re: What are the BEST dog foods?

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Don't listen to all the hype about the high dollar stuff. They're dogs. They literally will eat other animal's turds if you let them. This will do just fine....

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Price might not be the total factor, but getting dog food that is healthier and better quality, ya know, might keep your dog healthier...

My dog loves Taste of the Wild we just got him. We mix it with Iams Simply Natural.

We like to get him ingredients across the spectrum. Also put some salmon oil on his food in the morning which has been great for his coat (bad for breath though )

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Premium or otherwise, any food you see on supermarket and pet-store shelves that's labeled "complete & balanced," "total nutrition," or "100 percent nutritious" should meet the minimum standards for nutrition set by the Association of American Feed Control Officials. That indicates that it's adequate for the vast majority of healthy pets.

Pet foods might be similar in nutritional content, but their prices can vary widely. When we comparison shopped at five national chains and one supermarket in the San Francisco Bay area, the best deal we saw on dry dog food was a 50-pound bag of Ol' Roy at Walmart with a unit price of 34 cents per pound. At the higher end of the price range was a 4.5-pound bag of Purina Chef Michael's Rotisserie Chicken flavor, at PetSmart for $2.22 a pound—more than six times as much.

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"There's no scientific evidence that any food is better than the next," says Joseph Wakshlag, D.V.M., Ph.D., an assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Pets can thrive on inexpensive food or become ill from pricey food. If your animal is active and healthy, the food is doing its job. A higher price could mean better ingredients and better quality control during and after manufacturing. But you might also be paying for pretty packaging, marketing, or a fancy name.

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Price might not be the total factor, but getting dog food that is healthier and better quality, ya know, might keep your dog healthier...

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Yep. The people who have his attitude and buy cheap shite are the same owners who have leave dog food around 24 hours a day for their dog to get fat on. I check ingredients to make sure my best friend is eating good.

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"There's no scientific evidence that any food is better than the next," says Joseph Wakshlag, D.V.M., Ph.D., an assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine. Pets can thrive on inexpensive food or become ill from pricey food. If your animal is active and healthy, the food is doing its job.
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Well we find certain, better foods make a huge difference in his shitting habits, energy level, and coat quality.

Grain free food and fish oil. Guy gets the best because it makes him his best.

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A higher price could mean better ingredients and better quality control during and after manufacturing. But you might also be paying for pretty packaging, marketing, or a fancy name.

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Or it could mean you're paying for better ingredients and better quality control?

He is just saying do whats best for your specific dog. Most dogs respond better to better food. Sure, there are exceptions, just like humans that smoke their whole life, eat fast food constantly, and live to 90 in great health.

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Yep. The people who have his attitude and buy cheap shite are the same owners who have leave dog food around 24 hours a day for their dog to get fat on. I check ingredients to make sure my best friend is eating good.

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Read my last post. Pay attention to the part where the assistant professor of clinical nutrition at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine says this...

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"There's no scientific evidence that any food is better than the next,"

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and while you're there, you might want to think about what he meant when he said this....

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A higher price could mean better ingredients and better quality control during and after manufacturing. But you might also be paying for pretty packaging, marketing, or a fancy name.

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Let me guess, you have a worthless dog with bad hips, bad eyes, bad coat, and the squirts

It tastes amazing!

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and while you're there, you might want to think about what he meant when he said this....
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A higher price could mean better ingredients and better quality control during and after manufacturing. But you might also be paying for pretty packaging, marketing, or a fancy name.

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He said you could be paying for either? Blue Mountain is over priced. They have grain free, high quality dog food that is half that price point.

Fish oil is cheap as shite on Amazon too and great for your dog's coat and heart:

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Let me guess, you have a worthless dog with bad hips, bad eyes, bad coat, and the squirts

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We've got a perfectly healthy pug (wife's dog) that's been fed Ole Roy for right at 11 years now and is still going strong. Also have a poodle/shizu (daughter's dog)that's almost 4 and is likewise perfectly healthy.