BEST KIND OF DOG FOOD

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Hi! I want to know what all of you think is the best Dog Food. I think the best kinds are, Iams, Science Diet, and Eukanuba. What do you think?

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[aly]

Reece is on Sensible Choice which is excellent, especially since he's got a sensitive tummy. I am thinking about switching to Innova though. I have to go clear across town to get both of those brands because PetSmart and Petco here don't carry them. Its okay though. My baby is worth it and he loves the car ride http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif

[KYS]

I think Eukanuba, Iams and Sensible choice
are all good dog foods.
I started feeding human grade,
Innova and Canidae a few months ago
with good results. There are many good
dog foods out their, (some better than others.)
My theory,
Check the ingredients,(the first ingredients listed are the most used, and so on.)
Look for the guaranteed analysis and feed trials.
Feed a food that your dog likes to eat, that keeps him looking good and healthy.
What works for one dog might not work
for another. So sometimes it takes
a few tries to get it right.
JMHO

[ilovehounds]

I was told Iams was animal tested ?????? I don't know if that is true or not so I stay away from it. I have Hannah and Copper on Pedigree Skin and Coat System both canned and dry, it works great for their coats alot less shedding. Pedigree aslo has alot of treats that they LOVE. Hannah also eats Science Diet Light Treats.

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[*LabLoverKEB*]

If you go to http://petoftheday.com/talk/Forum5/HTML/000426.html , bugmom said that one of her friends told her that in you put Pedigree Dog Food on a brown paper grocery bag, you can see all of the oil and greese in it! Yuck!!! I've never fed Sadie anything else but Iams!

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[Rottie]

There is no BEST dog food. Sure there are the good ones and the bad ones. But every dog has different nutritional needs. You can't feed sled dogs the same you feed couch potatoes. http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/biggrin.gif http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/tongue.gif http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/cool.gif

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[Buddy2101]

My dog will only eat cannd alpo. Don't ask me why. Picky aren't we teddy! We have picky picky animals. :::Sigh::: o well He loves it and we love him! Only the best for our Doggie!

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[crow_noir]

i beleive the all natural raw diet is best for dogs. under that, of the foods i've experienced, i beleive pet botanics is great. (i havn't experienced anything like flint river to give my honest oppinion on it.) sadly all i can affford at the moment is Pro Plan. the family keeps telling me to buy less expensive stuff since i'm on a low budget right now, but i refuse to go to anything of a lesser quality.

(iams products? YUCK!!!! i'm on a misssion to get the word out that the stuff is garbage. "good" list of ingredients, but something they do to it causes cancer in dogs. some people do fine on it, but they are dam* lucky.)

[ilovehounds]

"Lablover" thank you for that comment, Im going to go and try that and if it is really greesy I will switch to something else. I have just spent the last month or two getting Hannah to lose 15 pounds so I don't want her eating that if its real fatty. I do like it for her skin and coat though. Any other dog food great for coats ????

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[*LabLoverKEB*]

ilovehounds-
I know one dog food that is great for their coats: Eukanuba "Omega Coat Plus", to help maintain a lustrous coat. If I find more, I'll let you know! http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif

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[Stenograsaurus]

I just recently switched to Nutro Natural Choice for large breeds. Has anyone heard anything about this? They haven't been on it long enough to notice a big difference. They like it better than the old food though. It has glucosamine and chondroitin in it for their joints and is guaranteed to give them smaller, firmer stools.

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[RachelJ]

This topic always makes my head swim. Ilovehounds, when you say Iams was animal tested, I don't understand your objection. I would think that any maker of dog would would test feed it to animals to see how they like it and whether or not they thrive on it. What is the objection?

My dogs have been on Iams Lamb and Rice. They love the taste, never get sick of it, seem to be healthy, are "regular" with firm stools.

[Stenograsaurus]

Here's a website that compares dry dog foods. It lists the top three ingredients, preservatives, fat, protein and kcal/lb(???).
http://www.frii.com/~phouka/dogs/dog_food.html

I don't know how accurate this is. If it is, Eukanuba, Science Diet and Iams all have corn as one of the top three ingredients.

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[KYS]

Stenograsaurus,
I used Nutro Natural lamb/rice for
5-6 yrs. with great results for
my female dog.
IF it wasn't for my male, and also
wanting to try a human grade
kibble I would still be using the
Nutro. Give it a chance and see
how your furry does on it.

[ilovehounds]

"RachelJ" I don't believe that is the kind of animal testing they are talking about. I was sent this list awhile back and was told they did animal testing on all these products and to stop using them and switch to others. If anyone would like me to post the list of animal friendy products just say so and I will post it for you.

Boycott These Products Until They Stop Using Animal Tests:

Companion Animal Care: Iams

Deodorant: Old Spice, Secret, Sure

Diapers and Baby Care: Baby Fresh, Kid Fresh, Luvs, Pampers, Wash-a-Bye Baby

Food and Beverage: Crisco, Eagle Snacks, Folgers, Hawaiian Punch, Jif, Millstone Coffee, Olean/Olestra, Pringles, Puritan Oil, Sunny Delight, Tender Leaf Tea

Fragrance: Giorgio, Hugo Boss, Laura Biagiotti-Roma, Old Spice, Red, Venezia, Wings

Hair Care: Head & Shoulders, Ivory, Pantene, Pert, Physique, Prell, Vidal Sassoon

Hygiene: Always, Attends, Tampax

Laundry and Cleaning: Biz, Bold, Bounce, Cascade, Cheer, Cinch, Comet, Dash, Dawn,
Downy, Dreft, Dryel, Era, Febreze, Gain, Ivory, Ivory Snow, Joy, Mr. Clean, Orvus, Oxydol, Solo, Spic & Span, Swiffer, Tide, Top Job

Non-Prescription Drugs/Health Aids: DayQuil, Metamucil, NyQuil, Pepto-Bismol, Percogesic, Sinex, ThermaCare, VapoRub, Vicks

Oral Care: Cloraseptic, Crest, Fasteeth, Fixodent, Gleem, Scope

Paper Product: Banner, Bounty, Charmin, Puffs, Royale, Summit

Prescription Drugs: Actisite, Asacol, Brontex, Dantrium, Didronel, Macrodantin,
Peridex, Ultradol, Zebeta, Ziac

Skin Care: Clearasil, Clearstick, Cover Girl, Max Factor, Noxzema, Oil of Olay

Soap: Camay, Coast, Ivory, Safeguard, Zest

LabLoverKEB thanks for the dog food help http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif Hannah is going to the vets tomorrow for her check up and shots so I will ask her then about foods, the vet will be so proud of Hannah, we were ordered to lose 15 - 20 pounds by this vist and Hannah has lost 15-16 so we are happy about that http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif



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[*LabLoverKEB*]

your welcome ilovehounds! http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif

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[Daisy's Mom]

Daisy eats Purina kibble, but she also has this stuff called Moist and Meaty, which is pretty much what the name is: moist meat-flavored food. She prefers this over the kibble, but we want her to have both because kibble is good for a dog's teeth, and it's lower in fat. We rotate the two foods daily, and Daisy is pretty happy. I have heard that switching dog foods like that can cause stomach problems but they haven't in her, so unless she changes her tastes, we're sticking to Purina and Moist and Meaty http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif

Ilovehounds,

What an interesting list. Where did you get it from? Is it updated regularly?

Could you post the list of animal friendly products? I know that the Body Shop is one of them.

Thanks,

Tanya

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[*LabLoverKEB*]

ilovehounds- Well good for Hannah! I'm glad that she needeed to lose 15 pounds, and she did so!!!!! http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif Yeah for Hannah! (The finest Beagle I know!) http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif

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[ilovehounds]

Here is the Animal friendly list. It was sent to me by a friend who works in rescue about three, four months ago, she hasn't sent another so I don't know if they update it.

Cruelty-Free Alternatives :

Companion Animal Care: Choose from many alternative brands.

Deodorant: Almay, Avon, Lady Mitchum, Mitchum, Tom's of Maine

Diapers: Fancy Bottoms, cloth diapers

Fragrance: Aramis, Avon, Bath & Body Works, Beautiful, Chanel, Charlie, Crabtree & Evelyn, Garden Botanika,
Liz Claiborne, Tommy, Tommy Girl, Victoria's Secret, White Linen

Hair Care: Agree, Aveda, Bath & Body Works, Body Shop, Citré Shine, Flex, Freeman, Hälsa, Jheri Redding,
John Paul Mitchell Systems, Revlon

Hygiene: Natracare, Seventh Generation

Laundry and Cleaning: Bon Ami, Ecover, Seventh Generation, Sun

Oral Care: Lavoris, Tom's of Maine, Topol Tooth Polish

Paper Products: Marcal, Seventh Generation

Skin Care: Almay, Aubrey Organics, Avon, Basis, Bobbi Brown, Body Shop, Clinique, Estée Lauder, Jane,
M.A.C., Origins, Revlon, Ultima II

Soap: Basis, Bath & Body Works, Body Shop, Garden Botanika, San Francisco Soap Company, Yardley


Animal tests cannot be accurately applied to human experience because of the enormous physiological differences between animals and humans. More than 550 companies, including large corporations like Gillette and Avon, ensure their customers' safety by using more accurate, nonanimal tests, but some refuses to switch--even for cosmetics and household products, which make up the majority of products and are not required by law to be tested on animals.

I believe if everyone switched over to the Cruelty free then there would be no need to have the other products or other companies would soon switch to non-amimal testing methoods.

I must admitt I was using some products listed on the fist list but since this list was sent to me I have used non of it. I even try to get my family members to switch, if I happen to be shopping with them and they pick something up I will grab another product and say why can't you use this, do you know how many animals died to make that one bottle of shampoo http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif Every little bit helps.



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[ilovehounds]

Thanks LabLover your to kind http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif

The vet was so happy to see the wieght loss. After the vets we went to Hannah's fave store to pick out a treat and we looked for the Eukanuba but they didn't have the omaga coat so we will have to take a trip to Carleton Place to see if they have any.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Thanks for the nice compliment ilovehounds! :) YOU are too kind! I bet Hannah loves you for taking her too her favorite dog store and letting her pick out a treat! Do you know why nobody's little picture in their signature, or the little things that you, Sudilar, and I have in our signatures are NOT showing up? I think that it's maybe because of the new pet talk design thing! It's driving me crazy!!! :mad:

[mugsy]

We use Exclusive, which has all natural ingredients and is chicken based. We switched from Iams after I read some not so complimentary things about them. I do know that when Proctor and Gamble bought out Iams they changed the formula a few times, which didn't make me happy. Just FYI

[ilovehounds]

LabLover your pic in your signature is showing up on my computer ????? I can never figure these things out :) I do know that webshots was having some problems, maybe I should go check that out.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Sorry ilovehounds!!! It wasn't before, but now it is! Thanks!

[3-greys-and-a-mutt]

We are very happy with Nutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice. Greyhounds tend to have loose stools, and Nutro is the best we've tried at combatting that problem. Also, our dogs don't carry that dog food smell on them, like they did when they were on Diamond Lamb and Rice and ProPlan Chicken and Rice. We also like that the Nutro food had extra linoeic (?) acid in it, which makes their coats very soft and shiny.
Our little dog, Pup, is on Nutro Max Weight Control, which is the only quality weight control food we could find which has glucosime and chondrontin in it - which is good for her hip dysplasia (that is also why she is on weight control food).

[inky]

The only food my collie can and will eat is California Natural Lamb and Rice. My puppy adores that as well, and I am comfortable with the ingredients. It's made by Natura, who also make Innova.

[shais_mom]

I am having excellant luck with Natural Choice dry food, Shai also like Nutro, and I have very good luck with Professional chicken and rice or lamb and rice available at Pet Supplies Plus. I mix it with some frozen BilJac and she loves it.
3greysandamutt, Shaianne is a greyhound, and we live in Upper Sandusky oh about 1 1/2 hours from Toledo. Welcome, I didn't get the tell you that the last time I saw a post from you. :D
Shai is rather picky, and I had a heck of a time finding a food for her. Now my picky eater is Kylie the cat. She has eaten dry Cat chow all her life and now she hardly eats it, I tried giving her canned food and that gave her loose stool, YUCK!!!! So I took about a teaspoon of tuna and mixed it for her and she still didn't eat it!!! I guess I will just put the dry food in the bowl and when she gets hungry enough she can eat it!!
LOGAN~
Did I read somewhere that you feed your kitties Bil Jac cat food?? If you do where do you find it? I looked at PSP and couldn't find it, I did find treats but not the food, maybe I didn't look well enough.

[Logan]

Hey Staci. Just happened to see your question. I buy BilJac Select, dry cat food, at Petsmart here. I get 10 pound bags.
Hope you can find it.

[Jasper's Mom]

I'm jealous. I don't have Petsmart here and everyone seems to get the best things from them. I don't want to shop online, I want to wander through the store and check out all the neat stuff. How do I get them to open up one here?

[crow_noir]

to Jasper's mom:
beg and beg and beg! write and write and write! letters and e-mails. get your community in on it too. try to talk other people into it. or make up a short letter sort of as a petition and just get people to sign in and fax it to them. perhaps even a phone call would work. just make sure they know there is an interest down there for one.

the best of luck to you! (my world has really been changed since we got one!)