dry dogfood

My mom and I are thinking of switching the kids to another food. Right now they're on Pedigree. I have nothing wrong with Pedigree.But i still want to switch them over to another food. Whats a decent food for a decent price?My mom isnt one who would pay $35 for a bag of dogfood,and were trying to cut back since were buying a house in Kelowna in the spring.We've tried Nutro with Kodie and he didnt like it AT ALL,so thats out of the picture.We buy our food at Petsmart,so it should be available there.Kodie also has allergies,so mabye new food would help with that too.
thanks! :)

I don't know how expensive Royal Canin is, but, you can get it at Petsmart, and, it's an excellent food.

If you don't want to pay $35/bag then maybe I can recommend you switch to Nutro?? Natural Choice is about $20 - $23 for a 20lb bag and the food is just AMAZING. My pups THRIVE on it!

Royal Canin is a good food, but very expensive. I would say Pro Plan, Natural Choice, or Authority. You should go for a Salmon or a Lamb+Rice formula, it would help with the allergies. A lot of people feed Beneful, I don't know how good it is but its less expensive, and they have a Salmon formula.

I actually wouldn't recommend ProPlan. Nutro Natural Choice is actually cheaper and ProPlan has lots of fillers. :( I had my pups on it before I switched to Nutro and they did OK but not as good as I'd hoped, you know? Plus with Nutro I feed less. ;) I agree though Royal Canin is rather expensive.

OH and Charlie had dry/itchy skin and once I switched him to Nutro this helped IMMENSLY. Nutro is the only food guaranteed by the US Government to improve skin and coat conditions.

EDIT: And Beneful is full of fillers and contains by-products so I wouldn't recommend that, either.. I actually don't recommend ANY of the Purina products

I know you said you wanted to buy it at Petsmart.....but do you have a Costco near you? Their brand of dogfood (Kirkland signature) has excellent ingredients for the price....I could be wrong, but I think it's around $16-$17 for a 40 lb bag...and the first ingredients of the chicken and vegetables (what my mom feeds Reggie and Sydney) are like chicken, chicken meal, brown rice, etc. where as what I've seen of pedigree the first ingredient is usually corn.

I think Diamond dog food is a good quality inexpensive dry food.

thanks!
no we dont have a costco. I may try Nutro again,or Authority.I'll check the website to see how much it is.
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Which formula would you recommend? Lamb,chicken,?

I just bought my 3 some Nutro Ultra, the holistic stuff. It was rather expensive but all my dogs eat is dry kibble so I like to get them stuff that is tasty. My husband said they gobbled it all up in record time so I guess they like it. :D

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thanks!
no we dont have a costco. I may try Nutro again,or Authority.I'll check the website to see how much it is.
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Which formula would you recommend? Lamb,chicken,?

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I feed my two Lamb Meal & Rice, but its really up to you what you want to feed!! :)

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Originally Posted by gemini9961

I just bought my 3 some Nutro Ultra, the holistic stuff. It was rather expensive but all my dogs eat is dry kibble so I like to get them stuff that is tasty. My husband said they gobbled it all up in record time so I guess they like it. :D

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Is that the Nutro with the cranberries and salmon in it? I know there is a lot of other stuff in it also. My hubby also bought my fur kids a bag of that. Omg, they loved it.

The Ultra sounds good! Heres the ingrediants.
Chicken Meal, Whole Brown Rice, Ground Rice, Lamb Meal, Rice Bran, Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols; a source of Vitamin E), Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols; a source of Vitamin E), Salmon Meal, Flaxseed, Natural Flavors, Oatmeal, Sun Cured Alfalfa Meal, Dried Beet Pulp, Tomato Pomace, Cranberry Powder, Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols; a source of Vitamin E), Potassium Chloride, Dried Egg Product, L-Lysine, Dried Kelp Meal, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Dried Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Extract, Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Biotin, L-Carnitine, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Niacin, Garlic, Calcium Iodate, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), Beta-Carotene, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid.

I think were going to go with Nutro,hopefully they'll like it!Were going to try a small bag first.

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Originally Posted by sammy101

The Ultra sounds good! Heres the ingrediants.
Chicken Meal, Whole Brown Rice, Ground Rice, Lamb Meal, Rice Bran, Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols; a source of Vitamin E), Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols; a source of Vitamin E), Salmon Meal, Flaxseed, Natural Flavors, Oatmeal, Sun Cured Alfalfa Meal, Dried Beet Pulp, Tomato Pomace, Cranberry Powder, Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols; a source of Vitamin E), Potassium Chloride, Dried Egg Product, L-Lysine, Dried Kelp Meal, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Dried Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Extract, Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Biotin, L-Carnitine, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Niacin, Garlic, Calcium Iodate, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), Beta-Carotene, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid.

I think were going to go with Nutro,hopefully they'll like it!Were going to try a small bag first.

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Yes!!! Thats it. A bag of that was $40.00. Pretty pricey. My fur kids sure did love it though...

Yes Ultra is VERY GOOD but if you said your mom isn't willing to pay $35 a bag then Ultra probably isn't the best choice for your price range. Nutro Natural Choice is a step down but considerably cheaper! :) I'd have my pups on Ultra if I could afford it! :(

I buy Nutro Lamb and rice, Sammyj is real picky and he eats it up and yollie loves it to, hers is mixed with some of the canned. The Vet said it was a good choice and it was what Holly(the lady I got yollie from) had all her pups on..and they are all thriving and doing great on it..SammyJ dosnt seem to be looking for something to eat all the time now either..and that is good..