Dry kibble dog food

[stacwase]

Oh - if your interested in trying it out, it's available at Walmart (believe it or not!)

[wolfsoul]

Timber is fed home cooked meals, but Leather is fed Pets First. In my opinion, it's the best brand you can get. It doesn't have any corn flour or corn based products, has only vitamins C and E for preservatives, has real veggies added, the same quality meat that is fed to humans, no bi-products and it is great for dogs with alergies, like Leather.
This is info on the type Leather gets:

Our Chicken and Rice LITE diet for dogs is a premium blended diet. It is suitable for older dogs that may have overweight issues. It is also suitable for big boned dogs that require less protein and fat due to their lower activity levels.

An excellent choice for dogs with allergies to corn.

Formulated with chelated minerals to aid with adsorption and a balanced omega profile to maintain a healthy immune system.

As good as it is, it cost fifty dollars!

[primabella]

Originally posted by stacwase
Oh - if your interested in trying it out, it's available at Walmart (believe it or not!)

I see you got the sig to work. Good job! Jake is a cutie!

Yes, we give Mickey those Breath Busters form Wal-Mart too. I hate the smell fo the actual cookie though..eeyyuck!

[RogueFerret]

I fed all dogs I've ever owned Iams'. But Valentine refuses to eat it! All she will eat is Purina Dog Chow. She does well on it though and my vet says that as long as she has a shiny coat and plenty of energy, her food is fine.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

I am not saying that anyone here that feeds Pedigree is stpuid, I love you all!

I just once read that if you take a handful of Pedigree dog food, and put it onto a brown paper grocery bag, you can see all of the grease (sp?) on it? I don't know if that is entirely true, though!

I feed Sadie Eukanuba! Thanks to Pam, because she said that does not give them bad gas, and yes, my Sadie girl has horrible gas!

[wolf_Q]

After trying a few varieties/Brands of food, we determined Sensible Choice by Royal Canin (Lamb and Rice) to be the best food for our dogs.

Thanks for bringing that up! I forgot about Royal Canin...I was going to look into that one...I *think* we may have it at Petco now....I know we have it for cats....

Part of the reason I was bringing this up is because I'll be changing Nebo's dog food in a few months anyway...from puppy food to...adult food...just not sure of the brand yet.

[primabella]

Oh, what age do you have to make the switch, Amy?

[wolf_Q]

Honestly I'm not positive, as I've heard different things....but I'm going to switch him when he reaches a year old (in about a month)

[aly]

Thats the age we switch all the shelter dogs to adult food

Sensible Choice is pretty good.. especially for dogs with sensitive stomachs.

[GoldenRetrLuver]

I feed Molly and Daisy Nutro Large Breed Adult, my vet recommends it, they used to be on Pedigree, but they had runny poopys to, so i switched them to Nutro, and they love it! No runny poops with Nutro! I also add a teaspoon of canola oil to their food, its good for their skin and coat! I recommend Nutro!

[kingrattus]

the junky grocery store food almost killed Max. Max has been on Nurtro since he was 2 1/2 (thats when he almost died of lack of neutrition). When he turned 5 we put him on Nurtro senior. Max is now 9 yrs old & he eats about 4 cups of dog food once aday. He's poops r great, only goes once a day, they're solid & small (which means he's digesting almost all of the food)... Max is very healthy for an old doggy (the vet said his muscles & the feel of his fur is just like a very young dog's) Max doesn't have dry skin at all, his fur is very shiny (we don't add oil nor egg)... Max is far from being fat (he has always had too much extra skin, u can pull his neck skin/fur over his face & 1/2 way down his muzzle.

oh, we took him off of puppy food at 6 months, because if u keep the dog on it much longer then that the dog has a MUCH greatter chance of developing joint & other health problems cause he's growing way too fast too long... Thats what all the vets, sheltes & breeders say in this area & other parts of Ont & PEI..

Honestly I think u should keep him on Nutro, but u need to switch him to adult food soon.

[wolf_Q]

oh, we took him off of puppy food at 6 months, because if u keep the dog on it much longer then that the dog has a MUCH greatter chance of developing joint & other health problems cause he's growing way too fast too long... Thats what all the vets, sheltes & breeders say in this area & other parts of Ont & PEI..

I've had him on the Large Breed formula....I thought that was supposed to be better for larger growing puppies then the regular.

My parents feed Reggie and Smokey grocery store brand food, of all different kinds....and they've never been sick from it...ever...and Smokey is 17 years old lol. I'm not recommending it, but dog food does vary with the dog.

I guess I should stick with Nutro as at work I HAVE to wear a smock that says Nutro on it and we're supposed to promote Nutro to anyone who asks about dog food...it's much easier to promote it when you can say "I feed my dog that" lol. I really do think it's good food, I'm just my wishy washy paranoid self again after reading stuff about all the preservatives, etc. in so many commercial foods. *sigh*

[kingrattus]

the larger breed food is better for larger breed puppies, but its still puppy food, & 6 months is the best cut off line