what is the best commercial dog food in the market?

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Doing my research, I believe Great Life Dog/Cat food is top on the list. They use a freeze dry process, use organic ingrediants, add probiotics and emzymes, and have grain free formulas. For your basic, good quality dog/cat food Canidae/Felindae is the smart choice. For organic, Newman's Organic is a worthy one, and for raw food diet, Nature's Variety is winner. Others to consider are Timberwolf and Blue Buffulo. Do you agree? Give your comments Check out the websites.

Answer 1

Personally, I like Science Diet. check out their link http://www.hillspet.com/hillspet/products/scienceDiet/scienceDiet.hjsp

Answer 2

I really do not agree with many of the answers here. Pedigree, Eukanuba, Purina... not high quality foods. Anything you can buy at the grocery store/walmart is NOT good food. I personally feed Canidae, which you can not get at Petco/petsmart. I currently work at Petco and we do sell some good quality foods. Each Petco has a grocery section, a "premium" section and a natural foods section. The only stuff I would feed comes from the hollistic foods section. They have Natural Balance Ultra Premium-which is one of the top dry foods. There is also Solid Gold which is very good, Organix is an all organic food and very good, though expensive (well, for me as I feed 4 high engery dogs so I go through a bit of food), Avoderm Naturals and Wellness and some others that I cant think of right now. Those are the best ones. If you have to go to Petco and you want a high quality food, I say go with the Natural Balance. If you can get it, Chicken soup for the dog lovers soul has got to be one of the absolute best dry foods... I also suggest Merrick dog food, though that is also very spendy. You want meat sources (i.e. chicken or chicken meal) to be either 2 of your top 3, or 3 of your top 5. Dont want any by products of any kind, you want specific meats.. (i.e. chicken meal, NOT poultry meal, animal meal or meat and bone meal), at least 2 different protein sources (i.e. chicken meal, lamb meal- chicken and chicken meal dont count as two different ones) no corn, wheat or soy as those are the top 3 allergins in dogs and no fillers or BHT or BHA which are chemicals. The points system above works very well and I suggest using to check out the foods you are thinking about... Also, if you have a costco near you.. Kirkland Signature Lamb, Rice and Veggies.... a good food. All organic and a good ingredients list. Another also... I dont particularly listen to what vets recommend... They usually recommend the big name stuff and haven't done enough research to really know....

Answer 3

You might want to check out the website for Whole Dog Journal. Every year they rate the top super healthy canned and dry foods. On their recommendation I feed Merrick kibble and canned and Canidae canned to my finicky 16 year old who doesn't like anything else anymore. My dogs look great on this, but I think I would trust any of the foods they recommend (the ones you mention are usually on their lists). They also did in-depth coverage of all the pet food recalls.

My cats like the Chicken Soup foods (also recommended-in dog form- by WJD) and Solid Gold and Merrick canned cat foods.

Answer 4

I hate science diet. (sorry dude up there, no offense). I really like Solid Gold too - it seems like high quality stuff and my dogs have never been physically healthier and thier coats are gorgeous.

Answer 5

Good brands, all. I use Blue Buffalo for my seniors, as the Timberwolf is a little too rich for them to digest easily.

Answer 6

I've never heard of any of those brands, and never seen any of them sold around here, at pet stores or at my vet. I feed my dogs Purina Senior Dog Chow and they are doing fine on it. I've always trusted Purina with my pets.

Answer 7

I pretty much agree.