percentage of protein in dog food
 

I have been researching different dog foods for abby. The newest thing is dog food seems to be non grain dog food, but these have around 42% protein in them and a bit higher amounts of fat. Are these ok for yorkies especially pregnant ones? They do say that because of the higher protein that they are not recommended for puppies.:animal36

It's fine as long as your dog doesn't have medical issues (like liver disease) in which a high-protein diet is not recommended. These premium grain-free foods have very high quality sources of protein. Also, dogs are carnivores and were created to eat high protein diets. If you're sticking with commercial food, I recommend canned over kibble though since canned has moisture in it that I think is important.

I was planning on doing a combination of the two. I usually add canned in the morning and just dry in the evening. That way she gets some chewing. I was looking into natures variety raw instincts of the many foods that I let her try this one she seemed to like the best. Do you know anything about it? Thanks for any information.

I haven't tried any of the Nature's Variety kibbles, but I feed their raw diet to Lacy and to my cats. I also feed some of the Instinct canned to one of my cats. I think Natures Variety and Innova Evo are both great pet food companies - definitely both up there in the top premium foods (and I don't trust most commercial pet foods). The one thing about Nature's Variety is that there are several protein sources to choose from with their Instinct Diets and you can rotate them to give your pet variety which I think keeps them interested in eating (I wouldn't want to eat the same thing every day my whole life) and I think variety is just overall good for their health. But you can also rotate brands of pet food if you want to as well. You can feed Innova Evo for a while and then gradually switch to Nature's Variety for a while...there are a lot of people that will rotate premium brands of pet food to give their pet variety. Both my cats are on half raw/half grain-free canned right now (Lacy is on raw only) and my younger one has been eating California Natural but I'm going to switch her to the canned Innova Evo for a while...I think she's getting bored with the California Natural so I want to switch it up for her.

Thanks for all the info. Deb

The internal med specialist we saw last week said great things about Wellness. if you go to Wellnessdogfood.com you can find all of their products and info. I wanted to go with the super 5 mix (red bag) but he suggested high quality protein and LOW fat. So we choose Wellness weight management b/c it was the best fit compared to Royal canin duck and potato. I do not care for the ingredients in the pres foods. WE have issues so we have to follow a strict diet. (urinary tract infections, protein loss in urine. and high blood pressure) they make wellness snacks that my girls are going crazy for. i also feed Innova Senior diet and it is lowered in fat and sodium. another site to read is dogfoodanalysis.com.

I have heard that 30-40% protein is really high for our little girls. you really only need 20% or a little higher. you would be inmpressed if you check out wellness. I asked the internal med specialist about the raw and he would not support it at all. I was really wanting to try the raw but he would not advise. I even said that so many YT talk were feeding the raw and he just gave me a bad look on his face. I am not one to preach what anyone should feed. I have learned so much from my YT friends so I would never want that to be taken that way. I have been spending the last 4 months researching food and I think that Canidae and Wellness are the best for dry foods. The innova senior canned my dogs also will die for. we use it for treats and to give meds.

The Wellness site teaches you A LOT about diet, feeding, and what goes into pet food. You will find it very useful in finding a good food whatever you decide to go with. It talks about sodium, fat, protein in the nutrition section of there website. very good info to see. highly recommend. :-)

I feed NV kibble or it is out all the time,I really only have one who eats it but they all really like.(they have all tried it) I used to feed the all organic and then switched to this and they like it just the same .Not to expensive I buy the big bags 22.00.
They different varieties also we are on the chicken now.