10 Best Dog Food Brands
January 18, 2009 by admin
Filed under Dog Food Tips, featured
Dogs are starting to live longer and longer. Why? It’s due to the fact that pet owners are becoming more educated on what they feed their pets. In this post we are going to look at the 10 best dog food brands you can buy.
First we must look at what makes a “Best Dog Food Brand”. Dogs are carnivores and need a diet that is based around meat and protein that derives from meat.
The following is a list of Dog Food Brands that I would consider to be the 10 best dog food brands. Your comments are welcome.
My last post is being held for some reason, OH well. Kim can you feed Orijen ? Red is just fantactic food. Blue Buffalo is a good food, lets break it down First 2 are great I have no problem with brown rice, Barley is OK, Oatmeat is fine. Whole potatoes mixed with grain?, Tomato Pomace is a filler and some people hate it because the skin could contain insectides, Dicken fat is everywhere, more barly. I don’t think this is a bad food at all, but pretty darn grain heavy and if you do decide on this I would add some meat every other day and an egg at least once a week.
Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Ground Brown Rice, Whole Ground Barley, Oatmeal, Rye, Whole Potatoes, Tomato Pomace (natural source of Lycopene), Chicken Fat (preserved with Natural Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Chicken Flavor, Whole Carrots, Whole Sweet Potatoes, Blueberries, Cranberries, Flaxseed, Barley Grass, Dried Parsley, Alfalfa Meal, Kelp Meal, Taurine, L-Carnitine, L-Lysine, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Yucca Shidigera Extract, Green Tea Extract, Turmeric, Garlic, Sunflower Oil (natural source of Omega 6 Fatty Acids), Herring Oil (natural source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Fructooligosaccharides, Monooligosaccharides, Dried Chicory Root, Black Malted Barley, Oil of Rosemary, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin C, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Beta Carotene, Calcium Ascorbate (source of Vitamin C), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Riboflavin
This is blue buffalo wilderness, more meat very good. No grain very good. Now some people have a problem with peas, I do not. Potato starch and not whole potatoes Humm, it also has tomato pomace. and more starch’s. This is a way better food and I would feel comfortable feeding this. Now some people are gonna say, wait a minute, they don’t make it someone else does, no answer for that.
Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Potato Starch, Turkey Meal, Peas, Chicken Fat (preserved with Natural Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid), Potatoes, Tomato Pomace (natural source of Lycopene), Natural Chicken Flavor, Flaxseed (natural source of Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acids), Alfalfa Meal, Whole Carrots, Whole Sweet Potatoes, Blueberries, Cranberries, Barley Grass, Dried Parsley, Dried Kelp, Taurine, Yucca Shidigera Extract, L-Carnitine, L-Lysine, Turmeric, Oil of Rosemary, Beta Carotene, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Niacin (Vitamin B3), d-Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Biotin (Vitamin B7), Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Ascorbate (source of Vitamin C), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Choline Chloride, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate, Salt
Thanks Antonio- if you would like to see Dax – please email me at kimnicks@gmail.com – I can send you a picture – he really is all the talk when we go anywhere – mostly we get “What is that?” He really is beautiful and so loving. And again – I have NEVER had much success at all with most of these brands of holistic foods-and I have bought the so called “best” – the cost does not matter in the least to us.I was hoping to get some suggestions without being attacked!But every has an opinion and I respect that – I also asked for opinion
Kim
Thanks JesS – helpful!
Kim
Kim, You asked what people think about Blue Buffalo dog food,here’s what I know on the subject – Blue Buffalo was recently recalled ( their canned foods and health treat bars ) The reason it was recalled was due to tampering by their manufacturer – they added rice bran protein to the mix- this was the same ingredient that sickened and killed many dogs and cats back in 2007. Now my question would be – WHY would the manufacturer do that?? My thought would be to raise the protein level-so what were they leaving out?? Maybe some of the real MEAT that is supposed to be in there!! So the manufacturer was using cheap – Maybe deadly- Ingredients in the B B formula and getting PAID to use Meat. That is the reason that I don’t trust companies that don’t manufacture their own products.They are not there to oversee what ingredients are being used. I went back and looked over the posts I didn’t notice anyone ” Slamming” you or ripping on you maybe you should go back and re-read the posts you didn’t name any names- if it was supposed to be me I”m sorry you feel that way-I don’t think I said anything out of line though.I’m just trying to pass on info that I have obtained.If you trust Jess more he will tell you the same thing – CORN,WHEAT,SOY are all known allergens-Make your dog itchy- which you stated is an issue.Also By products are bad-Feathers,Beeks,Feet maybe a little bit of meat.Also Menadione Sodium Bisulfite-Synthetic vitamin K -severely weakens the immune system and cause soooo many problems too numerous to list.But don’t take my word for it,Google it and check out The Dog Food Project!!
Ya know the canned food industry has always scared me a little. If I feed canned food it is Innova puppy or Innova large breed puppy and I really do not feed much. Now when he gets over a year I will feed him canned Evo, Innova or California Natural, depending on how the pocket book looks. I also have feed Evangers and feel comfortable with them, my dog just gets bad poo with them, just might be a little rich for him. It really seems like the majority of the recalls are in the canned food industry.
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/newpetfoodrecalls/
PS. Ya, Michelle is usually correct, but if I agreed with everything she and Eric said, then I wouldn’t be my OWN man, LOL.
You know Natura Pet doesn’t make it’s own canned food (Evo, Innova and Cali Natural)
The ONLY canned food I trust is Merrick.
Evangers makes their own, but they make so much for so many others.
Who makes Innova?
I knew you were going to ask, and now I can’t remember…lol. Natura makes all of their own kibble, but the canned is outsourced. I’ll search and try to find that answer.
Found it.
Natura canned products are made by Menu at the South Dakota plant. This was not the affected plant, but none-the-less, it’s still made by Menu.
Honestly when it comes to wet food you simply cannot beat the Merrick 5 Star Entrees. If you are just looking for a meat supplement, they do have the Before Grain 95% meats.
The other option if you want to add to your kibble, you could supplement with Aunt Jeni’s or Primal….but it’s raw and some are not into that.
One of my favorite combo feedings is Merrick Turducken Kibble mixed with any Merrick 5 Star Entree. Yeah it has grain, but this is an excellant feeding that makes you feel at ease inside.
As soon as read that, I went to their site and I found where they talk about making kibble and treats, but they didn’t mention where the canned was made. On the can I have, it only says that it’s made in the USA and gives the Santa Clara address.
My dog gets the runs from Merrick and can’t eat anything they make. Kibble or canned. Bummer.
I only give him canned so I can mix his powdered vitamins in. And any pills he might get. If I an gonna add meat he gets a little of the real stuff.
Hey girl I was just having a little fun, we really do agree on most issues. I don’t understand people when it comes to having issues with their dog food then acting like it isn’t THAT. I know I AM IN FOR IT WITH THIS STATEMENT , IT’s like the guy who loves a certain car manufacture, but he is always working on it or it’s in the shop or breaking down all the time, but man they build the best. Gotta buddy who’s little truck is just a piece of crap and brags about getting 150,000. miles on it before replacing the engine. I started laffing in his face because my little Japanese truck had 425,000, And nothing had gone wrong with it,,,, until I gave it to the kids,, LOL. Do you get my point ??
I laugh when everyone starts talking about vitamins and minerals and glucosomine and such in there food. Do the math….you’d have to feed your dog about a quarter of the bag (a 30 pounder mind you) to gain any of those benefits. So your dog would have all the vitamins he’d need, but he’d be so overweight you’d need all the glucosomine you could get your hands on just so he could stand up on those legs.
All dog foods need a supplement. At least give the poor thing a multi vitamin that they sell at your local pet store. Even that would help him out.
I personally supplement with Springtime Longevity and Springtime Bug Off Garlic for both of my girls. The 6 month old pup also gets Springtime Omega 3-6-9 due to her heart arrythmia.
There are tons of companies that make supplements. Longevity is also a detoxifier so the guy feeding pro plan, check this out.
Be real on dog food….the companies sell to people, not dogs. So they can put whatever they want on the bag to make you feel all warm and cozy. Dogs need meat and the protein needs to come from meat sources, not rice and bran. It’s much cheaper to make dog food with rice and bran than with meat. It’s ok here and there, but to constantly feed your dog low grade food will only result in the input you give it.
Would you put 87 octane in your Ferrari?
Would you eat Burger King and McDonalds everyday?
What do you think about EVO dog food?
Evo is great. T he only food I like better is Orijen.
Evo is a wonderful food. Most house pets can’t digest it all to well though and end up having the runs. Alot of sport and working dogs do absolutely fantastic on this food.
I agree, I still think Orijen is better.
I liked orijen, but it was too expensive to keep up and have switched. Now my dog has flakes on his skin. Do you think that can be caused by change in food? I am also feeding him the Missing Link supplement. Is that good?