Ok i'm confused our vet told us that the scientific puppy food is the best kind to get for our puppys. But all the puppy books and corgi books I have read said its the worst thing to give them. So now i'm confused. What do you recoomend for dog food for 2 puppy corgis. They are 4 months old.
~ Never feed your dog Science Diet. Yuck!
Here is some info about dog food.
+All dog foods are not created equal. There is a huge difference in ingredients, quality of ingredients and company standards. When wondering what to get or comparing your current food it is best to do as much research as possible.
Your options are a raw diet, which is one of the greatest diets for dogs. To learn more go to www.barfworld.com. Raw really means nothing cooked; meat, bones and organs. This is not to be confused with allowing your dog to eat cooked bones, cooked bones are harmful, raw bones are not. This is the dog’s ancestral diet. If you think a dog should not be eating raw meat, go back and study wolves. Ask yourself what year was dog food made and then how long have dogs been around without our help of over processed dog food and gravy.
Another option is kibble and wet food. You can do both or just Kibble, but avoid doing just wet food. Feeding kibble 2x a day 12 hours apart and wet food 2x a week in place of 1 feeding of equal calories is a good balance. DO NOT OVERDUE WET FOOD. When you are looking for a healthy dog food it is important that not only the kibble be high quality but the wet food, treats and chews be high quality as well.
Foods to avoid: Pedigree, Beneful, Purina, Iams, Nutro, Alpo, Ol Roy, Mighty Dog, Ceser, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Purina, Royal Canin, Eagle Pack (not to be confused with Eagle Pack Holistic) and of course all grocery store brands of dog food!
These foods have low quality ingredients that can cause allergies, diabetes, bloat, overweight, oily skin, excessive and or runny stool and a myriad of other problems. Most of these brands are owned by companies like Del Monte, Proctor and Gamble, Mars and Nestle. Do you really believe that a company like Proctor and Gamble who makes beauty products, household cleaning supplies, baby items, prescription drugs and many others is the best suited company to make quality products for dogs? 50% of Mars is pet food, 45% is unhealthy snacks like candy bars. Science Diet is promoted by vets who in return make a profit on every bag they sell. Hill's is the largest employer of veterinarians outside of academia. They sponsor many pet nutrition related veterinary school programs and hold seminars and training sessions on the subject of pet nutrition for practicing veterinarians. So of course Hill's is going to say they are the best, they are teaching the vets pet nutrition, they want to make a profit, not healthy cat and dog food. Does this sound like the best company to make dog food? All of these companies have one thing in common, they have the advertising to make you believe pictures of meat and veggies and healthy dogs running around on the commercials is what you will get. Knowing the truth about what is in these foods is devastating.
Quality dog foods: Innova, California Natural, EVO, Karma, Wellness, Wellness Core, Orijen, Canidae, Merricks, Artemis, Taste of the Wild, Nature's Variety, Solid Gold-Barking at the Moon, Go!, Now! and Timberwolf.
Here are several websites to do your own research, which I highly suggest. A lot of questions here about dog’s health problems are a direct result of the food you are feeding. Read the ingredients label on the back, go to the website and see who owns the dog food, look up the ingredients and learn why it is used and what the pros and cons are. Changing to a healthy low grain, no grain dog food will relieve most of your dog aliments and give you a healthier and happier dog.
www.naturapet.com
www.dogfoodproject.com
www.dogfoodanalysis.com
www.api4animals.org/facts.php?p=359&more=1
www.feedmypet.com/dog-food-comparison.html
www.canidae.com
Current pet food regulations allow manufacturers to use ingredients that you would never knowingly give to your pet. In fact, you may be shocked to learn what some brands of pet food really contain. For example: the use of by-products (feet, bones and intestines, etc.), the 5 D?s, (dead, dying, diseased, decayed, drugged), chemical preservatives (BHA and BHT) and grains that are often difficult to digest (corn, wheat, gluten and soy), which are often used as a protein source instead of meat.
These last grains are what cause most pets to have allergies; corn based allergens fed into your pet, that you did not know about.
I was shocked and disgusted when I first learned about how most all commercially processed dog foods are made and their ingredients. I became an educated consumer wanting the best for my dogs. They say the most dangerous woman in the world is an educated mother. How true!
That is why I will never feed any brand name dog food from Pedigree, Purina, Eukanuba, Iams, Ol'Roy, Beneful, Diamond, etc. ever again.
They are made with dangerous ingredients and deadly additives that are literally bringing our dogs to an early and painful death.
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~ Never feed your dog Science Diet. Yuck!
Here is some info about dog food.
+All dog foods are not created equal. There is a huge difference in ingredients, quality of ingredients and company standards. When wondering what to get or comparing your current food it is best to do as much research as possible.
Your options are a raw diet, which is one of the greatest diets for dogs. To learn more go to http://www.barfworld.com. Raw really means nothing cooked; meat, bones and organs. This is not to be confused with allowing your dog to eat cooked bones, cooked bones are harmful, raw bones are not. This is the dog’s ancestral diet. If you think a dog should not be eating raw meat, go back and study wolves. Ask yourself what year was dog food made and then how long have dogs been around without our help of over processed dog food and gravy.
Another option is kibble and wet food. You can do both or just Kibble, but avoid doing just wet food. Feeding kibble 2x a day 12 hours apart and wet food 2x a week in place of 1 feeding of equal calories is a good balance. DO NOT OVERDUE WET FOOD. When you are looking for a healthy dog food it is important that not only the kibble be high quality but the wet food, treats and chews be high quality as well.
Foods to avoid: Pedigree, Beneful, Purina, Iams, Nutro, Alpo, Ol Roy, Mighty Dog, Ceser, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Purina, Royal Canin, Eagle Pack (not to be confused with Eagle Pack Holistic) and of course all grocery store brands of dog food!
These foods have low quality ingredients that can cause allergies, diabetes, bloat, overweight, oily skin, excessive and or runny stool and a myriad of other problems. Most of these brands are owned by companies like Del Monte, Proctor and Gamble, Mars and Nestle. Do you really believe that a company like Proctor and Gamble who makes beauty products, household cleaning supplies, baby items, prescription drugs and many others is the best suited company to make quality products for dogs? 50% of Mars is pet food, 45% is unhealthy snacks like candy bars. Science Diet is promoted by vets who in return make a profit on every bag they sell. Hill's is the largest employer of veterinarians outside of academia. They sponsor many pet nutrition related veterinary school programs and hold seminars and training sessions on the subject of pet nutrition for practicing veterinarians. So of course Hill's is going to say they are the best, they are teaching the vets pet nutrition, they want to make a profit, not healthy cat and dog food. Does this sound like the best company to make dog food? All of these companies have one thing in common, they have the advertising to make you believe pictures of meat and veggies and healthy dogs running around on the commercials is what you will get. Knowing the truth about what is in these foods is devastating.
Quality dog foods: Innova, California Natural, EVO, Karma, Wellness, Wellness Core, Orijen, Canidae, Merricks, Artemis, Taste of the Wild, Nature's Variety, Solid Gold-Barking at the Moon, Go!, Now! and Timberwolf.
Here are several websites to do your own research, which I highly suggest. A lot of questions here about dog’s health problems are a direct result of the food you are feeding. Read the ingredients label on the back, go to the website and see who owns the dog food, look up the ingredients and learn why it is used and what the pros and cons are. Changing to a healthy low grain, no grain dog food will relieve most of your dog aliments and give you a healthier and happier dog.
http://www.naturapet.com
http://www.dogfoodproject.com
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com
http://www.api4animals.org/facts.php?p=359&more=1
http://www.feedmypet.com/dog-food-comparison.html
http://www.canidae.com
Current pet food regulations allow manufacturers to use ingredients that you would never knowingly give to your pet. In fact, you may be shocked to learn what some brands of pet food really contain. For example: the use of by-products (feet, bones and intestines, etc.), the 5 D?s, (dead, dying, diseased, decayed, drugged), chemical preservatives (BHA and BHT) and grains that are often difficult to digest (corn, wheat, gluten and soy), which are often used as a protein source instead of meat.
These last grains are what cause most pets to have allergies; corn based allergens fed into your pet, that you did not know about.
I was shocked and disgusted when I first learned about how most all commercially processed dog foods are made and their ingredients. I became an educated consumer wanting the best for my dogs. They say the most dangerous woman in the world is an educated mother. How true!
That is why I will never feed any brand name dog food from Pedigree, Purina, Eukanuba, Iams, Ol'Roy, Beneful, Diamond, etc. ever again.
They are made with dangerous ingredients and deadly additives that are literally bringing our dogs to an early and painful death.
References :
Science Diet is bad for dogs.
Vets recommend it because the manufacturer pays them to.
For more information on this subject read, "Foods Pets Die For" by Ann N. Martin. You will be shocked and amazed at the gruesome things that go on in the pet food industry.
Good foods:
Innova
California Natural
Wellness
Canidae
Artemis.
Good luck.
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Fetch has covered it all. I AGREE 100% with them too. I feed my dogs Merrick dry AND wet.
While the quality food costs more, it actually costs less because you have a healthier dog and less vet bills usually. Plus as a pet owner (and I say that loosely because we all know they own us) you want to provide the best you can.
Maybe your vet is trying to get you to by food that is available everywhere as some of these brands are not available at all pet stores (ex: Merrick can't be bought at PetSmart or PetCo by me). Don't know… but Fetch has it. Listen. They've done the research for you and it's good!
Oh and I like Pinnacle dog food too. Add that to the list.
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I was advised for science diet by my vet ., but when we went to dog park i got bad opinions about science diet . i got my dog from rescue .. he was under wait and skin was dry . he has been on solid gold .. it is very good food . my baby looks very handsome now .:-)
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These are all very good dog foods:
Canidae
Innova
Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lover's Soul
Wellness
Merrick
Orijen
Solid Gold
Timberwolf
Eagle Pack
California Natural
Artemis
Blue Buffalo
Try to avoid brands like: Iams, Pedigree, Purina (One and Pro Plan), Beneful, Ol' Roy, Alpo, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, and Kibbles n' Bits. They are all full of fillers, such as corn and soy, which are NOT essential to your dog's nutritional needs.
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This is a great website, that has info on the quality of various dog foods (anything rated below 4 stars isn't very good): http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/
I use Canidae they love it and they look great.
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