Fellow dog owners - what food do you feed?

[satomi325]

Dogs have been eating and thriving on raw far longer than kibble has been invented.
I agree with 100% with Pookie, Sorraia, and Anatess. A balanced raw diet does not cause deficiencies and I personally believe that SciDiet is still really nasty/below average. Might as well put a dog on a bread and hotdog diet in my opinion.

(The first 5 ingredients of a kibble is the bulk of the diet.)
The first 12 ingredients of an adult Science Diet:
Ingredients: Lamb meal, brewers rice, brown rice, corn gluten meal, whole grain wheat, whole grain sorghum, animal fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), cracked pearled barley, chicken liver flavor, flaxseed, lactic acid.

Now compared to a quality kibble.
Orijen adult kibble:
First 12 ingredients: Boneless chicken, chicken meal, chicken liver, whole herring, boneless turkey, turkey meal, turkey liver, whole eggs, boneless walleye, whole salmon, chicken heart, chicken cartilage

Orijen Freeze dry:
First 12 ingredients: Chicken (ground with bone), turkey (ground with bone), whole herring, chicken liver, chicken heart, whole eggs, spinach greens, pea fiber, turkey liver, turkey heart, whole flounder

And I don't think I have to explain a raw diet. Especially if its whole prey.

I've taken a number of animal biology, physiology, and nutritional courses myself.
Studied Animal and Wildlife Biology at UC Davis with a little Animal Science on the side.
And was praised for feeding raw by their vet school staff.
Most of my ferrets are fed whole prey. Only one is a strict kibble eater because he doesn't want to switch, but he's fed Orijen cat.(Ironically, his name is Pookie)
My dogs are on a mixed kibble/raw now, but I would like to transition to 100% raw.

In the end, everyone should feed what works for you and your dog. But know that not all food is made equally. Surviving, living, and thriving are completely different things.

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