When Belle was sick over the holidays, I was sent home with a small bag of Hills i/d. Can't even remember how much it cost, because it was part of a $900 vet bill.
Today, I ran out of food and didn't want to rush home from work to get to the vet in time, so I called the vet and ordered a big bag, got my mom to go pick it up, and then picked the food up from there. When I got there, they first thing she said was "$55??? For that little bag?" I thought not much of it, as I was paying $65 for a big bag of Orijen previously. When she said "small bag" I figured, yeah, it would be much smaller than the bags she buys for her medium-sized dogs.
Well, when I went to get the bag of food out of her car, I was shocked to see how small it was. I went back in the house to agree with her...$55?????? LOL...it's a 5 lb bag...the bag of Orijen I got was 15 lbs (not positive about that, but it was much bigger and that was the weight I found on the internet). So, basically, I just paid 3 times the price for a food that has exponentially worse ingredients...YIKES!
And, what's worse, is they eat this stuff like candy. With Orijen, I had to fill their bowls every other day...I'm filling their bowls everyday now and it's still empty half the time.
Anyway, no real purpose in this thread other than to share my amazement. I will continue buying the dry i/d for a while, and then I plan to look into switching to a food with better ingredients.
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Today, I ran out of food and didn't want to rush home from work to get to the vet in time, so I called the vet and ordered a big bag, got my mom to go pick it up, and then picked the food up from there. When I got there, they first thing she said was "$55??? For that little bag?" I thought not much of it, as I was paying $65 for a big bag of Orijen previously. When she said "small bag" I figured, yeah, it would be much smaller than the bags she buys for her medium-sized dogs.
Well, when I went to get the bag of food out of her car, I was shocked to see how small it was. I went back in the house to agree with her...$55?????? LOL...it's a 5 lb bag...the bag of Orijen I got was 15 lbs (not positive about that, but it was much bigger and that was the weight I found on the internet). So, basically, I just paid 3 times the price for a food that has exponentially worse ingredients...YIKES!
And, what's worse, is they eat this stuff like candy. With Orijen, I had to fill their bowls every other day...I'm filling their bowls everyday now and it's still empty half the time.
Anyway, no real purpose in this thread other than to share my amazement. I will continue buying the dry i/d for a while, and then I plan to look into switching to a food with better ingredients.
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