Originally Posted by jvdb  I own a yorkie (mix) and a papillon. For the first year or so of their lives I have fed them purina puppy chow and have found that my papillon's coat lacks fullness & shine, and it sheds a lot (not normal for a papillon). It can take up to two years for a papillon's coat to fill out completely, but I can tell that hers is still not healthy, it is thin and rough. It is my understanding that the two most important factors in the appearance of a dog's coat are genetics and diet. Since there is nothing I can do on the genetics side, I decided it was time to switch them to a high quality diet. The only issue is that I am not great at knowing which ingredients are good and which are bad.
I went to my pet food store and explained that I wanted something that would help my dog's coats. They suggested "Profile" Salmon & Rice. It is a Canadian company, and from what I can tell is not all that well known.
I need some help from those who are good at analyzing ingredients, here is the list:
salmon meal, ground wheat, wheat middlings, oats, poultry fat, beet pulp, liver digest, salt, dried egg, rice bran, fish meal, yeast, flax seed, fish oil, rosemary oil, garlic aniseed, cinnamon, thyme, juniper, milk thistle, calcium carbonate, ferrous sulphate, vitamin e, zinc oxide, sodium selenite on wheat midds, copper sulphate, vitamin a, mineral oil, niacin, mangtanous oxide, calcium panothenate, riboflavin....and more |