Flint River Ranch Super Premium Dog Food

I was introduced to this food 12 years ago and was so impressed with it that I became a distributor -- my distributor number is KR72 -- for Flint River Ranch Super Premium Dog Food. It is manufactured in the United States with US ingredients and has NOT been the subject of any recall.

Flint River Ranch requires each distributor to display this verbiage on its website.

This Web site is not the official Web site of the Flint River Ranch Company. This site is owned and operated by Flint River Ranch Independent Distributor KR72 Any pricing, policies, including discounts, claims and return policies may not necessarily be those of the Flint River Ranch Company and are only supported by the distributor who owns and operates this site. If you are already a customer of Flint River Ranch and this is not your original distributor or their Web site, your distributor may not receive credit for an order placed on this site.

I like this food for several reasons:

• It uses high-quality ingredients.
• Although it may cost a few cents more per pound, you feed less. When I adopted my dog Conner from the shelter, he was eating five cups a day of another food. He eats two cups a day of the Flint River Ranch.
• Because he eats less, that means he has to pee and poop less often because there's less pressure on the internal organs to "go."
• It uses minimal fillers, so your dog digests more, resulting in smaller poops!!
• And the poops are less smelly than those from other foods.
• It is baked rather than extruded, which I think makes it more easily digestible than extruded foods.
• It comes UPS to your door, which is a huge time-saver for me not to have to go to the store (And I don't know about you, but whenever I go to the pet store for food, I always seem to pick up more items than I need, so it's a money-saver as well.)
• The plant is in Riverside, and your order is generally received quickly within three days after ordering.
• You can have automatic shipment so you never have to worry about running out of dog food. Simply determine how long it takes to go through a bag and then have it shipped to you automatically. Let's say it takes 30 days to go through a 20-pound bag. You then can put your order on automatic shipment to have it shipped every 30 days. It's that easy!

Each distributor has his or her own Website and distributor number, so I would appreciate it if you would use mine. My Website is www.frrco.com/kr72, and you can read more about all the foods they make. You may also order by phone, and the phone number is toll free, 1-800-354-6858, and my distributor number is KR72. Please support Doggie Manners by purchasing this food only through the links on this site or by calling the 800-number listed above and giving them my distributor number.

Please call me if you have any questions or would like further information. 1-877-7-DOGGIE.

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Hear what clients have to say --

Dear Caryl,
 
Thank you for recommending Flint River Ranch dog food.  We have three dogs, including our six month old cocker poodle puppy, 'Rosie.   We had struggled with housebreaking and requested a 90 minute private consultation.   At that time, we also switched our dogs from a store-bought dog food to Flint River Ranch.  

Our dogs love the food, and the change gave immediate results, reducing the dogs' water consumption significantly,  and, due to the smaller servings of food as compared to the old dog food,  greatly reducing the frequency of BMs as  well.   Rosie was basically accident-free within 48 hours, and is now reliably housebroken.   She is able to sleep through the night without needing to be taken outside, and her coat looks beautiful! 
 
Thanks again,
 
Debbie and Mike Thornhill

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Here is more information about Flint River Ranch testing, handling procedures, and quality control procedures.

Product ingredients are evaluated based on formulation, industry history, computer analysis, supplier certification, nutritional documentation, in-house lab nutritional review and the results of test production runs. All products must exceed the nutritional profiles of the AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials).

Ingredients are obtained from human-quality ingredient suppliers and they must be certified by the USDA, FDA and other regulatory agencies.

Before unloading dry ingredients:

1. The written certifications and documentation is reviewed and confirmed.
2. Samples are provided to the in-house lab for analysis of protein, moisture, fat and ash before unloading. (This includes testing for Salmonella, b-Coli and Mycotoxin and other toxins.)
3. Dry ingredients are run through a series of magnets.

Before unloading raw meat ingredients:

1. The written certification and documentation is reviewed and confirmed.
2. Samples obtained for lab analysis and sensory analysis
3. Meat temperature is reviewed and confirmed.
4. Salmonella and enterobacteriaceae test are completed.

Oil receiving:

1. Written certification and documentation is reviewed and confirmed.
2. Sample pulled for lab analysis - sensory analysis.
3. Free fatty acid test.

Baked Production line setup:

1. Cookie die installed and profiled
2. Oven and temperature profile set up and tested.
3. Computer profile set for formula mix, including:
a. Dry ingredients profile
b. Oil addition profile
c. Grinder profile (breaks cookie into kibble shape)
d. Cooler profile
On-line Testing:

1. Visual testing of product size and color.
2. Review of mixing time.
3. Sample taken every 15 minutes from oven to lab QC testing for protein, moisture, fiber and fat with any necessary computer adjustments..
4. Oil temperature, flow rate, QC testing.
5. On-line oven zone temperature testing.
6. Entry and exit belt speed.
7. Cooling fan velocity and pressure.
8. Quality Control ingredient weight mix.

Additional quality checks:

Control indicators
a. Veratrox AST kit for Aflatox test
b. Veratox DDN 5/5 it for Vomitoxin test

Scale calibration for target weights; Hand weigh 5 bags every 15 minutes for proper packaging, weight, check code dates and sealing.

Test for Vitamin/Mineral optimal mix

Finished product QC testing and sample retained for 6 months
(Some technical terms have not been included)


We hope that this outline will help you to understand some of the complexity in controls of Flint River Ranch products and what steps we've always taken to insure that we provide you with the finest and safest product we can produce. We will continue to outline more about our formulas and processes as the year progresses.

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