[waltz4aidan]

I recently just purcahsed a 7 week old pit and started giving her the Blue brand mini-baby dog 30 bag of dry dog food. I am wondering if thats a good brand to use, its organic with real meat, but i saw the recall for their canned food on a post back in april.. does anyone else use the dry dog food and have good results with it?

[maryellen]

if you check out the ingredients, make sure that meat/meal is the first ones listed.

you can also go here to find out what to look for in dry dog food

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/


some of the better brands that are not sold in petco/petsmart are:

www.canidae.com
www.timberwolforganics.com
www.merrick.com
www.naturapet.com(which carries the innova line )

[waltz4aidan]

if i can just edit my post.. its actually the ROYAL CANIN- MINI PUPPY DRY DOG FOOD 30, 2LB BAG.. does anyone else use that? i also have the blue brand dry dog food for her, but havent used it yet..

[maryellen]

Chicken meal, brown rice, chicken, corn gluten meal, chicken fat, brewers rice, dried egg powder, natural chicken flavor, dried beet pulp (sugar removed), anchovy oil, brewer's yeast, potassium chloride, sodium silico aluminate, flaxseed, salt, fructo-oligosaccharides, rice hulls, choline chloride, Vitamins [dl-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C*), biotin, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), niacin supplement, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2)], taurine*, salmon meal, dried brewers yeast extract (mannan- oligosaccharides), Trace Minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate], marigold extract (Calendula officinalis L.), preserved with mixed tocopherols, rosemary extract and citric acid.

that is the ingredients for the mini puppy food. corn gluten meal is not good, beet pulp is not either, salt, rice hulls, those are not good ingredients.. if you look at the link i gave it tells you about each ingredient and what to not look for and what to look for..

[jennay2]

I'm not sure if we can judge that meat first thing anymore...I tried to prove a point about food to husband once, and pulled out a pedigree or science diet or some crap like that, and it had meat, just meat as the first ingreident. But then it went to like ground rice or something icky.

Perhaps they're beating us at our own game lol I tend to look for two meats first, and anything less I put down.

[Rai_77]

It's a 2 star food here, the highest is 6 stars. This site lists ingredients and rates the food with 2-6 stars, with 6 stars going to foods with the highest real meat content and no grains.

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_f...ct=281&cat=all

[Michele]

Innova is also an excellent food