How would you guyz rate the company name brand foods?

Question

I, myself, have tried many different foods for my two boxers have owned, pedigree, science diet, Nature's Choice (large breed) just to name a few. I now feed my one boxer I have now Royal Canin Large breed puppy32 and have felt like this is the best for them. I later plan on switching my boxer to Royal Canin BOXER food after she's 15 months as directed on the "boxer" food label. I'm just curious what foods do you guys perfer for your dogs? (boxers preferrably but other large breeds are welcome)

Answer 1

Look at the ingredients - as long as the first ingredient (preferably the first two) is meat, it's okay. I used to feed my 3 y/o Mastiff Nutro Natural Choice (I don't recommend it), Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance (dry, not the logs - only problem is there is no distinction between life stage and breed size), and now she's on Blue Large Breed (they have a large breed puppy food as well). I used to think the Natural Balance was the best - she never had any digestive problems and her skin and coat were shiny - but now I think Blue is by far the best. It's been doing great things for her skin allergies and she loves it. I've heard great things about Royal Canin too though. It really comes down to what your dog will eat and what she won't. :o) Good luck finding one that works for you!

Answer 2

Most dog foods are fine. You are not going to kill your dog feeding it Ole Roy. But you can do much better. The Purina's, Iams, Euks Pedigree, and such are premiums but again there are better such as super premiums. I would stay away from anything you can buy in a supermarket and anything that is made by a company that is part of a large conglomerate. Some of the super premiums are but not limited to: Canidae, Innova, Flint River Ranch, Wellness, Pinnacle, Blackwoods, Natural Balance. You will find some fanatics that suggest only feeding raw or BARF diets but there has never been any researchable studies that indicate that these diets are even equal to the best commercial diets. Never listen to anyone that tells you corn is a filler or can't be digested by dogs. Hogwash, corn is 90% digestible by dogs and is an excellent source of carbohydrates. But it should be a few ingredients down the ingredient list. Royal Canin is not a super premium but if you are happy with it then no reason to change.

To explain why I said stay about from foods made by large conglomerates, Science Diet, Iams, Pedigree is because they are stockholder companies and their bottom line is not the best for the dogs but what is best for the stockholders.

Answer 3

The only dog food that hasn't been a problem to the dogs I fed it to was lambaderm (sp?). I personally don't believe in feeding anything beside home cooked and raw foods.

If I had to rate them I would need to consider the ingredients, manner in which their prepared and the dog they are being fed to. I have a general rule that anything you can buy in grocery stores is a bad idea, after that the vast majority of ones in the pet store are also crap.

Nature choice is supposed to be good, royal made my dog sick. I wouldn't feed pedigree, science diet, dog chow, kibbles and bits or eukanuba if you paid me or gave it to me free. The only food from vets I like is medi-cal but I am not a huge fan but it doesn't make my dog sick.

Realistically any premade food is bad for you and it is bad for your dog. My rational is that I know of no food that retains it nutritional value after it had been cooked/ processed and left open for more then 24 hours. Most of the nutrients are gone by the time it reaches the consumer that is the reason they add fake vitamins and other nutrients afterwards. If I wanted to feed my dog vitamins then I would get them from my vet.

Incidentally I don't want to feed fake vitamins that is why I feed a cross between raw and home cooked.

Answer 4

Since I don't get paid for endorsements, I won't talk about which products I use.
However, many dogs have lived long, healthy lives on what most folks consider to be high end dog foods. Many dogs have lived long, healthy lives on what most folks consider to be poor quality dog foods.
If your dog is strong and healthy, if he has the right size and proportions, if he has good muscle tone, if he has a nice coat, if he's not sick often, he's probably eating the best diet for him. That doesn't mean that the dog sitting next to him would do well on that food regimen, so take people's endorsements here with a grain of salt.

Answer 5

I prefer anything that doesn't contain feathers/beaks/feet/hair (aka by products) or stuff they can't digest (corn) or stuff that causes allergies (wheat) or chemicals that posion dogs (DHA).
So I like Canadie, Innova, California Natural, Natural Balance, Natural Choice or Solid Gold.
Foods I DO NOT like are: Science Diet, Iams, Eukanuba, Pedigree, Purina, Gravy Train or any of that crap they sell in food markets!

Answer 6

You don't want food that has By-Products in it. Also I have heard that if you cannot pronounce the first 10 ingredients then the food is probably not that good for the dog.

Answer 7

anything you buy at the grocery store or WM is garbage - just look at the ingredients. ditto most brands from pet stores.

the hoistic brands have none of the harmful chemicals, fillers, allergens etc that the others do

Answer 8

We feed our corgi the Beneful Healthy Radiance. His coat is beautiful!!

Answer 9

i would say the best foods for my dogs are benful and purina1 and puppy chow.

Answer 10

IAMS- 1


IAMS IS SOOOOOO GROSS.
IM A GAINST IAMS.