Which one is the healthiest dog food?
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October 27th, 2009 at 7:21 am
NOT Iams, it is full of fillers and is terrible.
We use NutroMax, it is the cheapest one that doesn’t use fillers
October 27th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Without knowing the last brand, I cannot say.
But Iams and Science Diet are trash. They’re basically meat-flavored cereal, chock-full of corn, soy, wheat, animal byproducts, salt and sugar.
October 30th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I feed Science Diet!!!
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The ground corn we use is the entire kernel that has been milled and ground to the size of ground coffee. It provides an excellent source of protein, fat and carbohydrate. In this form, it has been shown to be very digestible. The processed corn we use is more digestible than the fresh corn we humans normally eat. Cereal protein when mixed with animal protein or supplemented with certain amino acids is just as good as meat protein. Vegetable fats, such as that found in ground corn, are an excellent source of unsaturated fatty acids.
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October 31st, 2009 at 7:10 am
beneful
November 1st, 2009 at 3:43 pm
reg.
November 1st, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Iams..is horrible Science diet …is crap Both of them are commercial garbage full of fillers and preservatives…I’d go with all natural organic dog food.
Check this sites out:
You need to feed your dogs all natrual foods like:
Wellness
Taste of the Wild
Blue Buffalo
Royal Canine
California Natural
Blue Diamond
Orijen
Innova
Merrick
Avoderm
Natural Balance
Fromms
Artemis
Eagle Pack Holistic
Pinnacle
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:18 pm
One must read the ingredients. stay away from corn and byproducts and most things made in china. Some of the american foods have ingredients imported from china so be careful. Mine almost died after eating an american dog food with melamine china mixed in the additives they sold to the manufacturer.
November 4th, 2009 at 10:32 am
medicare
November 6th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
iams
November 10th, 2009 at 4:54 am
Ok you should go to and go to Reviews and read about the different reviews of different foods.
You want a level 4 food minimum… 6 being max.
Iams is really low, please don’t feed any food you can buy at Walmart!
We feed our puppy Innova and our adult dog Evo… but there are many others that are great too. Just check them out and research the reviews on that site, it will teach you a lot on how to look at ingredient labels on dog foods to choose one that is best.
November 10th, 2009 at 7:48 am
idk i use purina. it works good for my lab
November 13th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Not Iams OR Science Diet. Those are horrible. Even if your vet recommends it, they are no good.
-Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul
-Taste of the Wild
-Eagle Pack
-Wellness
-California Natural
-Innova
-Blue Buffalo
-Orijen
dogfoodanalysis.com gives good suggestions. (:
I feed my dog Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul. She is doing really well on it too.
November 15th, 2009 at 12:33 am
None of them:
Do your dog a favour and start him on a raw diet!
November 16th, 2009 at 12:05 am
Wow, none of those are particularly healthy at all. Raw diets are the healthiest diets for dogs. I’m not sure what you meant by regular organic dog food.
November 18th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Nutro Max, best for the money, no fillers low salt so no need for a large water consumption, does he *** a lot? This will help
November 18th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
You will get a lot of answers so it is best to become an informed consumer and know how to read (and read through) the labels. Here is an article that helps with that from a dog health site (written by a vet)
November 21st, 2009 at 4:39 am
Iams and Science Diet USED to be a really good food. Since the company who makes it has changed ownership quite often, unfortunately their standards have decreased as well. When you say regular organic dog food….there is good and there is not so good.
When choosing a food for your dog, you want one that has the first ingredient is meat. Not a meat by product – real meat. NO corn – corn is just a filler and has no nutitional value except for some carbs. Fillers just make your dog think he is full and dogs do not digest it. It runs right thru them so to speak. You will find that if you feed a food that has no fillers, your dog will **** less, and even eat less – because they are absorbing what they are eating, instead of excreting it as waste. Many dogs are actually allergic to the fillers.
I really like, although it is expensive, Natural Balance dog food. Their Duck and Potato is great for dogs with allergies too! Blue Buffalo is excellent
For a less expensive alternative, Nature’s Recipe is good. My dogs loved that one. Otherwise, PetSmart’s own brand of Authority dog food is pretty good too, and neither is the price. Authority is what my dogs eat right now. I wish I could afford the $60 bag of food, but when you have 3 very picky dogs…..well lets say that I need to choose a good food that isn’t the most expensive.
Remember too though, just because it’s expensive, doesn’t mean its the best. Just check the ingredients: 1st ingredient should be meat – real meat……and no corn
November 24th, 2009 at 9:22 am
i feed my dogs and pups purina.it has been around for 75 years.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
BLUE uses real meat, whole grains
and healthy fruit and vegetables. Compare your brand to BLUE and see!
November 26th, 2009 at 3:39 am
How about actual food? Not processed, not extruded, not baked, just actual food.
Raw meat and bones, the food dogs evolved to eat.
The ideal diet should consist of approximately 80% raw meat, 10% raw edible bone, 5% raw liver, 5% other raw organs, the occasional egg, shell and all, raw. Feed 2-3% of ideal adult weight.
NO veggies, NO fruit. Dogs cannot digest vegetables or fruits; they lack the enzyme necessary to break down cellulose.
NO grains; again, dogs can’t digest cellulose, and the other ingredients are the primary cause of allergies and diabetes in dogs.
NO dairy; dogs are lactose intolerant. NO supplements other than a spoonful of deepsea fish body oil for the Omega-3 that corn-finished meat does not contain.
Research: