is pedigree a good brand of dog food ?

Question

is luck dog crap?

the pedigree ingrents r meats inclding chicken, beef, lamb, pork, rice, gelling agents vitamins and minerals, vegetaable fibre, colours, vegetable oil, taurine, plant extacts r any of this things bad ??

and it says no add preservatives

Answer 1

all dog foods have to be up to snuff with ingredients and vitamins and minerals...so every dog food out there has at least the minimnal ingredients to keep a dog healthy...if they don't you wouldn't see them on the shelves...but talk to your vet about what kind of food to feed your dog...what your vet recommends...i know a lot of vets recommend Science Diet and that's what i feed to my dog...plus it gives them a great, shiny coat.

Answer 2

Not really, I wouldn't recommend Pedigree. While a lower quality dog food brand like this might be cheaper to buy, your dog will consume it much more quickly than if you buy a high quality dog food. So all in all, it's cheaper in the long run to buy a good quality dog food. Your dog will be healthier, have smaller, firmer stools, and eat less.

To find a good brand of dog food, I recommend asking your vet to suggest a few. There are also some general guidelines to follow if you want to do some label-reading yourself. Avoid dog food with corn or soy -- these tend to be "fillers" that make for higher consumption and poorer digestion. Some dogs have bad reactions to wheat, so you may want to avoid that as well. By-products aren't really good, although it's a personal decision whether to buy dog food with by-products or not.

A good dog food will have some sort of meat as the first two ingredients (for example, "chicken, chicken meal, etc."). It might include vegetables. A good dog food should be naturally preserved, not preserved with chemicals. Also check out the guaranteed analysis on the package. It should have between 22-26% protein on the adult formula, around 14% fat, and about 4% fiber.

A few of my recommendations for dry dog food are Kirkland (available at Costco), Canidae, and Eukabana.

Answer 3

No! Not at all, all commercial brand dog foods are crap.

Innova, Canidae, Nutro, Acana, Orijen & so on are some foods you should try. The first ingriedent should always be meat, not Meat By-products but the actual named source of meat (eg. Chicken/Chicken meal).

Eukanuba & Iams are also crap, and way more expensive then Pedigree. If your going to buy one of those, then just save money & buy the no name brands instead.

Answer 4

I work in the animal industry, and as a pet nutritionist and Pedigree is the BANE of my existance (along with whiskas). I used to have the joy of cleaning up after animals fed on this "food".
Pedigree is what is known as a supermarket brand. These foods contain high amounts of fat, salt and preservatives, as well as using a lot of "fillers". Fillers are not digested by the dogs gut, therefore can cause intestinal blockages and leave more for you to clean up - so basically you are paying for poop...
Premium brands on the other hand use quality muscle meat (most do anyway), are a nutritionally balanced meal (you don't need to give suppliments or give any other food). They have the correct levels of fat, salt, potassium, phosphorous and calcium as well as fibre, as well as pre and pro-biotics which are important in maintaining gut flora. Some premium foods are Royal Canin, Hills, Iams, Eukanuba, Eaglepak, Evo (innova), ProPlan, to name a few. This products can only be bought at good pet stores or produce stores. While you may pay more to purchase a bag of premium pet food, you actually save money as you don't have to feed as much and have less issues with your pet. I have three cats and one pup, all on premium food, and it costs less than AU$2 per day to feed my dog and even less for the cats.
The easiest way to compare between premium and supermarket brands is this - think of Pal as McDonalds and Royal Canin as your roast and vegies. Also, check the ingredients listing - dogs need a certain amount of fibre in the diet, however not things like rice-husks etc. You ideally want a food that has dehydrated poultry meat or something similar as the main ingredient, not chicken meal or animal-by-products (this is all the leftovers after the muscle meat is taken off!).
Feeding a premium food decreases the chances of urinary complicatons (all are pH balanced), decreases the chances of dental problems, produces less stools (less to pick up), less stool odour, and all ingredients are assymulated into the system. Premium food also has a 100% money back guarantee. There is a science dedicated to developing premium pet foods and consumers realise that pets deserve good quality food, not just table scraps.
Also, avoid feeding canned food - this causes plaque and tartar which leads to dental disease, as well as being 50-80% water!
Hope this answers your question

Answer 5

Would your dog be healthy eating corn all day every day?? The answer is no and pedigree has more corn in it than anything else just check out the ingredients.. http://www.pedigree.com/dogproducts/Dry/PEDIGREE+COMPLETE+NUTRITION+for+Adult+Dogs+/Small+Crunchy+Bites+Original+Beef+Flavor.asp

The first ingredient of a dog food is the ingredient of the highest content.... dogs dont eat corn if they dont have to and it has little to no nutritional value. If you dont have alot of money but want a decent food for your dog try Presidents choice Nutrition first or Meaty Selections.. it isnt the best but its alot better than pedigree for around the same price... and the first ingredient is meat not corn...
http://www.presidentschoice.ca/Pets/ProductDetails.aspx/id/10137/name/PCNutrition1stPremiumDryLargeBreedDogFoodChickenRiceFormula/catid/42
http://www.presidentschoice.ca/Pets/ProductDetails.aspx/id/5540/name/PCExtraMeatyLambRiceDogFood/catid/42

Better foods that cost more are Canidae, Innova, Solid Gold, Performatrin Ultra, Natural Balance. They are well worth it though if you can afford it.. you will notice a difference in your dogs overall health. I fed my dogs performatrin ultra, but been on hard times for a while so I have had to feed them a lower quality food to keep a roof over their heads... but I still havent sunk as low as pedigree.. lol its like feeding your dog mcdonalds every day.

Answer 6

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pedigree is one of the worst over rated dog foods out there, you might as well just feed them ol' roy!

When picking a good dog food look for whole meats as the first few ingredients and NO corn (which pedigree loves to use) because dogs don't digest it much at all and is used primarily as a cheap filler, good dog foods don't use this, also look for brands that don't use BHT or BHA which are preservitaves that are proven to cause cancer! Good dog food brands are like Canide, Diamond, Chicken Soup, Eagle Pack, California Natural etc...............most definately NOT Pedigree!!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

It is an acceptable mid range food and meets the criteria for the dog. Some are considered better than others and it really depends on the owner. I switched to Natural Balance but everyone has their favorites and there are many good brands.

Answer 8

According to dogfoodanalysis.com:
Pedigree has insufficient meat content, by-products, low quality grains, fat and meat products of unidentifiable origin, carcinogenic preservative, artificial colourant.

This food receives a 1 star rating simply because there is nothing lower.

The primary ingredients in the food are grains (it should be meat!). Corn is a problematic grain that is difficult for dogs to digest and thought to be the cause of a great many allergy and yeast infection problems. We prefer not to see this used in dog food.

Meat and bone meal is a low quality meat product for which it is impossible to determine the source.

Corn appears a second time as corn gluten meal. The AAFCO definition of corn gluten meal is “the dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm”. In plain English, that which remains after all the nutritious bits have been removed.

The next ingredient is by-products. It is impossible to ascertain the quality of by-products and these are usually products that are of such low quality as to be rejected for use in the human food chain, or else are those parts that have so little value that they cannot be used elsewhere in either the human or pet food industries. The AAFCO definition of chicken by-product meal is “a meal consisting of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice.”

Animal fat is a further low quality ingredient and is impossible to determine the source. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this as "obtained from the tissues of mammals and/or poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".

This food uses chemical preservatives (BHA, BHT) which is believed to be carcinogenic, and is banned from use in human food. It also uses artificial colourants.

The 6th and 12th ingredients are fragments of wheat. The use of wheat is a significant negative: wheat is believed to be the number one cause of allergy problems in dog food. This is another ingredient we prefer not to see used at all in dog food.

Answer 9

Yes, Pedigree is fine. Eukanuba is better food but its twice as expensive. Pedigree does give gas . Purina Dog Chow is better and cost about the same.

Answer 10

All I ever fed my German Shepherd was Purina Dog Chow. He lived to be 15years old (good age for a purebred), and he did well on it. I would recommend Purina.