They may give it to Hicox. There are different levels of sponsorship in the dog food and trial world. Some trainers get a small discount, some get a big discount, and I do believe some get it free.
Shon...Right now I am feeding "Blue Buffalo"...But only because the mgr of the local TSC is cutting me a deal , till I decide...I just can't afford $50/30lb bag!! feeding 4dogs and next spring another Britt...
I'd feed it too if they gave it to me .
Absolutely .
Sam,
It's not too late, Coach has a litter of Lews coming up. lol
Shon[/QUOTE
Hmmm...wonder how them lews would feel with short tails?
I did a lot of research about the Pruina Mills, Inc.-PMI -feed yesterday and picked up a bag of the Exclusive Chicken and Rice and I'm going to give it a try.
Here's want I found out on line and it goes along exactly what the dealer told me. My supplier's family business has been selling Pruina products for over 25 years. Initially, Purina feeds were only sold thru authorized dealers and not thru "chain stores". Divisions of the company were sold off and Land O' Lakes bought the PMI division animal food division and Nestle bought out the Pet food division. PMI still uses the old dealer system, while the Nestle Division who sells the "name brand" products sells to all major retailers.
Here's what I found out on line:
"Purina traces its roots back to 1894, when founder William H. Danforth began producing feed for various farm animals under the name Purina Mills. The predominant brand for each animal was generally referred to as “Chow”; hence there was “Purina Horse Chow”, “Purina Dog Chow”, “Purina Cat Chow”, “Purina Rabbit Chow”, “Purina Pig Chow”, and even “Purina Monkey Chow”. Later, in 1902, he merged with university professor Webster Edgerly, founder of Ralstonism, who was at the time producing breakfast cereals, to form the “Ralston-Purina Company”.[1]
Purina Mills, Inc., the U.S. animal feed business that was sold by Ralston Purina Company in 1986, was purchased by Koch Industries in 1998, but a U.S. bankruptcy court cancelled out all equity held by Koch to maintain the company’s viability. Purina Mills LLC is now owned by Land O’ Lakes. Purina pet food is now made and marketed by a division of Nestlé (Nestlé Purina PetCare), which is still headquartered in St. Louis.
Purina Mills licenses the Purina and Chow Brands from the owner of the trademarks, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, for the United States and its territories (including Puerto Rico)."
The Exclusive brand that PMI sells has ingredients very similar to Pro Plan Selects, but at a definite savings in price. From what I can tell,(and from what the dealer told me) the main reason in price savings is in the advertising cost Nestle incurs vs. the cost PMI incurs. I paid $38.00 for a 35 lb. bag. The dealer has a program where the 8th bag you buy is free, so that drops the cost down to $33.25 per bag.
With almost the same ingredients as the Pro Plan Selects (not Pro Plan but the product a notch above Pro Plan) and at almost half the cost...I'm going to give it a try.
Steve