Science Diet .?.?.?
 

Im starting this thread to decide which is the best food to switch my Gracie to. Right now she is eating Science diet puppy. I've heard from many people that because of the corn in it and allergies i should switch to something else but some say it is the best and vet recommended... Why is it vet recommended and not that good for them? thats what i dont get! Well anyway if everyone can tell me what they feed, fed, or what is best to feed my puppy i would be veryy thankful!!! Thankss For all the responsess!!! :animal-pa

I have wondered that myself, in fact the vet tech gave me some to try because Ollie was such a picky eater. It's what they feed at the vets office.

I believe it is all individual preferences, dogs seem to do well on all brands. It just depends on what yours likes, and if they are alergic to corn or not.

I feed science diet, Natural choice, royal canine, Iams and Puppy chow. They eat what they want, but Royal Canine does appear to be their favorite.

Ok I'm kinda a dog food nut.

Science diet is recommended by vets because they sponser their colleges (fact) rumor: also because they get a percentage of science diet sales to keep them advertising.

Science diet is not good because with any dog food you want the first three main ingrediants to be some form of meat. Preferrably not a by-product(which can consists of heads, feet and the likes). Corn is not digestable and a lot of dogs are allergic to high corn content. Look at it this way... what goes in must come out and if you're putting stuff in them that isn't really that digestable they're going to poop out more.

I highly recommend: Natures recipe, Innova, and Nutro Natural Choice or Nutro Ultra.

They are all natural will have no by-products, and they'll make your dogs doodie smell less and more compact. Meaning they won't poop as much.

My baby Loves Royal Canine. I believe it's because of how small the pieces are. It's easier for them to chew.

I have fed all four of mine Science Diet. They have no allergies, are very healthy, really nice healthy coats and love their food. If they were having problems, I would have to switch, but they are doing great.:)

I feed Mia Merrick's Puppy Plate. Merrick's is one of the better ones. I would recommend Chicken Soup, Innova, Canidae, Merrick's type of high quality foods. Depends on which one your dog likes. If you ask for samples, I am sure fellow YT members would send you some. It's been done before. That way you don't have to buy the entire bag only to find out that your dog won't eat it.

Is Nature's Recipe Nutro Natural Choice or Merricks better ?

There used to be a thread on how to grade dog food. Let me try to find it.
Here you go:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sho...grade+dog+food
Good luck with the math ;)

Oh, and you can find nutritional info on the brands' websites.

out of the three? Merricks.

take a look at this.
http://www.thepetcenter.com/imtop/bestfood.html

I am new here, and do not have my puppy yet but I have not been able to get off of yorkietalk for a week now. I can't wait to get my baby. Anyway this link was posted in another thread and I found it very useful! :)

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_f...iews/index.php

I just read through the ingredients on the 6 star dog food and YUCK!
there protein is way to high, to much protein is not good for yorkies, it should be around 30%
please read this list of bad food for dogs
http://mooreshaven.com/pets/dogs/saf...foodslist.html

yes I read about all of the dog foods from 6 stars down to 1 star, and came to the conclusion that none of the 6 star food was fit for a yorkie, IMO the best foods seem to be Innova, Merrick's, and Canidae, my only concern is the vitamin c in Canidae. It can case liver and kidney damage. Just thought the original thread maker might find the like helpful like I did when doing my research on food. It really gives an easy to read breakdown of each food, also the reviews point out some things I didn't not know myself.

Merrick's has salt in it and I would not think that would be good for any dog. I think the Royal Canin or Nutro Ultra sounds like the best.

WOW, I guess some people are right! New people don't always get a warm welcome around here!

Welcome to YT!!! sorry about that, I was so caught up in the food thing yesterday I lost my manners, please forgive me hun!
This is a great place to come and I'm glad your here! :welcome4: :big_hug:

sweetgracie don't take offense... yougetthesmiles is very nice!!!!!! We are all looking for what is best to feed our babies. I use science diet puppy right now for Juicy. I have ordered the merricks puppy plate, canidae, nutro, and chicken soup. I haven't decided just yet what I am going to stick with. I haven't recieved any of them Whatever the girls don't like will go to my local animal shelter. Good luck !!!

Thank You! I try to great everyone on here, but like I said, we have been so caught up in finding the right food, again please except my apologies!

I know Royal Canin has corn in it, but my Schatzi loves it, and I did the food grade thing, and it gets a 96% an "A"! This grade is for the mini puppy 33 formula...

I've been watching her for itching, becasue I heard corn can casue yorkies to itch, but so far she is doing great!

And you also need to make sure you get a food that isn't TOO high in protein, it's bad for yorkies...

those companies pay the vets to sell their product in the vets office. it helps the vet money wise when they sell the products to the customer thus helping the food company........

This article will explain why vets recommend Science Diet:

http://www.simplyschnauzer.net/hills.html

I haven't seen Chicken Soup mentioned on this thread yet, so I will recommend Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lovers' Soul! It received 5 stars on this list:

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_f...p/cat/3/page/2

It is an EXCELLENT food...the first two ingredients are Chicken and Turkey, it is all natural, there's no corn in it, and my two LOVE it and they are VERY VERY picky. I did lots of research and tried many many foods (ProPlan, Merricks, Innova, Royal Canine, Candidae, etc.) before I found Chicken Soup. The bites are also tiny (same size as the Science Diet Puppy kibbles) which makes it easy for our little yorkies to eat! :thumbup:

Here are the ingredients and the guaranteed analysis of the food. The protein amount is right on the money....28%.

Ingredient list:
Chicken, turkey, chicken meal, turkey meal, whole grain brown rice, whole grain white rice, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), oatmeal, potatoes, cracked pearled barley, millet, duck, salmon, egg product, flaxseed, natural chicken flavor, kelp, carrots, peas, apples, dried skim milk, cranberry powder, rosemary extract, parsley flake, potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, dried chicory root, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite (source of vitamin K activity), riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.


Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein 28% minimum
Crude Fat 17% minimum
Crude Fiber 3% maximum
Moisture 10% maximum
Sodium 0.3% maximum
Vitamin E 300 IU/kg minimum
Selenium 0.4 mg/kg minimum
Omega-6 Fatty Acids* 3.3% minimum
Omega-3 Fatty Acids* 0.5% minimum

I found a Science Diet dog food that has lamb and, I think, rice (no corn). Reuger just loves it. I've been mixing it with Chicken Soup Dog food. Reuger is allergic to corn and he has been on Science Diet, but he really didn't have any trouble with it. I've switched because he seems bored with his food.

the chicken soup has salt in it, why would they put salt in dog food?

It is only 0.3% Sodium...that is a miniscule amount of salt.