[BellaDonna]

You know one time I noticed that one of my chi girls had very thin hair on her legs and ears and one ear was only partially up and that wasn't normal for her. I assumed that was part of her aging and her coloration because she is a white chihuahua with pink eyes and the liver color nose. Anyway....at the time we were feeding all the Chi's Nutro max ultra which I thought was a good food for weight control. At some point during this time we took them off weight control food and put them on to Merrick's and one day I noticed that LilyB had hair back on legs and ears!!!! That stunned me because what it told me was that the other food we were feeding with such good intention and actually been depriving her and the others of certain nutrients she desperately needed! Her ears are also both standing and another chi with a drooping ear is no longer drooping.

The moral of the story is that some dogs are more sensitive to ingredients of food than others but even the high $$$ foods are not necessarily the best foods. Also when you are buying a diet food they may be skimping or missing out on necessary nutrients to keep calories down.
Do you research on foods and watch your babies for reactions to even the best.