Advice for dog food for small dogs

[caseysmom]

I am currently feeding both dogs California Natural chicken and rice.

The problem is Bubba is only 12 pounds and it seems like the kibble is huge for his mouth. I started looking through past threads and see that some don't like california natural because of the high protein content. On Bubba's last physical some kidney blood count was a tad bit elevated, the vet was not concerned and said we would monitor. Could it be he is getting too much protein?

I don't know if any of the good brands have kibble for small dogs and would rather go by word of mouth from all of you.....

[lv4dogs]

I think the bigger the kibble the better the teeth would be. In my book that is great. I've always wished they made kibble bigger just for that very reason.

But if I were in your shoes the protien levels would concern me. Do you know what the levels are in the CN?

[caseysmom]

The protein level is 21%, I guess it may be good for his teeth...casey can practically swallow the food so that is not good for her

[gemini9961]

I feed all 3 of mine Nutro Ultra Weight Management. The kibble is smaller than other brands I have used, which is great for Maggie, she's only 7 pounds. Grant pretty much inhales his food, no matter what it is. I feed the Weight Management more for Sadie, she's a little chubby. I can't really buy 3 different foods for each dog due to the expense of it. They all really like this brand though.

[caseysmom]

I'll go check the ingrediets on the nutro...I just hate to change casey, she gets stomach upsets really easy.

[Jadapit]

I'll go check the ingrediets on the nutro...I just hate to change casey, she gets stomach upsets really easy.

Mine are on the Nutro Chicken meal rice with oatmeal for sensitive stomachs. They are doing wondeful on it.

[Jadapit]

I know you can buy the Nutro with real small kibbles. My husband picked up their Nutro one day he bought the real small kibbles. He wasnt paying attention when he bought it. My dogs did eat it but it was funny watching my 3 galuts eating such tiny kibbles.

[caseysmom]

The nutro has a really great ingredient list, I am even more impressed with it than with innovea, I could buy some and try it on bubba and see how casey tolerates it. It is even pricier than the california natural, which is okay just an observation.

[caseysmom]

three muskateers, I won't feed IAMS, second ingredient is corn, I want a good quality food.

[Giselle]

Oh! Caseysmom, Pet Food Express sells all these greyt foods, including Natural Balance. I thiiink you're in Nor Cal, so you should have a PFE very very close to you. We have one literally 5 minutes away

The website is petfoodexpress.com I think...

[bckrazy]

Sophie... I've actually only seen PFE while driving down the the bay area, I'm guessing there aren't any around here. I have seen it at Petco though. Good luck with Bubba!

[Giselle]

Oops, I just looked at the store finder. They say Northern California, but the deepest south they go is Los Gatos/San Jose and the farthest north is Petaluma. At least you can find it at PetCo. We don't have many over here

[Roxyluvsme13]

I know alot of people dont like Pro Plan, but that's what we feed Lily. It's the Pro Plan Small Breed. The kibble bits are tiny, but I think it may have corn in it? Not sure, but just suggesting it as the kibble bits are small.

[dab_20]

Timberwolf is a very good brand, but extremely hard to find and expensive. IAMS is great, I feed it to my cat and before when I fed her some other brand, she had knots in her hair and furballs, so we tried changing her food, and IAMS softened her hair she hasn't had a furball ever since we switched her food. So I higly suggest IAMS.

EDIT: Never give Ol' Roy!

I agree it does really well for my dogs. Sammy was always fed ol' roy until we bought him. Then we switched his food because he was having diareah ALL the time.

casey'smom...

We all have our opinions and it's ok you don't want to feed the food. We were just suggesting it. Good Luck on finding a good brand.

[caseysmom]

Dab...I have no problem with you feeding Iams...casey has a very sensitive tummy so I am trying to stay away from products with wheat and corn....