Dog/cat owners - what do you feed your dog/cat?

[Sinn Fein]

I feed our yellow lab Canidae and Natural Balance. Our cat, the same - Natural Balance and Felidae. Just curious what everyone else feeds their four-legged pals...

[grail]

Sinn... so you switched I thought you were feeding you lil' pal Eukanuba. See attached thread.

http://www.wackbag.com/showthread.php?t=44520&highlight=nutro%27s

btw still feeding Nutro's to my dog and he's 12 this year.

[cub4life78]

I feed my Boxer Mix & Lab Mix Science Diet Large Breed.

[Digital_Trauma]

Walter the Wonder Dog always gets Iams, either adult or weight control formula. He's always really heatlhy with a nice shiny coat.
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[Sinn Fein]

I posted that based on what we were feeding the cat, which at the time was Eukanuba. We got the dog very shortly after.

Cat is eating Natural Balance and Felidae as well. We tried Nutro with both the cat and the dog and they ate it, but not enthusiastically.

Iams used to be great, great stuff. Alot of people claim it's gone downhill since becoming a "supermarket brand" according to what I've read. But, it's probably the best of what you'll find in the pet food aisle at Acme. Eukanuba is basically a better version of Iams but you can't find it in the grocery store. But alot of people say, if it works stick with it. Alot of people knock Science Diet as well. Opinions are like assholes, as they say.. I did alot of research on this and made my decisions based on alot of reading and talking to people. So far, I'm confident I made good ones.

What I like the most with feeding better food is that they shit less, alot less. The cheap foods have alot of fillers (mainly corn) which is indigestible, just like it is with humans. It's milled and not whole corn, so you won't see kernels in their shit or anything like that.\

Along with shitting less, they eat less. You don't have to feed them quite as much because the better foods are more nutritionally complete.

My father used to feed his dog whatever my mother would buy at the grocery store. I tried suggesting they look into something better, fell on deaf ears. Eventually they ended up on Iams. Dog started having seizures about every 90 days. All medical tests were inconclusive. Vet suggested switching to a natural food. Alot of dogs have reactions to the dyes, chemicals, preservatives and other things that are in the cheap stuff. The dogs don't give a shit what it looks like, but they actually dye the stuff to make it look better to people for marketing reasons.

After alot of research and recommendations, he started feeding Canidae and his dog loves it. Seizures have stopped (knock wood), his coat and skin are breathtaking compared to before and he is amazingly healthier. He used to have some real slight ear problems (discharge/redness) and they disappeared as well

Canidae is a super-premium top rated food like the Natural Balance but it's not quite as expensive, so I decided to start feeding our dog both after finding out alot of other people do this. The dog loves it and is the picture of health. She doesn't have any of the minor issues that my wife's previous Lab had and that other people's Labs have (skin/ear problems).

I got a steal of a deal on some Canidae last night. A local pet store has a hald-price sale on their new lamb/rice formula. $18 for a 40-lb bag instead of $36. I picked up two bags. Natural Balance costs me $40 for a 35-lb bag.

I'm feeding both dry and canned of both. On the can, Canidae recommends 25% canned and 75% dry.

[Capt.Hilarious]

I feed my yellow lab/retriever/shephard mix Science Diet Sensitive Stomach. It took me a really long time to find him something that wouldn't give him constant diarrhea. I even went through a lot of the holistic foods - but this stuff did the trick so I stuck with it. I decided he has a bad allergy to wheat. Almost all of the regular foods (Natural Balance, Iams, Eukanuba...) have loads of wheat protein. Once I found a food that didn't have it listed as one the main ingredients, he was pooping like a champ.

[Sinn Fein]

Yeah, various food allergies are a common problem - more than people realize from what I read. If Natural Balance gave him a problem - it might be something else other than wheat because even their regular formula doesn't contain wheat. According to their site:

Does not contain Soy, Wheat, Eggs, or Dairy Products.

Natural Balance also has allergy formulas now, Potato & Duck and Venison & Green Pea.

[Stryker412]

We feed our puppy Purina Puppy Chow. I don't feed him anything with "by-products" listed in the ingredients.


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[Kid Brock]

Innova Evo is the best I have found. It is very high in protein and fat though so your dog needs to be fairly active.

[Fuck Crosby]

purina cat chow

[Glenn Dandy]

Not sure of the nutritional value but my favorite dog in the world just loved Alpo horsemeat.

I dont suggest this stuff for full breeds or stinky dogs with strange stomachs.

My buddy was a mut, and took nice solid shits and didnt fart like those fullbred messes.


But he loved the alpo... and I think theres crack in milk bonz cause he would go insane crazy for one of those .

[Myhairygrundle]

Science diet all the way.

German Shepherd gets Adult with lamb meal and rice

Lab puppy gets large breed puppy forumla.


Also for what it's worth, I asked the vet what made the lamb meal food different. She said it's better on the digestive system and helps keep their skin and coat healthy.

Also with the "premium" food, we feed less becaue it is not bulked up which means less shit to pick up in the yard.

[MrBogey]

Peanut Butter

[NightStalker3]

Peanut Butter:clap:

Thread Winner.

I feed my doggy Beneful.

[dansnuggles]

well since my dog seems to eat its own shit (and any shit period it can find including other animals) I just decided to feed my dog my friends sirius radio.

[tar_baby]

purina lamb and rice for our irish wolfhound

[counterpunch]

i feed my beagles iams mini chunks.

[Sinn Fein]

Ok. Here's your car crash. Enough with the jokes.

http://www.dorkingout.com/images/car-accident.jpg

[roche]

Alpo Prime Cuts. The hard stuff, not the stuff in a can.

I have tried buying her the expensive stuff but she doesn't like it.

[tmarlboro]

All the dogs I have owned have been feed the same thing, pedigree, from pedigree puppy to adult. The wifes poodle was feed pedigree canned food as she was to old to digest the hard stuff. When I had my wiemeraner once a week he would get a salad and a cooked egg with his dinner, it kept his coat nice and shining. (he was a show dog).

[TreeFortRichard]

Dog gets Iams Mini-chunks (jackwawa- a jack russell chihuahua mix)

Cat is a freak, but eats HILL's Prescription Diet Feline c?/d b/c he gets Urinary tract infections on anything else..


<---wife is a vet and picked out the food

[mightymalachi]

I feed my cat Hill's C/D wet and dry food. She was getting UTI, and this helps prevent that.

[sobi]

Innova Evo is the best I have found. It is very high in protein and fat though so your dog needs to be fairly active.

Same with me. I am almost done doing the cycle out of the innova large breed pup to all evo. My cat just eats Iams, and he seems to do really well, though I am considering switching to cut down on litterbox cleaning.

[generoso]

I feed my dog whatever is cheapest at the supermarket...

[Angelfuck]

I feed my dog whatever is cheapest at the supermarket...

my cat gets the same thing, he's huge, I can barely afford what hes eatting, hes goes through litter real quick too

[TreeFortRichard]

oops update...This is so important :)

I checked...We feed the cat Waltham Cat food

[MrBogey]

Royal Canin cat food and Fancy Feast for my cats.

[Sinn Fein]

Yeah the nice thing with the cat is that litter lasts forever. She really doesn't shit much at all because of what we feed her.

[Arc Lite]

Our mixed breed gets nothing but Canidae. Great stuff.

[SteveSteele]

The dogs get Wellness Super 5 Mix dry food. I mix it with boiled chopped meat cooked with garlic, potatoes, and carrots. My malamute and pug love it and the poops are good and solid. Plus, it's the only food I've ever fed them where their faces go in the bowl and don't come out until the bowls are licked clean.

The cats get Wellness cat food. Both the wet and dry. I occasionally give the cats 9 Lives tuna in a can. They get that once or twice a week and seem to love it. The cat turds I fish out of the litterbox are always solid and don't smell as much as they did when they ate the cheaper food.

The dogs get Milk Bones for treats and the cats won't leave me alone when I come home at night until after they get a handful of Pounce moist treats.

[Chin nuts]

8 year old 100 lb. White German Shepard: Pedigree dry and canned it's the only food she likes to eat. Best dog I've ever owned btw.

[NortonsHeiny]

Innova Evo is the best I have found. It is very high in protein and fat though so your dog needs to be fairly active.

I feed my Bull Terriers EVO kibble & every other day they either get raw stew beef in it or a food called Red Barn that looks like a sausage. I cant get into the total raw diet but have seen a difference in their coats since feeding this way. My old mutt gets anything he wants. Usually a pound or two of raw beef makes him happy.

[Nortonsmeatytit]

I have 2 cats and they eat Fancy Feast. Go to Walmart, they have Fancy Feast for like wholesale, the supermarkets are friggin ridiculous on this shit.

[pike]

Fucking dog eats better than we do these days.

Poor lil fella has a very sensitive stomache so after careful experimentation we found the perfect balance for him is half Nutro Sensitive (the oatmeal variety) and half Purina Dog Chow.

I mean I love my dog and all, but this is my third one. The first two could eat ANYTHING and never get the shits, throw up etc. This one pukes his guts out while pissing out his ass if he eats any scraps, dog treats, etc.

My old house had grapes growing on the back fence and an apple tree. The other dogs I had would fucking graze for hours on the grapes and apples and never had a problem with their poopies. Now I have to cough up like $35 for a bag of special dog food. Who'd a thunk?

-Mike

[pattys_hymen]

I'm going to sound like a total retard but I try to make my dog his food from scratch. I make some brown rice, ground turkey or leftover turkey, boiled sweet potatoes or carrots (broccoli sometimes) , chopped parsley, garlic, salt and pepper.

He loves it. He actually sits in the kitchen and watches me while I cook it. He doesn't watch me cook anything else when I'm in the kitchen. The parsley and veggies seem to cure his craving for dirty outside grass which only makes him puke anyway.


When I run out or get lazy, I get canned food from Whole Foods.

[angrybeerguy]

pro plan

[beaver hunt]

My 3 cats get IAMS weight control. They are FAT!!!!

[HummerTuesdays]

My cats are free-feeders, and they get Nutro weight control, dry, because the older one did have a weight problem. Now they both weigh about the same. The vets always compliment them on their coats. One is a long hair, and very fluffy, the other is a short hair and her coat is soft like a rabbit's.

[TrybalRage]

Pedigree adult for the dog.

[Sinn Fein]

Bumping this old thread... Since we've got alot of newer pet owners as evidenced by the pet pictures thread.

Here's a website that'll tell you how good the stuff is that you are feeding your dog:

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/

One would think that the same would be true of cat food from the same manufacturers.

I'm feeding our dogs Merrick... No longer feeding canned, only dry. But, if you add a little warm/hot water to the Merrick dry you get a nice gravy. Both dogs lick the bowl clean if I add the water to make the gravy. If I just give it to them completely dry, they eat it willingly but not with the same gusto. I'm contemplating stepping it up a notch and moving to a grain-free food. I keep reading more and more about that.

Cat also gets Merrick, dry and canned. Cats really have to get some canned food because they don't drink enough water naturally. Apparently, cats that are fed dry only are perpetually dehydrayed. I went cheap and bought another brand of canned because it was on clearance at petco. I forget what it's called but the ingredients looked good. They had it marked to almost nothing because the manufacturer changed the can design and wanted the old can design off the shelves quickly. Our cat is eating it, but isn't really fond of it. Once it's gone I'll go back to the Merrick and stay with it.

[Kid Brock]

After a year of having my dog on Innova EVO I recently have switched him to this stuff called Canine Caviar Lamb. Still $50 a bag like the EVO, but his stool is a little firmer on it.

[sbrainb]

I feed my lil' Lain Nutro MAX CAT and she loves it. It's good stuff because it doesn't have a shitload of fillers and other crap.

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[Sinn Fein]

My dogs are roughly 100 pounds each (one is a little less, other is a little more). So, I go through alot of food. A 30lb bag of the Merrick lasts about 2 weeks.

[demonseed]

Thanks for bringing this thread back. We just got a new puppy last week and we were told by the breeder that he really likes Pedigree puppy. Well the breeder is right, the dog loves Pedigree puppy but I was looking for something with more of a meat base and less of a corn and bi-product base. My only concern is that he is going to have some stomach problems for a few days or weeks if I switch his food. Any suggestions? He is a 10 week old cocker spaniel.

[Sinn Fein]

Check that site out that I posted. The problem with corn and alot of those fillers is that it causes alot of allergies. Dogs weren't meant to eat corn...

Basically, mix the new food in with the old and increase the ratio of new food to old until you've completely phased out the old food. That'll eliminate any kind of digestive problems from the switch...

[demonseed]

Check that site out that I posted. The problem with corn and alot of those fillers is that it causes alot of allergies. Dogs weren't meant to eat corn...

Basically, mix the new food in with the old and increase the ratio of new food to old until you've completely phased out the old food. That'll eliminate any kind of digestive problems from the switch...


Thanks. I just looked at that site, and that Pedigree puppy got the lowest rating (1 star). He goes to the vet on Thursday for his first checkup since we got him and after the vet, I will pick out a good puppy food for him, I am going to take some names off the 4-6 star list from that site, and bring the list with me. Thanks again.

[Sinn Fein]

Cool. Most vets push Science Diet because they often sell it. If you read up on it, you'll learn it's crap. Corn is one of the primary ingredients.

I'm a big fan of Merrick. One of the main reasons is they own their own facilities. They don't outsource anything, which was at the root of the whole wheat gluten recall. All those brands were affected because they all outsourced to the same places.

[Voss's Tumor]

I just grab the cheapest of the "good ones" (Iams, Science Diet, Nutro, etc) in Large Breed. I have a Great Dane/Belgian Melanoise half and half, and he's got a pretty huge bone structure with a very active personality so I just try to give him stuff that'll keep him healthy.

The bastard could probably eat nothing but hot dogs and bologna and be happy and healthy as hell though, oh well, he's a monster when anyone knocks on the door and I sleep heavy as hell, so he earns his dinner.

[Bone Dry]

<----------- fancy pants. the dogs eat wellness.

[Sinn Fein]

Nutro > Science Diet & Iams

[Kid Brock]

Cool. Most vets push Science Diet because they often sell it. If you read up on it, you'll learn it's crap. Corn is one of the primary ingredients.

I'm a big fan of Merrick. One of the main reasons is they own their own facilities. They don't outsource anything, which was at the root of the whole wheat gluten recall. All those brands were affected because they all outsourced to the same places.

Nutro > Science Diet & Iams



ANYTHING>Science Diet & Iams and whatever other over advertised/Vet pimped products out there.

[stevethrower]

Blue Seal Pork and Barley... cleared up the rash on the GSD's stomach...

http://www.blueseal.com/dogandcat/LifeStages/PorkAndBarley.php

Ingredients:

Pork Meal, Ground Barley, Ground Rice, Rice Bran, Chicken Fat (Stabilized with Mixed Tocopherols), Grounds Oats, Ground Beet Pulp, Natural Flavor, Ground Flaxseed, Yeast Culture, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, Sweet Potatoes, Dried Chicory Root, Blueberries, Dried Yeast Fermentation Solubles, Vitamin E Supplement, Taurine, Choline Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, d–Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Sulfate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Selenium Yeast, Sodium Selenite, DL–Methionine, Rosemary Extract, L–Ascorbyl–2–Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C).

No corn or wheat goodness....

[rockpup]

After my two dogs got pretty sick on the recalled crap I've been feeding them Addiction foods Kangaroo and Apples. Figured I spend more on booze then I do on their food, might as well get them good shit.

[Sinn Fein]

Blue Seal Pork and Barley... cleared up the rash on the GSD's stomach...

http://www.blueseal.com/dogandcat/LifeStages/PorkAndBarley.php



No corn or wheat goodness....

Not bad, rated 4-stars on the dog food analysys site.

After my two dogs got pretty sick on the recalled crap I've been feeding them Addiction foods Kangaroo and Apples. Figured I spend more on booze then I do on their food, might as well get them good shit.

According to the Dog Food Analysys website, that's a 2-star food, not exactly "good shit" by any stretch...

[thegreatgazoo]

Kibbles and Chucks - It has fed a 150 lb. Newfoundland for 11 years, a 85 lb Old English Sheep Dog for 3 years and a 90 lb Great Pyrenesse who is only 8 months old. Vet claims they are healthy as anything especially considering the average age of a Newfoundland is 8. Stuff can't be that bad. Go through a 44 lb bag about every ten days not counting the treats which cost me a fortune. Between the pig ears, milk bones and other shit, I'm spending a couple hundred bucks a month feeding these animals.

[Arch Stanton]

IAMS lamb and rice from Costco. My dog has only had dry food from the day we got her in 1994. Also, she loves the milkbone treats. So, instead of the large ones I buy the small ones that have five flavors. Vet says she is doing great. Wish they lived alot longer then they do. But, dry is the way to go, for teeth and everything.

[Sinn Fein]

I'm spending almost $200 a month on food/treats between 2 dogs and one cat, so I'm right there with ya, TGG.

The real challenge for a while was keeping the Lab from bullying the Airedale... She'd push him away from the bowl while he was eating. He didn't defend his bowl. I have a feeling he was probably scolded for doing so in his past life (I got him from a rescue).

So, she was eating most of his food along with her own and got fat. Now I have cut down on her food and am making sure she doesn't get his.

It's become less of a problem since I am giving them the "wet" Merrick dry. They both eat whatever I put in their bowls right away. So, there is no chance of the one dog eating the other dog's food.

[stevethrower]

Not bad, rated 4-stars on the dog food analysys site.

Well the horses get Blue Seal as well... plus I get shavings and other goodness delivered... so no humping 50 lb bags from the store to my car etc...

Oh and both dogs eat from the same bowl (now)... the Border Collie basically lets the puppy eat first... then she eats... and yes that took a while to happen...

[Sinn Fein]

That's one thing that sucks... lugging those huge bags into the house.

I looked into getting it delivered but the cost was just ridiculous. Shipping charges from petfooddirect.com are insane. A local outfit that delivers charges really high prices also.

[Ballbuster1]

IAMS lamb and rice from Costco. My dog has only had dry food from the day we got her in 1994. Also, she loves the milkbone treats. So, instead of the large ones I buy the small ones that have five flavors. Vet says she is doing great. Wish they lived alot longer then they do. But, dry is the way to go, for teeth and everything.
Agreed. Both our dogs get nothing but dry food. They also get treats from
a place we found in Myrtle Beach that bakes all natural dog treats.
They have a web site and they do ship.

http://www.mbboneappetit.com/

[Sinn Fein]

My parents just adopted another dog also. They took her to the vet last week and were told that her teeth aren't in the best shape and really need a cleaning. She probably didn't get enough treats and/or good dry food to chew on. That's no longer the case. I'm sure within a few months that problem will be corrected.

The vet told them the same thing almost 20 years ago when they adopted their Cocker Spaniel. Wanted to put the dog under sedation for a $250 teeth-cleaning. After 6 months of dry food and treats, at the next vet visit that was deemed un-necessary.

Ever since my parents' dog had problems related to allergies due to some of the shit in the food they were buying, I really educated myself about it. My animals only get all-natural stuff as far as food and treats go.

That's a neat site. I might order something from them.

[Ballbuster1]

Ever since my parents' dog had problems related to allergies due to some of the shit in the food they were buying, I really educated myself about it. My animals only get all-natural stuff as far as food and treats go.

That's a neat site. I might order something from them.
The dogs really love them. It's a few bucks more to get them from a place like
that but it's worth it IMO.

[Sinn Fein]

It seems that it pays to place a LARGE order... Shipping is $7.95 whether you're getting one item or several it seems...

EDIT: It changed to $8.76 once I added a 5th item.

[Philly loser]

Royal Canin Boxer Formula #26
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/shop_dev/assets/new_product_images/royal%20canin/breed%20specific/5684.jpg

[Maynard K]

Innova

[weeniewawa]

at home pedigree canned with dinovite sprinkled on it and proplan dry in the truck. plus the occasional cheese burger or chicken qusedilllla from del taco

[Tax Kuntz]

My cat gets a can of food in the morning ( he likes fancy feast ) and dry food the rest of the time.

[stevethrower]

That's one thing that sucks... lugging those huge bags into the house.

I looked into getting it delivered but the cost was just ridiculous. Shipping charges from petfooddirect.com are insane. A local outfit that delivers charges really high prices also.

Ya well when you get like 60 bags of shavings delivered (and other horse related shit... ergo salt licks and few bags of sweet PDZ (http://www.sweetpdz.com/))... a couple of bags of dog food really does not figure in delivery charge wise:)

Oh and is this the site that you read the reviews of the dog food?

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/

[Sinn Fein]

Yup, that's the site.

Their info seems to be pretty good and they aren't biased in any way. Alot of people reference that site. I've heard of a few others also.

[distortion9]

Science Diet Large Breed FTW.

[Shane1V]

Yup, that's the site.

Their info seems to be pretty good and they aren't biased in any way. Alot of people reference that site. I've heard of a few others also.

You won't let me have a lil fun here?

[thegreatgazoo]

My parents just adopted another dog also. They took her to the vet last week and were told that her teeth aren't in the best shape and really need a cleaning. She probably didn't get enough treats and/or good dry food to chew on. That's no longer the case. I'm sure within a few months that problem will be corrected.

The vet told them the same thing almost 20 years ago when they adopted their Cocker Spaniel. Wanted to put the dog under sedation for a $250 teeth-cleaning. After 6 months of dry food and treats, at the next vet visit that was deemed un-necessary.

Totally agree. Ours get nothing but dry food and the giant milkbones which seem to go down in two bites. All their teeth are perfect and white and the vet said it was because of the milkbones.

Oh by the way, since you have two dogs and 1 cat, when did you lose control of your house? I lost control of mine when my wife became the dog lady of Pa and suddendly decided since we can't have anymore kids, she'll replace them with dogs. If i can only use the crap they produce for fuel, I'd be set. All of them, fill a small garbage can everyweek. If I don't pick it up regularly, the back yard becomes a mine field.

[Sinn Fein]

I never had control.

I'm behind on shoveling poop in the back yard. It's just been too damn cold. I am going to go out there later this afternoon and clear it all out.

[nolajersey]

My dog is currently getting some special weight control formula from the vet because they said she needs to lose 10lbs.

My orange cat gets fancy feast wet food 3 times a week and Iams weight control dry food.

My black cat will only eat fancy feast wet food and only three different kinds, no fish, because she is picky. She will also only eat Fancy Feast dry food Filet mignon and shrimp. I tried all the expensive kinds and she wouldn't touch them. She is so snotty.

[Kid Brock]

Well apparently I switched my dog from a 6 star food (Innova Evo) to a 4 star food (Canine Caviar), but he seems to be doing better on it so I guess sometimes it is just a case by case basis. That analysis site is a great resource though.

[foyb]

We feed all of ours Nature's Recipe (lamb and rice). It's the only thing we've found that agree's with everyone's stomachs. Plus their shit doesn't stink too bad. New puppies get bil-jac, but not for very long as it's hell on their teeth. There's treats, and raw hides in there too
I'm sure I've said this before, but science diet = science death
it's been linked to an increase in doggie cancer.

[Slow Bollards]

For dry food, we get our dogs a brand called Annamaet (no misspelling) ,and the Costco's brand, Kirkland, for wet food. My wife swears by both, but I can't speak to any discernible pros/cons. I know we switched to the Annamaet during or because of the recall.

Wheaten Terriers, faggy looking, but great dogs.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/thomas_chortle/prexmas06111.jpg

[ginaf20697]

Thankfully I have two little doggies so I can afford to get them the good stuff. Right now they're both a little chubby so the older one is on Chicken Soup for the Soul (I HATE that fucking name) Senior food and the little one is on California Natural Herring and Sweet Potato. I like to switch them up fairly regularly just to keep their diet balanced and keep them from getting bored but the little piggies will eat ANYTHING. I love the Merrick stuff too.

[Sinn Fein]

We feed all of ours Nature's Recipe (lamb and rice). It's the only thing we've found that agree's with everyone's stomachs. Plus their shit doesn't stink too bad. New puppies get bil-jac, but not for very long as it's hell on their teeth. There's treats, and raw hides in there too
I'm sure I've said this before, but science diet = science death
it's been linked to an increase in doggie cancer.

I fed my dogs that for a while. I stopped because I was told it didn't have enough meat protien and was too grain-heavy. The analysys site basically says the same thing. I didn't think it was particularly terrible. I was told Canidae was a comparable food that was better quality.

For dry food, we get our dogs a brand called Annamaet (no misspelling) ,and the Costco's brand, Kirkland, for wet food. My wife swears by both, but I can't speak to any discernible pros/cons. I know we switched to the Annamaet during or because of the recall.

Wheaten Terriers, faggy looking, but great dogs.

I saw that Annamaet stuff on the shelf... Supposedly that Kirkland is decent, especially for a "store brand" food. BTW, my parents just adopted a Wheaten terrier 2 weeks ago.

Thankfully I have two little doggies so I can afford to get them the good stuff. Right now they're both a little chubby so the older one is on Chicken Soup for the Soul (I HATE that fucking name) Senior food and the little one is on California Natural Herring and Sweet Potato. I like to switch them up fairly regularly just to keep their diet balanced and keep them from getting bored but the little piggies will eat ANYTHING. I love the Merrick stuff too.

Alot of people switch between brands to mix it up. I do the same. My dogs get tired of the same stuff all the time. Right now, I am just rotating between the different formulas of Merrick.

[GoldenOne]

I use Eukanuba Light for my dog. She is a mutt who is nearly 10 years old, has never had a serious medical condition and is as youthful and energetic now as she was 5 years ago. We do mix in a few tablespoons of microwaved Low Sodium Chicken broth with it so she doesn't get bored with it.

[sobi]

I have a GSD (german shepherd), so switching up the foods is out of the question. Sensitive stomaches, so if we switch, it has to be fairly gradual. We feed him Innova EVO.

[NoSurviivors]

I have one pug on the S/D stones diet right now. DON"T FEED THAT SHIT TO ALL OF YOUR DOGS. The other now has a serious case of crabby pug ass.

D'Oh!

[Sinn Fein]

I have a GSD (german shepherd), so switching up the foods is out of the question. Sensitive stomaches, so if we switch, it has to be fairly gradual. We feed him Innova EVO.

No reason to switch him off that food, ever. It's tip-top-rated.

I just had to go out and buy a case of canned food tonight. I normally don't feed our dogs canned. Canned food is a waste of money because it's mostly water. The dogs seem to like it more and will wolf it down immediately. But, by weight/volume, dry food has alot more nutrients in it.

Our Yellow Lab tested positive for Lyme Disease. I gotta give her 5 PILLS AT A TIME WITH FOOD once a day for the next 3 weeks. The only way I'm able to do this is put the 5 pills in with some canned and come dry kibble so she eats it right away and the other dog doesn't end up getting the pills inadvertently.

So, I'm giving them both some canned with the kibble as part of the evening meal for the next 3 weeks. That way I can make sure each one empties their assigned bowl immediately without worry.

[ginaf20697]

I'm lucky. My dogs will eat ANYTHING and I can just toss the pills right in with their food no problem.

[Sinn Fein]

Our Lab will eat anything too. In fact, she's on a diet because she's overweight from being a bully and eating some of our other dog's food. She has a habit of thinking the other dog has something better in his dish (I feed them the exact same food). So, after eating some of hers, she starts poking into his dish and then he wanders over to hers and starts eating there instead.

I had to make sure that doesn't happen with the pills in there. She won't leave her dish if it has some canned in it.

[HummerTuesdays]

My father has almost always had 2 Chows at the same time. Because they're different ages, they get different food. He always fed them in different rooms.

My cats are free feeders and eat the same thing (Nutro weight control dry), but when I had to give them meds (the kitten came home sick), I used the same method as Sinn.

[stevethrower]

I have a GSD (german shepherd), so switching up the foods is out of the question. Sensitive stomaches, so if we switch, it has to be fairly gradual. We feed him Innova EVO.

That and really sensitive skin... our GSD had a really bad itchy stomach rash... changed her (and the Border Collie) over to Blue Seal... cleared it up quick.

[sobi]

We've been lucky with our dog. He only had a quick skin problem, but it cleared up out of nowhere.
Ironic story about pet food... when we bought our dog from the store, the lady almost didn't let us take it home because I didn't want to buy the eukanuba food the bitch was forcing on me. She said we NEEDED to bring home the right food. I tried to tell her I had a better food in mind, but she threatened to not sell us the pup if we didn't buy the food.