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02-28-2010, 09:41 AM | #1 |
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| How much protein is too much? I am researching dog foods bc I recently read on dog food analysis that wellness at the bottom of the reviews said that they did retain some overall concern about the meat content. Which bothered me. So now I am totally confused. there are a lot of dog foods that are good quality but the protein content is so much higher and the fat is as well. My question is what is a good protein percentage and fat when looking for a dog food. I also was wondering if I switched the protein source from chicken to fish would that be a bad thing. Gosh I sound like durrrrrrr and I feel durrrrrrr lol I just want what is best for my Pixie and Daisy. I need some help!
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02-28-2010, 10:20 AM | #2 |
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| I would like to know the answer to this as well... |
02-28-2010, 10:23 AM | #3 |
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| depends on the health of the dog. I try to stay around 22% protein and my pancreatic dog is on 8% fat. Since this breed is prone to pancreatitis and liver issues I would keep those two things down. Fish is a more highly digestible protein than chicken. If you are switching over just switch over slowly the other thing to be careful of in high protein diets is stones Last edited by dwerten; 02-28-2010 at 10:26 AM. |
02-28-2010, 10:30 AM | #4 | |
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Can I ask what you feed your dogs?
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02-28-2010, 10:34 AM | #5 | |
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have you thought about honest kitchen and doing preference then adding in cod as your protein source as that is what i have thought about doing for my maltese | |
02-28-2010, 10:48 AM | #6 |
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| What is that? lol I think I am clueless.
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02-28-2010, 10:55 AM | #7 |
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| Preference | The Honest Kitchen your dog does not have any health issues correct? as dogs on soloxine for thyroid issues should not have kelp as it is high in iodine |
02-28-2010, 10:56 AM | #8 | |
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02-28-2010, 10:57 AM | #9 |
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| This is one of many questions, I too have! I am concerned about too high of protein however, too low - means heavy on grains and I have heard that is bad too. Soooooooooooooo confusing! Then the pet food review analysis site recommends switching their food to give them an array of ingredients and to help prevent allergies.
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02-28-2010, 11:10 AM | #10 |
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| There is no problem with high protein UNLESS they already have liver problems. When we fed kibble, our dogs were Wellness CORE and Nature's Variety Instinct. I don't remember the exact values but I think they were both in the 30% range. I believe in high protein foods because I believe that dogs are carnivores and thrive on meat! Higher protein generally means a higher meat content. A lot of members here feed high protein food with no problems. We also fed grain free because they are harder to digest and a common source of allergies in dogs.
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Raw has natural enzymes since they are not cooked out like cooked or processed foods so it helps in digestion of the food Last edited by dwerten; 02-28-2010 at 11:18 AM. | |
02-28-2010, 12:36 PM | #12 | |
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And a smaller kibble size
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02-28-2010, 01:34 PM | #13 | |
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I'm not sure which Wellness formula you're feeding but the Small Breed Adult gets good review. They're in alphabetical order, which is why Wellness is at the bottom. Dog Food Reviews - Wellness Super5Mix Small breed - Powered by ReviewPost Hope that helps. | |
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I feed Jackson Fromm Surf n' Turf right now and I believe it's around 32% protein, grainless food. Jackson seems to prefer the foods with higher meat content and I believe in the idea that dogs need more meat so it works for us. He's also a pretty active dog and can easily work off the excess fat/protein. Higher energy dogs typically need more protein.
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