dog food

[katrina]

hey all... what kind of food do you all feed your puppies with?... i use hills science plan, large breed. what is your opinion on that food??

[Love That Collie]

My opinion on SD is that there is better, more healthy foods on the market.
SD is near the very bottom of my list. It has lots of corn and by-products in it and you can get a much more superior food for the money you spend on SD.

[borzoimom]

Well I reserved posting for a while... I would not feed anything from Hills unless it was a perscription diet. I feed raw, with solid gold and bil jac as the back up.

[Catlady711]

Oh boy , yet another dog food war about to start!

c'mon guys get it all out there;

rip apart just about every brand out there that isn't found by driving 50 miles or online ordering or making it yourself.

get into a debate over kibble vs. raw

throw in a few digs at Wally's World for fun,

get into a huge scientific debate over corn & by-products

And in the end everyone is either peeved or confused.

*sigh*

same old, same old

Bet this thread takes at least 2 weeks to slow down and finishes with about 4 pages minimum.

[caseysmom]

When so many people neglect and starve their dogs I am just happy when people take care of their dogs and feed them.

[elizabethann]

Isn't there a link she can go to that show's the nutrional components of kibble? I can't find it.

Anyhow, Fenway eats Merrick canned food and for kibble he gets:

Merrick Grammy's Pot Pie 50%
Nutro Small Dog Kibble 20%
Innova 20%
Fromm's 10%

I just mix it all up & put it in his bowl.

Good luck finding a food you can afford & your dog enjoys (and is nutrional as well). I spent many a sleepless night & research on the internet trying to find something I felt happy & confident in. I finally chose the above products. If Merrick were a public company, I'd buy stock in it.

[mr.chiwawa]

I feed my dog the science diet moist puppy food. Because its not too mosit and not too dry. But as far as kibble and most of his treats go I feed him lifes abudence. Heres the link if anyone is curious.

http://http://healthypetnet.com/Heal...aspx?realname=

[katrina]

the breeder we got roly from gave us hills science plan puppy large breed as a starter pack and so we continued using it as she had started her dogs on it and thought it was the best!

[Kfamr]

I feel my adult dogs TimberWolf Organics.
My puppy gets Canine Caviar.
I feed RAW on occasion but haven't been able to lately due to lack of time.

As Borzoimom, I would only feed Hills if I needed it for a prescription diet.

Some kibble brands that I like:
TimberWolf Organics
Canidae
EVO
Solid Gold
Chicken Soup
Blue Buffalo
Californial Natural

<uneccessary jibber-jabber

Seems as if you're the only uncivil person. There is nothing wrong with debating/discussing dog nutrition here. That's the reason is the Dog section, to talk about dogs and dog-related things.

[borzoimom]

I love Timberwolf- but we can not get it.. I had to take mine off of raw for a month- they are back on raw now, but did well with the solid gold and bil jac. .. There are several really good ones availble for the same amount of money.. and its not some refuse left over by a people cereal company..

[mr.chiwawa]

Borzoimom, what do you think of the food im feeding my puppy does it sound good? I have tried tons of others and this seems to be the only think that keeps him regular and that he likes. Any input would be appercaited thanks..
PS anyone else feel free to give some input

[Kfamr]

I just looked over the ingredients and Life's Abundance seems pretty good - Chicken is the first ingredient, which you want a meat to be the first. Certainly healthier for your pup compared to Science Diet!

[borzoimom]

Borzoimom, what do you think of the food im feeding my puppy does it sound good? I have tried tons of others and this seems to be the only think that keeps him regular and that he likes. Any input would be appercaited thanks..
PS anyone else feel free to give some input

Not for a chihuahua. I will tell you why.. These little guys have very small teeth and shallow roots. They are prone to teeth decay and the main reason why is that the enemal is very thin on the teeth. With a little dog, ( or puppies is how I got to it) I would feed Bil Jac. If under 4 months old, I would go with the puppy, over 4 months the regular select. It does not scrap the enamel off the teeth and can be fed dry. The by product is organ meat, which is very good for dogs.. Its also over 95 percent digestable- making the stools smaller naturally verses with the use of sodium selenite that backs up in the anal glands.. Any little dog for sure should eat a food that is made this way. It is not extruded, and vacumn cooked. I use this when I have puppies for the same reason. They would not even start raw until 4 months old.. My daughter feeds it to her papillion as well as others I could give you on pm..
I used it for my puppies because it turns to instant mush if wet- try that with your extruded kibble- it takes over 5 minutes for mush. If you add any water to bil jac its mush in a matter of a minute - two at tops. For sake of clean teeth, its the only safe food for little dogs in my opinion. My jack russell ate this and my affenpincher as well.. Not one single tooth did I ever loose in either etc..
And thank you for asking my opinion.. I feel honored to answer your question..

[Giselle]

Nutritional debates exist for all species. It's only natural to try and achieve the optimum for ourselves and for our pets. If "ripping apart just about every brand that is out there" is frowned upon simply because we try to help our dogs live healthier and longer lives, then frown upon me. It's not a crime to help our dogs. Unfortunately, veterinarians and vet techs don't know everything. It's up to pet owners to fill the niche between our dogs and their doctors.

Anyways, if SD works for you, keep it. Heck, I frankly don't care if Ol' Roy works for you. If it gives your dog good health, "don't fix it if it ain't broke". That has always been and always will be the Golden Bottom Line: Use whatever diet that works for you.

However, if SD is not working for you (as it doesn't for some animals) change to a different, hopefully higher quality, diet. The foods Kay mentioned can definitely be considered better than SD. And, no, I'm not just saying this to ruffle feathers, homemade diets (if properly researched and made) can definitely be higher quality than kibble.

[k9friend]

I give my dogs Eagle Pack holistic dry and Merrick's canned. They also get Missing Link and flaxseed oil alternating every other day. Sometimes table scraps mixed with the dry.