Food your dogs go crazy for?

[Megansmom]

The so called "high rated" or "high quality" food, made my Megan have a sick tummy . I believe the main reason the Innova's, Avoderm, or the like are rated high is because of the higher protein content. I honestly very much dislike the different dog food analysis websites because of the biases towards high protein foods.

Some of the foods that have rated lower on these sites are VERY good high quality foods, they just don't have TONS of protein in them. Plus, many of them have been around, tried trued, tested for years and years. Pets have lived 13+ years on some of those foods.

Just my two cents worth!!

 

[take4roll10]

The so called "high rated" or "high quality" food, made my Megan have a sick tummy . I believe the main reason the Innova's, Avoderm, or the like are rated high is because of the higher protein content. I honestly very much dislike the different dog food analysis websites because of the biases towards high protein foods.

Some of the foods that have rated lower on these sites are VERY good high quality foods, they just don't have TONS of protein in them. Plus, many of them have been around, tried trued, tested for years and years. Pets have lived 13+ years on some of those foods.

Just my two cents worth!!

The ones with high protein are rated as "6", which is their highest rating. So, that site does believe that high protein and no grains are the best kind of food for dogs. Many will agree, many will disagree. However, most of the foods that are also rated high, like 5 or 4 have average protein content.
The wellness I feed Bailey is rated as a 5, which has normal protein levels.

 

[Chris]

Layla will eat anything...as long as there is a tiny bit of Madeline cookie sprinkled on top. Otherwise the Principessa turns up her nose.

 

[RonandJan]

Layla will eat anything...as long as there is a tiny bit of Madeline cookie sprinkled on top. Otherwise the Principessa turns up her nose.

Oh that is rich Chris! Too Funny!

Another thought, if you like the dry kibble you are feeding, try adding just a little water to it. Most of the dry kibble will release a little flavor and make a kind of a gravy. (you know like the old Gravy Train commercial said)

I don't have that problem, if I don't put MMM in a down, stay, I have to count my fingers as the release the bowl. (He does take a treat nice though..........now)

 

[Megansmom]

The ones with high protein are rated as "6", which is their highest rating. So, that site does believe that high protein and no grains are the best kind of food for dogs. Many will agree, many will disagree. However, most of the foods that are also rated high, like 5 or 4 have average protein content.
The wellness I feed Bailey is rated as a 5, which has normal protein levels.

I wonder how long these websites have been around, who created them, who updates them, a Vet, someone with a medical background in animal nutrition!!??

 

[mbfrench]

Do you have Halo available near you? Thats usually what I recommend to people with picky puppies.

When it was only Earnhardt here,he would do somersaults for Halo! But it is not available locally for me.I was ordering it from QVC.And with just him,it was doable.But not now with 3.

I do still get Live-A-Littles for all of them.They go bonkers over the chicken treats.

 

[take4roll10]

I wonder how long these websites have been around, who created them, who updates them, a Vet, someone with a medical background in animal nutrition!!??

No clue and I would never base my decision on that site alone, but If used with other research, it can be helpful. It does explain what some of those weird ingredients really are, like saw dust and carcinogens.

 

[Megansmom]

No clue and I would never base my decision on that site alone, but If used with other research, it can be helpful. It does explain what some of those weird ingredients really are, like saw dust and carcinogens.

Yes I hear and read those claims as well, but I wonder how true they are and can it be proven?!

But you're right, it's good to use it as a grain of salt when researching!

 

[Toffee's Mom]

I feed raw, Toffee hates chicken... loves beef and lamb but he's not big into fish either..But I have to say I feel great about what he eats, etc.. and he sure loves it.
But he truly does ANYTHING for cheese... lol

 

[SheltieChe]

Che eats raw as well as anything else he can get, he is excited about food period
chicken necks make wonderful training treats, that is how we learned very solid stay....
regarding those websites that rate food- they have nothing to do with science, written by person or people based on their opinion .... no reason to trust... I do not think that designer clothing any better than non designer and neither is food... their explanations why this food is rated so high and that one is not is very very weak in many areas... and I am not even talking about grain free food idea.... dog have been opportunistic eaters for longer time that we ever though and most humans diet consist mainly of grains and little of meat so there is no reason to think that dogs need grain free high protein diet because they are just like wolves in the wild... dog and wolves can have 99% of their DNA shared but it does not mean they are the same, humans share 99% of their DNA with monkeys but I absolutely refuse to live on banana diet...forget the fad diets and counts, use your common sense...
anyway close to OP question... if your pup tolerates variety of food easily it is good to try what he likes best, many stores will give you trial small bags of food/ kibble, or buy few chicken necks and see what your pup does with it...
BTW regarding cats and raw, ha, my babies are hunters, raw meat is a delicatecy for them, Che wanted nothing to do with rabbit that was bought for him, who do you think polished the dish...