I know what you mean about discussing dog food again. I went through SO
many different types. Jackson ate Nature's Variety Instinct from last September
until this month. He did really well on it. We switched to Fromm Surf and Turf
for about 2 months in between just because we had gotten a free sample and
my picky dog gobbled it up like crazy! But his eye boogers got really terrible--
I still don't know 100% if it's environmental or food related, but they got
significantly better when putting him back on NV. I think he gained a bit of
weight on the NV tho (the fat content is around 22%, whereas Acana is like 17%).
He didn't outgrow anything, I'm thinking it was just muscle mass. (12lbs to 16lbs).
Anyways, after discovering Acana, I really wanted to try it out. For one, it was
more food for less money... the Acana is nearly $14 for 5.5lbs, whereas NV was
only 4.4lbs for almost $18. I just really like the Champion Pet Food company
and trust what I'm feeding him. I'm hoping Acana will be our food for a while,
and we've been rotating between bags of Grasslands and Prairie Harvest. It's
less fat content and about 33% protein (I believe). I feel that's the perfect number
for Jackson because he's a fairly active dog (gets atleast 1 walk a day, goes to the
dog park 1-3x per week, plays a lot of fetch/frisbee outdoors, etc). But he's not
overly active, like a Border Collie would be, for example, so I don't feel protein
in the 40 percentile is completely necessary for him! But I don't know. It's just
what I feel comfortable with, and best of all, he really seems to enjoy his food.
I give a
for Acana! Jackson's doing really on it. He poops usually
2 small firm poopies a day, they don't smell THAT bad, sometimes he only poops
once, depending on how many treats he gets for the day. But overall, I just
really like Acana and would recommend it to anyone! I still have a half bag
of our NV Instinct yet and I have been feeding it to him when we go visit
at my dads house to finish off the bag.
So I do still like the NV too.