Dog Food - What's a good brand for a very active adult dog?

[Zargon]

was on Exclusive(made in USA no weirdo shit from china) just swapped to Canidae Grain Free

my poor pup has epilepsy and we are trying to help and keep meds low


only switched food to go grain free, had ZERO issues with the exclusive and sheldon loved it

 

[ichy]

Dunno about their dog food but Trader Joe's store brand cat food is great stuff for the price. Far fewer fillers than the crap you normally get in the supermarket and half the price of stuff like Wellness.

 

[Kyle]

I wouldn't. The majority don't know shit and have had very little education on pet nutrition.

I don't agree with that at all....vet's don't know about pet nutrition?? Sure maybe there are some w/ little knowledge but just because they may not agree with the latest online fad and way over the top opinions of what a damn dog "needs" doesn't mean they don't know shit.

..kinda like homeopathy people thinking regular MD's don't know shit...

Again- this is just my opinion and my experience with the couple of vets I've been to around here...they knew their shit, gave me some things to watch out for but in general they did say most mid priced food is fine as long as it agrees with your dog...stay away from the dirt cheap stuff. Really your dog's behavior and digestion is going to be the biggest factor. Like I said early, I've read tons of people trying to force the most expensive foods which tend to just be too rich for a lot of dogs and doesn't agree with them at all.

 

[bobdole369]

Feed our dog:

http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/castor-and-pollux-organix-dog-food-dry/

$16/5.25 lb bag - shes a pup still at 11 months - bag lasts 2 weeks. Only food that seems to help ridiculous shedding, and the only food she'll consistently eat. Turns her nose up at anything from Publix, srsly even wet food. Blue Buffalo was working for a while but she stopped eating that too.

The best food is that one that does not contain horrible ingredients, and fits in your budget, and the dog will eat, and has no effect on his/her digestive system.

 

[snuggliestbear]

My dog gets Taste of the Wild. I would also recommend Canidae.

 

[ichy]

Off topic rant, but...

I just found out a guy I knew in high school who became big into the whole sanctimonious "vegan lifestyle" movement has two cats and a dog who he feeds a vegan diet. God I hate people like that.

 

[waggy]

I just let my dogs eat bums that fallow the old train tracks near the house.

 

[slag]

Wellness Core and let the farting ensue...

We currently use blue buffalo but are going to go back to wellness core. Tried saving a few bucks using BB, but our shitzu develops a stink with bb but not with wellness core and our dogs dont fart as much with Wellness Core.

 

[shiner]

Ours is 8 years old and eats a mixture of these two:

http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/product-details.aspx?pet=dog&pid=58
http://bluebuffalo.com/dog-food/longevity-mature

Along with a 1/2 can of pumpkin each day. Occasionally I will puree some carrots or apples for her. She's nuts for them. Of course any time I cook bacon she gets the grease.

 

[GoStumpy]

I feed my dog Orijen as well.

As a puppy we gave him Arcane Puppy Small breed, merely because the pebbles were tiny which is good for a baby Silkie!

 

[Gunslinger08]

I get the Nature's Domain from Costco.

We switched to that a few weeks ago (from the Costco puppy food) and she seems to be doing fine with it. Our dog is weird in that she won't eat about 30-40% of the time, so she ends up averaging around 1 to 1.5 meals per day.

It is pretty highly rated food, especially for the price. It's grain free. We usually add a little plain yogurt to help her digestion.

 

[DougK62]

Lots of good ones out there, and lots of good suggestions in this thread. My two generic rules have always been:

1. Anything you can buy in a supermarket sucks.
2. Don't take a vet's recommendation. I haven't found a single one that knows anything about pet nutrition, they'll just try to push what they sell themselves.

 

[soulcougher73]

Our dog loves Taste of the Wild.

 

[EliteRetard]

I just let my dogs eat bums that fallow the old train tracks near the house.

Fresh meat

 

[Red Squirrel]

I give my dog Iams. He's fine.

You might want to reconsider if you care about dogs and cats.

http://www.iamscruelty.com/

I know it's peta, but you can't disagree with real life footage of the conditions the test dogs are living in.

 

[Deeko]

You might want to reconsider if you care about dogs and cats.

http://www.iamscruelty.com/

I know it's peta, but you can't disagree with real life footage of the conditions the test dogs are living in.

Meh - reading that website shows that its just typical PETA nonsense. A lab contracted by Iams - not Iams itself - did things that were cruel unrelated to their Iams testing (one can only assume that this lab does more than test nutritional impact of dog food, considering that the videos depicting cruelty had nothing to do with dog food). This occurred 10 years ago.

Peta lodged an official complaint, that lab was sanctioned, and Iams stopped contracting through not only that lab, but ANY lab for testing. The only reason PETA is keeping their boycott going is because Iams won't let them into their facility.

So it would appear that PETA actually accomplished something positive, and a company did a complete 180 on their testing policy, but PETA still demands you boycott them, because they're PETA. Not seeing a reason to stop buying Iams.

 

[scott916]

Evo or Orijen are ideal because of their ingredients/meat content and kcal/g ratio, but anything grain free is fine. If you feed them with a higher quality food, you don't have to feed as much and there's less poop to clean up.

 

[dandruff]

taste of wild 50% + costco kirkland premium 50% !

 

[alkemyst]

www.dogfoodanalysis.com

Click on Reviews.

Pick your honest price point and what's available where you are.

You don't have to spend a fortune. I feed Wellness Core Ocean Formula to my australian cattle dog mix.

My diabetic dog gets mostly canned and is picky so we feed her almost everyone of the top foods. She really likes Blue Buffalo's Mom's Pot Pie and the Halo foods from PetCo.

 

[ichy]

1. Anything you can buy in a supermarket sucks.

Trader Joe's cat food is one exception to this (if you consider them a supermarket.)

 

[alkemyst]

Kirkland Feline Maintenance (dry) is a very high quality cat food as well and only about $16 for 25lbs. Chicken meat and then Chicken Meal are the #1 and #2 ingredients.

 

[SZLiao214]

The meat from lesser dogs.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Iams - Extreme Sedative brand.

 

[Blain]

Flint River Ranch

 

[Bignate603]

Wellness Core and let the farting ensue...

If he's farting it means one of two things:
1. There's something wrong with the dog
2. There's something wrong with the food