What is some yummy healthy dog food?

Question

My dog loves Kibbles and Bits but I am not sure if it is the healthiest choice for her. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Purina Pro Plan, Science Diet, Petigree Canned foods (read the ingredients before you say I'm wrong), Royal Canin, and Petsmarts Authority brand are all great foods.

The good thing about Royal Canin is that you can get a food that is designed for your breed of dog in some instances. I usually mix that with the Pro Plan Selects and the Authority brand.

In any food, the first ingredient should be meat! Dogs are carnivores and need their meat/protein. In petigree wet foods and the Purina Pro Plan Selects, I'd say about 3 out of the first 5 ingredients are meat!

Also, look at the veggies listed. You want the same veggies that would be best for us. So not too much rice and potatoes (the starch stuff). You want beans and broccoli and carrots and peas and cauliflower etc. A lot of foods are good with the meats, but skimp on the veggies.

Oh and Nutro and many of the foods that were once considered great are now starting to use chicken "meal" instead of the chicken itself as the main ingredient. A "meal" can be anything that is cooked with the chicken but it doesn't mean they actually put the meat into the food.

Answer 2

Kibbles & Bits is certainly not a healthy food. It is not only loaded with cheap fillers & by products but also chemical preservatives and dyes as well as sugars. It is equivilant ot feeding yourself a total diet of candy and nothing else.

Science Diet, Purina dog chow, Pedigree, Alpo, IAMS/Eukanuba while better then Kibbles & Bits are low quality foods with way too much cheap fillers & by products and not enough meat protein.

Some really good quality foods:

Canidae, Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul, California Natural, Innova, Solid Gold, Timberwolf, Eagle Pack, Percise, premium Edge, Blue Buffalo just ot name a few.

Answer 3

Our pets need quality pet food. Read the ingredients list and learn what the stuff on there is and what it does (or does not do) to/for our pets. A quick pet food 101. If the pet food contains corn/corn products or by products it is a poor quality food. Do not pay attention to advertising, they all say there food is great. Corn is a filler that can trigger skin problems. (allergies, skin problems, itching and excessive shedding) By products is anything from an animal not fit for human consumption, including cancerous tissue. Quality foods have meat as the first ingredient. California Natural, Solid Gold, Innova and Merrick are a few of the best brands available. If you want to learn more check out: http://www.sagekeep.com/petfood.htm www.api4animals.org/facts?p=359& more=1 http://animalark.eapps.com/animal/PetFoods.nsf/$$PetFoodsByRating?OpenForm

Answer 4

I have been feeding my dog Iams after he really didn't like Science diet. My grandma works in a cafeteria for a school and she says that people come and pick up the grease to put in a dog food. I'm not sure which one, but it's probably one that is very cheap and not "brand name" I guess you could say.

Answer 5

kibbles and bits, you midas well feed your dog twinkies as the food is a non healthy food full of JUNK...........
science diet, iams, eukanuba are better quality foods but still in the JUNK category........................
canidae, solid gold, california natural, innova evo, artemis, wellness are some really good quality foods for your dog with all NATURAL healthy ingrediants for your dog.

Answer 6

I have been giving my dog Science Diet or Eukanuba. I think they are generally supposed to be healthier. Try looking for dog foods where 2 of the first 3 ingredients are meat rather than corn, etc.

Answer 7

Feel free to consult your vet regarding the healthiest food for your dog. Just from experience I can say that we are a Pedigree home. Each dog we've had lived much longer than estimated and had very few health problems. In terms of tasty dog food . . . leave that to the treats!

Answer 8

No no no. Basically anything you can buy at the grocery store is crap. I'll spare you the trouble of rooting through hippie websites with the best dog food, but I'll say that youget what you pay for. I feed my dog Nutro Natural. It's expensive, but he likes it.

Answer 9

Hi,

I feed my pets Purina Dog and Cat chow. They love it and it is extremely good for them. I even have birds come to the feed bowls to get some. Animals know what is good for them by the smell.

Darryl S.

Answer 10

IAMS IS A GOOD DOG FOOD