im swtiching from Purina to Authority for puppies?

Question

so is Authority™ good for puppies and dogs

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

There are better foods out there.

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 3

YUCK!!!!!

The top ten ingredients for the Puppy with Real Chicken Puppy Chicken and Rice are:

Chicken Meal
Brewers Rice
Corn
Animal Fat (Preserved with Vitamin E mixed tocopherols)
Chicken
Corn Gluten Meal
Dried Beet Pulp
Chicken Liver Digest
Dried Egg Product
Dicalcium Phosphate

So, you have corn as one of the first three ingredients! That is so bad!!! This stuff is just garbage!

Answer 4

I know your trying so hard to be a great dog owner but that food is just a step above Purina. PetsMart sells Wellness dog and puppy foods. Please look for this food if you can only go to a large pet store for dog food ok.

Answer 5

ok this is for you i am tired of hearing all the **** that peple are saying about some foods.. you just need to shut up...just SHUT UP!!!!!!! look i'm not saying that purina,iams, or other commercial pet foods are bad, or pedigree...i think there may be other ones out there that might be a little better but you know what just feed it to them...and for all you other people out there how do you KNOW that all that stuff is true...it

Answer 6

I tend to stick with Science Diet. They are the ones who make all the prescription foods also. Go to a pet store and look for higher quality foods. The two you mentioned are awful...