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11-04-2005, 03:03 PM | #1 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: West Virginia
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| Need unbiased opinion on food brands Ok, I've been doing my homework and am wondering whether I am feeding Harley the BEST food possible. So I've been looking at different brands and need you guys (Experienced breeders would be preference.. Don't take offense everybody! I just want to know long term use experience) Ok, let me know! I'm listing all their ingredients w/ the food.. SORRY in advance for this being so BIG! Natural Balance® Ultra-Premium Dry Food Chicken, Brown Rice, Duck, Lamb Meal, Oatmeal, Pearled Barley, Potatoes, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols - source of Vitamin E, Citric Acid, and Rosemary Extract), Natural Flavor, Tomato Pomace, Canola Oil, Brewers Yeast, Lecithin, Choline Chloride, Carrots, Potassium Chloride, Whole Ground Flaxseed, Dried Kelp, Sodium Chloride, Parsley Flakes, Calcium Carbonate, Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B-12 Supplements, Ascorbic Acid (vitamin C), Taurine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, L-Lysine, Manganese Sulfate, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Copper Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Acetate, Inositol, Folic Acid (Vitamin B, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), D-Activated Animal Sterol (source of Vitamin D-3), Biotin, Ethylene Diamine Dihydriodide (source of Iodine), Cobalt Sulfate, Vitamin K Supplement, Sodium Selenite. Natural Choice Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Small Bites Lamb Meal, Ground Rice, Rice Flour, Rice Bran, Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of natural Vitamin E), Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of natural Vitamin E), Natural Flavors, Rice Gluten, Dried Egg Product, Dried Beet Pulp (sugar removed), Potassium Chloride, L-Lysine, Dried Kelp (source of Iodine), Salt, Choline Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Taurine, Ferrous Sulfate, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Biotin, Copper Proteinate, Niacin, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Vitamin A Supplement, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid. Naturas California Natural Lamb Meal & Rice Lamb Meal , Ground Brown Rice, Ground White Rice, Sunflower Oil, Vitamin C (calcium ascorbate), Vitamin E (alpha tocopherol), Vitamin A (retinol), Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol),Niacin,Calcium Pantothenate, Manganous Oxide, Vitamin B1 (thiamine mononitrate), Vitamin B2 (riboflavin), Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin), Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), Folic Acid, Cobalt Carbonate and Biotin Canidae All Life Stage Formula Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Brown Rice, White Rice, Lamb Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Herring Meal, Flax Seed, Sun Cured Alfalfa Meal, Sunflower Oil, Chicken, Lecithin, Monocalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Linoleic Acid, Rosemary Extract, Sage Extract, Dried Enterococcus Faecium, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract, Inulin (from Chicory root), Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Fermentation Solubles, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Mixed Tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (source of B2), Beta Carotene, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, D-Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Papaya, Vitamin B12 Supplement.
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11-04-2005, 03:15 PM | #2 |
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| I feed Natural Balance. I think it's the best; they use no by-products, meal or corn fillers. |
11-04-2005, 03:21 PM | #3 |
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| The "best" food for shelby is the kind she will EAT. She loves nutro lamb/rice dry and Natural Balance Meat rolls. Both are good quality foods. |
11-04-2005, 04:01 PM | #4 |
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| Thanks for starting this thread as I am interested in this topic as well!
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11-04-2005, 07:07 PM | #5 |
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| I started out with the Natural Balance Ultra, but I've since switched over to Solid Gold. They like it real well and their stools seem to be better, but I think that any of those foods are good as long as your dogs will eat them. What good is a great food if they won't eat it???...
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11-04-2005, 07:59 PM | #6 |
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| Mackenzie eats the Nutro Natural Choice lamb meal and rice. I believe its quality food and she likes it
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11-04-2005, 08:17 PM | #7 | |
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11-05-2005, 07:59 AM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NEW YORK
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| I have agree with every one here. I feed nurtro products to my dogs and natural balance rolls as a treat. There is a web site and I will try and find it for you that goes over the ingredients in supermarket bought dog foods and thay are just awful I am not a breeder but my Lab has been on Nutro products for a long time and it has made a difference in her stool as well has her coat. You can almost see your reflection in it. And she was not always like that. And the nice thing about Nurto is they have a large variety to choose from, so if your pup doesn't like one you can try another. I prefer the Ultra. |
11-05-2005, 03:13 PM | #9 | |
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11-06-2005, 05:52 AM | #10 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NEW YORK
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| [QUOTE=HisNameIsHarley]I wanted to get harley the small bites kind of natural choice bc he's mouth is so small but my local store doesn't have that type but they do have the ultra.. Do you think Harley could still chew them up properly? That is my only concern.. I think I've decided on Natural Choice simply bc it's main ingredient is lamb instead of chicken.. The other ingredients are pretty much equal.. Heck, I could feed him both at the same time! He'd LOVE that! Just mix them together! lol[/QU How old is he? They make a Ultra Puppy, wich has really samll pieces. I mix it with the ultra puppy wet and she just loves it. She gets it mixed with wet twice a day and once a day she just gets the dry. |
11-06-2005, 08:02 AM | #11 |
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| I feed Inova EVO |
11-06-2005, 10:17 AM | #12 |
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| I think it's great Harley will eat anything!!!! Boy did you get lucky!!! Princess is very picky. You have some really good foods posted. I would just use the one you think he likes best.
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11-06-2005, 03:38 PM | #13 |
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| i feed royal canin and authority all natural with out byproducts |
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