Originally posted by sammy101
just wondering..how come lots of people are against feeding their dogs Pedigree?? I feed mine and they do wonderful on it,and Kodie doesnt like the more expensive brands.
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Pedigree is notorious for putting horrible things in their food. If a dog does fine on it, than that's good, but generally, unless someone has trouble affording a good quality brand, I say to stay away from it.

Look at the ingredients for Pedigree Complete Nutrition. I'm assuming this is their most popular kibble. Everything in bold is not generally good. Corn can be okay sometimes -- though it has little nutritional value, it adds fibre, however, it should never be one of the first ingredients. Meat and bone meal is just slang for roadkill and euthanized pets. Animal fat is slang for "we don't know what kind of fat this is."

GROUND YELLOW CORN, MEAT AND BONE MEAL, CORN GLUTEN MEAL, CHICKEN BY-PRODUCT MEAL, ANIMAL FAT (PRESERVED WITH BHA/BHT), WHEAT MILL RUN, NATURAL POULTRY FLAVOR, RICE, SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, CARAMEL COLOR, WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT GLUTEN, VEGETABLE OIL, VITAMINS (CHOLINE CHLORIDE, dl-ALPHA TOCOPHEROL ACETATE [SOURCE OF VITAMIN E], L-ASCORBYL-2-POLYPHOSPHATE [SOURCE OF VITAMIN C*], VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENT, THIAMINE MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], BIOTIN, d-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, RIBOFLAVIN SUPPLEMENT [VITAMIN B2], VITAMIN D3 SUPPLEMENT, VITAMIN B12 SUPPLEMENT), TRACE MINERALS (ZINC SULFATE, COPPER SULFATE, POTASSIUM IODIDE).

Do you think a small dog while a puppy should have puppy food?
I've not heard about many problems with small dogs eating puppy food. Probably because small dogs grow faster and don't need to take as much time as large breeds.