dog food advice PLEASE!!!!!!?

Question

i have 2 staffy puppies and of course i want to give them the best diet possible, they are 14 and 16 weeks old, and a couple of weeks ago, the female went right off her food, we were feeding her complete dry food, a friend recommended webbox chubs as her dog loves it so we have been feeding them both this for a week or so and they love it. however i have just read the back of the chubb and get this...it contains 81% moisture, only 6.5% protien, 8.5% oil, 0.4% fat and 3% ASH!!!!!! can anyone tell me what is the best meat to give my babies?

Answer 1

My past puppies have done best on Lamb or Chicken and rice Foods. Like Purina one or Pedigree.

Answer 2

You asked a loaded question...You will get 20 or 30 different answers on this.

The ground rules? Do not buy your pet food at the grocery store. Try and avoid food with too many fillers in the top ten ingredients. Fillers are things like rice and corn and 'meals'. Meat protein source should be listed as the first ingredient or listed in two of the first three ingredients. Premium foods should offer whole grains, such as whole wheat, rice and oatmeal, and quality fiber that comes from the internal portion of plants. Fiber from seed hulls often used in less expensive foods, have microscopic edges which can cause intestinal distress. A balance of animal fats and vegetable oils, along with vitamins, minerals, as well as essential amino acids and micronutrients round out a premium pet food. (Pet Food Labels: A Misnomer? http://www.petsage.com/art_labels.htm)


I like Wellness. My dogs coats shine, have little to no gas and thier over all health is better then before the switch. http://www.oldmotherhubbard.com/dogs/wellness_overview.html

If you want the "best food" you need to go raw but that is crazy talk to me. To get good food find a specialty pet shop, private groomer maybe or doggie day care area and go for Canidae, California Natural, Innova, Flint River Ranch, Solid Gold or Holistic brands...you want to try and get a food that uses human grade ingredients.

Answer 3

My german shepherd pup was very skinny and a difficult feeder with a sensitive tummy. A dog breeder recommended complete dry food mixed with a small amount of tinned dog meat for flavour - it works. I use a dry food called Dr Johns which comes in Gold, Silver or platinum depending on how much protein you want and the best part is that it has exactly the same ingrdients as IAMS or Eukenuba but cost £7.00 per 15kg bag - much cheaper. I get it from our local horse shop but do a search on google for a local stockists - try it its good. My vet said not to add water to dry food as it softens it too much and is bad for dogs teeth.

Answer 4

I have a French Mastiff / Dogue de Bordeaux pup (8 months now) and for large breed dogs, it's important to feed them the right puppy food seeing they grow at such an astonishing pace. It has Glucosamine and Chondroitin; the natural building blocks of healthy joints. The 2nd link shows all the beneifits from this food.

I feed her 1 c. Nutro Ultra for puppies and 2 c. Nutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice twice a day.

They use all natural ingredients. My "Dogue's" coat is silky soft, minimal shedding and no flakes/dry skin . We had a rottie before on a cheaper brand of food and his coat never looked like hers does.

There are before / after pics in the 1st link that show what a difference it can make.

Good luck and congrats on the pup!

Answer 5

If they will eat it happily, a complete diet puppy food would be best, going on to juniour then adult!..Having lived and worked with dogs of several breeds, and ages, I find the complete diets the best! They contain all the vits. and minerals required. If you feed it dry, they may well want a lot of drinking water!, and it should always be available. Sometimes, if they are not too keen, a small drop of boiling water on the food makes it smell more appetising. Beta make a very good range of food.

Answer 6

I have had my dogs on every food out there from Eukanuba, Candae, Eagle Pak, Wellness and you name what else. They did not like the food and I was not happy with the way the looked. I finally switched to Royal Canin's breed specific food and my dogs love it and they look amazing. Royal Canin makes two puppy foods designed for the two major age groups of puppies. They make great food. You can check out their website, www.royalcanin.us it is extremely informational in regard to feeding and dog's needs. I have one pit bull and as an adult he is on the Boxer food and their adult food. Its the first food that has not caused him problems.

Answer 7

Well. general advice for anyone wanting to build their dog up after a period of illness, 'breast of lamb', for puppies i would remove the bones first but later when the dogs are more mature leave the bones in, boil the lamb for 10-15 mins this will soften the bones, allow to cool down and feed to the dogs, the liquor on top of the saucepan can be skimmed off and mixed in with the kibble.
If you're up for it 'tripe' is superb for dogs and about as natural as you can get, but, it's gotta be fresh, wash it off in a bucket of water 'outside' and with a sharp knife cut strips off as required, you can buy frozen if you wish, don't leave the tripe where the dog can get at it, my Weimaraner got through about 20kilos in one sitting !!

There is an American diet for dogs called the 'barf' diet using only fresh meat and vegetables, opinion varies as to the credibility of this diet but if you do your research you may not like what the manufacturers make their 'fresh' kibble out of, 'Iams' foods are not all they're cracked up to be.

Answer 8

Hiya
I feed my dog twice a day, i give him dry in the morning and then on a evening i feed him dry biscuit and either, kidneys, liver or heart, which i boil up in the pan and dice, now and again i give him some rice mixed in, and also carrot and apple.
He has a pigs ear for a treat each evening, and treats whilst walking consist of apple, carrot and dog biscuits. He is a 2yr old springer and very healthy

Answer 9

They do recommend dry dog food but neither of mine will touch it despite me trying all different ways of tempting them onto it...so I use 'NatureDiet' which is licensed as a holistic dog food. It contains meat, brown rice and vegetables and my dogs love it. There are quite a few different flavours as well. I get it from petsathome and it roughly cost .64p for a carton of it.

Answer 10

We have a 5 year old staff and have had him since he was born and have always fed him pedigree dry food and pedigree meat in jelly not gravy as it gives him really bad wind. Hopes this helps