So What Dogs Foods Have You Tried?
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Over the years our dogs have been on:
Nutro Natural Choice
Pedigree (the only thing our Dalmatian could eat for some reason and she thrived on it)
California Natural
Orijen
Canidae
Kirkland
Innova
Now!
Acana
Acana Provincials (grain-free version of Acana)
I think that's all of them... I might've missed a couple, but I can't think of any others that we've had. Currently Dance is eating Acana Provincials Grasslands, Keira is eating Acana Provincials Pacifica, and Ripley's eating California Natural Herring & Sweet Potato. The girls are doing better than ever on their foods, and hopefully Ripley does well on his. He's having a lot of food issues.
Nutro Natural Choice
Pedigree (the only thing our Dalmatian could eat for some reason and she thrived on it)
California Natural
Orijen
Canidae
Kirkland
Innova
Now!
Acana
Acana Provincials (grain-free version of Acana)
I think that's all of them... I might've missed a couple, but I can't think of any others that we've had. Currently Dance is eating Acana Provincials Grasslands, Keira is eating Acana Provincials Pacifica, and Ripley's eating California Natural Herring & Sweet Potato. The girls are doing better than ever on their foods, and hopefully Ripley does well on his. He's having a lot of food issues.
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When I had Sierra on kibble (almost a 10 month period) I rotated pretty frequently. She had been used to the variety of raw and I just couldn't settle on one kibble and say she'd be fine.
I tried:
Timberwolf Lamb and Apple
Solid Gold Barking at the Moon
Innova EVO
Innova
Fromm Adult Gold
Orijen
Go! Natural Salmon and Oatmeal
(as you can tell, I tried to rotate between grain free and quality foods with some grain content).
Actually, the only food that didn't agree with her was the one I took a bit of a chance with anyways. (Wysong Maintenance) It has a significantly higher grain content than most foods I used, but thought I'd give it a shot since I really like the company as a whole and the supplements they make. Sierra was gassy and had fluffy poops. I didn't like.
All of the others went over well.
I tried:
Timberwolf Lamb and Apple
Solid Gold Barking at the Moon
Innova EVO
Innova
Fromm Adult Gold
Orijen
Go! Natural Salmon and Oatmeal
(as you can tell, I tried to rotate between grain free and quality foods with some grain content).
Actually, the only food that didn't agree with her was the one I took a bit of a chance with anyways. (Wysong Maintenance) It has a significantly higher grain content than most foods I used, but thought I'd give it a shot since I really like the company as a whole and the supplements they make. Sierra was gassy and had fluffy poops. I didn't like.
All of the others went over well.
I've tried a lot of different dog food brands, with the fosters and all. With Maddie it went something like this (I don't remember exactly what or when I switched from the Eukanuba. She was very young, and I was just learning about the "truth" of dog foods)
Eukanuba -- Royal Canin -- Natural Balance -- Chicken Soup -- Canidae; did very well on before the ingredients change, then I had to switch again -- TOTW - Nature's Variety -- Innova EVO -- Raw -- Innova EVO/Raw
And I can tell a different of her skin/coat on all of these foods. She did well on Canidae before the change, but think she does better on the EVO. Dry skin/coat with the NB. I liked it but found myself supplementing with oils and such(too much for my taste) I liked NV, but it made her have really bad dandruff. TOTW made her eyes goopy and gross (same for Mia, which is weird). I loved 100%, but had problems getting a variety, or everything I need for the pirce I needed it LOL so right now the EVO/raw is the best for us
Eukanuba -- Royal Canin -- Natural Balance -- Chicken Soup -- Canidae; did very well on before the ingredients change, then I had to switch again -- TOTW - Nature's Variety -- Innova EVO -- Raw -- Innova EVO/Raw
And I can tell a different of her skin/coat on all of these foods. She did well on Canidae before the change, but think she does better on the EVO. Dry skin/coat with the NB. I liked it but found myself supplementing with oils and such(too much for my taste) I liked NV, but it made her have really bad dandruff. TOTW made her eyes goopy and gross (same for Mia, which is weird). I loved 100%, but had problems getting a variety, or everything I need for the pirce I needed it LOL so right now the EVO/raw is the best for us
Over the years ... the foods I can remember anyway ...
Family Dogs
Ken'L Ration
Wayne
ANF
Purina Pro Plan
Strictly my dogs ...
Purina Pro Plan
Nutro Max
Eukanuba Veterinary Diets (because it was free from work)
Nature's Recipe Group Specific Formula (Herding breed)
Nutro Natural Choice
IVD Rabbit or Duck
Chicken Soup
Innova
Canidae (which I loved until the formula change! )
California Natural
Healthwise
Nature's Variety Instinct
Family Dogs
Ken'L Ration
Wayne
ANF
Purina Pro Plan
Strictly my dogs ...
Purina Pro Plan
Nutro Max
Eukanuba Veterinary Diets (because it was free from work)
Nature's Recipe Group Specific Formula (Herding breed)
Nutro Natural Choice
IVD Rabbit or Duck
Chicken Soup
Innova
Canidae (which I loved until the formula change!
)California Natural
Healthwise
Nature's Variety Instinct
Avoderm (that's what the shelter fed, gave her diarrhea)
Solid Gold (gave her diarrhea)
Innova (gave her diarrhea)
California Naturals (gave her diarrhea--see a pattern here!?)
Finally we've settled on TOTW Pacific Stream formula. She seems to do better on fish, and so long as we don't give her any chicken or beef of any type (no treats, kibble, or meat), then a spoonful of pumpkin keeps things good.
Solid Gold (gave her diarrhea)
Innova (gave her diarrhea)
California Naturals (gave her diarrhea--see a pattern here!?)
Finally we've settled on TOTW Pacific Stream formula. She seems to do better on fish, and so long as we don't give her any chicken or beef of any type (no treats, kibble, or meat), then a spoonful of pumpkin keeps things good.
in no particular order and probably missing some because i switch foods a lot
nature's variety prairie
nature's variety instinct
innova adult
innova evo (original)
canidae
taste of the wild (assorted flavors)
wellness core
solid gold hund-n-flocken
california natural
eukanuba premium performance 30/20
frankenprey raw
nature's variety prairie
nature's variety instinct
innova adult
innova evo (original)
canidae
taste of the wild (assorted flavors)
wellness core
solid gold hund-n-flocken
california natural
eukanuba premium performance 30/20
frankenprey raw
Purina Dog Chow
Nutro Natural Choice Lamb
Eagle Pack Holistic
Solid Gold Mmillenium
Innova Evo RM
Sensible Choice
Merrick Grammy's Pot Pie
Pro Plan Selects Salmon
California Natural
Prairie
Prairie Instinct
Fromm Surf n Turf
Taste of the Wild
Wellness
Currently Kirkland Lamb in the am and Honest Kitchen Preference with beef in the pm.
Nutro Natural Choice Lamb
Eagle Pack Holistic
Solid Gold Mmillenium
Innova Evo RM
Sensible Choice
Merrick Grammy's Pot Pie
Pro Plan Selects Salmon
California Natural
Prairie
Prairie Instinct
Fromm Surf n Turf
Taste of the Wild
Wellness
Currently Kirkland Lamb in the am and Honest Kitchen Preference with beef in the pm.
Starting with what the rescue sent Izzy home with
Pet Pantry (The Pet Pantry | Home | Free Home Delivery | Dog and Cat Food | Raleigh, Cary, Wake Forest NC) (yellow poo)
Nutro puppy Ultra (Runny poo)
Avoderm (Yellow and runny poo)
Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lover's soul (Decent for her, still shed a lot and poo'ed often)
TOTW (Poo's once a day, shiny coat and a great energy level)
We're currently rotating TOTW flavors each bag to keep her interested and she's a great weight with a glossy coat so I think that's where she'll be unless we ever have the time, room, and money for Raw.
Pet Pantry (The Pet Pantry | Home | Free Home Delivery | Dog and Cat Food | Raleigh, Cary, Wake Forest NC) (yellow poo)
Nutro puppy Ultra (Runny poo)
Avoderm (Yellow and runny poo)
Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lover's soul (Decent for her, still shed a lot and poo'ed often)
TOTW (Poo's once a day, shiny coat and a great energy level)
We're currently rotating TOTW flavors each bag to keep her interested and she's a great weight with a glossy coat so I think that's where she'll be unless we ever have the time, room, and money for Raw.
