Dog food suggestions??

[clear]

This is the site i used to find a good dog food. http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/ They base the results off the ingredients in the food.

 

[Barbel]

I need to correct that it is Avoderm Lamb and Brown rice. The description says something like it is easy on sensitive stomachs and promotes a healthy skin and coat.

 

[Chewbecca]

Anything lamb usually IS good for sensitive stomachs.

I'm glad that you found a food that works for her.

Here's a site that is REALLY helpful:
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/

As I have found dogfoodanalysis.com to be quite biased towards grain-free foods, when grain-free isn't always the best food for a particular dog.

 

[Mel&Keith]

I'm so glad you found one she likes! We tried Avoderm once and the dogs took one sniff then looked at us like we were insane. LOL

 

[goReptiles]

Evo Innova is on of the top rated dog foods. It's all natural and made of 95% meat. It's rather expensive but rated top 5 dog foods. Not many dogs turn it down.

Edit... Nevermind looks like you found one.. oops should've read the whole thing first.

 

[EchoPet]

No offense to any here, you couldn't pay me to feed my dog science diet or Beneful.

Same here.

My pack of five is on a rotation diet.

For kibble we rotate between Nature's Variety Instinct (Chicken, Duck/Turkey, and Rabbit), Wellness Core (Original and Ocean), Innova Evo (Red Meat and Poultry), and sometimes Taste of the Wild (Pacific Stream, High Prairie, and Wetlands) when we're short on money.

They get canned food at least once a week, and we rotate between all flavors of the Instinct, Evo, and occasionally Dogswell cans (the store where I work doesn't carry Wellness Core cans, but if I pick some up in Little Rock, they'll have that too).

They also get raw and home-cooked food. Raw is mostly as a treat now since money is tight, although I try to give them a raw meal a few times a month. Raw is usually served prey-style but if I have some ground raw handy, they'll have that too. They often get homecooked leftovers with their kibble several nights a week and that's the only time they get any sort of grains. Leftovers include steak, chicken, brown rice, and veggies such as green beans, peas, and carrots. We stay away from corn completely. Sometimes they get eggs either raw or cooked just for them as well.

For treats, they get raw bones to help clean their teeth, and sometimes commercial treats such as the Dogswell "jerky" treats, Wellness Pure Rewards, bullysticks, and Merrick cow hooves and trachea.

When finances allow, I hope to cut out kibble from their diet completely.



Dogfoodanalysis.com and Dogfoodproject.com are EXCELLENT sites. I know that Dogfoodanalysis is biased about grain-free, but I sort of am too... but as long as you read it and just keep in mind that the Six and Five star foods are all the top of the line, it's a great resource. Dogfoodproject.com also has this great page that just outlines what ingredients you should stay away from in your food and treats:
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=badingredients

I suggest that everyone reads it and then compare it to your food labels to draw your own conclusions.

Here's another page on Dogfoodproject.com that explains how to read a label and things to look out for:
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=labelinfo101

 

[froggz]

I use two different brands, equally mixed. I use Natural Balance and Natures Recipe. I use natural balance canned food to fill 1/3 of his meal to kibble. I also steam veggies occasionally as a topper, and add ground flax seed to that. I also give him raw bones as a treat. I don't feel that dogs should be fed a corn based diet and being an ex-petstore employee I've read alot of labels.