Re: RE: Re: Purina Complete Advantage

["Karen Sullivan" <greymare@jps.net>]

> Yep, looks like sweet feed to me, but don't have the ingredients list in
> front of me.  On Purina Mills website they totally disclaim any
association
> with Ralston Purina, the pet food manufacturer.

Oh, that is interesting.  Up here in the North Bay, Purina (I guess Mills)
is putting in big
fancy feed stores that they call "Americas Country Stores", took over or in
conjunction
with a former local feed store. Only feed products are purina.....
  >
> I also do not like the idea of feeding complete
> feed pellets for roughage which it sounds like you are doing with the
Manna
> Pro. Rather have them on hay and then supplement with a manufactured
product
> for convenience when in heavy training.  Then the 10% protein in the feed
is
> not 10% of overall diet.
>
Hi Kathy, not sure if you were refering to me here, but just wanted to
clarify that I don't feed this stuff for roughage (these guys get free
choice grass hay and oat hay, and alfalfa once a day); and the
pellets and beet pulp are for added supplementation and fat.

> I'm still trying to figure out what supplemental feed works best for my
> horse, or if it makes that much difference.  I was feeding LMF Endurance G
> and Beau loved it.  I understand that LMF is reformulating their product
> line.  He's lukewarm about Complete Advantage, but I wanted to feed it
> because of the beet pulp, and wanted to use beet pulp at rides. They
finally
> started distributing Farr Legacy out here (I complained a lot on Ridecamp
> re: advertising it but not making it available) at least at one store had
it
> in Livermore that I happened to go to "accidently".  So I bought a bag to
> start feeding once the Complete Advantage is gone.  And I bought a bag of
> shredded beet pulp last week, for the first time, that I hadn't tried to
> soak yet.  Sometime soon I hope to get into a "rut" that Beau likes!

Yep, that is the key!!  Mine get just about anything they will eat (except
sweet feed!)
I can't get LMF up here, but can get something called TDI, or Tizz Wizz
(which is too high protein)

Karen