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Originally Posted by kalina82  science diet food is no better then the purina ingredient wise. Most people here feed wellness, solid gold, canidae, chicken soup, innova or nature's variety. THese foods cannot be found in a petco or petsmart, and definitely not in a supermarket.
i know boxers have huge skin issues so if he's not having any problems with the purina then keep him on it. As for your yorkie pup, i'd give her a better option. |
I've used Wellness before, the super 5 mix puppy food, it was a great food, I loved ingredients, however, my boxer wouldn't touch it with a ten foot poll, lol. I had went through so many dog foods trying to find a good one that he could eat, but the only one he didn't have a reaction to was a holistic dog food called Royal Canine (I believe that's what it was, it was some years ago.) Anyhow, after about a month on it, he started breaking out all over again. I finally started looking at some of the cheaper not so good dog foods and tried Purina. I hated having to give it to him but he's been on it for about 6 or 7 years now and does great, no reactions what so ever to it, so my theory is, if it aint broke, don't fix it. He does great on it and I won't be messin with that at all. Although it isn't what I'd choose to have him on, it's what he tolerates so I stick with it. As for the ingredients in the Natures Best, I think the ingredients are better than the Purina, here's the Ingredients of both, I've been doing some comparisons tonight online and at the store.
Natures Best
Ingredients: Chicken, Brown Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Cracked Pearled Barley, Soybean Meal, Chicken Meal, Pork Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Dried Egg Product, Natural Flavor, Whole Grain Oats, Apples, Cranberries, Soybean Oil, Peas, Carrots, Dried Beet Pulp, Iodized Salt, Flaxseed, Broccoli, Vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Vitamin E Supplement, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Calcium Carbonate, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein......................................Min. 21.5%
Crude Fat............................................Min . 12.5%
Crude Fiber.........................................Max. 3.5%
Moisture.......................................... ....Max. 10.0%
Ash............................................... .......Max. 5.5%
Calcium........................................... ....Min. 0.5%
Phosphorus........................................ .Min. 0.4%
Vitamin E.............................................Min. 400 IU/kg
Ascorbic acid*(Vitamin C)....................Min. 120 mg/kg
Purina
Whole grain corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, brewers rice, soybean meal, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), barley, animal digest, calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, fish oil, salt, potassium chloride, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, choline chloride, zinc sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, zinc proteinate, DL-Methionine, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, brewers dried yeast, manganese proteinate, added color (Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 2), niacin, Vitamin A supplement, copper sulfate, copper proteinate, calcium pantothenate, garlic oil, pyridoxine hydrochloride, Vitamin B-12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, riboflavin supplement, calcium iodate, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite.
S-4001
Crude Protein (Min) 27.0%
Crude Fat (Min) 12.0%
Crude Fiber (Max) 5.0%
Moisture (Max) 12.0%
Linoleic Acid (Min) 1.6%
Calcium (Ca) (Min) 1.1%
Phosphorus (P) (Min) 0.9%
Iron (Fe) (Min) 150 mg/kg
Docosahexaenoic Acid* (DHA) (Min) 0.05%
I had read up on the Chicken Soup For The Soul dog food and wanted to get that tonight, unfortunately, they didn't have it there. I'll have to talk to my vet and see if they sell it there. Thanks for your input though, it's very much appreciated.