Is it true that cheal (store brand) dog food will make your dog go to the bathroom more?

Question

Oops I meant CHEAP

Answer 1

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Moosey (and Bruiser too)

Answer 2

Grains make a dog defecate more. You want to look at the ingredients. The first one should be a meat product. I would recommend Maximum Nutrition from Walmart (it's cheap) or Innova Evo which is sold in random places but you can get it off the internet (not so cheap). Brands such as Iams, Pedigree, Eukanuba, and Science Diet started out with a good product but switched to cornmeal and brewers rice as the main ingredient. Dogs can not digest these "fillers" and will only flush them through their system more quickly.

Answer 3

YES YES YES. Feeding a higher quality dog food, the dog will eat less and poop less because they are holding on to the good nutrients in the food and not pooping it out. You end up saving money in the long run also on vet bills caused by inferior pet foods. The most important thing to picking out a dog food it to make sure the first ingredient is a whole meat source. Not a filler such as corn, wheat etc. And definitely not a meat by-product. A really good food is Natural balance. Good Luck.

Answer 4

Yes.

You want to stay away from foods with ingredients such as corn, wheat, fillers, beef and by products. All of those ingredients are hard for your dog or puppy to digest. Which leads to more stool and an unhealthy dog.

Some bad foods are Iams, Purina, Alpo, Science Diet, Pedigree, Eukanuba and Bil Jack.

Some GOOD foods are Natures Recipe, Nutro Max, Lassie Natural Way and Royal Chain.

I personally recommend Natures Recipe. It is an all natural food and extremely healthy for your dog or puppy. It leads to a shinny coat and a healthy body. It also cuts down on shedding, bad breath and the amount of stool your dog produces.

Natures Recipe had different bags for different size dogs and ages.

Stay away from wet food as it sticks to their teeth and builds up in their system. It is ok for a treat once in a while but not daily.

Before switching foods you want to check with your vet and make sure your dog or pup has no health problems.

After that you want to switch him or her slowly otherwise it will make him or her sick.

For the first week do 25% new and 75% old
Second week 50% new and 50% old
Third week 75% new and 25% old
Then they can have all new food starting the forth week.

You can find those healthy foods at your local Pet Smart or Pet Co.

Also stay away from rawhide and human food as neither are healthy for your dog. Stay with his dog food and Natural or compressed bones.

Answer 5

Yes it is true....it can make them poop more often or to produce more poop when they go. It also can make them have softer stools. It is because of the undigestible grains in the food.

Store brands such as Science Diet, Pedigree, Purina, Alpo,IAMS/Eukanuba, etc are full of cheap indigestible fillers: corn, wheat, soy & beet pulp. These ingredients not only cause more stool to be produced they are also high allergens.Corn and soy are also implicated in unexplained seizures in dogs. Soy causes excess gas and beet pulp adds unnecassary sugars. It takes up to 3 times more of a grain based food for a dog to get proper nutrition then it does a good quality meat based food.

Answer 6

You should invest in food such as iams or science diet. The well known brands such as these have better ingrediants and more nutritional value than do the store brands. The long run will have much better results with a much healthier and longer life than cheap food. Ask a vet even by calling about a lower expense but good food brand.

Answer 7

Yes, because those foods are almost all filler. I would probably have to feed about 8 or 9 cups of supermarket brand food to my high energy Malinois when I could feed him just 3.5 cups of Chicken Soup. There is not a single supermarket food (Purina, Iams, Pedigree, etc) that is an ideal food. Chicken Soup, Innova, Canidae, Natural Balance, Wellness, are all good kibble. He now is on the raw diet and has nice small poops.

Answer 8

Yep, the cheaper the food, the less quality ingredients are in them. Cheaper foods have more cereals and fillers to keep the cost down. The premium foods contain more meat and meat by products which are more digestible, therefore less is left to come out the other end. As with most things, you get what you pay for.

Dr Rosie Brown
www.healthydogclub.com

Answer 9

Yes, it is true. Most store brands use fillers. They are cheaper than using real meat products. So not only does your dog poop more but he will also eat more. In the long run, a good brand like Iams or Science Diet will cost more when you purchase it but overall it is cheaper because he will eat less. And it is better for your dog.

Answer 10

I began feeding my dog Diamond Naturals a few weeks ago. In that short time period I have noticed less poop, less smell from the poop, a shinier coat and almost twice the energy! I pay 23.00 for a 40lb bag, which is about 8.00 more than I paid for his previous food, but since he eats less it's actually a more cost effective food and much better for the dog. Our local pet supply store gave me samples of several brands to try and we found one our dog loves! Just remember to switch gradually to avoid stomach irritation!

Answer 11

I don't know, but my vet (well, my DOG'S vet) told me that he would trust a well-known brand like Purina or Iams more than a store brand, since they've been around longer and have been "proven," so to speak. Also, I checked the labels of the Walmart store brand of several varieties, and found that meat was never in the top of the ingredient list, but in the Purina I bought, it was the top (or maybe the second) ingredient.