I used to subscribe to Whole Dog Journal and their info about dog food was helpful. Some simple rules were..the actual meat product is first on the list; then, in the first 5 ingredients that meat and acceptable meat products must be listed as 2 or 3 of the first 5 ingredients.
I noticed that the article posted by LDM said no meat meal. The article that I saved said that was an okay source of protein because it is simply meat that has been dehydrated and therefore has less moisture in it.. It can take hours in the pet store reading the labels trying to select the most wolesome food.
I have read that we are giving our Yorkies foods too high in protein-such as RC Yorkie 33. The percentage of protein recommended now is closer to 20-25%. Higher levels are being looked at as reasons for some false positive Bile Acids studies. I have switched to RC ShihTzu 24 for the lower protein content. Anybody else have any info to share?? |