What is the best dog food brand and why?

Question

What would you think the best dog food is for your dog and mine. I have Basset hounds.

Answer 1

Scoring Your Dog Food
*Please note that the following is for entertainment purposes only and has not been researched by DAN and may not be a "true" grading of food. If you have any questions regarding the food you are feeding your dog consult your veternarian.
This is a very interesting way to check out the quality of the dog food that you are feeding. It's interesting, because sometimes paying more, does not get you more and vice versa.
The scores are rather interesting.
How to grade your dog's food: (Some brand reviews already calculated here)
Start with a grade of 100:
1.For every listing of "by-product", subtract 10 points
2.For every non-specific animal source ("meat" or "poultry", meat, meal
or fat) reference, subtract 10 points
3.If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 10 points
4.For every grain "mill run" or non-specific grain source, subtract 5
points
5.If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first five
ingredients (i.e. "ground brown rice", "brewer rice", "rice flour" are all
the same grain), subtract 5 points
6.If the protein sources are not meat meal and there are less than 2
meats in the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3 points
7.If it contains any artificial colorants, subtract 3 points
8.If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3 points
9.If corn is listed in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 more points
10.If the food contains any animal fat other than fish oil, subtract 2
points
11.If lamb is the only animal protein source (unless your dog is allergic
to other protein sources), subtract 2 points
12.If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points
13.If it contains wheat (unless you know that your dog isn't allergic to
wheat), subtract 2 points
14.If it contains beef (unless you know that your dog isn't allergic to
beef), subtract 1 point
15.If it contains salt, subtract 1 point
Extra Credit:
1.If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points
2.If the food is endorsed by any major breed group or
nutritionist, add 5 points
3.If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points
4.If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points
5.If the food contains fruit, add 3 points
6.If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3
points
7.If the animal sources are hormone-free and antibiotic-free, add 2
points
8.If the food contains barley, add 2 points
9.If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds), add 2 points
10.If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point
11.If the food contains sunflower oil, add 1 point
12.For every different specific animal protein source (other than
the first one; count "chicken" and "chicken meal" as only one protein
source, but "chicken" and "" as 2 different sources), add 1 point
13.If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point
14.If the vegetables have been tested for pesticides and are
pesticide-free, add 1 point
94-100+ = A 86-93 = B 78-85 = C 70-77 = D 69 = F
Here are some foods that have already been scored. If you don't see your dog's food here, ask and someone will score it for you.
Brand Dog Food scores:
•Authority Harvest Baked: 116 A+
•Bil-Jac Select: 68 F
•Canidae: 112 A+
•Chicken Soup Senior: 115 A+
•Diamond Maintenance: 64 F
•Diamond Lamb Meal & Rice: 92 B
•Diamond Large Breed 60+ Formula: 99 A
•Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium: 122 A+
•Dick Van Patten's Duck and Potato: 106 A+
•Foundations: 106 A+
•Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold: 93 D
•Iams Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Premium: 73 D
•Innova Dog: 114 A+
•Innova Evo: 114 A+
•Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables: 110 A+
•Nutrisource Lamb and Rice: 87 B
•Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy: 87 B
•Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice: 23 F
•ProPlan Natural Turkey & Barley: 103 A+
•Purina Beneful: 17 F
•Purina Dog: 62 F
•Purina Come-n-Get It: 16 F
•Royal Canin Bulldog: 100 A+
•Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult: 106 A+
•Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice: 97 A
•Science Diet Advanced Protein Senior 7+: 63 F
•Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies: 69 F
•Wellness Super5 Mix Chicken: 110 A+
•Wolfking Adult Dog (bison) by Solid Gold: 97 A

Answer 2

You want to pick a dog food that has more meat than grains. Cheap dog food is primarily corn which is pooped out all over the place. A kibble dog food that has more meat and meat products in it will cut down on the poop and will be digested more completely.

Many people argue that the best diet for dogs is a raw food diet or a raw meaty bones diet. Do some research on the web about each and you will find a plethora of information to help you make a well educated decision on the diet for you hounds.

Good luck and Goddess Bless!

Answer 3

Eukanuba is the best although Hill´s Science Plan offers a great diet as well. Hill´s is a bit cheaper i believe but otherwise definitely Eukanuba. I have a Yellow Labrador which I use for hunting and Championships and she normally gets Hill´s because I get it cheaper but before now I have always given her Eukanuba but both brands work for all dogs. Both also give the dog a great coat.

Answer 4

Nutro it's more expensive but they don't spend as much money on advertising and more on making their food better. it also has less of the preservatives and other junk thats not great for you dog. you should consult you vet. I feed my dogs IAMS it's an good dog food brand and not to expensive

Answer 5

Nutro Choice or Hill's Science Plan. They are both a complete biscuit. I use Nutro Choice although it is the harder one to find out of the two named above. It has no artificial stuff in it, nor any of those horrible preservatives. There is a type of biscuit made by the company to suit any type of dog going. www.nutro.co.uk

Answer 6

ALPO is good for all dogs, and it comes in a variety of flavors. Word to the wise, though... If they eat the dry stuff, that's good. The wet food is more expensive, and if they get started on that they will turn their noses up and dry food. Take care, and give those cute pooches a hug for me!

Answer 7

you should say what country you live in as food brands are different all round the world
Canada - NUTRAM or ACANA

USA - Wellness, Innova, Canidae

NONE from Grocery or Walmart and surprisingly NONE from Vets either...

Answer 8

I use Beneful for my dogs, but I do suggest that you DO NOT feed any animal the walmart brands of food.

Answer 9

Id say royal canin's size nutrition
hills
eukanuba

Answer 10

I use Purina Puppy Chow as the main, but that is mixed with other kinds like Iams, Pedigree, Maxium Nutrition...or whatever I can get on sale.