High Performance Dog Food, Supplements and Nutritional Products for Working Dogs,

Yes, they dressed in rags, rarely bathed, had indiscriminate sex & frequently lived in the back of vans. They whined endlessly about the evils of democracy, money & war. Many stoners remained under the influence of anesthesia & alcohol for over a decade. Those that found sobriety, quickly converted to capitalism. Dedicating their lives to the acquisition of wealth.

Is it possible that the Stoner offspring, now middle aged, are impacting American finance & government negatively? Is it possible that the Stoner progeny are morally & mentally defective as a result of parental drug abuse? Perhaps, questionable parenting, coupled with prior drug use has caused  Neuron/Dendrite destruction in the brains of their (free love) children. The result on a corporate - government level, may be in part why America faces endless humiliation ...... Stand by, the Stoner grand children are about to step up to the plate.

Yesterday evening, I got a call From Mike Harrington, residing in Mass. I was pleased to hear he is doing well. Mike's interests 15 years ago were primarily Rottis, Gsds & I seem to remember a particular Chesapeak Bay Retriever. Mike was an ambitious MK9 dealer. However, life became complex & he secured a job as an animal control officer, which he still holds to date. Mike is a fine trainer and decoy as well. He currently owns two Pit rescues. I hope to get some photos from him for our gallery. Perhaps if we get the property up north we could ask Mike to catch a dog or two.

Let's say a dog food company wants Chicken as a first ingredient. Entire Chickens are shipped to  a dog food facility. The chickens are ground & slurried into a homogeneous composition. The product is cooked, dried & pellitized creating the ingredient called "Chicken".

If the bulk of the process is done outside of the plant and shipped as a powder, which is converted with heat, pressure & time into a pellet. These pellets are referred to as Chicken Meal.

A number of years ago, I purchased a Patterdale Terrier bitch. I named her Girlie. I was told she was heavy in Gould blood, with an excellent pedigree. I was also told she was not a started dog, In other words showed little interest in hunting. Her weight was 14 pounds. She was a black broken coat, with a barrel muzzle, good head & strong narrow shoulders . Anyway,

I spoke with a dealer of ours in NYC. We gabbed a bit about pricing & how excessively expensive many of the brands have become. I feel comfortable saying in spite of the manufacturing, transportation & packaging increases we have stayed the course with our 55 # bag. Delivering more per # value than our competitors. Depending on location, the average MK9 customer pays below $1.25 per pound. Many brands are going for $2.00 per pound and even as high as $2.50 per # for the smaller bags. It is interesting to note,our per # raw meat pricing is considerably lower than many of our competitors dry food pricing.

When we came into this industry most companies had 50# bags including MK9. About 25 years ago many companies went to the 40# bag. We on the other hand decided to be Mavericks & go to a 55# bag.