is purina one a good dog food?

Question

is purina one chicken oatmeal a good dog food for a pitbull?

Answer 1

Purina is horrible no matter what brand

Heres some information on dog food. My rule of thumb is if you find it in a walmart or your vet office its not good (Science Diet is vet recommended but fails the dog food scoring)


How to grade your dog's food (Some brands are done at the very bottom):



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's 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



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Here are some foods that have already been scored (listed alphabetically, note the ratings after each name):



Authority Harvest Baked / Score 116 A+

Bil-Jac Select / Score 68 F

Canidae / Score 112 A+

Chicken Soup Senior / Score 115 A+

Diamond Maintenance / Score 64 F

Diamond Lamb Meal & Rice / Score 92 B

Diamond Large Breed 60+ Formula / Score 99 A

Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium / Score 122 A+

Dick Van Patten's Duck and Potato / Score 106 A+

Foundations / Score 106 A+

Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold / Score 93 B

Iams Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Premium / Score 73 D

Innova Dog / Score 114 A+

Innova Evo / Score 114 A+

Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables / Score 110 A+

Nutrisource Lamb and Rice / Score 87 B

Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy / Score 87 B

Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice / Score 23 F

ProPlan Natural Turkey & Barley / Score 103 A+

Purina Beneful / Score 17 F

Purina Dog / Score 62 F

Purina Come-n-Get It / Score 16 F

Royal Canin Bulldog / Score 100 A+

Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult / Score 106 A+

Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice / Score 97 A

Science Diet Advanced Protein Senior 7+ / Score 63 F

Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies / Score 69 F

Wellness Super5 Mix Chicken / Score 110 A+

Wolfking Adult Dog (bison) by Solid Gold / Score 97 A

Answer 2

Beleive it or not, my dad raised ALL his dogs on Purina dog chow and they were all great hunters and lived to their teens. That was all he ever bought. I buy Canidae for mine, but get Purina at cost from a friend that works there, and then I mix the two because I want them to have the good nutrition, but they LOVE the Purina! (don't we all know junk food tastes better than stuff good for you???) They will actually pick out and eat the Purina first and finally finish up the rest. I don't believe that it's that bad and obviously dogs can survive just fine on it. If I was on that stranded island I guess I'd eat it too.

Answer 3

Purina is not a good brand to feed to any animal. There are a lot of fillers put into the food, which are not necessary for your dog. I feed my dogs Natural Life Lamaderm, which is an allergy formula, but it doesn't have anything more than what my dogs need.

Answer 4

Ive heard of chicken and rice but not oatmeal but there is no reason you cant feed it to your pitbull. Many dogs eat purina and do just fine my dogs were on the purina puppy chow as pups and did great. Only foods you should really avoid and I was told this by a vet are store brand foods like Ol'Roy and generics most of them are nothing but fillers.

We feed our dogs Nutro, Bil-jac, or newmans kinda gets expensive though since we are using 40 pounds a week which runs us anywhere from 30-50 dollars a week depending on sales and such

Recalls are for WET food only at this point and Ive never seen purina one in wet formula

Answer 5

Look, all these people saying its horrible for your pet are wrong. The ones saying science diet is horrible are dead wrong. Do you really think a veterinarian who spent probably close to a decade just to get their job would risk their career by selling food that wasn't good for your pet? Truth is, some filler in dog food isn't that bad. Dogs will eat both meat and vegetables and be just fine. Cat food on the other hand, has to be mostly meat. Some filler isn't horrible, but cats are obligate carnivores so for them, the more actual meat, the better.

Answer 6

We have always fed our German Shepherd Dogs Eukanuba, don't know much about purina brand.

Answer 7

Purina one is a good dog food.

Answer 8

Purina One is not very high quality food.

Read the ingredients on the food you buy. A grain should not be in the first couple ingredients ingredient (corn and such are mainly fillers, dogs don't digest it well). Avoid foods that have a lot of "by products" listed.

Here are some good foods (these are just a few, there are definitely more brands out there that are quality dog food, but it will give you an idea of the ingredients to look for):

Chicken Soup Brand - http://www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com/
Merrick - http://www.merrickpetcare.com/
Innova - http://www.naturapet.com/brands/innova.asp

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Here's an ingredient comparison of bad food (in this case, Purina One), to good food (in this case, Chicken Soup brand):

Purina One Chicken And Oatmeal:
Chicken (natural source of glucosamine), brewers rice, corn gluten meal, poultry by-product meal (natural source of glucosamine), whole grain corn, whole grain wheat, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), non-fat yogurt, animal digest, calcium phosphate, salt, potassium chloride, caramel color, calcium carbonate, choline chloride, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, zinc sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, copper sulfate, riboflavin supplement, Vitamin B-12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, garlic oil, folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement, calcium iodate, biotin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), sodium selenite.

Chicken Soup Brand:
Chicken, turkey, chicken meal, ocean fish meal, cracked pearled barley, whole grain brown rice, oatmeal, millet, white rice, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), potatoes, egg product, tomato pomace, duck, salmon, flaxseed, natural chicken flavor, choline chloride, dried chicory root, kelp, carrots, peas, apples, tomatoes, blueberries, spinach, dried skim milk, cranberry powder, rosemary extract, parsley flake, yucca schidigera extract, L-carnitine, Enterococcus faecieum, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Saccharomyces cerevesiae fermentation solubles, dried Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.


Notice how the better food has more meats, less grain, and no by-products than the other brand? That's where to start looking for what food is higher quality. Just because it's expensive doesn't mean it's a good food.

When switching foods, do it slowly. I do this over about a two week timespan:
25% food A, 75% food B
50% food A, 50% food B
75% food A, 25% food B
100% food A

Answer 9

I think purina has corn as the first ingredient. Remember, dogs are carnivores they need meat, protein especially in their first 2 years. After that, you can switch to lower protein. Look at Nutro

Answer 10

If your goal is to feed your dog a grain, filler & preservative based diet with no nutritional value then Ya it's a great food.