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01-12-2008, 08:10 PM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Member | Has Anyone Ever Used This? Maggy May is doing lots better than she was when we got her but our vet suggested NOT switching her food right now to avoid any digestive problems. I had to do something today though and as usual, it's always after our vet has closed for the weekend. Anyhow, when we first got her, my hubby ran and got some puppy food, purina puppy chow. Not a good dog food, but it's what we feed out boxer because for some odd reason, it's the ONLY food he doesn't react to. Anyhow, so he got the purina puppy chow and Maggy was eating it ok. Well today she decided she didn't want it any longer, and having a small breed dog and her only being 9 weeks old, I know enough that she can't skip meals like that. I forced her all I could to eat some of it, but I can't force her like that all the time, she DOESN'T like it and I can't say I blame her. So, this evening, the hubby and I want out and I tried to pick her out a good puppy food. What I ended up deciding on was Natures Best, chicken and brown rice dinner (puppy formula) By Science Diet. Has anyone ever used it? If so, what has been your experience? I have started giving Maggy and Luke some of this, I'm mixing it in with the Purina little by little over a week until I have them all switched over. The problem is, they are rooting through the food and picking out the pieces of the Natures Best and still won't eat the Purina. I can't just switch them over all at once, I have to do it slowly. In the meantime, I'm worried that their sugar will go low cause they aren't wanting to eat the other food and I'm tryin my hardest to FORCE them to eat it.
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01-12-2008, 08:16 PM | #2 |
Phantom Queen Morrigan Donating Member | science diet food is no better then the purina ingredient wise. Most people here feed wellness, solid gold, canidae, chicken soup, innova or nature's variety. THese foods cannot be found in a petco or petsmart, and definitely not in a supermarket. i know boxers have huge skin issues so if he's not having any problems with the purina then keep him on it. As for your yorkie pup, i'd give her a better option.
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01-12-2008, 08:57 PM | #3 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| Although I hate Science Diet this food doesn't look THAT bad. I don't know if I would want to give a Yorkie pork fat though. Could you chopped the food as fine as possible (food processor) so they can't pick around it?
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01-12-2008, 09:06 PM | #4 | |
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Natures Best Ingredients: Chicken, Brown Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Cracked Pearled Barley, Soybean Meal, Chicken Meal, Pork Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Dried Egg Product, Natural Flavor, Whole Grain Oats, Apples, Cranberries, Soybean Oil, Peas, Carrots, Dried Beet Pulp, Iodized Salt, Flaxseed, Broccoli, Vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Vitamin E Supplement, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Calcium Carbonate, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract. Guaranteed Analysis: Crude Protein......................................Min. 21.5% Crude Fat............................................Min . 12.5% Crude Fiber.........................................Max. 3.5% Moisture.......................................... ....Max. 10.0% Ash............................................... .......Max. 5.5% Calcium........................................... ....Min. 0.5% Phosphorus........................................ .Min. 0.4% Vitamin E.............................................Min. 400 IU/kg Ascorbic acid*(Vitamin C)....................Min. 120 mg/kg Purina Whole grain corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, brewers rice, soybean meal, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), barley, animal digest, calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, fish oil, salt, potassium chloride, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, choline chloride, zinc sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, zinc proteinate, DL-Methionine, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, brewers dried yeast, manganese proteinate, added color (Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 2), niacin, Vitamin A supplement, copper sulfate, copper proteinate, calcium pantothenate, garlic oil, pyridoxine hydrochloride, Vitamin B-12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, riboflavin supplement, calcium iodate, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite. S-4001 Crude Protein (Min) 27.0% Crude Fat (Min) 12.0% Crude Fiber (Max) 5.0% Moisture (Max) 12.0% Linoleic Acid (Min) 1.6% Calcium (Ca) (Min) 1.1% Phosphorus (P) (Min) 0.9% Iron (Fe) (Min) 150 mg/kg Docosahexaenoic Acid* (DHA) (Min) 0.05% I had read up on the Chicken Soup For The Soul dog food and wanted to get that tonight, unfortunately, they didn't have it there. I'll have to talk to my vet and see if they sell it there. Thanks for your input though, it's very much appreciated.
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01-12-2008, 09:11 PM | #5 |
YT 2000 Club Member | Well, when I mixed it with the Purina tonight, I had soaked it and it wasn't completely soft yet, that's why they were able to pick it out. It's completely soaked now though so the next feeding they shouldn't be able to do that. Oh God, PORK FAT! CRAP! What was I thinkin? Dogs have trouble digesting PORK, why in the world didn't that register in my brain when I read the ingredients on the bag??? Well, looks like this is going back to the store first thing in the AM! Thanks for pointing that out to me, I really do appreciate it. I had done so much research on dog foods when Isaiah was a pup and I know pork isn't good for dogs, I can't believe I over looked that. I'll see if I can find that Chicken Soup for the soul anywhere.
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01-12-2008, 09:22 PM | #6 | |
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I don't have a big problem giving dogs pork but plain pork fat seems odd (it's like opening a container of lard for your dog ). It is probably fine though. I would also be nervous that the wheat and soy could cause an allergy. I'm impressed for this being SD though. Usually their kibbles are horrible.
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01-12-2008, 09:41 PM | #7 | |
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