Fellow dog owners - what food do you feed?

I feed (and fed, when I had foster dogs and family dogs) a prey model raw diet to my pup :). If I absolutely was forced to feed a premade food, it'd be Stella and Chewy's. I've fed it to several animals and they always did well on it, decent ingredients, too. Unfortunately, it's super expensive unless you have a small dog so I'm hesitant to recommend it to people! It especially seems pricey after doing a raw diet where I can buy 0.50/lb chicken backs and cheap organs :p.

Holy cow this thread really took off! I'm super late and haven't read a lot of it yet, but I LOVE Diamond Naturals, I use the lamb and rice. If you are ever looking at switching dog food you should check out this site http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/ I love that site. You read up on the foods and find the best bang for your buck.

Blue Buffalo Wilderness - Duck

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Like to feed mine raw during the weekdays when we stock up on raw food for her during the weekend. Pedigree during the weekend, with some Cosequin supplements for her weak joints;)

You'd be hard pressed to find a worse brand to pair with your raw diet than pedigree. Awful awful stuff. If you're going to fill gaps with kibble, I'd suggest picking something like Blue Buffalo Wilderness. Raw diets (done correctly, as a veterinary assistant I see them done incorrectly a lot) are a top quality source of food for your buddy, it allows you to control potential allergens and helps body condition to be more fluid. Pedigree is basically $1/lb for everything any dog has ever been found to be allergic to, plus a ton of extra filler that makes it harder for your dog to maintain good body condition.

When I moved in with boyfriend, he was feeding his husky a Purina product, and when I got my GSD mix puppy we switched her onto Taste of the Wild Salmon formula (a compromise, he didn't want to "go crazy" with an expensive food) because I refused to feed my boy that garbage. Within a week of the final switch we could tell a huge difference with her coat. I had considered going to raw, but my boss is pretty generally against it because of how commonly people screw it up, I'd never hear the end of it if I had to bring one of my dogs in for a problem she thought could be related.

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Originally Posted by SaintTawny

You'd be hard pressed to find a worse brand to pair with your raw diet than pedigree. Awful awful stuff. If you're going to fill gaps with kibble, I'd suggest picking something like Blue Buffalo Wilderness. Raw diets (done correctly, as a veterinary assistant I see them done incorrectly a lot) are a top quality source of food for your buddy, it allows you to control potential allergens and helps body condition to be more fluid. Pedigree is basically $1/lb for everything any dog has ever been found to be allergic to, plus a ton of extra filler that makes it harder for your dog to maintain good body condition.

When I moved in with boyfriend, he was feeding his husky a Purina product, and when I got my GSD mix puppy we switched her onto Taste of the Wild Salmon formula (a compromise, he didn't want to "go crazy" with an expensive food) because I refused to feed my boy that garbage. Within a week of the final switch we could tell a huge difference with her coat. I had considered going to raw, but my boss is pretty generally against it because of how commonly people screw it up, I'd never hear the end of it if I had to bring one of my dogs in for a problem she thought could be related.

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Originally Posted by catzeye21138

I worked at a vet clinic for a while, and volunteered at another, and the only damn reason they suggest it is because they get paid ridiculous amounts of money to do so. I've been to ONE vet clinic that didn't buy into it, and they had canidae or something like that.

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I CURRENTLY work at a vet HOSPITAL they DO NOT get paid to carry their food. We pay them to order and sell their food. We could choose any other food.


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I CURRENTLY work at a vet HOSPITAL they DO NOT get paid to carry their food. We pay them to order and sell their food. We could choose any other food.


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If you can choose any food, why doesn't your hospital buy and sell healthier food? There are tons of better options out there for the same or better price.
SD is not healthy at all.

We have seen dogs (our own, and clients) who thrive on it. We have talked to representatives from many different brands of dog food, compared ingredients, etc. SD seems to be the way to go. That being said, because I feed my dogs the science diet healthy advantage, doesn't mean it's the only food that dogs should have. Different pets react differently. Same with humans and people food! I said in an earlier post,"stay away from raw diets" I do apologize, it's not my place to tell you what to feed, but I will stand by the fact that dogs are NOT carnivores.


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Originally Posted by Jackie

I CURRENTLY work at a vet HOSPITAL they DO NOT get paid to carry their food. We pay them to order and sell their food. We could choose any other food.


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And thus all vets are not created equal.