Really good dog food brands?

These are what I consider to be good dog food brands.In order from the best you can buy.Canidae is actually a really good food.Have you tried adding a little water to his food?It may be that its to dry,or have you tried adding maybe little bit of beef bullion,I used to have a picky eater and after sprinkling just a bit of beef bullion on her food,she started eating it again.

Orijen

Wellness(Core)

Innova

Natures Variety(Instinct or Prairie)

Taste of the Wild

Blue Buffalo(Wilderness)

Nutro Natural Choice

Natural Balance

I have also heard really good reviews on Purina One Beyond,although it isnt exactly high quality,the ingredients seem alright:)

For several months I have been trying many different top quality brands for my 3 dogs. The brand they all like the best is Fromm Duck and Sweet Potato. They have never loved any food as much as they love this. I am amazed! I have tried several different types of each of these:

Natural Balance

Wellness

Wellness Core

Blue Buffalo

Blue Wilderness

Canidae

Solid Gold

Halo

Nutro

Wolf King

Holistic Select

We all want the very best for our dogs. Unfortunately the net is overwhelmed with nonsense about ingredients. There isn't the first bit of evidence that highly rated foods are more nutritious than Old Roy or that dogs eating them are any healthier.

I would really stick to the Canidae. It sounds to me like you are giving him too much other stuff and perhaps over feeding him. Many dogs will wolf down more than is good for them and look for more. Others refuse to eat more than than they need. Evaluate the dog as illustrated in this link, http://www.longliveyourdog.com/twoplus/RateYourDog... You may want the vet to confirm your judgment. Adjust the dogs food and exercise as needed to reach its ideal body condition. Some German Shepherds and other breeds may refuse to eat enough to completely hid their ribs. As long as you are feeding a concentrated, meat based chow, the best thing is to accept it.

The worst thing you can do is to bribe a dog with rich foods into eating more than it needs. Instead, Put down the dish with what the dog should eat, and give it 15 minutes to eat. Then take it up. Do not give it anything to eat until its next scheduled meal. In a few days, it should be eating what it needs. Continue to check its ribs and adjust the food as needed. This is not easy. I had a Shepherd go 3 days on a few nibbles. I was a wreck, but she was fine. It is almost unknown for a healthy dog not to eat what it needs. Unfortunately, in too many cases, it is less than the package says, and less than the owner thinks the dog should have. Many dogs are quite good at holding out for tastier chow. Like kids, sometimes it calls for tough love.

I certainly can understand your frustration with your dog not liking his food. First of all, what protein are you feeding? Lamb tends to be the least palatable and most little dogs don't like it as well as other proteins. Little dogs are more finicky because they don't smell as well as larger dogs and therefore if they can't smell their food very well then it may not taste as good either. So a little dog needs a very flavorful food. I would highly recommend Nutro Ultra for small breeds. It has three proteins, chicken, lamb and salmon and Ultra does not have any chicken by-products, corn or wheat in it. It has lots of super foods that are rich in antioxidants to help keep your dog healthy. It has carrots rich in beta carotene to help with vision, flax seed for beautiful skin and coat just to name a few. I'm a pet nutrition specialist with Nutro and have been feeding it for over 20 years to all my pets and they have done really well on it. My parents have a shih tzu mix and she wouldn't eat any dry kibble, until I brought my dad a bag of Ultra for her to try. She absolutely loves it. It's been my experience that most little dogs really like the taste of it. And if for some reason your dog doesn't like it, you can return it and get your money back. Here's a link to learn more about Ultra and read some customer reviews. http://www.ultraholistic.com/small-breed-holistic-... If you have any questions, please feel free to message me or contact our customer care number at 1-800-833-5330. Hope this information helps.

I cannot recommend feeding any of the commercial varieties of meat-flavored baked paste with chemicals added, or the canned versions thereof. Instead, why not feed your dog actual food? The dog’s natural diet is raw meat on the bone. Try it. The dog will love it, the diet will help him teethe properly as a pup, keep his teeth clean the rest of his life, satisfy his lifelong need to chew and results in innocuous feces.

http://www.rawmeatybones.com/

http://preymodelraw.com/how-to-get-started/

http://www.rawfed.com/

http://www.rawfeddogs.net/

http://www.rawfeeding.net/

http://www.rawlearning.com/

http://blacksheepcardigans.com/ruff/raw-diet/

http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/groups.rawfeeding/

The basic idea is to approximate a wild diet as closely as possible; raw meat on the bone and small amounts of organ meat [liver is most important, but also kidneys, pancreas, spleen, lungs and what is called green tripe]. Amount to feed is calculated as 2-3% of the dog's ideal adult body weight. Your veterinarian can help you estimate that; then you just do the math. You don’t have to be exact; all amounts are to be averaged over a week or two. Dogs [not toys or puppies] that get big, complicated meals sometimes will eat for two days and then not again for five. All perfectly normal.

Most raw feeders that I've read have started their dogs on chicken: it is readily available and inexpensive, plus it is antibiotic- and hormone-free. The fat content is easy to control by how much of the skin you remove.

No grain, vegetable or fruit is a significant part of a grey wolf's diet. Dogs are genetically grey wolves.

Besides being unnatural, lately it is becoming more and more clear that commercial dog foods simply are not safe:

http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/articles/various-...

http://www.homevet.com/petcare/foodbook.html

You can use this site as a guide to help you select a quality food for your dog. Remember though that no one food is best for all dogs, and it is best to rotate his foods http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/in...

Don't buy iams, they abuse poor dogs to test out their dog food

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Why the f**k am I getting thumbs down? For telling people that iams abuses dogs to test their food?