To Fee or Not to Feed, That is The Question

[lilmomma]

Science Diet anyone? I'm thinking of changing Star's food from what the breeder fed her. My vet recommends Science Diet Puppy small bites. Any feedback guys? I come to this site for everything. You guys are there when we need you. Thanks so much

[marcerella02]

Originally Posted by lilmomma

Science Diet anyone? I'm thinking of changing Star's food from what the breeder fed her. My vet recommends Science Diet Puppy small bites. Any feedback guys? I come to this site for everything. You guys are there when we need you. Thanks so much

no no no no no no no no no no vets will recommend science diet because they are paid to recommend it. some on here will say they feed it and it works just fine for them but i personally dont' feel it is a quality food. Please try Wellness, Innova, or SOlid Gold.

[dundeemax]

Max isn't keen on this food, but is quite happy to have a little wet food added.

His stools aren't loose anymore, as they were with wet food, but I don't think his skin is as healthy as it was. I'm adding cod liver oil now, hopefully his skin will improve.

It might not be the Science Plan that's made his skin dry, it could be the central heating.

[dundeemax]

Originally Posted by marcerella02

no no no no no no no no no no vets will recommend science diet because they are paid to recommend it. some on here will say they feed it and it works just fine for them but i personally dont' feel it is a quality food. Please try Wellness, Innova, or SOlid Gold.

I was thinking about trying Wellness. Incidently, it was my vet that recommended Science Plan, and I live in SCotland, UK.

[melanie daley]

Originally Posted by lilmomma

Science Diet anyone? I'm thinking of changing Star's food from what the breeder fed her. My vet recommends Science Diet Puppy small bites. Any feedback guys? I come to this site for everything. You guys are there when we need you. Thanks so much

It is correct that some vets are paid to promote Science Diet.. I hear absolutely horrible things about it.... I feed Roxi Merrick, which is really good & Roxi loves it.... I can't give you an educated reason why it's not that great, but thats just what I have heard..... I'm sure there are a bunch of YT'rs here that can give you many more suggestions on other great foods too!!! Good luck
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[gusremy]

Originally Posted by lilmomma

Science Diet anyone? I'm thinking of changing Star's food from what the breeder fed her. My vet recommends Science Diet Puppy small bites. Any feedback guys? I come to this site for everything. You guys are there when we need you. Thanks so much

ive fed my babies science diet before and there was no problem with that brand for me. but i recently started feeding them Blue Buffalo which i heard is a really high quality brand for dogs.... and they both love it.

[altigger74]

I changed back to S/D but the natures best lamb and rice. It's the only S/D that doesn't have corn or wheat. I changed over because I couldn't afford to have the food delivered anymore. I had researched it and so far they have been on it for about a month. They love it and their hair is growing so soft and smooth.

[NYYJeterGrl626]

I feed Wellness and my doggies love it

[autumn star]

Although SD is probably not the worst food you could give there are definitely better options. You can go to dogfoodanalysis.com and find what will work better for you and something w/a higher rating. Good luck

[MyFairLacy]

I would never never feed Science Diet. I'm in vet school so I know all the tricks Hill's does to get vets to market their products... vets receive very little nutrition education...and what they do receive is from a Hill's rep because Hill's donates so much money to the AVMA every year. Hill's does a lot of great things for veterinary medicine but their food is nothing I would consider feeding my dogs. No way No way

[lilmomma]

Thanks everyone. I knew I could count on you.

[PROLINKer]

I feed my yorkie Royal Canine Digest & Skin.

[Woogie Man]

Originally Posted by autumn star

Although SD is probably not the worst food you could give there are definitely better options. You can go to dogfoodanalysis.com and find what will work better for you and something w/a higher rating. Good luck

Thanks for the link!! I was glad to see the food I use (Foster & Smith) got a 4 star rating. It seems like the 5 and 6 star foods have more meat (and thus more protein) in them. I don't think that is necessarily a good thing as far as Yorkies go. The rating system would make one think that, of course, the higher the rating the better. The food I use has a 21% protein content. It seems like, in the case of Yorkies, too much protein could be taxing on the liver (JMO). Any other opinions from anyone that's done the research?

[Woogie Man]

To the original poster....Science Diet received a 1 star rating and is not recommended.

[chattiesmom]

I feed Canidae All Life Stages to all my dogs. I have fed Wellness and Innova EVO.

My best recommendation would be to do some independent research on dog foods (at sites NOT representing a specific food) and get a good dog food education and become a label reader. If I can't understand what the ingredients are, then I don't want to feed them to my precious pooches.