Eukanuba Boxer Formula Dog Food
November 21, 2008
Filed under Dog Food Reviews, Eukanuba
Eukanuba Boxer Formula Dog Food
Eukanuba Boxer Formula Dog Food is made and manufactured by Procter and Gamble Pet Care. Eukanuba Boxer Formula Dog Food is part of the Breed Specific group of Eukanuba dog foods. It is marketed towards the Boxer breed.
Eukanuba Boxer Formula Dog Food Review
The first thing I want to mention is the fact that I believe Breed Specific dog food formulas are nothing but a marketing ploy to make the consumer feel like they are getting something special for their. A Boxer doesn’t need any different of a food than a German Shepherd does. With that being said lets take a look at the first five ingredients and break them down.
Eukanuba Boxer Formula Dog Food First Five Ingredients Analysis:
- Chicken
- Chicken By-Product Meal
- Corn Meal
- Ground Whole Grain Sorghum
- Ground Whole Grain Barley
Chicken is the first ingredient and is inclusive of its water content. With that being said once this ingredient is cooked and dehydrated, making it a dry ingredient, it will have lost most of its water content, thus making it fall further in the ingredients list. Chicken is a great ingredient and a wonderful source of protein.
The second ingredient Chicken By-Product Meal can be a good ingredient only when the manufactures state what is included in their by-products. In most cases the manufactures do not disclose this information, which only leads us to believe that they do not want the consumer to know. Chicken By-Products are defined as: consists of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice.” This is one ingredient that if the manufacture does not state what is included, you will want to stay away from.
The third ingredient Corn Meal is defined as:”ground corn germ which consists of corn germ with other parts of the corn kernel from which part of the oil has been removed and is the product obtained in the dry milling process of manufacture of corn meal, corn grits, hominy feed and other corn products.” Corn is a lower quality grain that has been linked to cases of allergies within dogs. Dogs have a hard time digesting corn therefor we believe that corn should not be used as an ingredient.
The fourth and fifth ingredients sorghum and barley are decent quality grains
Eukanuba Boxer Formula Dog Food Full Ingredients List:
Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal (Natural source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine), Corn Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Ground Whole Grain Barley, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Natural Chicken Flavor, Brewers Rice, Dried Beet Pulp (sugar removed), Fish meal, Dried Egg Product, Brewers Dried Yeast, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Beta-Carotene, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Inositol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Flax Meal, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Calcium Carbonate, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Carbonate), Dried Chicken Cartilage (Natural source of Chondroitin Sulfate and Glucosamine), DL-Methionine, L-Carnitine, Rosemary Extract.
Chicken Fat is the main source of fat content in this dog food and is the seventh ingredient. Before the main fat content you have two sources of meat and four sources of grains. Fish Meal is the third source of meat but falls father down on the ingredients list so its unlikely to plain a huge role in the overall nutritional value of this food. We couldn’t find anything on the manufactures website stating the use of ethoxyquin free fish.
Eukanuba Boxer Formula Dog Food Full Guaranteed Analysis:
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The beet pulp and brewers yeast are also very common allergens in dogs and can cause all sorts of allergic reactions such as yeast infections in the ears (brown, smelly, moist matter in the ear and ear canal that causes itching and severe discomfort) which is extremely hard to treat and get rid of. Combine that with the corn and by-products and you have a very over-priced, over-advertised, low-quality dog food.
So what is the best dog food for a boxer? I feed Eukanuba now.
We had been feeding our 2 year old boxer Prarie by Nature’s Variety up until two months ago when my husband saw Eukanuba Boxer in the store and decided to try it. A few weeks later our boxer was diagnosed with a seizure disorder (potentially caused by food allergies). We switched him back and he hasn’t had a symptom since.
I’ve never been told there’s a best food for a boxer, you should try a good brand (I think this site has lists of best dog food brands) and see what works for your dog. Good luck!
I have no clue why some people feed their dogs such bad dog food when the internet gives you so much information. Were again I well give you a list of some good foods take it or leave it!!!!
Good
Artemis
Blue Wilderness
Go
Horizon
Evo
Innova
Instrinct
Orijen
Taste of the Wild. good price for a great dog food
Wellness, the only good food Petco carries.
Acana
Fromm
Merrick
Canidae
Evanders
Earthborn
Natrures Logic
Natures Variety
Solid Gold
Pinnacle
Timberwolf
Blue Buffalo
Halo
Natural Balance
California Natural, another good dog food, cheap
Here is a list of dog foods you should “”never”" feed to your dog.
Really BAD
Anything Purnia
Anything Royal Canin
Anything Old Roy
Anythind Abady
Anything Beneful
Anything Science Diet or Hills
Anything lams
Bil Jack
Cesar Milan
Eukanuba
Exclusive
PEDIGREE
Advance
Alpo
Arion
Beta
Friskies
Ol Roy
Thank you for the list
I work at a vet office and the top dog food brands are Science diet, royal canin, eukanuba, iams and high end purina like purina pro plan or purina one. All 5 of these companies and research and data behind their products. They do years of testing before anything hits the shelf.
Austin, My friend, You are sadly mistaken!! Every food you listed are VERY low grade dog foods.There is no such thing as “HIGH END PURINA” LOL!! ALL the foods you listed are full of CORN and BY-Products and Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex which is synthetic vitamin K-It causes a severely weakened immune system.And a hole lot of other problems too numerous to list. PLEASE if your going to recommend dog foods-go get some education on GOOD brands!!AND GOOD AND BAD INGREDIENTS!!DON”T EVER go with what a vet recommends!! They are sponsored BY and sell these horrible brands in their offices.IF someone wants a REALLY good food for their dog ANYTHING by Merrick OR Orjen-Acana or Innova-EVO OR Fromm.People PLEASE get some education-go to DOG Food Analysis-or The dog food project-Do some research!!
Hey Austin, Michelle is 10000% correct. My GSP came to me on your high end Purnia one, you should have seen the difference after 2 weeks on California Natural. Night and day, after 2 weeks on C.N. his coat was shiny and soft, his eyes quit having goo in them, his ear crud was gone and he smelled like a puppy should. Now you should see and feel him, after I started feeding Orijen Large breed puppy WOW! is all I can say.
The site link below and this site opened my eyes…
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/
He did say one thing that is correct. These companies do do years of testing. They have the money to have a top notch science department with some of the best scientists ever.
Now, if these companies Austin mentioned were just willing to purchase better ingredietns, they could knock these small boutique companies right out of business.
I truely doubt that they have the best scientists ever, I really doubt they even have any college grads. Remember those TV ads aren’t cheap and thats where all their money goes. I think they are just a bunch of ya hoos working on ways of making corn and wheat taste better to a dog.
Eric, your comment is exactly what was stated in the Feb edition of the WDJ
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Jess says that Merrick is a good dog food, yet it’s made by Eukanuba. When i called Eukanuba to tell them about my dog getting sick from their food, it was a tainted bag, they also made me aware that Merrick, Iams, Eukanuba were all made in the same place and could all be tainted.
Jes-You say that you called Iams/Eukanuba,and they informed you that they also make Merrick.I would like to know who you spoke to because that is NOT TRUE.Merrick Pet Care is a FAMILY OWNED and operated business.They manufacture all of their own products in their privately owned facility,in Hereford,Texas.And to even say Iams/Eukanuba in the same sentence as Merrick is laughable….that is like comparing a 5 star restaurant (Merrick),to eating out of a trash can(Iams/Eukanuba).I wish people would get their facts straight before coming on here and posting TOTALLY WRONG STUPID POSTS.
Michelle. You say that I am wrong and yet it is the company that produces these products. Idiots believe whatever they are told… hence you believing the Merrick is somehow a better company.
90% of dog foods are made in the same three factories in this country. All the foods included on all the lists of “Good foods” on here are made at the same companies. That’s why they all end up with the same tainting problems.
Merrick has snowed you and many others into thinking they are separate from other companies. Call Eukanuba and find out the truth for yourself. Morons continue to squeal the same thing over and over again without checking THEIR facts! Call Eukanuba!
Oh, and if you don’t like to be called a moron, Michelle, don’t call others names and put it in all caps!