It is interesting to see what everyone else does for their dogs as far as feeding. I was buying those 40 pound bags of Iams for my two Golden Retreivers and since they are so big, it was getting quite expensive. I had a discussion with my veterinarian about the different types of food and his response was that no company spends more on researching animal health than Purina. He said his dogs and cats had always eaten Purina food and lived long, healthy lives. Mine came up on Purina Puppy Chow, but now eat Pedigree. I guess I really didn't listen to him all that well, but they will eat the Pedigree dry, but didn't like the Iams or Purina without a canned food mixed in. There isn't much I wouldn't do for any of my animals, but expense does become an issue, unfortunately. My dogs seem to be very satified with the Pedigree as their base food and they love to get their occasional treats (Milkbones, grapes, apples, etc.)