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Originally Posted by Britster  See-- I always thought the opposite. I thought smaller breeds required more protein. There was a sign hanging up in Petco once that stated this... and when you read Dog Food Analysis - Reviews of kibble they state alot of times "keep in mind, this food may only be acceptable for adult dogs, specifically in the case of large breeds." Who knows! LOL.
I know that Jackson seems to do best on grainfree foods so we will keep him without grains. He likes them a lot better for one thing. He only poops about 2x a day, he's got soft shiny hair, etc. So it just works for us. |
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Originally Posted by Britster 
Right now I feed Nature's Variety Instinct. That's what I've been feeding the longest but for 2 months in between he was eating Fromm Surf and Turf and he *loved* it but I switched him back to NV thinking his eye goop problem may be food related... I still don't know for certain but I can say his eyes have been extremely better since getting back on NV.
I really like Acana and their company and would love to try feeding Acana after this bag is finished, but they only sell the bigger (I think 11lbs?) bags at our local store and I didn't wanna buy one that big! And if the eye goop came back... then I would know I have to keep him on NV I guess. I also had him on Merrick's Before Grain at one point and he did well on it. I can't remember why I stopped... but he still eats the BG cans mixed in with his NV kibble. Food is so confusing! |
Haha. I know. The protein thing has me confused. Right now my little girl is on By Nature for Puppies and the Crude Protein level is 30% and the Crude Fat is 20%. She's doing great on it, but I really wanted to try her out on a higher quality food, however the protein levels and fat levels in most 6 star rating dog foods are much higher and the analysis say they are more suited for larger breeds. The By Nature Puppy I'm feeding my girl is a 4 star rated dog food and not bad at all, but I was hoping to find something with a bit better ingredients (no fillers) and if possible grainless, but all the dog foods that I see that are grainless are higher in protein & fat and it's hard to find a puppy stage good quality grainless dog kibble. The only one's I'm finding have the higher protein/fat levels. And I'm just not sure if the higher protein/fat is better or not for the smaller ones. Uggghh. I really like the ingredients and protein/fat levels in Merrick, Innova and Artemis. So I think I'm going to try those and they are all 5 star rated dog foods and seem very well suited for the little ones. The Merrick also has a wet food that goes along with it. Kind of nice as a treat once in a while. The only thing with Acana that I didn't like was the reviews that sated the food doesn't contain as much meat content and may need to be supplemented with real meat.