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Originally Posted by bronco67
I give mine Bil Jac. Chicken based mostly. Actually on the bag it says "10 pounds of chicken in every 15 lb bag".
Just remember to stay away from Science Diet, Eukanuba or any of that Hill's crap. Grocery store dog food like Purina is a no brainer. Stay the hell away from it.
Generally, if you've seen an ad for a dog food brand on TV, stay away from it. The smaller companies have better ingredients, and aren't at the point of diluting their formula down to whatever can make them the most money.
That's just my theory, but it makes sense if you think about it. Hill's is like the Exxon of dog food. They're so big, there's no way they could possibly give a fuck.
My father-in-law just lost his 9 year old Bichon, who constantly had every dog ailment there was -- and the most unhealthy looking dumps I've ever seen from a dog. When I told him he should stop using Science Diet when he gets his next dog, he said "Toby did just fine on it".
I didn't say anything, but the Toby under-lived his projected lifespan by a few years.
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My Sister-in-law's Min Pin is Diabetic, and on Hills Food. I showed her this site
http://dogfoodanalysis.com/ which shows that the first ingredient in her dog food is .. Sawdust. She struggled to maintain adequate blood sugar levels, and despite my best efforts to get her to switch to a more natural diet, she still continues to feed him this crap.
We have only ever fed our dogs HQ foods. Our Dobe used to get ground up kidney, tripe, lung etc from the local butcher. Our frenchie gets
http://orijen.ca/products/adult_dog along with some Vegetables, meat scraps and fruit. Things like corn, and wheat arent natural to a dogs diet and are as such just fillers.