Looking for a high quality dry dog food to feed your greyhound?  Can't or won't feed raw?

Pets First is a proud 16 year old Canadian Company whose goal is "Helping Pets Live Longer and Healthier Lives".  Pets First manufactures Earth Options, a dry dog food which has high meat inclusion, is slow cooked at low temperature in small batches and has the Highest Quality Human Grade Ingredients. Earth Options has NO corn, NO wheat, NO glutens, NO hormones, NO Beet Pulp, NO by-products and NO Soya.

When purchasing dog food and accessories from Pets First, 10% of the sales goes back to Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue Foundation to help with our expenses.

Pets First has a store location in Calgary but is also known as the "Pet Store to Your Door". Too busy to go to Pets First?  No worries, they will ship your food to your door anywhere in Canada. Pets First specializes in Pet Nutrition and their knowledgeable staff can help you decided what formulation is right for your dog.

For a coupon for $5.00 off your first bag of Earth Options, contact a Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue Adoption Representative today, and get your greyhound, and all of your pets, on the road to healthier eating!

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Some of you might be interested in the latest dog food ratings. There are many brands on here that I have not even heard of!  Please note there is more than one page to each category:

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Remember that greyhounds newly retired normally cannot tolerate the high end foods such as Orijen or Innova Evo.  Nor do they do well on lamb based foods when they are right off the track.  This does not mean that you can never feed these foods to your greyhound.  It only means that you need to get their digestive systems stabilized first.  Talk to your adoption representative for information and recommendations.  Don't dismiss feeding your greyhound a raw diet either!  Greyhounds do well on raw as that makes up part of their diet as racers.  The biggest myth about a raw diet is that it's expensive; however, it's no more expensive to feed raw than to feed a good quality dry dog food.  For more information, do a google search, or talk to your adoption representative.

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In the fall of 2005, a Dog Flu Virus was reportedly making the rounds at racetracks and kennels across the United States.  When this was brought to our attention, we consulted with our veterinarian and kept close tabs on the situation. Even though the dog flu virus seems to be under control for the time being, it resulted in a new policy here at Chinook Winds Greyhound Rescue. For the protection of our adopters and our foster homes, and for the protection of any dog that comes into contact with our greyhounds, any greyhound coming into our system from the United States will be quarantined for a minimum 5-7 days upon arrival. These dogs are closely monitored and do not come out of quarantine until we are absolutely sure that none are symptomatic for ANY disease. As well, since greyhounds come from areas where ticks and fleas are a reality of life, the quarantine allows us to effectively rid the greyhounds of these parasites BEFORE they go into foster or adoptive homes. This ensures that the resident animals are kept free from any parasites that the greyhounds may inadvertently carry with them!

These steps, and any others deemed necessary by our veterinarian, will be taken so we do not inadvertently spread the highly contagious dog flu, or any other disease, around in the process of finding adoptive homes for our greyhounds.