Is pedigree dog food good for dogs?

Question

my dog is eating pedigree and she has bine on for hre howl life or for years should i change her food.SHE HAS BINE ACTING WIERD AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.

Answer 1

FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PET FOODS! World-famous vet and dog-care author Alfred Plechner says poor nutritional properties of commercial dog food inevitably lead to disease. Many commercial foods are woefully deficient in key nutrients, the long term effect of such foods makes the dog hypersensitive to its environment. Many of them are biochemical cripples with defective adrenal glands unable to manufacture adequate cortisol, a hormone vital for health and resistance to disease. Unfortunately dogs are being programmed for disaster, for extinction.
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Debra Lynn Dadd, leading dog health author:
Many pet foods claim to be "100% nutritionally complete and balanced." A claim that legally can be made and printed on the foods based solely on studies using isolated nutrients and not whole foods and thus intended to give a false sense of knowledge and security.There are more than forty known, essential nutrients... thus, making sure a food contains appropriate amounts of only a dozen of these nutrients can't possibly assure that a food is "complete."
CANNED CANIBALISM:
Another source of meat that isn't mentioned on pet food labels is pet byproducts,the bodies of dogs and cats. San Francisco Chronicle reported that euthanized companion animals were found in pet foods.
If you continue to feed your dog commercial dog food, death-by-disease is practically guaranteed! You must find an alternative and it doesn't have to mean spending more money PLEASE SEE THESE SITES:
Get The Facts - What’s Really in Pet Food
Pedigree Performance Food for Dogs lists Ground Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal,
www.api4animals.org/Petfood.htm
dogbreedz.com/dog_articles/.../dogarticle/commercial-dog-foods.htm -
The Truth about Commercial Dog Foods - health problems, including digestive upsets, diarrhea, gas, and bad breath.
www.raw4dogs.com/kibble-truth.htm -

Answer 2

Here's the 2006 list from the Whole Dog Journal. These are highest quality foods. Most of these are not carried at large chain stores but you can usually find them at small pet stores, feed and grain stores, etc.

Artemis: www.artemispetfood.com
Azmira: www.azmira.com
Back to Basics: www.beowulfs.com
Bench & Field Holistic Natural Canine: www.benchandfield.com
Blue Buffalo: www.bluebuff.com
Burns: www.bpn4u.com
by Nature BrightLife: www.bynaturepetfoods.com
California Natural: www.naturapet.com
Canidae: www.canidae.com
Canine Caviar: www.caninecaviar.com
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul: www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com
Cloud Star Kibble: www.cloudstar.com
Drs. Foster & Smith: www.drsfostersmith.com
Eagle Pack Holistic Select: www.eaglepack.com
Evolve: www.evolvepet.com
Firstmate Dog Food: www.firstmate.com
Flint River Ranch: www.flintriver-pet-food.com
Foundations: www.petcurean.com
Fromm Four Star Nutritionals: www.frommfamilyfoods.com
Go! Natural: www.petcurean.com
Hund-N-Flocken: www.solidgoldhealth.com
Innova: www.naturapet.com
Innova Evo: www.naturapet.com
Karma Organic: www.karmaorganic.com
Lick Your Chops: www.healthypetfoodsinc.com
Lifespan: www.petguard.com
Limited Diets: www.royalcanin.us
Merrick Pet Foods: www.merrickpetcare.com
Mmillennia: www.solidgoldhealth.com
Natural Balance Ultra Premium: www.naturalbalanceinc.com
Natural Choice Ultra: www.nutroproducts.com
Newman's Own Organics: www.newmansownorganics.com
NutriSource: www.nutrisourcedogfood.com
Organix: www.castorpolluxpet.com
Performatrin Ultra: www.performatrinultra.com
PHD Viand: www.phdproducts.com
Pinnacle: www.breeders-choice.com
Prairie: www.naturesvariety.com
Premium Edge: www.premiumedgepetfood.com
Prime Life: www.ompetproducts.com
Royal Canin Natural Blend: www.royalcanin.us
Timberwolf Organics: timberwolforganics.com
VeRUS: www.veruspetfoods.com
Wellness: www.oldmotherhubbard.com
Wellness Simple Food Solutions: www.oldmotherhubbard.com
Wenawe: www.wenawe.com.uy
Wysong: www.wysong.net
Zinpro: www.lincolnbiotech.com

Answer 3

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Gradually switch to a better dog food. Try something like Canidae or Orijen or Wellness for sensitive stomach. Your dog may throw up other food because he is not being gradually switched. You can also add a few tablespoons of canned pumpkin to each meal as you are switching. This helps them with stomach upset. Switch at a rate like this: 3/4 Beneful and 1/4 new food plus 2 tablespoons of pumpkin (lessen the total dog food to allow for adding the pumpkin.) Feed this a few days and if your dog tolerates it well, then feed 2/3 Beneful and 1/3 new food plus 1 tablesppon of pumpkin. then after a few more days, 1/2 and 1/2 then 2/3 new and 1/3 beneful. then all new. Feed kibble instead of wet food and occasionally add some fresh cooked skinless boneless chicken or other fresh meat that has been steamed or boiled and not seasoned or with bones. Add a bit of Activia to the dog food a few times a week. It's great for digestion and adds good bacteria that is beneficial for your dog. It's also great to add Activia on a daily basis if your dog ever has to take antibiotics because antibiotics kill both the good and the bad bacteria and Activia or acidophilus replaces the good bacteria the antibiotics kill. If the foods I listed above are out of your price range, then a median priced food that is much better than pedigree is Nature's Recipe. IT does not contain wheat or corn. Get a variety with Venison, Duck or fish. You can then sometimes switch within the same brand (Nature's Recipe) and give your dog Venison blend or Duck blend or fish blend for variety.

Answer 4

As far as the food, Pedigree sucks. I feed my dogs Natural Balance. Some other good foods are Canidae, Wellness and Innova. Read the ingredients of those and compare to Pedigree.

You want to avoid corn, soy (fillers) wheat (common allergen) and by-products for starters. Make sure the first few ingredients are some sort of meat.

These are more expensive foods, but they spend their money on quality ingredients instead of advertising. Not to mention that if your dog gets more out of a food it will eat less of it resulting in you spending about the same (over time) as you would buying the cheap crap.

As far as acting weird....um, you didn't really elaborate, I would talk to the vet if her behavior has changed.

Answer 5

No pedigree is NOT a good food. It is loaded with cheap fillers..corn, wheat, soy, beet pulp & by products.

Dogs need to be fed foods with a better protein content from meat sources not grain. Dogs are designed to extract nutrition from meat protein not veggie/grain proteins.

Science Diet, purina Dog Chow, IAMS/Eukanuba and other supermarket brands also are low quality foods.

You need to find foods that have at least 2 meat sources as the first 2 ingredients.

Answer 6

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 7

Pedigree is complete crap, seriously.

Look at the ingredient list! If you see the words "BY-PRODUCTS", "BHA", " BHT", or corn, soy, wheat are the first ingredients, the food is junk! Poultry By-Products are USUALLY beaks, feet, etc.

Look for food that has Chicken, Turkey, Beef, Duck, Venison, Lamb, or any of these protein sources followed by the word "Meal" as the first ingredient. This will be more highly digestible (as opposed to by-products, which are not digestible at all!) and healthier for your dog. Your dog will shed less, probably not need to eat as much and poop less!

Canidae, Nutro, Royal Canin, Natural Balance, Nature's Variety, Precise, Pinnacle, Brightlife, Merrick are all good, high-quality brands.

Answer 8

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By their nature, dogs are pack animals with a well-defined social order. Through basic training, you need to consistently make sure your puppy understands that you are the leader, not him. So in teaching him the basic rules, you take on the role of pack leader.

To fit into the family circle, your dog must be taught to recognize his name and such commands as come, heel, lie down and sit.

Answer 9

Pedigree is not the best food, but it is not the worst either. Think of it this way, it is like feeding a child hamburgers and hot dogs every day. It isn't the healthest, but you can live on it.

Answer 10

Most dog owners want their dogs to be trained; In fact, many dog lovers, including Gary Shmerling, see to it that their pets undergo a series of effective dog training. Although they are inherently smart, not all dog breeds can be easily trained. Many owners are having a hard time training their pets with even the simplest of commands. While some dogs are fond of the training process, and the treats given, most breeds need proper guidance and consistent dog training.

Dog training can take so much of your time and effort as well as money, and of course - patience or understanding. However, your efforts will become fruitful if done the right and fun way. Training your dog need not be harsh; you can't even expect to see immediate results. But the best thing is, there are so many ways on how you can effectively and easily train your dog.

1. Information is always the key.
Be aware of the characteristics of your dog breed as such information can help you determine the kind and level of training needed. You must be knowledgeable with the basics if you want to successfully train your dog, especially if you chose to do the training all by yourself. Of course, research is your only tool in terms of gathering the right and sufficient dog training information.

2. Lengthen your patience. Give sufficient time and effort.
If you're moody and impatient, then it's best to have somebody else train your dog. Your patience and your effort are what your pet badly need. Without those two, you can't be consistent; and that's also essential for an effective dog training. You must first evaluate yourself whether you are qualified to train a dog or not so that unfavorable results can be avoided.

It is a must that you start training your dog while he or she is still young, particularly when it comes to obedience training. By doing so, you can have your dog avoid unpleasant and aggressive behaviors. Moreover, don't let your emotions spoil the process.

3. Discipline well. Be reasonable.
Learn when to reward and when to reprimand your dog's behavior, not just during the training but also when interacting with your family. Discipline the right way and do not spoil or punish your dog excessively. You can ignore or deprive your dog with some treats but should not, as much as possible, hit him/her with a stick or even a rolled magazine. Physical punishment would only result to disobedience and aggression. Efficacy can be achieved if dog training is done in a consistent manner, with care and reason.

4. Use the right resources.
Find out which dog training tools are suitable for your dog breed. Make sure you have a dog leash and collar as well as muzzles, crates and clickers. Know where and how to start with such tools.

Train on the best places. Look for a particular location wherein your dog can focus with the training; avoid distracting places like a crowded park. For starters, it is wise to do the training on your backyard; however, the location may still depend on the kind of training you want your dog to accomplish.

5. When all else fails or if you really don't have the time to successfully finish the kind of training you intend for your beloved dog, then go for the aid of a professional dog trainer. If you want the best dog training, then be prepared to make the investment.

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