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04-13-2008, 06:33 AM | #1 |
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| Which of these 3 should I go with????? Hi all. I got a Yorkie pup about 2 weeks ago. She came to me eating "Costco" brand dog food. I switched her to EaglePack but she does not seem very into it at all! She is eating VERY little. I am hunting for a new food and have two other choices. I am not great at label reading so I will post the ingredients for Acana, Performatrin Ultra(which is sold only in Canada), and the EaglePack. Could those of you who know anything about ingredients read them over and give me opinions? Thanks! Performatrin Ultra Puppy Food..... Chicken Chicken Meal Whole Brown Rice Whole Barley Whole Rice Menhaden Fish Meal Oatmeal Ground Whole Rye Sunflower Oil stabilized with mixed Tocopherols (a natural source of Vitamin E) Dried Egg Product Alfalfa Meal Peas Fresh Whole Sweet Potatoes Fresh Whole Carrots Fresh Whole Apples Sea Salt Kelp Brewers Dried Yeast Potassium Chloride Whole Blueberries Whole Flaxseed Spinach Dried Skimmed Milk Chicory Root Extract (Prebiotic) Garlic Lactobacillus Acidophilus (Probiotic) Bacillus Subtilis (Probiotic) Bifidobacterium Thermophilum (Probiotic) Bifidobacterium Longum (Probiotic) Enterococcus Faecium (Probiotic) DL-Methionine Taurine Yucca Schidigera Extract Lecithin Ascorbyl Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C) Zinc Amino-Acid Complex (source of Chelated Zinc) Choline Chloride Vitamin E Supplement L-Lysine Iron Amino-Acid Complex (source of Chelated Iron) Rosemary Manganese Amino-Acid Complex (source of Chelated Manganese) Basil Sage Copper Amino-Acid Complex (source of Chelated Copper) Dandelion Vitamin B12 Supplement Vitamin A Supplement Niacin Calcium Pantothenate Vitamin D3 Supplement Riboflavin Folic Acid Pyridoxine Hydrochloride Thiamine Hydrochloride Biotin Beta Carotene Cobalt Amino-Acid Complex (source of Chelated Cobalt) Potassium Iodide Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity) Selenium Yeast (source ACANA INGREDIENT LIST........ Chicken meal (low ash), steamed oatmeal, rice bran, chicken fat, ground whole flaxseed (natural source of Omega 3), beet pulp (sugar removed), herring oil (natural source of DHA and EPA), chicken broth, yeast extract (MOS), chicory root (FOS), yeast culture (saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation solubles), yucca shidigera, marigold extract (source of lutein), rosemary extract, whole garlic, Atlantic kelp, carrots, parsley, tomatoes (natural source of lycopene), apples, salt, potassium chloride, choline chloride, lysine, vitamin A supplement, dl alpha-tocopherol acetate (vitamin E), methionine, carnitine, vitamin D3 supplement, *iron Bioplex, *zinc Bioplex, *manganese Bioplex, biotin, *copper Bioplex, niacin, riboflavin, thiamine, nonitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), vitamin B12, calcium iodate, folic acid, lactobacillus plantarum, enterococcus faecium, lactobacillus casei, lactobacillus acidophilus. *chelated mineral EAGLEPACK PUPPY LIST...... Ingredients: Chicken Meal, Ground Yellow Corn, Chicken Fat (Preserved With Natural Mixed Tocopherols), Pork Meal, Oatmeal, Dried Beet Pulp, Ground Brown Rice, Ground White Rice, Anchovy & Sardine Meals, Brewers Dried Yeast, Flaxseed, Wheat Germ Meal, Menhaden Fish Oil, Dried Egg Product, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Carrots, Peas, Inulin, Yucca Schidigera Extract, DL-Methionine, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, d-Pantothenic Acid, Niacin Supplement, Choline Chloride, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Biotin, Lecithin, Rosemary Extract, Inositol, Kelp, Polysaccharide Complexes Of Zinc, Iron, Manganese, Copper and Cobalt, Potassium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Enterococcus faecium, B. subtilus, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus coagulins, Aspergillus oryzae, and Aspergillus niger. |
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04-13-2008, 06:39 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | Of the three foods you listed, the Performatrin Ultra Puppy Food ingredients sound best, IMO.....at least with it, the first ingredient listed is "chicken" versus "chicken meal" with the other two foods.
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04-13-2008, 06:45 AM | #3 |
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| definitely the Performatrin Ultra Puppy Food sound best. What is the protein % on it? |
04-13-2008, 07:00 AM | #4 |
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04-13-2008, 07:06 AM | #5 |
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04-13-2008, 07:20 AM | #6 | |
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Ok, thanks. I was getting rather worried because she wasn't seeming to eat much at all so I asked the vet how much per day she should be eating. He said maybe around a quarter of a cup a day. So the day before yesterday I put a quarter cup of food in her dish and days later there is still almost all of it there! I could not even get her interested at all! When I put about 8 pieces of Performatrin Ultra in the dish with her other food she went crazy and ate all the 8 pieces and spit out the Eaglepack pieces if she picked one up! I am supposed to be gradually changing her food by mixing them together but she WILL not eat the EaglePack! Is this ok to just switch without mixing? | |
04-13-2008, 07:29 AM | #7 | |
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04-13-2008, 07:34 AM | #8 | |
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I just did the feeding so I haven't seen if she will have poop issues yet. ANOTHER QUESTION....what food ingredients make them scratch alot? Are certain ingredients pron to them being allergic to or causes dry/itchy skin? She does seem to scratch and she doesnt have fleas. | |
04-13-2008, 07:59 AM | #9 |
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| I HIGHLY suggest Orijen Puppy! It is made in Vancouver and is a 6 star premuim food. Everyone I know around my area feeds their Yorkies Orijen or Ancana. I feed it to my 6mth old and her skin is no longer dry and flaky and her coat is nice and soft and shiny.
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04-13-2008, 08:20 AM | #10 | |
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04-13-2008, 09:17 AM | #11 |
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| None of them are "real" food, so I'd go with home cooking. It's simple and healthy. |
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