Eukanuba dog food for my Boxer?

Question

My Boxer is 16 weeks and using kirkland dog food. I keep seeing this Eukanuba Boxer formula. Is it worth switching to?
What is the cost of Eukanuba?

Answer 1

Kirkland is a better Quality food than Eukanuba.
On this chart, Kirkland is rated among the best dog foods.
""Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables / Score 110 A+ ===..Eukanuba adult score 81 C+ ===Eukanuba puppy score 79 C""< http://www.connecticutk9.com/dogfood.htm

Answer 2

On top of being on the recalled list, Eukanuba is owned by Iams who does horrific invasive laboratory testing on animals. The only testing a pet food company should be doing is nutritional tests with animals who's owners have agreed to be part of the study and with the kind of routine testing that a vet would do (ie blood test, urine/feces testing, dental check ups etc). The company should state that they would never do any testing that would involve unnecessary pain or the need to euthanize the animal afterwards.
I use Science Diet and they have a written policy on the type of testing they do that follows the guidelines I've stated above. For more information on Iams you can go to: www.iamscruelty.com
I'm just about to check out Kirkland's testing policies so I can't tell you what they do, however most companies will have that policy on their website if it's a humane one.

Answer 3

I would stay on Kirkland. Eukanuba was one of the ones on the re-call list not the dry the wet. My puppy was on Eukanuba puppy dry, because that's what the breeder had her on. Once the re-call happened the pet shop that I have gone to forever took all the re-called brands out for good. I now have both my dogs on California Natural. If your dog is doing well on Kirkland, why change?

Answer 4

Eukanuba isn't a very good quality food.

Find a high quality all stages food for your pup. Puppy foods contain way more protein than needed. This causes rapid growth, rapid growth leads to future bone and joint problems. An all stages food gives a more desired slow growth, and helps prevent future bone and joint problems.

Pups should grow up slow, not spring up like weeds.

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 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...

A high quality diet may seem more expensive at first glance. But you will feed less of a high quality, so the bag actually lasts longer. This is because high quality diets are more digestable, the dog can actually use more of what it eats. This also means less clean up for you as well.

You save in another way as well, since your dog will be healthier, you'll have less vet bills as well.

Answer 5

Eukanuba is on the pet food recall list, that should tell you all you need to know!

Answer 6

ditto