What do you feed your dog and why?

Taste of the Wild.

One of my dogs is grain intolerant, so I switched from Blue Buffalo to Taste if the Wild when I figured out what was causing him trouble. All four of my dogs do well on it, it's reasonably priced, and I feel good about the ingredients and nutritional values.

I would prefer to feed completely raw, and did before I brought home two English Mastiffs. It was a little too time consuming, a little too expensive, and took up too much of our freezer space when we brought our two Mastiffs home. I'm seriously considering crunching the numbers again, and maybe investing in an additional freezer for our garage... I really believe the health benefits are to numerous to deny. When I fed my Beagle and Basset raw, they rarely had any gas (a HUGE change in my Beagle), and smaller stools that dried up quickly and hardly stank, their coat was shiny and healthy, and they rarely ever had bad breath or that gross "doggy" smell.

I have fed numerous brands over the decades that I've had dogs. When I went to grain free kibble, I could see the difference in my guys. When I went to raw a year ago, I saw a vast improvement in their coats. My skinny dane gained weight, developed firmer stools, and lots more energy.

I buy chicken with bone from BlueRidge Beef. As long as I can aford to do this, I will! If I could talk my husband into it, I'd feed prey model.

If you look up and research kibble, you'll see how bad it really is.

Anything other than what you'd find at Walmart, Target, or a supermarket or something. I feed my pups food from specialized dog stores: Taste of the Wild, Wellness, Orijen, etc.

Pedigree, Purina, Iams, etc have never settled well with my type of dogs stomachs. I normally own higher energy dogs like huskies and such, so they NEED higher performance food or else they get the runs. Grains and corn and by-products have been known to not be good for dogs too and I've noticed funny textures and colors in my guys, so that's another reason I don't feed those foods. :(

I feed my dogs and cat Iams (dry kibble). It was recommended by my vet. She said Iams has a good reputation for making healthy and quality food. All three of my animals love it. It's a decent price as well, you can get it at the grocery store.

My mom and dad also switched to Iams for their two dogs when I told them about this.

I think if the first ingredient says "animal by-product," then that's a clear indication that the food is garbage. I think thats the 4th or 5th ingredient in Iams, the first being real chicken which is really important.

I use Purina Pro Plan usually or this other Purina brand that's new for sensitive stomach and easy digestion. If those aren't on sale I'll read the labels on other brands of food to check the ingredients and buy certain kinds of food that have no corn meal or little in it and that the first ingredient is meat. My dogs have very sensitive stomachs and can not handle anything other than easily digestible food. It's a pain sometimes trying to find sensitive formulas, but it's the price I pay for my sweethearts!

I use Arden Grange or Vitalin Active.... good quality at a great price.

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http://www.vitalinpetfood.co.uk/mall/productpage.c...

because dry kibble is much better for a dog, contains more nutrients per gram than wet food, is easily digested, better for their teeth, and produces firmer less-smelly poops (which makes clearing the garden up, much easier).

Arden Grange has MEAT as the first ingredient (about 30% meat) so is a very decent quality.

And I get free delivery from online.

I also mix in a forkfull of wet meat to give it a bit of added texture & smell.

1/4 of a tin of Butchers Tripe, or 1/4 tray of Wainwrights, or a spoonful of minced meat (chicken or beef mince).

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Lamb (min.65%), Lamb Liver (min. 5%), Brown Rice (min. 5%),

And then I usually use a few treats per day for training.

dried liver, pigs ear, or bonio biscuits.

every now and then I let me dogs share a hot dog, like we went on a train and I bought them a boiled hot dog to share as a special treat. I wouldn't give my dog hot dogs every day, they have a very high sodium content and they aren't healthy for you dog in the long run. But I don't see the harm in a once in a while snack maybe once a month or so but not everyday.

I feed my puppy Taste of the Wild, because it's a grain free food and he has firmer poop on it than the Natural Choice he was on before.

When he's an adult and he can handle bacterias better, I plan to feed him homemade prey model raw. I just think that's a healthier choice than dry dog food.

I have fed all of my dogs with kibble that is free of wheat, beef, pork and poultry. With that I occasionally have added a home-made mix of wholegrain rice, ground lamb and carrots, cooked together. I've done it this way to avoid allergies, the first dogs I had were prone to skin-conditions and allergies (westies) and the breeder advised me to feed them like that. It worked and they lived happily without skin-problems. With my other dogs I just continued the same thing and they've all been healthy.

I feed my dogs and my cat Prey Model Raw. I buy meats myself, no brand. I feed this because I believe it's what's best for carnivores and my pets are thriving. I don't want to feed processed dog food that was made only for human convenience. Never have, never will.