[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by cellanjie

I hear what you are saying, but I wouldn't feed those puppy foods to my dogs as they had grains or stuff that might give them the itchies. I looked at the Fromm Gold, read the ingredients, and put it right back on the shelf. It was disappointing. All of the puppy foods I looked at with the exception of Orijen, I would not feed to my dogs.

I'm happy with the Acana. I bought a bag of Orijen Puppy just in case the pup would not eat the Acana, but am going to return it. The Acana is good food all my dogs love it which is a big plus. The Stella's is just to add a bit of meat protein and added flavor. When I purchased it, it was to help cover up the pumpkin, but they loved it so that I plan to continue to add it with varying amounts depending on the age of the dog (unless my vet is off his rocker and it's not something I need to worry about.)

Orijen Regional Red is 85-15 (Meat to veggies/fruits)
Acana regular is 70-30
Acana singles is 50-50

I realize I should divide the fat by the proteins and some of that meat has water that needs to be deducted, but from reading the labels and using my phone calculator in the store, the "single" seemed to have a high amount of legume protein. I may have very well made a mistake. Even if I didn't, legume protein might be just fine, but I prefer more meat, especially for my pup since she's been on a crap diet the first four months of her life.

Grains and stuff are not bad. Food allergies are actually rare and it's normally environmentally related. When looking into food you should really look into whether nutritionists are on staff and whether they do food trails. Like I said before we just went over nutrition in my vet assistant class. Some of the foods that do that are Royal Canin, Hills, and Purina. So many of these fly by night company's put all there money into advertising to make people think you need grain free and such food and that's just not true. If your dog had an actual food allergy they would have to be on prescription food that is made in a special factory where the food doesn't come into contact with the allergies. Regular off the shelf dog food all comes in contact with each other. Some may say grain free but they come in contact with that grain in the factory.