What brand of dog food do you feed your dog?

Answer 1

pedigre the best

Answer 2

If you want a good quality kibble that uses whole grains only, Nature's Recipe is awesome! It was not involved in any of the dog food recalls. No corn, No Wheat, No Beef.

If you want an excellent quality grain free kibble, Innova EVO is the best (expensive but as close to raw as you can get); followed by Nature's Variety Instinct (previously raw instinct) also grain free and close to raw; Taste of the Wild is a new product recently released by the Diamond dog food company. Diamond has had some issues in the past, but as this product is grain free, there shouldn't be any problems. I have tried it with my dogs and they absolutely love it.

Avoid any dog food product that corn in any form (corn, corn meal, corn gluten, corn gluten meal, etc) as corn is bad for dogs - they cannot digest it - and most dog food companies use corn as a filler. So while you're spending less money on one bag, your dog is eating a larger amount because it takes more of that product for them to actually get enough nutrients in them, pooping out much more (all the fillers that they can't digest) and in the long run costing you more.

Feeding a kibble that has only whole grains (rice, barley or oats) or one that is grain free is much better for your dog. It costs more per bag, but your dog eats less, digests more and poops out less. So in the long run, it's cheaper.

Keep in mind, many dogs do have skin problems due to food allergies - a whole grain or grain free diet will usually correct the problem.

Raw diets - yes, they are great for your dogs - find the right meat to feed, and the right amount for your dog. I have one dog who can eat turkey necks (free range, from a natural food store - don't buy from the grocery stores as the steroids they feed the animals that become human food is not good for your dogs at all and can cause severe internal damage or worse) and she eats them bones and all and has no problems. I have another dog that cannot eat the turkey necks and eats whole ground chicken (Columbia River brand from a natural pet supply store). Our dogs are fed a raw/kibble mix diet and we switch out - one day is raw, one day is kibble. Our dogs are all northern breeds - huskies, malamutes - that have high energy and require a high protein diet.

I wish you the best in finding a diet that works for your animal companion.

Answer 3

I feed my dog Nutro Natural Lamb and rice.

I chose tis because it does not have By products, and lists the lamb as the #1 ingredient

Not all foods are good for every dog.
Some dogs do fine on lower quality foods such as pedigree and others need something more.

we started our dog out on Purina which she refused to eat.
we then tried Science diet and while she loved the taste, it made her breath stink.

she loves Nutro. She doesnt shed much and only has 1 stool a day.

Answer 4

A raw diet including chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, goat, pork, venison, duck, bison, and various kinds of fish. This includes eggs, some softer bones, organ meat, and green tripe to mimic a whole prey diet.

The commercial foods I recommend are: Innova Evo, California Natural, Chicken Soup, Canidae, Merrick, Wellness CORE, A Taste of the Wild, among a few others.

Answer 5

I make my dogs homemade food mixed with a vitamin supp. from the vet. It includes boiled chicken, beef, turkey, ham, buffalo, or veal, brown or white rice or noodles to mix it up, veggies(peas carrots s.potatoes broccoli things like that) and either fat free cottage cheese or plain yogurt. They have never been healthier and have been doing wonderful on their homemad food. I used to give them Cesar wet dog food, there was so many unidentifiable things in the food it was sickening! I would never switch back to regular dog food, my vet said it is better because it is fresh with minimal preservatives, he said that more people should cook it fresh but most don't have the time.

Answer 6

Folks, please read the ingredients on the bag of dog food you feed your dogs. Supermarket stuff is mostly corn meal and by-products, not real meat.

First ingredient should be meat - one kind preferably, no corn meal, no artificial preservatives.
Bil Jack is awful, heavy on corn meal.
Science Diet is mostly corn meal

All supermarket food is junk.

Get a good dry like Canidae, costs more but saves on vet bills in later years when your dog is fat and sick.

Answer 7

Solid Gold Wolf King.

And Bil Jac is horrible!!!

Answer 8

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_... this website might help you make a decision about what to feed. I came upon it while doing a similar search on what to feed my new puppy.

Answer 9

Timberwolf Organic Ocean Blue. My mastiff loves it.

Answer 10

Natural Choice Large Breed Adult for my male, and Natural Choice Senior for my female (she's 14 today).

Answer 11

USDA approved raw meat/bones/organs (i.e. a raw diet)


P.S. BilJac is quite possibly one of the worst foods you can feed a dog. I don't think it should even qualify as food. It's total crap.


EDIT
Bil-Jac Select Dog Food Ingredients:

Chicken By-Products (Organs Only including chicken liver), Chicken, Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Dried Beet Pulp, Brewers Dried Yeast, Cane Molasses, Egg Product, Salt, Sodium Propionate (a preservative), DL-Methionine, L-Lysine, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Niacin, Biotin, Choline Chloride, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Menaione, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Manganous Oxide, Inositol, BHA (a preservative), Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Cobalt Carbonate, Potassium Iodine, Sodium Selenite.


Chicken By-Product - Chicken byproducts are much less expensive and less digestible than the chicken muscle meat.The ingredients of each batch can vary drastically in ingredients (heads, feet, bones etc.) as well as quality, thus the nutritional value is also not consistent. Don't forget that byproducts consist of any parts of the animal OTHER than meat. If there is any use for any part of the animal that brings more profit than selling it as "byproduct", rest assured it will appear in such a product rather than in the "byproduct" dumpster.

Chicken By-Product Meal - The parts used can be obtained from any slaughtered fowl, so there is no control over the quality and consistency of individual batches. Poultry byproducts are much less expensive and less digestible than chicken meat.The ingredients of each batch can vary drastically in ingredients (heads, feet, bones, organs etc.) as well as quality, thus the nutritional value is also not consistent. Don't forget that byproducts consist of any parts of the animal OTHER than meat. If there is any use for any part of the animal that brings more profit than selling it as "byproduct", rest assured it will appear in such a product rather than in the "byproduct" dumpster.

Corn - Dogs, in most sense, are primarily carnivores, not cornivores. Dogs can't digest grain, especially corn.

Salt - While salt is a necessary mineral, it is also generally present in sufficient quantities in the ingredients pet foods include. Just like for humans, too much sodium intake is unhealthy for animals. In poor quality foods it is often used in large amounts to add flavor and make the food more interesting.

Cane Molasses - Sugar or sweetener is an absolutely unnecessary ingredient in pet foods, added to make the product more attractive. Continuous intake can promote hypoglycemia, obesity, nervousness, cataracts, tooth decay, arthritis and allergies. Pets also get addicted to foods that contain sugars, so it can be a tough piece of work to make them eat something healthier.

BHA - Banned from human use in many countries but still permitted in the US. Possible human carcinogen, apparently carcinogenic in animal experiments. The oxidative characteristics and/or metabolites of BHA and BHT may contribute to carcinogenicity or tumorigenicity.