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"Yngver" wrote in message ... "Lotte" wrote: Ya know... I'm thinking that Wysong may want to simplify their product line somewhat. I need a Sherpa guide to figure out which of their products is supposed to do what, and that *can't* be good for sales.... L. I don't know, I rather like that about Wysong. Their philosophy is based on a sort of matrix--the best diet you can provide balanced with how much effort you are willing to put into it. So they provide foods/supplements for several different levels of convenience. In other words, if you prefer to feed a typical commercial diet, they offer ways for you to improve it. According to them, at the top of the scale (best possible diet) would be freshly killed prey of the kind that dogs and cats normally eat. At the bottom of the scale would be a low quality generic cat food. Of course the top of the scale is not really practical for most people, so Wysong offers products to let you choose where you want to be on that scale. If they simplified it by only offering a couple lines of pet food, then they'd be pretty much like every other pet food mfr, right? So I don't think they'd want to do that. If you just want to feed one product in their line, choose Vitality canned or dry. That is their sort of all-purpose feline maintenance diet. Oh, I have no problem with their philosphy, I think it's great. It's just that, on their website, it's impossible to tell how each of the products is intended to be used -- and they have so many, it makes it really difficult to figure out which one will fit in with what kind of diet. Maybe they could put up some kind of guide on the website? Or maybe they have one and I just couldn't find it... L. |
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"Lotte" wrote:
"Yngver" wrote in message ... "Lotte" wrote: Ya know... I'm thinking that Wysong may want to simplify their product line somewhat. I need a Sherpa guide to figure out which of their products is supposed to do what, and that *can't* be good for sales.... L. I don't know, I rather like that about Wysong. Their philosophy is based on a sort of matrix--the best diet you can provide balanced with how much effort you are willing to put into it. So they provide foods/supplements for several different levels of convenience. In other words, if you prefer to feed a typical commercial diet, they offer ways for you to improve it. According to them, at the top of the scale (best possible diet) would be freshly killed prey of the kind that dogs and cats normally eat. At the bottom of the scale would be a low quality generic cat food. Of course the top of the scale is not really practical for most people, so Wysong offers products to let you choose where you want to be on that scale. If they simplified it by only offering a couple lines of pet food, then they'd be pretty much like every other pet food mfr, right? So I don't think they'd want to do that. If you just want to feed one product in their line, choose Vitality canned or dry. That is their sort of all-purpose feline maintenance diet. Oh, I have no problem with their philosphy, I think it's great. It's just that, on their website, it's impossible to tell how each of the products is intended to be used -- and they have so many, it makes it really difficult to figure out which one will fit in with what kind of diet. Maybe they could put up some kind of guide on the website? Or maybe they have one and I just couldn't find it... L. You're right, they don't make much attempt on the Web site to explain their various pet food diets. Some of their printed pamphlets are much more informative, and that's what I've read. I think I picked them up at some health food stores that carry Wysong. |
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From: Cheryl
(PawsForThought) dumped this in on 13 Apr 2004: I use Archetype as treats sometimes. It's a freeze dried food that you have to add water to, let it soak and then feed it. My cats didn't like it that way so I just give them little pieces of it dry. I was looking into that for Shadow because he is very spoiled, and though he is doing very well on a mainly canned food diet, he still won't rest until he gets a little bit of dry to crunch. He's persistant and if you saw how he acts you'd give in, too. Only a little bit though. None of the natural food pet food markets here carry Archetype so I haven't tried it on him yet. Archetype is not really a dry food in the sense of it being crunchy pieces. Rather it's a freeze dried food. Kinda hard to describe. My cats love it dry but when I added water to rehydrate it, they didn't really like it. Wysong does make a regular dry food though called Vitality which is their regular type, and then they have a few other varieties of dry. One other thing Wysong makes is something called Dentatreat which is like a parmesan cheese consistency. You just sprinkle it on their food. I think it works great for finicky cats as a bribe food. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: Cheryl
(PawsForThought) dumped this in on 13 Apr 2004: I use Archetype as treats sometimes. It's a freeze dried food that you have to add water to, let it soak and then feed it. My cats didn't like it that way so I just give them little pieces of it dry. I was looking into that for Shadow because he is very spoiled, and though he is doing very well on a mainly canned food diet, he still won't rest until he gets a little bit of dry to crunch. He's persistant and if you saw how he acts you'd give in, too. Only a little bit though. None of the natural food pet food markets here carry Archetype so I haven't tried it on him yet. Archetype is not really a dry food in the sense of it being crunchy pieces. Rather it's a freeze dried food. Kinda hard to describe. My cats love it dry but when I added water to rehydrate it, they didn't really like it. Wysong does make a regular dry food though called Vitality which is their regular type, and then they have a few other varieties of dry. One other thing Wysong makes is something called Dentatreat which is like a parmesan cheese consistency. You just sprinkle it on their food. I think it works great for finicky cats as a bribe food. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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