Comments on: What Is The Best Dry Dog Food?

By: Lisa P

Lisa P — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:12 +0000

Go to http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com – it shows all of the ingredients and an analysis of pretty much every dry and canned dog food available. You will find that the more common brands that have been around for a while are the worst health-wise. After careful research I settled on Canidae for my dogs – go to http://www.canidae.com to read about their food. NOTE: I find that vets will recommend whatever brand of dog food it is that their clinic carries and sells.

By: Cara B

Cara B — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:12 +0000

I’d say avoid:
Science Diet – I wonder if anyone who buys it has ever looked at the ingredients. It is very expensive for poor quality.
IAMS – mostly corn, which dogs can’t digest, so you are paying for more poop
Pedigree – nasty junk that no poor dog should be fed, it contains mostly corn, cancer-inducing preservatives and low quality protein
Purina ‘chows’ – poor quality, but you’d expect it at that price
Beneful – mostly corn
Purina ONE – corn and by-products
Eukanuba – not terrible but more expensive than better foods
Pro Plan – overpriced for quality, sells due to advertising rather than its benefits as a product
Brands i’d recommend are:
Nutro Natural Choice/Ultra – good quality for price
Natural Balance – excellent quality
Royal Canin – my picky dog loves it
Innova – expensive but you will feed much less, especially of the Evo line
Canidae – very good value
Purina Pro Plan Selects (not regular Pro Plan)
Merrick – human grade ingredients
As a rule, you generally get what you pay for. Avoid anything with BHA/BHT in like the plague, it is known to cause cancer. Avoid anything containing any form of corn in the first five ingredients. And don’t feed anything containing by-products.

By: Kate T.

Kate T. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:12 +0000

feed royal canin cause they have breed specific food . Also is top notch food . Dont feed Iams . They are a rotten food . they have alot of fillers and fillers cause your dog to have gas . My chihuahua is 3 lbs and he loves royal canin . It is a really good food also wellness is good too. good luck and I hope I helped.

By: cagney

cagney — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:12 +0000

my personal opinion, so go ahead those of you who are following me around and give the thumbs down. i feed my dog’s purina pro plan. my dog’s seem to do the best on this food and they like it. they have beautiful coats, are healthy, and one is an agility dog with many awards. she’s a mutt so the places i can run her is limited. but any top line food will be fine for your dog. if you want a dry food, look for a food that has a small bites option for your dog, and one that you have researched and found to be a good food. sciene diet is a fine food with many years of research behind it, as is purina pro plan. yes they do contain fillers, yes they do contain some by products. no they are not poison. they can provide a dog with a long healthy life, if you follow other vet reccomended visits. others will say innova and nutro are good foods. i have no knowledge of innova, but have had several issues with 2 of my dogs on nutro. find a good brand, such as the one’s listed, or one that someone refers and appeals to you. research it and find out if it will work for both you and your dog. not all specialty types of foods are available everywhere. as far as convienance, and nutrition i find pro plan to be my choice, and science diet to be another good choice. but depending on your area there might be another good food that’s going to provide nutritional benefits and be convienant to you. good luck.

By: bekka

bekka — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:12 +0000

pedigree or eucanuba. are both good and were suggested to us by the vet and puppy pre school teacher

By: kute_reg

kute_reg — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:12 +0000

the one ur dog will eat.

By: michaely

michaely — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:12 +0000

Iams and Science Diet are really good, but really expensive too. I fed my Labs Purina Puppy and Dog Chow. They it eat and it is reasonably priced.

By: Kelly V

Kelly V — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:12 +0000

KEEP HIM ON THE SAME FOOD YOU ARE ALREADY USING CHANGING HIS DIET WILL ONLY CREATE PROBLEMS

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Online Tarot Readings by an experienced Psychic — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:12 +0000

science diet or anything else hills makes such as w/d which is a good adult food

By: tlperl

tlperl — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:11 +0000

Royal Canin has a line of dog foods for specific breeds. They might have one for Papillons! Check it out.
Also, be careful when you are switching foods, as it can cause stomach upset.
Here’s an article with tips on how to switch your dog’s food…

By: empressp

empressp — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:11 +0000

I raise show quality pekingese for the show ring and I feed Nutro Natural Choice dog food. I have found it to be a very good quality dog food.

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Katslookup - a Fostering Fool! — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:11 +0000

I asked a similar question the other day. Here is a link to it. It gave a wonderful amount of information from several people. It was hard to pick a “best answer” since there were so many good ones!http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…

By: my # is 1-800-you-wish

my # is 1-800-you-wish — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:11 +0000

science diet

By: cheetah

cheetah — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:11 +0000

If you change the diet, it might not like it.

By: rualass

rualass — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:11 +0000

It depends on what your dog will eat and how it works with your dog. Each dog is different.
You want a food that uses human grade ingredients. Purina, Science Diet and Iams do not.
You want the first 2 o3 ingredients to be meat, and not just generic “meat” but named such as: Lamb, Chicken meal, etc.
You want one of the main protein sources to be whole meat, not meat meal, and NEVER meat by-products (lips and *ssholes)
You want natural preservatives, not ethoxyquin.
You want your dog’s poop to be firm, but not too hard. It shouldn’t leave residue when scooped off a concret floor. That is one of the best indicators if your dog is utilizing the nutrition from his food. If his poop is relatively healthy, his food is working for him.
Avoid the commercial foods with sugar. Or things that are sugar: beet pulp, fructose, molasses, etc.

By: Meditation For Beginners

Meditation For Beginners — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:11 +0000

Science Diet, Iams and Purina Pro Plan all contain corn. Which is very unhealthy for dogs. The best food is Natures Recipe. It contains no fillers, by products, wheat, beef or corn. They have Natures Recipe for small breeds so its easy for him to chew.
Your local Pet Smart or Pet Co will carry it. Natures Recipe also cuts down on shedding, bad breath and the amount of stool.

By: I run

I run — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:10 +0000

Science Diet

By: Great Dane Lover

Great Dane Lover — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:10 +0000

Stay away from foods such as Purina Dog Chow, IAMS/Eukanuba, Science Diet, Pedigree and othe supermarket brand foods. They conatin way to much cheap fillers & by products. Some even contain dyes & chemical preservatives.Dogs are meat eaters not grain eaters.They are dsigned to get nutrition form meats not grains. Corn, wheat, soy offer very little nutritional value, are high allergens, soy causes excess gas, corn & soy have been implicated in causing unexplained seizures in dogs. Beet pulp offers no nutritional value, it only serves as a filler and adds unnecassary sugar to the diet. It takes up to 3 times as much of these low quality, grain based foods for a dog to get proper nutritionla value as it does a good quality meat based food.
Some good foods to consider:
Inova, Solid Gold, Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover”s Soul,Canidae, Blue Buffalo, California Natural just to name a few.

By: wendyhan

wendyhan — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:10 +0000

Dick Van Pattens Natural Balance in the dark blue bag is the best for the money. I have found that Wysong has an incredible line of dog food – more expensive, but better. Check out their websight. TONS of info!!

By: apple juice

apple juice — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:24:10 +0000

Science Diet. It’s proven to be the best especially for one year old dogs. Use it and stick with it through the life of your dog. Change the types of Science Diet as he gets older but stick with the one kind. It’s great and it’s hard to change to a different brand once they get used to it.