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   From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net   
      
   HOWEDY mary,   
      
   "Mary H Healey"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns95DF79C996FDAmhhealeyiastateedu@130.133.1.4...   
   > "Christy"  wrote in   
   > news:ck2Gd.278$Hg6.205@trnddc09:   
   >   
   > > Aw, crimeny. I missed the part where she   
   > > mentioned the breed.   
      
   Yeah. It was right there, too.   
      
   >  And I didn't think about the amount of food   
   > and the adult size of the breed.   
      
   There's A LOT of things you bums haven' thought abHOWET.   
      
   > > Purina is crap, so two cups is probably not much   
   > > nutrition, but it is still a ton of calories and really   
   > > really way too much food.   
   >   
   > I thought it was ProPlan?   
      
   It IS, mary:   
      
           Andrea Hannahan wrote:   
           > According to "Good Dog Magazine", Purina's Pro Plan   
           > is either their Super Premium or their Premium (I   
           > can't remember which) dog food. Whichever it is, the   
           > evaluation and recommendation provided in "Good   
           > Dog" was good enough for us to try it. It was said   
           > to have particularly good benefits for dogs with   
           > black coats, among other good things. My experience   
           > with this product has been very positive. My two   
           > German Shepherds eat it exclusively and they are in   
           > very good health, keep good weight, and have   
           > beautiful, shiny coats. They have always eaten dry   
           > food and we have never regretted switching them to   
           > this food when they were about 3 years old.   
      
   >  In any case,   
      
   But don't let the facts deter you, mary.   
      
   > I feed my 70-lb adult Lab 2 cups of ProPlan   
   > ("Lite") a day, so that's got to be way more   
   > food than a Sheltie pup needs.   
      
   If he's eatin it he's eatin it.   
      
   > > ...You do not want to "settle" your high   
   > > energy pup by loading her up with fat. :(   
      
   That's sheer idiocy.   
      
   > Got that right.   
      
   On accHOWENT of it AIN'T PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE.   
      
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