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Originally Posted by Jakester  Every company is going to have a good bit of BS advertising but i still choose to feed my Yorkie Farmina because I can tell he does A LOT better on Farmina than other brands. With Farmina his is poop is perfect (small and solid) just like it was when i was feeding him raw for awhile, he coat is beautiful and no eye tear stains and every little if any eye boogers - with that being said I feel pretty good about their food and that tells me it is a good quality food. |
You're correct that your dog's overall nutritional status is evident by certain factors but you also need to be doing lab work like blood counts and chemistries every year along with a vet visit to be sure. How old is your dog? I always have to laugh (not in a mean way) when owners come on here and tell me how great their dog is doing on Soup du Jour dog food and then we learn the dog is like two or three. Let me see your dog at 6, 8, 10, 12, and if you are blessed 14 or 16. By the way, coat genetics have more to do with a pretty coat than dog food. I could feed Teddy out of a dumpster and that coat would still grow to the floor in thresds of beautiful silk. On the other hand, Winston's cotton coat although pretty to look at, is best served by the clipper and a nice 1/4" blade comb. Similarly, poop "quality" is often a function of fiber content. It's not because of less corn or grains as people on YT sometimes say. Again I'll use my dogs...Teddy has hard small stools. Barney had normal but larger stools. Winston has rabbit sized pellets. These three boys eat the same food ingredients yet their stools represent different quality levels. They're all individuals...