Grade your dog's food

[cyber-sibes]

oh dear...ours didn't do too well..."F"
Guess maybe I better buy some sample bags of other food & see how they like it. Even so, they are both very healthy. My friend just gave me a whole bag full of all-natural vitamins & supplements for dogs. All kinds of good organic stuff.

[Suki Wingy]

what I'm forced to feed him isn't even on here but what I do sometimes is an F, the other I was considering got a 116

[IRescue452]

I figure about 116 for raw, if you add vegetables and other healthy foods to the diet on a regular basis. With just the meat you don't get over 110. What Autumn is getting right now is an A- in this rating scale. I can't afford raw right now.

[caseysmom]

I switched from california natural to kirland several months ago and have felt guilty about it so I switched to innova (I was trying to find a smaller kibble for bubba) anyhow...I just tripled the price for only 4 points? I guess kirkland is pretty darned good for the price.

any of you young folks that are at your parents mercy with the dog food tell them kirkland is 15.99 for a HUGE bag. Of course you have to get it at costco.

[animal_rescue]

My dogs' food is an F too. I gotta convince my mom to switch their food.

[My Peanuts]

I'm at work and I don't have to bag in front of me. I use the chicken soup food. I wonder how that does.

I wonder how Jimmy's vegetarian prescription food does. I’ll try to check when I get home. I hope it does well. Poor guy doesn't have too many choices anymore

[Roxyluvsme13]

Lily's puppy food got an F, but I do plan on switching her to Pro Plan natural soon. I'm even afraid to grade Roxy's food, cuz I know it has an F.

[shihtzulover850]

we used to use kirkland now we are going back to that or we are getting nutro. It is on sale at petsupermarket so we might be going there today or tomorrow.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Tango's eating Nutro Ultra adult and it got roughly 106pts. I'd still like to feed her a higher quality food (Either Canidae, CN, or Innova...and eventually raw) but this is atleast better than the Natural Choice and she likes it (she usually hates kibble).

The others are eating Nutro Natural Choice Chicken Meal, Oatmeal & Rice and it got roughly 93pts

*I put roughly, as I could've made a mistake or two as I'm awful at math...lol

[Flatcoatluver]

any of you young folks that are at your parents mercy with the dog food tell them kirkland is 15.99 for a HUGE bag. Of course you have to get it at costco.

Yeah we get Kirkland's Lamb and rice, I want to get nutro so bad, but my parents are cheap.

[bckrazy]

Innova EVO - 114 A+
California Natural Puppy - 122 A+
Farmore Raw with my own added supplements - 140 A+++ YES I win!


Also... I agree with Caseysmom! My sister feeds Kirkland and her Lab does really well on it. ;0) A lot of people claim they can only afford foods like Iams, but in reality, Kirkland/Canidae/Nutro is much much better quality and because of that quality the cost evens out.

I really like this test. I e-mailed it to all of my friends & family with dogs, and a lot of them were horrified by just how bad their dogs food was. Many of them switched, and my Aunt (who is visiting here from NC right now) will be switching her Weimeraner to raw (from Pro Plan, with a flakey coat/eyes, low energy, bloated, etc) after helping me feed Gonzo & Fozzie for the past week. ^^

[IRescue452]

For those of you who have trouble finding a good food for cheap, purina makes a food called mainstay. It isn't advertised much at all so many people don't know about it. It costs $5 for a 17 pound bag at the grocery store. This food gets a B on the scale and Autumn usually gets it when we are low on funding. She does great on the food. If you feed something expensive but horrible like Iams I really recommend you switch to mainstay. I recommend it to friends because its so much better than a lot of the crap out there. It is beef though so the dog must not be allergic. No wheat, which is good. It also passes all the tests for phenobarbital and all that other bad stuff.

edit: I think they do make a lamb and rice and possibly other types