Comments on: Horizon dog food

By: Tabitna

Tabitna — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:30:33 +0000

Jess be very careful on your lists of best dog foods. Be sure to check all of the ingredients. One of the main allergens for dogs is yeast and most people don’t know that. A lot of dog food companies try and hide yeast products by using fancy names. I avoid those because they are not being honest. Almost all of your reccommended products have yeast. Some were bold enough to disclose it, I applaud those companies. Most of them hid the yeast. If your dog has issues with food please take them to the vet and have them allergy tested. This will save you money in the long run. I had a dog that could eat corn all day long but couldn’t have beef or turkey and especially yeast. If you have your dog tested than you can find the food that is right for your dog and not play the guessing game. If you want a quality dog food, look for ones with limited ingredients. Try and stay away from yeast, it is not natural for dogs. In no specific order, after looking at the ingredients, I would prefer the below dog foods.

Orijen
Acana
Evo
First Mate
Solid Gold – has a lot of ingredients that it really doesn’t need.

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:38:11 +0000

It is listed on the Home page as being newly reviewed. I certainly like it.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:04:24 +0000

Have you looked at Petcurean's Go Natural Grain Free Endurance Formula? I used to feed Legacy; but since they rearranged their ingredient list, I've switched. Petcurean changed their protein leval too; but kept meat in the top of the ingredient list.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:33:16 +0000

Jess-I never heard of “The Great Canadian Pet Food Company” I don’t know where she got this food from either,just for the heck of it(I would NEVER use this food)I went on their store locater,I was just curious because I had never heard of this food or company.Anyway I typed in my info on the locater and nothing came up,I went all the way up to 200 miles and nothing.Maybe she lives in Canada??? That was my fault I should have made myself more clear,I should have left a link to their website,I can see how someone would be confused since they are both Canadian companies and they both use the name Legacy…

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:01:50 +0000

I found it

http://www.legacypetfood.com/lb-puppy.php?productContentID=15&lang=

I would not mix this heavy grained food with Orijen. 3 out of the first five ingredients was a grain and another was a fat. The Brown rice is fine but I am not a fan of the Dehulled oats and especially Dehulled barley.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:44:32 +0000

Also, am I losing it, because I do not see any Menadione sodium bisulfite in this product. I also went to their website and looked at their new formula and did not see any..

http://www.horizonpetnutrition.com/

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:35:24 +0000

Michelle, I disagree with Linda. If I am feeding California Natural lamb I see no issue with mixing in CN Herring. Yes the puppy and senior should not be mixed, but that is a no brainer. You would never get me to believe it would be bad to mix Orijen adult with the Orijen red or the Orijen fish. Right now I am mixing a little Legacy in with my Orijen just because I don’t want the bag to sit so long. I also do not think it is bad to feed one brand in the AM an a different at night just as long as you are adding supliments/vitamins..

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:01:31 +0000

Goldie I took a look at the The Great Canadian Pet Food that you mentioned the “Legacy” I looked at the large breed puppy and the adult food.I found at least one problem,I just glanced over it quickly and saw a very bad ingredient.Menadione sodium bisulfite “source of vitamin k activity”.I personally wouldn’t use or recommend any food with this nasty ingredient.Here is a link to check out why,also make sure you look at the why is it bad section…. http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=menadione

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:14:30 +0000

Goldie-you really shouldn’t be mixing all of those different brands together on the same day.It is good to rotate foods every couple of months or even every time the bag is empty if you want to,but mixing foods on the same day is not a good idea.Check out this page it will explain why: http://www.greatdanelady.com/articles/do_not_mix_dog_food_brands.htm

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:02:07 +0000

Goldie-If you want info from any company you can call them with your questions,it is better to call instead of e-mail because you are on the phone with them-they can’t really dodge your questions like they can on e-mail.Also I have had a couple of e-mails go unanswered.But I always get all my questions answered over the phone.