What do you feed your dog?

[hemiram]

I fed my last dogs "California Natural" Chicken and Rice. One thing about it, it makes the smallest "end product" I've ever seen. My it had less odor coming out the back end and one time I couldn't find it anywhere, I bought some Blue Buffalo and they turned into gas factories until I found some.

 

[johngalt]

My folks golden retriever gets Fromm in the green bag. The highest listed ingredients are meat. Most of the dog foods are primarily fillers (corn) with much less nutritional value. He is 10 and still healthy and active.

 

[Chukar60]

A bit off topic, but I might take a second look at his cough. My female Rottie, and fishing buddy, Gretchen, developed a cough at about 11 years old. Vet examined her, and said not to worry, probably an allergy.

She got worse, and went down hill fast. Another vet examined her, and diagnosed heart failure, too late to treat. A proper diagnosis at the start could have been treated with meds, and at least made her more comfortable.

Larry

^^^THIS^^^

We adopted an old English Pointer. She had a cough followed by a sort of hacking gag. Took her to our regular vet. He sent us to a specialist.
Specialist diagnosed leaky heart valves. She is now taking Viagra. Yep Viagra to help offset the blood flow issue and Hydrocodone for her cough.
She is retired from the field but at least comfortable now.

 

[bullmack]

We're on our 4th German Shorthaired. Extremely high energy dogs. Another vote for Taste of the Wild. The big debate in the vet community at this time is whether or not the food should include grains.

 

[mmb617]

I have a Lab/Shepard/? mutt. He weighs 125 lbs and is 13 1/2 years old, pretty old for a big dog.

A year or two ago he started having some problems with his hips, making it hard for him to stand up after lying down. I switched him to a Purina dry dog food called vibrant maturity as it's supposed to have additives specifically for older dogs with mobility issues. It seems to have helped. This food is available to him all day.

He also gets a can of wet Purina each day split into two servings one for breakfast and one for supper. He loves that stuff.

When he was younger he used to get some table scraps but not anymore. At some point it became obvious that he can't eat people food anymore without diarrhea issues.

 

[leswad]

Solid Gold. It can be had on Amazon.

 

[cherrypointmarine]

My two Aussies are on a raw diet . My other girl eats freeze dried raw . If you're dead set on kibble , Fromms is the way to go . They've been around for over 100 years and never had a recall . Stella and Chewy's has a good line . Kibble with freeze dried raw , raw coated kibble , all their food is great . I would stay away from any store bought food . Our groomer's employee breeds Rottweilers and has the top breeder bit** in the southeast . I'll touch base with her and ask what she thinks and PM you .

 

[Rammer Jammer]

Ole Roy generic Walmart dog food. Used to buy Pedigree for my dogs until they were out of it one day and after a few moments of googlefu I found out that Pedigree makes Ole Roy, just different packaging and they shape the kibble differently.

Dogs need basic food. Genetically they are scavengers and those who feed their dogs anything but the most basic of dog foods are doing it more to please themselves than for the sake of their dog.

Yes there are some exceptions to a canine diet but feed em the basics, walk them daily and pet them so they will be happy and healthy.

 

[zeke]

Purina 1 for large dogs, 3 times a day when active. Gets a little shot of olive oil in it for breakfast. Snacks are very occasional small pieces of banana, carrot and thick uncooked soup bones (with most marrow carved out).

She thinks those small dry kibbles (training aid) are a special treat, being hand rubbed on the inner thighs of some kind of royal mastiff guard dogs.

 

[johngalt]

Dogs need basic food. Genetically they are scavengers and those who feed their dogs anything but the most basic of dog foods are doing it more to please themselves than for the sake of their dog.

Their digestive systems aren't designed process what is in most dog food (fillers). Just like people, the best foods are meats, fruits, and vegetables - not highly processed grain fillers.

 

[WardenRoss]

We use Victor dog food.

 

[Sistema1927]

Little Rusty, our rescue from last summer, and now fully recovered from the heartworms that he had when we found him, really like the Sam' Club Member's Mark "Wild Caught Salmon & Pea Recipe".

It is cheaper than similar foods, and gets pretty good ratings on the dog food review sites.

 

[Rammer Jammer]

Their digestive systems aren't designed process what is in most dog food (fillers). Just like people, the best foods are meats, fruits, and vegetables - not highly processed grain fillers.

I've seen dogs eat turds and carrion but never fruits or vegetables.

If it makes you feel better buying overpriced dog food go for it.

 

[johngalt]

I've seen dogs eat turds and carrion but never fruits or vegetables.

If it makes you feel better buying overpriced dog food go for it.

A 33 lb bag is about $66, or about 12.5 cents/oz. He gets fed 2x day, a total of 2.5 cups per day. Liquid weight would be 20 oz. I'm not sure what the dog food weighs per cup, but will use that as worst case 20 oz. The bag lasts more than a month, so I know the true weight is less than 20 oz per day.

20 oz works out to $2.50 per day, plus the occasional table scrap. The cheap dog food is 6.3 cents per oz. So we spend an extra 6.2 cents per oz/$1.24 per day on him. We don't begrudge that.

That has gotten us a 10 year old buddy who is happy, active (runs and swims), and has no health problems beyond a touch of arthritis in his hips.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Don't have a dog.

 

[jeffrefrig]

A 33 lb bag is about $66, or about 12.5 cents/oz. He gets fed 2x day, a total of 2.5 cups per day. Liquid weight would be 20 oz. I'm not sure what the dog food weighs per cup, but will use that as worst case 20 oz. The bag lasts more than a month, so I know the true weight is less than 20 oz per day.

20 oz works out to $2.50 per day, plus the occasional table scrap. The cheap dog food is 6.3 cents per oz. So we spend an extra 6.2 cents per oz/$1.24 per day on him. We don't begrudge that.

That has gotten us a 10 year old buddy who is happy, active (runs and swims), and has no health problems beyond a touch of arthritis in his hips.

Too much math!!!
That Stella & Chewies is the co. that we get the freeze-dried venison patties. I put half a tincture of 1000Mg CBD on one as it soaks right in...she loves them.

 

[Six6]

Our 14 1/2 year old German Shepherd Lily began developing water retention in her hind legs, some diarrhea, occasionally vomited...looked bad last Xmas. Vet wasn't much help, was kind of counseling to put her down as she has bad arthritis. But she seemed happy, so I was determined to see what we could do. My research indicated she might have pancreatitis, from the decent but fatty dry food and table scraps we always treated her to on occasion.

I switched her to air fried sweet potatoes, carrots, a little regular potato, mixed with boiled and rinsed 80% lean hamburger meat and one egg. Twice daily. She recovered fully, still suffers from her rear quarters arthritis but does well on Novox and Tramadol. She may see 16

 

[wheelgun28]

Our current dogs eat Whole Earth Grain-free and Chicken-free recipe. One of them is allergic to grains. If she eats them she will get itchy and start chewing her fur. The same goes for any treats, always chicken and grain free. Our vet said it is very common for dogs to have an allergy to chicken and grain.


One of our old dogs had health issues including pancreatitis. We had to feed her a low to no fat diet. I would trim cook chicken twice a week. We would also add oatmeal and pumpkin along with some Royal Canin low-fat prescription diet can food. I used to say I made more chicken than the Colonel. In bad weather, I could make low-fat beef too, boiled ground, or sometimes very lean cuts from the store.

 

[Old_Cop]

Buddy used to like scrambled eggs, bacon and toast, of course he was a 19 pound Shih Tzu.

 

[jscheck]

I feed my lab "Diamond Naturals". I have heard very good reports on natural/raw foods but for me it's prohibitively expensive. I find it a bit strange that when we were all younger the dogs got table scraps or whatever and did fine but today we spend a fortune on specialized foods.

 

[chief38]

We lost our 13 year old Golden Retriever on Sept. 20th. We mostly fed him a 50-50% mix of Costco Adult and Wilderness weight maintenance formula dog foods. He did very well on those and always seemed to gobble them down. The last few months when he stopped eating dog food (as he was failing) I'd BBQ him a steak almost every day. We also bought roasted chicken from Costco as these were the only two things left he would eat. When he stopped eating these, we knew it was a matter of a day or two.