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 | Carlene Farmer writes,
"We currently have seven dogs: an old pound dog who is 13 years old, a German Shorthair pointer who is 11 years old, a German wirehair pointer who is 9 years old, a Chesapeake who is 7 years old, a one year old golden retriever who is being certified as a Therapy Dog, and two seven month old golden retriever pups in training as Assistance Dogs. I have tried every major dog food on the market, looking for quality and of course cost, with so many dogs.  After dealing with digestive problems, dull coats, persistent
shedding, inconsistent appetite, and abundant, smelly feces, I finally went
searching for something different and found the Flint River Ranch food. At first I
was cautious, because of the price and thinking it would taste so different the dogs would
not like it, so I just ordered a small bag, which disappeared in 3 days! I have
been using FRR dog food ever since and people constantly comment on what beautiful coats
my dogs have and are amazed when I tell them how old they are. When I took the 11
year old GSP in for his last annual exam a couple of months ago, the vet asked me to
remind him how old Cactus Jack was and when I said, "He's 11
now" the vet was surprised and checked the dog's records and said he hoped he
was in as good of shape when he reached a comparable age. I have seen several
friends dogs who are younger than my 13 year old but look, walk and act much
older. I am sold on the value of using FRR dog foods and now I buy in 500#
quantities and feed it to all my dogs." |
| Walter A. McCall, DVM,
Holistic Veterinary Medicine |
To everyone in the Flint River Ranch family,
I have two Maine Coon mix cats who were born at the clinic in 1979 and who have lived there since then. They are a brother and sister team and have the run of the clinic. They both inherited the ability to form excessive crystals in their urine. The male would easily become blocked except when fed Prescription diet CD. For this reason they were both fed CD which was designed to prevent the formation of crystals by limiting the minerals from which the crystals form. This diet saved his life and allowed him to live a normal life for the 14 years that he and his sister were on it.
During this time I was very concerned about the lack of wholeness and quality in the CD. The only animal protein in the CD came from poultry by-product meal, glandular meat and poultry digest which is garbage and probably useless as a wholesome food. Most must be detoxified by the liver and then eliminated from the body because it can not be used by the body for nourishment. If you go fishing and clean the fish you catch, what you throw away are the by-products. Would you eat this stuff? If not, then don't feed it to your best friends. The dry CD also contains as preservatives BHA and Ethoxyqnin. Even the FDA won't allow the use of this stuff in our food. We tried dozens of different foods which appeared to be good from the list of ingredients on their labels. In every case the boy would begin to block within two days after having as little as a teaspoon of the test food mixed with his CD. While on the CD his sister developed a severe case of miliary dermatitis with raw scabs over her body. She could only be keep under control with corticosteroids.
In May 1994 I received a phone call from my friend John Limehouse who shares my concern over the lack of wholesome pet foods. John told me what Jim Flint was doing and thought I would be interested in the food he was making. The next day Jim Flint called me and since that day I have sold an awful lot of the Flint River Ranch food. The clinic cats were put on the food and taken off CD. The boy has gone over a year without a hint of the urinary crystal problem and his sister's skin is without a blemish.
Both cats have been fed only the Flint River Ranch cat food with the exception of the girl who has on occasion been given a teaspoon of different canned food as "treats." These treats were from specially chosen canned foods that had a very good looking list of ingredients on their label. These included some of the lams products that looked very good. In every case she started breaking out again within two days. I can only conclude that someone is lying about what is contained in their canned food. I suspect that the culprit is liver in some form because it would contain all of the toxins that the animal had accumulated during its lifetime and had been stored in its liver when it was slaughtered for food.
I specialize in treating the so called "chronic incurable diseases" of Western medicine and many of my patients are considered to be dying when they come to me. One of the first changes in their life style is to have all of my patients eating a wholesome, human quality food. In order for a patient to be cured of these "incurable" diseases they must become healthy. Without a good wholesome diet the rest of the therapy can not be successful. I can not recommend any other food other than the Flint River Ranch food.
Walt McCall, DVM
** Reprinted with permission.
Original letter on file with Flint River Ranch Foods
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Debra
J. Mack, DVM, CVA, A Natural Choice Mobile Veterinary Clinic: Conventional & Holistic
Pet Care writes: I quite often get asked the question by clients as well as my distributors as to why there is not a separate puppy formula in your product line. To be quite honest, it was a question in the back of my mind as well when I became a distributor. I have raised several litters of puppies on most of the well known premium brands of puppy food and this summer raised my first Flint River litter. I purposefully did not supplement with other puppy food or use supplements other than yogurt and vitamin C, to determine for myself if the regular formula was adequate for weaning and growing puppies. The results - the food moistens quite readily into a soft gruel for starting the puppies on solid food. Other products take much longer soaking to completely reduce the food to a gruel consistency. There were no problems with soft stools as long as the puppies did not overeat. I have now raised three of the puppies to the age of six months with nicely controlled growth rates, beautiful coat and condition, and to this point, excellent overall health and soundness. I cannot claim this for the "premium puppy foods" I have used in the past. I also have a client who has recently weaned a litter of Rottweilers on Flint River and is very pleased with her results, as well as numerous other client raising healthy, sound structured puppies on regular formula Flint River Dog Food.  My question now would be, "Would it ever be necessary to have a separate puppy
formula if the quality of the food was high enough to provide high quality, highly
digestible ingredients which would render the necessary nutrients needed for proper
(controlled) growth and development?" It appears at this time from my observations,
that the answer is "No", and if so, would not be the first pet food fallacy I
have discovered.I have been breeding and showing English Setters for 15 years and practicing veterinary medicine for nearly that long, and felt you would appreciate hearing of my personal results with Flint River, as well as those of some of my clients. I feel very fortunate to have such an excellent line of pet foods available for myself and my clients, as I firmly believe it is the first and most important part of a preventive or restorative health program. Sincerely, Debra J. Mack, DVM 4402 Mirth Place Boise, ID 83704 *** Letter reprinted by permission.
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