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Me - Boonelover, You who?

NeSaxena

Well-Known Member
Hey there!

I'm Neelanjana - or as I like to be called now, Boone's mom. Boone is our (me and hubby) first BullMastiff puppy. He's now about 2 months old (we don't know his exact date of birth) and the apple of everyone's eye :cool: I've grown up with dogs (I owe my life to two separate dogs, two different incidents!), but its my hubby's first time. For obvious reasons, along with training Boone, I've got to train hubby dearest to train Boone as well!!:) I'm hoping that with this forum, I'll be able to get info about this breed, considering there are so many theories out there, it's mind boggling!

To start with, Boone's currently eating Royal Canin Maxi Junior. Our vet asked us to NOT feed him Giant Junior as the climate in India, along with the Giant puppy's food will make him grow faster than he should. I know definitely that since he's a giant breed, he needs to grow slow to make sure his bones support him well. I tried moving him to Eukanuba, but he doesn't like it soaked. He loves it if I give it to him as a treat DRY during training. I want to move him to Taste of the Wild, I've heard a lot of good things about it. Should I make this move:pray:? It is very difficult to get TOTW here:(, but I know a distributor in another city where my sister lives, she can bring it in for me. Any details I can get here would be much appreciated.

And for all the Raw food advocates - I am one too! BUT, in India, the meat we get is pretty cr**. We have to cook the s**t out of it for human consumption, and I don't want to risk giving it to Boone (One main reason - when we got him, he was pretty sick (stress diarrhea - the breeder sent him to us when he was too young, from another city!) It took nearly two weeks for him to get better, and I am very very careful about what I feed him now:scared2:)

Thank you guys for all your help!

Love
Boonelover :D
 

NeSaxena

Well-Known Member
I've seen you mention in other posts that Acana is better than TOTW. Is this true? And why is it so?
Also, I'm a little worried about the calcium content in both - isn't it very high for a Bullmastiff puppy?
I know I'm being paranoid - I love the guy and don't want him to ever fall ill or face any challenges again!
 

Smart_Family

Dog Food Guru
The Sierra mountain formula is fine. I prefer Acana Pacifica to TOTW because TOTW is manufactured by Diamond. However TOTW is better than royal canin and eukanuba so if TOTW is what you can get then I'd get it.
 

NeSaxena

Well-Known Member
The two varieties available right now are Wetlands Canine and Pacific Stream. Are any of these okay?
 

NeSaxena

Well-Known Member
No other grain free ones here :(. There's Orijen but its way way out of my budget - it needs to be imported and the import duties in India are phenomenal! Acana is not available at all. In terms of easily available stuff, there's pedigree (which I won't feed a mongrel!), Royal Canin, Eukanuba and Hills. Everything else, I need to check online.
 

Smart_Family

Dog Food Guru
To be honest if I were in your position I'd probably go pacific stream and stick very closely to the feed recommendations.
 

alwcm4

Well-Known Member
Welcome! I am a Boone lover too! My Boone is an apricot EM and he just turned 3 today - see my avatar!
 

NeSaxena

Well-Known Member
30 days.jpg35 days.jpg40 days.jpg50 days.jpg60 days - begging for food!.jpg
In order of growth - 30 days, 35 days, 40 days, 50 days, 60 days (yesterday's pic - he's at the kitchen entry, waiting for food :p .. When we got him first, he was really sick (extreme stress diarrhea, some vomitting, blood in stool [parvo ruled out :) . He's fine now, and it looks like he's grown well inspite of the sickness.. What do you think? He weighs in at about 14 and a half pounds now. Does that seem okay? :confused: