good dog food???

Question

I feed my dogs royal canin but some one said it was horrible food is it good or bad

my huskies are on royal canine but one of my dogs like eukanuba so i give her that

IS NUTRO MAX GOOD DOG FOOD TWO

Answer 1

Eukanuba or Science diet free of dye and preservatives.

Answer 2

When did chicory, carrots, peas, apples and cranberry become dog food ingredients? There isn't much real difference between these foods. One uses chicken and turkey, the other only uses chicken. Neither uses corn or wheat. The biggest difference is the fruits and vegetables in the chicken soup brand. Both are made by the same company and its a good bet that the major ingredients come from the same sources. Unless there is an allergy problem your dog will be fine with either food. Feed whichever one is easier to get. The prices are close enough to the same, especially considering how little one pomeranian will eat. If you were feeding a working dog you might notice a difference between those foods but not with a normal family pet.

Answer 3

Between the choices of Science Diet, Eukanuba, Nutro and Royal Canin, I'd go with Royal Canin as I believe it is a better food, BUT I wouldn't go with any of those as long as there is no complete resolution of food contamination. All the mentioned brands had multiple recalls of products both wet and dry.
I'd recommend Canidae, Wellness, ORIJEN (great for that breed!), Newman's Own Organic, Flint River Ranch, The Honest Kitchen before those others.
http://www.itchmo.com
http://www.howl911.com
Home cooking is great if you know how to balance the food properly and add the right supplements.
Raw diet is great, too, but some just don't like the idea of it. Here's a site I used:
http://www.rawdogranch.com

I wouldn't recommend Nutro Max because they added soy to their formula, they have CORN in it- even though it is corn GLUTEN, many contaminants have come through the GLUTENS added to food, whether wheat, corn, or rice protein concentrate.
Not only that, the kibble is very hard and I used to feed Nutro to my dogs and they kept throwing it up. It could be a few hrs after eating, and the kibble that they threw up would still be hard as a rock. They also have their food processed via MENU FOODS as did most of the other so called premium foods processed thru MENU FOODS.
Different brand names, different bags, same sorry ingredients with proportions varying according to their differences in formula.

Answer 4

The Whole Dog Journal publishes an annual report on the best dog foods out there. Since this publication doesn't accept ads, you know it's not biased (there's a lot of money behind dog foods). They look at a lot of different things in a food. This is the only place I'll suggest to recommend a food.

Answer 5

Nutro Max and Royal Canin aren't horrible foods, but I would personally go with a higher quality food such as Canidae, Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul, Timberwolf Organics, Flint River Ranch, Merrick, Eagle Pack, Innova, California Natural, etc. I wouldn't feed foods such as Eukanuba, Iams, Purina, Science Diet, Beneful, Ol' Roy, Pedigree, etc. because those have tons of fillers and by-products and aren't very nutritious. If your dogs seem to do well on the food they're on, you can keep them on it.

Answer 6

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

And an article on what ingredients to avoid:
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=badingredients

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Some GOOD foods are :
* Merrick - http://www.merrickpetcare.com/
* Solid Gold - http://www.solidgoldhealth.com/
* Canidae - http://www.canidae.com/
* Timberwolf - http://timberwolforganics.com/
* Orijen - http://www.championpetfoods.com/orijen/orijen/
* Wellness - http://www.omhpet.com/wellness/
* Chicken Soup brand - http://www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com/
* Innova - http://www.naturapet.com/brands/innova.asp
* Innova EVO - http://www.naturapet.com/brands/evo.asp

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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Stay away from grocery stores brands. They are low-quality foods chalk full of fillers, preservatives, dyes, etc.. (Grocery store foods are those like Beneful, Old Roy, Alpo, Pedigree, Purina, etc.)

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..)

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 gradually. 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 7

Royal Canin Boxer / Score 103 A+
Royal Canin Bulldog / Score 100 A+
Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult / Score 106 A+

very good =]
from experience never ask peopel for dog food adivce

Answer 8

My dogs were on Nutro but switched to Royal Canin a few months ago. I feed Special 30. Our Maltese and Coton De Tulear love it and it is top quality...my vet only feds her dogs this food. It is of the highest quality of dog food in my opinion.

Answer 9

Its not as bad as say, Science Diet, but there are better foods here's how to spot them.


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 Solid Gold, Innova, 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.html

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&more=1cat=286

Answer 10

Royal Canin is considered a better food than Eukanuba. I feed California Natural and it is a quality food also. I've been happy with it.

Answer 11

Royal Canin is fairly high quality. Unless you listen to the people who are all about natural foods. Believe me, you are feeding a good food that has had the appropriate feed tests done to ensure its balanced and tasty for your dog. And feed testing is not bad in any way- no harm done to the dogs.
Stick with it- as long as its the appropriate food for your dog's life stage (puppy, adult, senior) and weight (regular vs. weight control).