a promising brand.

 

[lilmoonrabbit]

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=dog_food_reviews

http://ashleyspets.com/DogFood.html does a great analysis and rates many common foods according to a number of important factors. As you can see from the website, both wellness and solid gold ranked quite well, and are comparable:

Eagle Pack Holistic: 119 A +
Wellness Super5Mix Chicken: 117 A+
Solid Gold Bison-123 points A+
Eagle Pack Natural: 94 A
Canidae-119 points A+
Natural Balance Duck and Potato-114 points A+
Eagle Pack Large and Giant Breed Puppy: 94 A
Timberwolf Organics Lamb and Venison-136 points A+
Innova-117 points A+
Eagle Pack Holistic Chicken-114 points A+
Chicken soup-113 points A+
Flint River Ranch: 92 (non-specific fat source) B
Eukanuba Natural Lamb and Rice-87 points B
Nutro Natural choice Lamb and Rice-85 points C
Nutro Chicken, Rice, & Oatmeal: 85 (non-specific fat source) C
Eukanuba Large Breed Adult: 83 C
Iams Large Breed: 83 C
Iams Lamb Meal and Rice-74 points D
Science Diet chicken adult maintainance-45 points F
Bil-Jac select-37 points F
Science Diet Large Breed: 68 F
Pro Plan All Breed: 68 F
Pedigree Complete Nutrition: 42 F
Pedigree Adult Complete-14 points F
Ol Roy-9 points F
Purina Beneful- 17 points F

Here's another good site: http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/ - check out the 5 and 6 star foods. Both solid gold and wellness are listed as 5 star foods.

Of course, it's important to remember that different dogs are going to react to foods differently. What may work great for one dog, may not be the right "fit" for another.

 

[GiantVinegaroon]

Does this store ship to people out of state????

 

[LeilaNami]

Of course, it's important to remember that different dogs are going to react to foods differently. What may work great for one dog, may not be the right "fit" for another.

That is a very true statement. I just did not have good experiences with Solid Gold nor did my friends. In fact, I've had wonderful results with Blue Buffalo and I had good results with Castor and Pollux Organix way back when. The only problem with C and P is that they don't have a large production of senior food and market an adult/senior food formula which I don't agree with. Be careful with foods labeled "All Life Stages". They tend to have levels of proteins etc. that are sometimes high for adults and definitely too high for senior pets.