A recent comment piqued my interest in dog food. A couple friends buy the cheapest stuff they can find. My Vet recommended and I feed Purina Beneful Healthy Radiance dry dog food to my bird dogs and pet. What do you feed and why
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A recent comment piqued my interest in dog food. A couple friends buy the cheapest stuff they can find. My Vet recommended and I
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We have used Purina One lamb and rice for our pointer and previously for our pit bull. We first went to it because the pit bull had digestive issues and was also picky on food, and the Purina One was suggested by our vet as a good option. It makes for a good all-around dog food for older as well as younger dogs. My wife runs extensively with the pointer, and the dog has never had issues with energy or stamina while eating this food, and rarely has any upset stomach or other dietary issue.
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Del, for 15 years I couldn't say we even kept track of what we fed our pets. For the cats it was Alpo, 9-Lives, Purina, etc... The dogs got assorted Purina stuff.
Then several things happened; Really old animals, and an assortment of food scares. Following that, a diabetic cat and a dog with a tempermental digestive system.
For our dogs, we use the Purina Pro Plan (black bag) with the chicken bits. With that is a touch of Old Mother Hubbard canned food. Sometimes just one fat spoonful. They also like the Alpo chophouse stuff, that has pretty good ingredients. You must give them some soft food instead of all dry.
Cats are stranger. When you see cat food with "healthy vegetables", that's for humans more than cats. Not being domesticated fully, they are "obligate carnivores". That means they must eat meat. Dogs like and can live with some carrots, lettuce, potatoes, etc., but not cats. Especially with our one with diabetes. We use EVO, which is less than 7% carbs. They also get one meal a day of Fancy Feast, from the gluten-free list.
Notes: When you have to actually research things, it can scare you what you find.
-Gluten used not to be much of an ingredient. Then it was used because it's like a "chemical protein". So under analysis, it's supposed to act like one. But animals really need real protein.
-The ingredients on a label are listed in order of percentage. So if "chicken" dog food has "chicken" listed on the third line, beware. Especially if "yeast" or "gluten" are above it.
And finally, dog food today is not what it was 20 years ago. Chicken wings used to be part of the chicken ingredient in dog food. Then they became a money-making scheme at bars. So what's left for dog food? Heads, feet (not legs), and organs (but not even all those).
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Del,
My dogs (4 beagles, a lab and 2 mutts) get the Ol' Roy standard ration in the off season, I switch to their high protein ration during hunting season. I've used it for 20 years now. The dogs have shiny coats, good teeth, healthy foot pads and tight stools.
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