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What do you think of Purina's Proplan food for Small Breeds??? When I picked up Chloe from the breeder, she gave me some food. She was feeding her Proplan for Small Breeds. It is made by Purina. Also she was feeding her this can food called Advantage for puppies. I gave Chloe some and she seems to like(mind you she is small eater). So this is the question: I was wondering if anyone recommends this food, and if you don't, what brand do you recommend and how can I wean her off of it??? Any information is appreciated!!! |
My vet has recommended ProPlan for my cats for years, that is what they eat and they seem to do fine on it. From what I have learned here, there are higher quality brands. Do you need the Lexus or is the Camry good enough? The million dollar question when it comes to food. Personally, I feed by Yorkies Merrick Before Grain, Timberwolf, Evangers, Party Animal and Nature's Variety. I am going to try my cats on Wellness, grain free. |
Lol well i want the lexus but if my furbaby likes the Camry, I am fine with it...lol. She seems to like it but only mixed with the Advantage. I know for sure I am going to wean her off of the wet food... |
Purnia is a very low quality food. There are sooooooooooo many better foods out there and ya know what they pretty much cost the same. I wouldn't feed anything with yucky by-products :thumbdown |
Ask your vet about it, a lot of ours recommend purina. I have our golden retriever on Purina for joints and hips or something like that, I can only get it through the vet. All my others are on eukanuba naturally wild and are doing really well on it. |
corn is one of the first ingredients. it may cause allergies and itching. Small Breed Formula - Products - Purina® Pro Plan® |
I'm not too sure about the foods just yet. I just got my lil girl two weeks ago and I went to the petstore and picked up Royale Canine for Yorkies. I'm from Canada and I guess over here this is one of the better yorkie brands of food. My lil girl loves it so far and I talked to a breeder from the area and they feed their yorkies it too. |
I personally think it's junk and would never feed my babies that. However, if it works for you -- it works. There are a lot of health problems associated with low quality foods, however. The most likely one has been mentioned - allergies/itching. Low quality foods use a lot of grains and animal byproducts as filler. You never really know what it's in it. We feed grain-free only! Right now my babies are on Wellness Core but other foods I would recommend are Orijen, Nature's Variety Instinct, Taste of the Wild, Merrick Before Grain, and Ziwi Peak. There are some options that have grains that are good, such as Nature's Variety Prairie, California Natural, Merrick, Timberwolf, Fromm, and Natural Balance. |
Thank you all!!! Now I am about to put another post about how to switch her food!! Hopefully I can take this back to Petsmart and get an exchange!!! |
Also I noticed that Chloe has been itching since I have had her. I have washed her and don't see any fleas...maybe she is allergic.... |
I personally wouldn't recommend this food to anyone. To be totally honest with ya, Purina ISN'T a good brand unfortunately :( There are plenty of good ones out there though - although none are sold at your local grocery store ;) |
I have to agree with the people here who would NOT feed this to their pets....I have to agree with you Brooke, I'm always telling people that you just can't find a good pet food at the grocery store it's all junk...... Here is a link that lists good pet foods...... http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...e-samples.html This link rates foods...... Dog Food Analysis - Reviews of kibble |
I agree with other posters as well...That food isn't the highest quality and I believe it contains by-products which are so disgusting... Petco sells Natural Balance, Solid Gold, Wellness, and Halo's. Any of these would be better :) Good luck finding a new food! |
Actually this food is not in the grocery store and I found it at the Petsmart. I am thinking about switching her to Royal Canine..that has been highly recomended and the ingredients look well within standard. |
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If you do a search on YT on Royal Canin, you will find that this food has caused MANY MANY Yorkies to itch like CRAZY. And not just Yorkies - but ALOT of dogs of many breeds cannot tolerate this food. It causes MAJOR itching. If I were you, I would look into Natural Balance, Wellness, Natures Variety and even Orijen. These are GREAT foods and I don't think you can go wrong. However - if your baby suffers from a BAD case of the itchies...Natural Balance's Allergy Formulas are #1 in my book :D P.S. - Yes you are absolutely right...Purina is also sold at Petsmart (shame on them!!) :rolleyes: :thumbdown |
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Although it is generally believed that Royal Canin is a great food b/c they make a yorkie food, this is not the case. It is not a high quality food. It contains lots of fillers and allergens. Petco is a better place to look and they have Wellness, Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Halo's, etc. which are high quality. |
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Yeah once I posted that, something told me to go and look at the reviews...its was not good. So now I am thinking about switching to Blue...it had four stars and no corn or weird fillers. |
Oh and I also going to look into Natural Balance...(thanks stedmansmommy!!!) |
Nutro We feed Mojo Nutro small bites mixed with Nutro canned chicken, turkey and rice and a couple tbsp. of warm water. He loves it! We buy it at our local pet store. |
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I went to a pet store around here and thats what the lady suggested for Stormy. Royal Canin. She's been on it and hasn't had any problems, she actually likes it alot. |
There are so many choices out there. I've used different ones but have been using LIfe's Abundance exclusively for my 4 furbs. Let me know if you need direction on where to research it! Missiemiss |
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I feed Sasha Nuto small bites as well and have expierenced no problems as well. After looking at one of the review sites, I found out it's only given a 2 star review, but she doesn't have any problems with the food, so as long as no health issues come up, I plan on sticking with it. She absolutely loves it! Everyone has their opinions about the best food though. |
The breeder that I purchased Sasha from fed her dogs Purina Pro Plan mixed with Solid Gold (slightly odd combination) Solid Gold was a little high for my budget since my local pet stores only really sold it in bulk so I stuck with the Pro Plan for awhile. After some time, I noticed that she started getting bad breath and seemed itchy. I mentioned it at work (I work at the Petsmart PetsHotel) and one of my co-workers suggested switching foods and trying Nutro. I saw an instant change in her coat, no more itching and surprisingly her breath actually got better lol. I forgot to mention this part in my above post lol. Like I said up there though, everyone has their own opinions about what food is the best. I know Nutro isn't, but I've had great results with it so far and if I do start expierencing problems with it, I know where to turn to get some advice. :thumbup:;):D |
Purina for small breeds My yorkie is 4 mo.s old and likes the purina. But she has constantly leaky eyes and scratches frequently, especially her ears. and the vet says she doesn't have an infection. I've requested samples of the "chicken soup for the pet lovers soul" after reading several reviews and hope it will help her eyes, itching, and coat. To change her food you should gradually add in small amounts of the new and decrease amounts of the old. |
Most vets don't know what a good high quality dog food is, unfortunately. Dog owners need to start reading the ingredients list, and pay more attention to what is good and to what is bad. The thing is that a lot of people don't know how to distinguish a good from a bad dog food. I personally didn't know anything about dog food, until i started reading and searching, that was when i stop feeding my babies RC and Science diet:thumbdown |
Consumer complaints about Nutro Pet Foods Nutro feeders, have you seen this? The ingredients aren't as big of a concern as all the sicknesses and deaths being reported from owners whose dogs have eaten this food. |
The breeder I'm getting my biewer pup from also uses the purina pro plan, I heard it's one of the better purina brands.. |
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