Just wondering if anyone feeds their babies the "rolled" food. We bought Chewie some of the Natural Balance rolled food and he LOVES it. For the last couple days we've been giving it to him with some natural brown rice mixed in. I'm just worried he's not getting all the "extras" he needs. Anyone who has experience with this? I don't want to keep feeding it to him if he's not getting the nutrition he needs. However that being said, he is a HIGHLY picky eater and it is VERY tough to find a dry food he will eat. We are being careful to give him lots of stuff to chew on and brushing his teeth. I do know that this rolled stuff won't keep his teeth as clean as the hard kibble might.

http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/products/DFRolls.html#Product

Sierra loves Natrl Balance Food Rolls - beef & lamb are favorites. I too was afraid she wouldn't get all the nutrients she needs. We give Wellness with a few small chunks of the NB Beef. She loves it!

Good luck.

We mix a slice of either the beef or lamb roll into Hud's food.

We also cube them for training treats.

Our dogs say :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup:

There are a couple of ingredients in those that I'd avoid myself, most notably: "Natural Smoke Flavor" and "Sodium Nitrate".

If the rolled food appeals to you, you could also consider one of the prepared raw diets. We used to use Bravo! before we started preparing our own raw diet.

Those foods mostly just contain ground raw meat, bones, organ meats and some vegetables. They come frozen in 2lb tubes (like a sausage) and we found them very easy to use. Just slice in half and dump in their bowls. We got it at one of the pet stores in our town.

Here is the link to the NB food roll page:
http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/products/DFRolls.html#Lamb

Natural Smoke flavor wouldn't be something that I would consider harmful or something avoid.

These food rolls do not have sodium nitrate, they use sodium nitrite as a oerservative. This seems like symantics, but if my memory of Organic Chemistry is accurate, sodium nitrate breaks down easier than sodium nitrite into the chemicals feared to cause cancer.

I happen to use these food rolls to stuff my labs kongs. I understand too that the rep will eat slices of them during the demos. I recommend them to anyone looking for treats for their dogs.






Originally posted by ZenCat
There are a couple of ingredients in those that I'd avoid myself, most notably: "Natural Smoke Flavor" and "Sodium Nitrate".

If the rolled food appeals to you, you could also consider one of the prepared raw diets. We used to use Bravo! before we started preparing our own raw diet.

Those foods mostly just contain ground raw meat, bones, organ meats and some vegetables. They come frozen in 2lb tubes (like a sausage) and we found them very easy to use. Just slice in half and dump in their bowls. We got it at one of the pet stores in our town.

duckbagger: respectfully, not so much semantics as lifestyle choice. My whole family (including pets) buy organic whenever possible, and as a rule avoid prepared foods, additives, preservatives, artificial sweeteners-colors-flavors, and don't use chemicals in our home. So it was from that perspective that I gave my :2cents:

I know it's valuable for all of us to get different perspectives here; I've benefitted from it countless times myself. I've since researched Natural Smoke Flavor and there are products that don't contain what I consider toxic ingredients, but I don't consider it a nutrient, and my pets really seem to enjoy the flavor of their food without additives. My view on sodium nitrate (and why we avoid food containing it):

Nitrates in food are a danger in that they can be converted to nitrites, which can react in your stomach to form nitrosamines. Nitrosamines are potent cancer-causing chemicals. Generally nitrates are most dangerous when they are converted to nitrites prior to ingestion, which happens during the cooking process. Nitrites form under conditions of extreme heat, such as frying. Therefore, if you choose to eat nitrate-containing foods, do so in a manner that minimizes the conversion. For example, you will want to avoid using bacon dripping for cooking, or frying processed ham. It just makes sense to avoid exposure to any potentially cancer-causing compounds whenever possible,

Actually Duckbagger is the one that suggested Natural Balance to me over a year ago. Sierra is a very picky eater. We have been using NB ever since! How are you duck? Long time, no see.