Is Purina Dog Chow a decent food for dogs?

Question

I have been feeding my dog Purina Dog Chow for a while. He used to eat pedigree, but he decided he liked the Purina Dog Chow better, and they are both around the same price. So what do you all think about Purina Dog Chow? Is that a decent food to buy for your dog?

Thanks,
~Kyle

Thanks for your opinions on this everyone, I'm putting this to vote.

~Kyle

Answer 1

i wouldnt buy any of the foods you can get from a grocery store..its cheaper for a reason...I feed my dogs chicken soup for puppy/dog lover..it has great ingredients and is really good for them. My dog love how it taste and they actually look alot better since i switched them to it and it isnt all that much more.

Answer 2

Purina Dog Chow Ingredients

Answer 3

The Dog Chow is pretty comparable to the Pedigree. Neither are best food options, but dogs do okay on either of those if they don't have allergies that would make eating that food a problem.
Purina Dog Chow is as "decent" as Pedigree is.
It sure beats Grocery store generics and foods like "Old Roy".
If you want to feed your dog something that doesn't have toxic preservatives and rendered animal ingredients you can go with other brands that are pricier. Not everything pricier is better.

Answer 4

Dog Chow Ingredients

Answer 5

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RE:
Is Purina Dog Chow a decent food for dogs?
I have been feeding my dog Purina Dog Chow for a while. He used to eat pedigree, but he decided he liked the Purina Dog Chow better, and they are both around the same price. So what do you all think about Purina Dog Chow? Is that a decent food to buy for your dog?

Thanks,
~Kyle

Answer 6

Nope.

The first few ingredients should be some type of meat or meats. Avoid foods that have corn in the first few ingredients. Wheat is a common allergen in dogs so you may want to avoid that also. Soy and by-products aren't something you want in the ingredient list either.

I feed my dogs Natural Balance, expensive, but worth it.

Some other good foods are Canidae, Wellness, and Innova. Research these brands and their ingredients. Also research on the essential nutrients for a dog. Then make an educated decision on what your dog should be ingesting keeping in mind that your dog is a carnivore and the ingredients are listed so that the first ingredient is what the food is mostly made up of. The amount of the ingredient in the food goes dodwn from there with the last ingredient having the least amount.

The foods I mentioned above aren't cheap and can't be found at a Wal-mart of grocery store. Keep in mind though, that you get what you pay for.

Answer 7

Its crap really in terms of nutrition.... the main ingredient is corn which is basically a filler that has next to no nutritional value. It is adequate and many dogs live just fine when eating it but they eat alot more quantity than a better quality food. Also they usually shed more, poop more and may turn to garbage digging to aquire what they are lacking.
There are other similarly priced foods that are better than Dog Chow, Presidents Choice Nutrition first is a good one as well as PC Meaty Selections, and even Purina One is better than dog chow both have meat as the main ingredient rather than corn or other grains.
If you have money to spend the better foods to feed your pet are Natural Balance, Solid Gold, Canidae, Performatrin Ultra, Nutro Natural Choice etc.

Answer 8

Purina Dog Chow along with Pedigree are the potato chip version of dog food. They are just full of crap ingredients and not good for the dog, but the dog likes them b/c they spray oil and artificial flavorings on them so they smell tasty, but really it's a bunch of junk. Dogs may prefer it b/c it smells good, but dogs aren't the brightest, that's why it is up to us to make sure our dogs are getting good food. Mine is on Wellness, it's a great brand. If you can't afford something like Wellness, Innova, or Canidae, look into at least Nutro or something along those lines (I do not suggest Science Diet). Even Eukanuba is a better quality than Dog chow. If you can buy it in a grocery store, it might as well be something coming out of a vending machine, that's how healthy it is for your dog.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Both those foods are the list of poor quality foods. Switch to a high quality one. Here's how to find them.

Nothing you find at a grocery store is going to be a good food. High quality foods can be found at large pet store chains, or online. A couple of foods I like are Nutro Natural, Innova, and Cannidae.

There are other high quality dog foods. Here's how to spot them:

A high quality food will have little or no fillers such as corn, wheat or soy. These aren't very digestable for dogs, and are common food related allergens. Since you were seeing corn meal in the first few ingredients, those are not high quality foods. Foods list ingredients by content, with the ingredient it contains most of at the top.

A high quality food will not contain BHT, BHA or Ethoxyquin, these are all chemical preservatives that have been linked to cancer.

A high quality food will not contain by-products of any kind. Meat meals are ok as long as the source of the meat is listed, such as Chicken Meal.

A high quality diet should have meat as at least the first ingredient., and be made from human grade ingredients. Foods that don't use human grade ingredients often get their ingredients from less than desirable sources, such as meat from animals that were diseased, or euthanized.

There is another diet option other than dog food. Some people choose to feed a raw diet. This involves feeding the dog raw meaty bones and organ meat. However it is not as simple as throwing a couple chicken bones in a bowl everyday. If you wish to feed this type of diet, do lots and lots of research first. Switching to this diet without knowing what your doing can lead to nutritional problems for your dog. I'll give you some links as a starting point in research if you are interested in this type of diet.

http://www.willowglen.com/barf.htm

http://www.bestfrisbeedogs.com/diets.html

http://www.rawlearning.com/rawfaq.html

http://www.rawfed.com/myths/index.html

http://www.rawdogranch.com

What's Really In Pet Food
http://www.api4animals.org/facts?p=359&more=1cat=286

Answer 11

Personally, I wouldn't use the "grocery store brands" such as this one. Most places I've read up on this say it's some of the worst foods you can find for your dogs. They have the bare minimum requirements for their ingredients. Your dog will survive, but not be getting the best.

A higher quality food will cost you more, we use Innova, but the reality is that the portions per feeding aren't going to be as much either as you won't need as much food taken in to meet the proper nutritional requirements.