I have a dog and want to know what is best to feed it? i hear butchers is good?

Answer 1

canidae, innova, wellness, solid gold, california natural. These are higher priced foods but they do not have all the fillers and artificial junk in them the grocery store foods have and the food you get from the vet. People believe in science diet, and it is a crappy food as the vet is a pet doctor and not a nutritionists, they prStart with a grade of 100:


For every listing of "by-product" or "digest", subtract 10 points
For every non-specific animal source ("meat" or "poultry", meat, meal or fat) reference, subtract 10 points
If Lamb is the only animal protein source (not including eggs), subtract 5 points.
For every grain "mill run" or non-specific grain source, subtract 5 points
If the food contains BHA, BHT, or ethoxyquin, subtract 5 points
If the same grain ingredient is used 2 or more times in the first five ingredients subtract 5 points (i.e. "ground brown rice", "brewer’s rice", "rice flour" are all the same grain)

If the protein sources are not meat meal or there are less than 2 meats in the top 3 ingredients, subtract 3 points
If it contains ground corn or whole grain corn, subtract 3 points
If corn is listed in the top 5 ingredients, subtract 2 more points
If the food contains any animal fat, subtract 2 points However, if the fat is chicken fat subtract only 1 point
If it contains wheat subtract 2 points
If it contains soy or soybeans, subtract 2 points
If it contains salt or sugar, subtract 1 point each

Extra Credit:


If any of the meat sources are organic, add 5 points
Or if any of the meat sources are certified hormone free add 3 points and/or if any of the meat sources are certified pesticide free add 2 points
If the food is endorsed by any major breed group or nutritionist, add 5 points
If the food is baked not extruded, add 5 points
If the food contains probiotics, add 3 points
If the food contains digestive enzymes, add 2 points
If the food contains fruit, add 3 points
If the food contains vegetables (NOT corn or other grains), add 3 points
If the food contains barley, add 2 points
If the food contains flax seed oil (not just the seeds), add 2 points
If the food contains oats or oatmeal, add 1 point
If the food contains sunflower oil, add 1 point
For every different specific animal protein source other than the first one add 1 point (count "chicken" and "chicken meal" as only one protein source, but "chicken" and "turkey" as 2 different sources; do not count eggs)
If it contains glucosamine and chondroitin, add 1 point

101+ = ***** (5 stars)
94-100 = ****
86-93 = ***
78-85 = **
70-77 = *
<70 = no stars

Answer 2

Nutro is a very good dog food.
No artificial colours or preservatives.
No chicken by-products.

If you're interested in dry food, check the label first.
If it says "Chicken 20%" then that's not what you get. They measure it before it's cooked and you lose 60%ish during cooking so you end up with 12% etc. That's unless the ingredient is stated as Dried Chicken meat, then the % is what you get in the final product.

Don't buy any foods with colourings - the colouring is there for you, not the dog.

Avoid fillers - they're ingredients like sorgham and corn. They're very indigestible and the only reason they're there is because they're cheap.

Avoid like the plague foods which don't state specific ingredients. Examples are cereals and meat by-products. This means they can change the ingredients to whatever is cheapest at the time. "Meat By-products" could be from any animal be it chicken, rat, horse, zebra (you get the picture). The by-product bit means it's all the stuff left over from the human food chain such as the heads, feet and guts of the animal. Generally the less healthy parts.

Some of the well known supermarket brands will use 4% Chicken by-products (or derivatives) and then have the nerve to call it chicken! So little meat in it and the meat that is there is poor quality. What you're paying for is their advertising.

Anyway, I'd recommend Nutro (try you pet shop) but whatever you decide read the label first.

Answer 3

Most tinned food contains alsorts of rubbish,check out the tin[animal derivitives could be anything including the stuff dropped on the floor]
Also a lot of the major companies test on dogs.
Keep away from Iams see Peta web site.

Answer 4

Butchers is good, My suggestion is to try dry dog food like Bakers which all my dogs have loved! But they r kinda over weight so are now on eukaneba(think thats how u spell it) But beware of cheap and extreamly expensive dog meat and some dryed food as it can give ur dog wind!! Not nice that kinda smell can clear a room!!

Answer 5

A butcher would be a good start, but I fear you mean Butchers the commercial dog food.

Do your dog a favour, investigate a raw diet, sometimes called BARF.

Try this website to begin with

http://www.njboxers.com/faqs.htm

Answer 6

Hi Bob The best is Purina 1 it has less fillers like corn and wheat in it, If you use dog food whit wheat or corn in it it gives the dry skin, Also once and a while give them a little can Don't give them too much use it as a treat for them, Like when they do something you want to do like sit roll over. Ect.
A lot of the treats that are on the market have a lot of sugar in them this will give them worms.
To House break them feed them in the house after you feed them wait 30 to 45 min. and take them out side use the go potty word when you walk them out after they potty say good boy or girl and before to long they will understand what you want.
I have been doing this with many dogs and they house break them self's in a few days, And believe me they will let you know when they need to go out.

Answer 7

Royal canin, its 86% digestable meaning they get alot out of the food (like vitamins and stuff) and they wont go to the toilet as often tinned dog food is about 90% water there isn't really any meat in it!! read the tin!! biscuits are alot better for teeth and digestion!!

Answer 8

depends on the dog, but dry food id olt better to feed then tinned food, lot more satidsfiying for them, try any good make there are loads about,

Answer 9

There are many good dog foods and many more poor dog foods. The publication Whole Dog Journal - www.whole-dog-journal.com - does a good job of explaining what to look for in a dog food. They also rate foods annually.

Answer 10

Our dog gets dry complete, but he's not too fond of it. He'll eat it rather than go hungry.

What we tend to do is put out three handfuls of complete in the morning and then add half a tin of dog food to whats left at night for his tea. He gobbles up the dog food/complete combo in no time, but regularly leaves all the dry complete through the day.

Go to s pet shop and ask what they recommend. We spend about £10 for approx 1 months food. He also gets biscuits and chews as treats, but not every day.