Quote Originally Posted by flipgirl
lvpets2002, you say Pride is bad but so is Pedigree and Purina Beneful....the former being full of bad preservatives and cheap fillers and the latter being full of artificial colours and pieces of coloured bits to make their food look more like meat.

To the OP, when you are looking for food, look for one where there is at least 2 or three quality proteins in the first three ingredients and there is no corn, wheat or soy. Look for one that is preserved naturally with vitamin E for example, rather than one preserved with BHT or ethyoxquin (sp?). Protein such as turkey, chicken, and salmon are great choices - it can also come in the form of turkey meal, chicken meal or salmon meal - just be sure to avoid meat and bone meal. Also avoid foods that have any by-products. If price is an issue, there's Wellness or Chicken Soup which are good foods but not as highly priced as some of the premium foods out there. I feed my dog Innova - I like it because the first three ingredients are turkey, chicken and chicken meal and they bake the food rather than extrude it. Take a look at the website: www.naturapet.com. THere's also Eagle Pack Chicken and Rice which is for all life stages and they do have different formulas for large breeds as well. Their website is: www.eaglepack.com - you can contact Eagle Pack and they can recommend a food for you. They are also very good at replying to email inquiries.
Yes I know, I do feed Chicken soup myself. I had just never heard of Pride - must not be big around here. Thanks everyone!