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Which dog food is best? I've read the info on websites like dogfoodanalysis.com .. But I'm still left wondering.. What food is best? Especially for my Manchester Terrier.. A small (20lb) high energy breed with a short haired coat!
The breeder told us pro plan was what he was on his whole life. When we got him, he ate the pro plan at first, then quit on us. He also seemed to have a difficult time squeezing out poops!
After reading about how bad pro plan actually is we switched him to Wellness... Cold turkey! Now he has been having loose stools for the past 3 days.. I found some bad reviews on wellness, complaining of the very same thing.. loose stools.. diareah..
I'm still trying to figure out what food will be best for us.. I plan on giving wellness a month to regulate... but if he quits on us, where do we go from here?
MY boys used to be on wellness (super 5 chicken) for a couple of years. They did fine on it at first but as time went on, loose stools were a common occurence and it got worse and worse until one day they diarhea bad and I believe it was from the food. I send in samples to mother hubbard and they came back and said there was no pathogens found in the food.
I switched them to another brand (Castor & Pollux) This was last summer. They have been doing much better on C&P. So far so good. Firm stools. They like it. It doesn't have a foul odor like so many dog foods. It's a lot cheaper too which is a bonus- especially since wellness had just skyrocketed up to like $65 a bag at that time.
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I am going to decide on one of these after doing some research:
These are supposedly grain free....unfortunately most are out of my price range for now!
1.) Acana
2.) Innova EVO
3.) Orijen
4.) The Honest Kitchen
5.) Ziwi Peak ( $109.00 for 11 lb. bag )
6.) California Natural
7.) TOTW
8.) Wellness
These are more my price range:
Chicken Soup for Dog Lovers Soul, Natural Balance, Castor & Pollux, Blue Buffalo
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I am going to decide on one of these after doing some research:
These are supposedly grain free....unfortunately most are out of my price range for now!
1.) Acana
2.) Innova EVO
3.) Orijen
4.) The Honest Kitchen
5.) Ziwi Peak ( $109.00 for 11 lb. bag )
6.) California Natural
7.) TOTW
8.) Wellness
These are more my price range:
Chicken Soup for Dog Lovers Soul, Natural Balance, Castor & Pollux, Blue Buffalo
I have them on Nutro Natural Choice right now.
Artie has tried Chicken Soup for the Dog Lovers Soul and didn't respond well to it. I don't think that's indicative of the food, though, which I'm told is terrific -- I believe he's grain intolerant.
He's now eating Wellness Core mixed with Taste of the Wild (venison/bison), which he likes very much. Due to cost, I'm going to just give him the TOTW once this bag of Wellness Core is finished.
I've heard positive things about Blue Buffalo, and even more positive things about Natural Balance. Given Artie's grain intolerance and the limited selection at my local store though, our choices are limited. That said, I'd give him Natural Balance if I could.
As for the Ziwi Peak, at that price, there had better be Kobe beef and/or lobster in that bag! Sheesh!
I fed my shepherd Blue Buffalo and he loved it and seemed to do very well on it. I have a Corgi pup that I will put him on it as well. I can get it at any Pet Smart and it's affordable.
I am going to decide on one of these after doing some research:
These are supposedly grain free....unfortunately most are out of my price range for now!
1.) Acana
2.) Innova EVO
3.) Orijen
4.) The Honest Kitchen
5.) Ziwi Peak ( $109.00 for 11 lb. bag )
6.) California Natural
7.) TOTW
8.) Wellness
These are more my price range:
Chicken Soup for Dog Lovers Soul, Natural Balance, Castor & Pollux, Blue Buffalo
I have them on Nutro Natural Choice right now.
I fed Mojo CS (puppy formula) and overall I felt like it was a good food. If finances had me searching for a new dog food I would feel good feeding him CS again. Personally I do prefer grainless so he has been rotating between EVO (loves it!) and TOTW (likes it but haven't tried all the formulas yet). Recently discovered that I can get Orijen locally so that will be our next bag.
I use the Natural Balance food rolls as treats and Mojo loves it. Would be a bit pricey for me to feed that full time though. Not at all familiar with Castor & Pollux but have heard good things about Blue Buffalo.
And while I realize the OP was a couple of months ago, should anyone read this thread because they're having the same issue, pumpkin will help firm up the stools right away. Not the pie filling with spices but the pure canned pumpkin! A couple of tablespoons (can mix it with his meals or serve it plain if he'll eat it) will do wonders. If poop is still runny, feed pumpkin again. Of course, if you don't know why his stools are soft I'd suggest a trip (or at least a stool sample) to the vet.
I am going to decide on one of these after doing some research:
These are supposedly grain free....unfortunately most are out of my price range for now!
1.) Acana
2.) Innova EVO
3.) Orijen
4.) The Honest Kitchen
5.) Ziwi Peak ( $109.00 for 11 lb. bag )
6.) California Natural
7.) TOTW
8.) Wellness
These are more my price range:
Chicken Soup for Dog Lovers Soul, Natural Balance, Castor & Pollux, Blue Buffalo
I have them on Nutro Natural Choice right now.
I have been using Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul, Large Breed for the last two years and both my Mastiff and my Alaskan Husky love it. Everything on your list is a top quality dog food, so no matter what you choose you can't go wrong.
Anyone use Science Diet? It's more expensive than I'd like to pay, but you gotta do what you gotta do
Avoid Science Diet like the plague. It is one of the worst dog foods on the market today. Powdered cellulose (a.k.a. sawdust) is one of Science Diets top 10 ingredients, in addition to corn. It is definitely not something you would want to feed even your worst enemy's dog, much less your own.
By-Products are beaks, feet, feathers, and other disjecta membra that is essentially undigestible. Dogs have great difficulty digesting corn, in any form. Brewer's rice is waste product. Soybean mill run is another waste product, consisting of soybean hulls, and only what soybean that manages to cling to the hulls. When they will not specify the animal where the fat comes from, assume the worst.
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He tolerates it fine; he just doesn't act very excited about mealtimes.
