[DLeeWebb]

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Originally Posted by RYCeT This is a list complied by the Whole Dog Journal. It then comes down too which food off of the good list works well for your particular dog Best Dry Dog Food: Artemis Azmira Back to Basics Bench & Field Blue Buffalo Burns By Nature Brightlife California Nautral Canidae Canine Caviar Chicken Soup for the Pet Lovers Soul Could Star Kibble Drs. Foster Smith Eagle Holistic Select Evolve Natural Flint River Foundations Fromm 4 Star Nutritionals Go! Natural Hund-n-Flocken (Solid Gold) Innova Karma Lick Your Chops Lifespan Limitied Diets (IVD) Merrick MMillennia (Solid Gold) Natural Balance Natural Choice Ultra Newman's Own Organix Phd Viand Pinnacle Praire (Nature's Variety) Premium Edge Prime Life Royal Canin Natural Blend Showbound Naturals Timberwolf Organics Verus Wellness Wellness Simple Food Solutions Wysong Worst Dry Dog Foods: Beneful Cycle Adult Dad's Bite Sized Meal Diamond Premium Adult Formula Excel Lamb Meal & Rice Gravy Train Happy Tails HiPro Dog Food Iams Lamb Meal & Rice Kibbles & Bits Homestyle Chicken & Vegetable Max Adult (Nutro) Maxximum Nutrition Natural Choice Adult Lamb & Rice (Nutro) Nature's Recipie "Breed Specific" Nutra Nuggets Adult Maintenance Ol' Roy Pedigree Purina Dog Chow Purina One Total Nutrition Science Diet Adult Science Diet "Nature's Best With Real Beef..." Best Canned Dog Foods: Active Life Advanced Pet Diets Artemis Avo-derm Azmira Boulder Creek Farms California Nautral Canidae Drs. Foster Smith Eagle Holistic Select Evolve Natural Evanger's For Dogs Innova Lamaderm Merrick Natural Balance Natural Life Neura Meats Newman's Own Nutro Natural Choice Ultra Petguard Organic Pinnacle Prairie (Nature's Variety) Precise Plus Sensible Choice Solid Gold Spot's Stew Triumph Verus Wellness Wysong Worst Canned Dog Foods: Iams Eukanuba Ol' Roy Pedigree Science Diet For the record, My sheltie eats Merrick wilderness blend. She's a picky eater, she has tried Purina one, Canidae and Innova. So far Merrick wilderness blend is the only one she choose. I tried to switch her to other flavour or other brand though so she doesn't get bored with her food and it's better for her health (Imagine eating the same food over and over again)

RYCeT,
Thank you for the information. It is similar to information recently given to me by a respected dog trainer in my area. Could you provide a link to the source of this information. I have gotten very interested in this subject lately after getting a new puppy. I also recently read an article about animal testing done by Proctor and Gamble in the making of Iams and/or Eukanuba that concerned me greatly...thanks

 

[Edwood]

Have you ever read the ingredients on most (canned) dog food.

"Water suitable for processing"


What is up with that? Apparently standard tap water is too good for dog food?

-Ed

 

[max-9]

I have 2 dogs...black labs.
To me there is no such thing as "DOG FOOD".
Dog food is a bunch of crap.
My dogs eat what I eat , chicken , beef , fish , rice , vegetables ect....and pizza and tacos and ice cream too! (no chocolate)
My wife thinks Im crazy giving dogs "People food" BAH! BULL POOP!
Try eating some dog food....it sucks (I have tried several brands myself) although milk bones aint bad tasting.


By the way my oldest dog is 14 and acts like a puppy.

 

[JahJahBinks]

bark once, good
bark twice, bad
bark thrice, poor
bark non-stop, ER

 

[redshifter]

where's alpo?

 

[RYCeT]

Hi DLeeWebb, the list was made by Whole Dog Journal. It's a consumer report type of magazine for dog lovers. They are independent and do not carry advertisement. They are 100% subscriber supported. I do subscribe to WDJ, but if you do some googling you can get the list easily. As I've said in my previous post, boxerworld.com and dogster.com forums are good places to research, especially in their feeding/food & nutrition forum. Longer life for the dog you love by Michelle Welton is also a good book to read for new owner.

Max-9, if you can find Merrick Can Food around in your area, you might want to give it a try, it's almost as good as people's food.

 

[DLeeWebb]

RYCeT,
Thanks again...I have already passed this information on to several of my friends...I appreciate the information...

 

[max-9]

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Originally Posted by RYCeT Max-9, if you can find Merrick Can Food around in your area, you might want to give it a try, it's almost as good as people's food.

I will try it ! and if I like it I will see if the girls (my dogs) will eat it.

 

[F1GTR]

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Originally Posted by ken36 My dog eats better than I do. Science Diet Rules.

Science Diet is crap but many people, like yourself, are constantly swayed by their marketing.

Just because you see a food being offered by your veternarian doesn't mean it's good for your animal. They tend to offer the foods that are going to generate them return business if you catch my drift.

 

[RYCeT]

I found this website Dogfoodanalysis.com
You might want to look into it guys.

 

[warrior05]

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Originally Posted by F1GTR /img/forum/go_quote.gif Science Diet is crap but many people, like yourself, are constantly swayed by their marketing. Just because you see a food being offered by your veternarian doesn't mean it's good for your animal. They tend to offer the foods that are going to generate them return business if you catch my drift.

yeah, i've heard about how bad science diet can be. seems they are the bose of the pet food world.

off topic - does anyone know a good alternative to science diet's teeth formula for cats?

 

[oicdn]

If you compiled a list of things we're supposed to eat...I bet NOBODY would 100% fall onto that list, lol.

Dogs are scavengers...thier digestive tract is alot beefier than people make it out to be....

 

[Jahn]

I'm glad to see Pumpkin's food on the "Good" list-

She used to eat Purina One, but she got way too fat with not nutritional crap. We put her on Wellness, it curbed the cravings with less food, and she slimmed down to her ideal weight, and she's healthier too!

oh and i looked at that link above -

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_f...p/cat/4/page/8

we used to have her on that weight management stuff for Wellness, glad to see it was a 4-star food!

you know, based on that site, i might switch to barking at the moon solid gold, because it got a 6-star rating and is available at petco, which delivers locally-

http://www.petco.com/Shop/petco_Prod...Ns=P_Price%7c1

 

[GlorytheWiz825]

Shoot, I better switch away from IAMS then. :/

 

[909]

Our pug eats homemade “food” that we prepare bi-monthly. It’s essentially the same stuff you would find in the high-end and high quality gourmet dog food, but the ingredients are fresh, human grade without any chemicals. In fact, it’s less expensive than buying dog food, though, sometimes a pain having to prepare.

I do believe our dog looks younger, healthier and overall more playful than other pugs his same age. It’s might be the food or his genes or combination.

Here’s our ingredients:
Pearled barley
Rice either white or brown
Beef and pork in equal portions or chicken
Green peas
Carrots
String beans
Lima beans
Corn
Garlic (extremely small amount)

We add a multivitamin and essential oils (fatty acid) daily.

To OP and others using or considering Merrick dog food for their pet:

Please research Merrick. I’ve read disheartening things about their dog food on the internet. I’ve paraphrased the following statements:
Metal, plastic and other foreign objects found in their canned food. Merrick dog food has made some dogs seriously sick or worse death.

http://www.rateitall.com/i-63120-merrick.aspx

I assume if you look you can find other links and more info on Merrick. Sorry to have to tell you this, but I think it's better to know and make an educated decision.