Well, since the last time I posted in this thread, we've started feeding BARF. I'm taking everyone's opinion into consideration. No opinion is a dumb opinion. For us, the barf diet works (so far). It's really time consuming for me (I'm the one who buys, prepares and feed the food) but the benefits so far are well worth it. For any future dogs, I'm not sure if I'll feed barf again (especially for a larger dog) because it's quite expensive if I don't buy in bulk and it takes alot of my time up. If I don't feed barf, it'll either be home-cooked, or a kibble with human quality ingredients.

A major plus for us (me actually) is that I haven't had to scoop poop in our yard since we've started feeding barf. It dries and crumbles to a white powder after a couple days. Since I've started adding eggs in twice a week, his coat is ALOT healthier looking. He's gotten complemented on it many times.