What do i give my dogs?

Question

I have no clue what do give my dogs to eat because of the Iams recall. What is something i can seriously give me dog to eat. I was thinking rice and ground beef is that OK?

Answer 1

For like, tonight? Chicken or ground beef and rice is fine. But I hope in the morning you plan to buy new dog food?

Answer 2

This is a great time to switch to a high quality food. Ground beef and rice alone is NOT a balanced diet.

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, Innova Evo 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.htm...

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&m...

Answer 3

Yes that is fine. You might even try plain or vanilla yogurt. Yogurt has natural bacteria in it and can help if your dog has a chance of getting sick from the Iams food. Don't buy to lowfat or sugar free yogurt either. You can also give a dog a small amount of cottage cheese to help tie them over.

Answer 4

Ground beef and/or chicken and rice are all fine. I do think that the recall is only for canned, packaged and moist/wet food.

Answer 5

I suggest you just switch to a higher-quality kibble for your dog's lifetime.
Iams is pretty crappy, and one recall should be enough to change your mind on it.
How about Natural Balance, Merrick, Flint River Ranch, Innova Eva, or Castor and Pollux.
These foods may cost more per pound, but you end up saving because they have better ingredients, and you therefore do not need to feed as much per day.

Answer 6

Depending on how old the dog is i would try purina puppy chow or dog chow. It is just as good as Iams just less expensive.

Answer 7

Yes......It is safe to give your dog pedigree and if you have a cat sheba will be fine!!!

Answer 8

how about just dry ffood
or blue buffalo

Answer 9

pedigree, beneful, purina dog chow, purina one, or alpo.. all are dry. my vet recommends all.