I believe in feeding your pet the best quality food that his system can handle and that you can afford.
Over the past 8 years I have fed my GSP, Buddy, a variety of top quality foods and have gradually lessened that quality due to the foods being too rich for his system (poor dog rarely had a firm stool and pooed often) and too rich for my wallet. I finally hit on a product that he likes, is priced right, and is easy on his system. It is Premium Edge, a natural product made by Diamond- a company that I swore up and down at the begining that I would NEVER feed my dog. I get a 35 pound bag for about $35, Buddy has firm stools, rarely vomits any more, and still is as healthy as can be.
My sister used to feed her cats cheap food and they had a bunch of health issues that she (and her vet) contributed to old age. I talked her into switching to a better food- she tried them on Blue Buffalo- and now they are like totally different cats. Both no longer have health problems. The old boy- Joey, who we were really just waiting to die because he always seemed to be on his last days- now acts like a young cat again- he jumps and plays and his blonde coat is shiny and he sheds far less (he's a long hair.) The other cat- Sylvester, well he has gotten fat now because he LOVES his food and it has changed his looks! He is a white and black, long-hair. I have NEVER seen a cat so shiny before! His white is amazing, seriously, I never realized just how dull his coat was before. Even the vets are shocked at how much these cats have changed just by being on a high quality food. My sister has also noticed that even though the food costs more upfront she feeds less of it and saves like crazy on vet bills so it is beyond cost effective for her to have switched!
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