does anyone know anything good about Iams Dog food?

Question

im looking for a good food to feed my puppy can anyone help

while living overseas all the dog foods that yall have written are not in my reach of dog foods that i can buy.... i am feeding him corrently beneful by pedigree and i dont like it it has alot of fillers... i need something that is sould at my commissary that doesnt have any fillers which is most likely impossible to find? HELP ME

Answer 1

Beware "premium" foods. "Premium" does not mean good nutritionally, and is not a nutritionally high quality food. It has the same types of ingredients as grocery store foods, just a bit better quality of those not-so-good ingredients. Premium foods are those like Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, etc..

Some GOOD foods are : Merrick, Solid Gold, Canidae, Timberwolf, Orijen, Wellness, Chicken Soup brand, Innova/EVO, etc..

Or check this website for good foods: http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/
(I recommend only feeding foods rated 4, 5, or 6 stars. Anything 3 stars or less, I would stay away from.)

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Read the ingredients on the food you buy. Go with a high quality dog food. 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 is an article about byproducts: http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=ingrd

It may seem like quality foods cost more, but in the end, it evens out. With a high-quality food, you don't have as many fillers. Also, with a high-quality food, your dog will eat less and poop less. So while that bag of higher-quality dog food looks expensive, your monthly feeding bills won't increase much.

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Another thing to be wary of: A lot of vets will recommend what they sell in their office. They get profit from the brands they keep on their shelves, that's why they push it. Truth is, vet schools don't focus a lot on nutrition. It's not saying that a vet is a bad vet because he recommends those foods, a lot of vets just are told "this is good food", so they pass the message along without proper nutrition knowledge. Also, some dog food brands (like Hills) support vet schools, so vets have heard of it from the time they start college, which makes them think it's good as well.

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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

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Answer 2

As far as I know, Iams is fine.

For goodness sake people - Science Diet is a Hills pet food - it is available in pet stores, not supermarkets (in England anyway) - it is Hills PRESCRIPTION DIETS that are only availalble from vets - like r/d, i/d etc.

It's true that if a food is available in a supermarket this is not usually a good sign of quality - although Iams is available here. Pedigree and Bakers are bad for dogs that are prone to overweight - do NOT feed it to labradors! I can spot a lab that's been fed on Pedigree or Bakers a mile off.

Chalice

Answer 3

I completely agree with RaysinGyrl. Brands like Iams, Science Diet, Purina, etc. are all crap foods. They're basically all fillers, such as corn that dogs don't really need. Pedigree is one of the worst foods you can feed. Any dog food you can get at grocery stores and others like them are no good. You can try foods such as Natural Balance, Timberwolf Organics, Innova, and Eagle Pack. I would make sure you choose a food that's higher quality, and isn't one on the recent pet food recall list. You can peobably find information on the recall just by google. Sometimes it does depend on the dog though. Good luck!

Answer 4

Sorry. If you're looking for a good food, cross off anything Iams, Pedigree, Science Diet, Kibbles N Bits, or anything else you can buy via the grocery store or stores like K-Mart.

What's wrong with it? Well, I'm going to take the ingredient list from a Iams pupy food, paste it here, and share what's bad about it. (this is their plain smart puppy)

Chicken, Corn Meal, Chicken By-Product Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Fish Meal, Chicken Fat (Preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Dried Beet Pulp (Sugar Removed), Natural Chicken Flavor, Dried Egg Product, Fish Oil (Preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Brewers Dried Yeast, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Carbonate), Dicalcium Phosphate, DL-Methionine, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate (Source of Vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement (Source of Vitamin B2), Inositol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Source of Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Calcium Carbonate, Rosemary Extract

Corn, chicken by-product, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, dried egg product (dried and product). Also, what kind of fish did they use for their oil and meal? And personally, I don't like seeing salt on the ingredient list. But I wouldn't let it be the deciding factor.

Try something like Orijen, Blue Buffalo, Innova, Timberwolf, ect. They're worth every penny you spend. Foods like Science Diet and Iams are not.

Answer 5

Canidae, Wellness, Innova or Artemis. Never heard of them? That's because you can't buy them at the grocery store or megamart. These are holistic foods.

Do not buy Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Purina or anything else you can get at the grocery store. It's all junk.

Do not buy foods that have corn or wheat in them.

Answer 6

Science Diet is the best dog food, you should be able to find it at your vet. It has less fillers and therefore is healthier for your dog. Iams kibble gave my dog gas, and Iams wet food was involved in that massive pet food recall, so I would not buy it.

Answer 7

Iams isnt that good for a dog but i would prefer Eukanaba as my opinion on the best dog food if it doesent work stick with Iams and see how it goes

Answer 8

I prefer Nutro it has no animal by products and Iams does go to petsupermarket they are very knowledgeable and will help you with this

Answer 9

IAMS is wery healthy my pet lived a long time eating that stuff he lived to be 22 in dog years.

Answer 10

NO IAMS FOR DOGS!
Iams gives dogs gas. Trust me on this.
Give them Pedigree. I love that brand. Safest brand ever.