My dog is about ten months old, so she's still on puppy food. I've just been feeding her the Purina One cheap stuff, but recently she's been shedding like CRAZY and I have been told that better food helps that. I tried the fancy stuff once and it gave her really bad gas, and it was expensive. I'd like to find a mid-price food (better than grocery store but not $50 a bag, she's big). I prefer organic stuff. Any suggestions??
DON'T buy Iams. My vet said Iams have a preservative in it that is show to cause cancer. I'd suggest going to Bark and Purr and talk to them about it. They really know there stuff.
I have a hunting lab that also runs hunt tests and feed Arkat Veterinary Formulated from Callahan's General Store - No gas - High quality ingredients - high nutrition density - Firm stool - Feed 25% less than purina pro-plan performance - less stool waste - better coat - Runs the same or cheaper than "high end" brands from pet smart because I feed less. - relatives finicky dog that is babied on moist will eat it and no other dry. They have several formulas and I switched our 11 year old lap dog to the senior and she loves it. The Link Ingredients: Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Rice Flour, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, a source of Linoleic Acid), Beet Pulp, Rice Bran, Sunflower Oil (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, a source of Linoleic Acid), Natural Chicken Flavor, Flax Seed, Dried Egg Product, Brewers Yeast, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Fish Oil, Lecithin, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Extract, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Garlic, Dried Cheese, Chondroitin Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Niacin, Biotin, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Menadione Sodium Bisulfate Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Calcium Iodate, Cobalt Carbonate, Folic Acid Crude Protein M I N I M U M 26.0% Crude Fat M I N I M U M 15.0% Crude Fiber M A X I M U M 3.50% Moisture M A X I M U M 10.0% Omega-3 Fatty M I N I M U M .70% Omega-6 Fatty M I N I M U M 3.50% Chondroitin Sulfate M I N I M U M 70 mg/kg Glucosamine M I N I M U M 450 mg/kg
one thing i would consider, look at the ingredients. my dog is allergic to corn gluten meal. causes him to shed like non-other. i feed both dogs nutro max adult lite (they're on a diet). he's been on nutro for years and the shedding, while still around (b/c of his coat) has really evened out.
Agreed. It is a lot of work, but it's worth it. I try to make it a weekly ritual with my pup. She has a really thick undercoat and the Furminator removes handfulls of it.
My big dog loves the furninator, but she loves to be brushed, period. I'm having hell getting the golden retriever pup to like being brushed-- and she hates the furminator.
I have the Furminator and use it, but I just have to do it until I get tired, and there is still tons of hair coming out. Do you ever get "finished" furminating?? My dog likes it until I do it on her tail then she gets really irritated.
Nope. I never get finished. That's why I try to make it a weekly ritual. My beasty has a very high prey drive and herding mentality (she's a Chow/Cattle Dog mix). I take her in the back yard to furminate, but birds or other critters always lure her attention. I can keep her calm for a while, but after about 5 minutes she's had enough and I have to give up. My other dog (a Basenji mix) is a piece of cake. Because of his short hair, I can furminate him in 2-3 minutes.
brush your dog outside with that brush in the spring. especially if you have that thick undercoat that's like cotton. leave it in your backyard and the birds will use it.
I feed my dog Wellness Super5Mix (chicken). It's expensive but my dog seems to like it more than other dog food. I tried that Costco stuff because of the reviews, but my dog flat out refused to eat it. Thats a bummer because it has excellent ingredients, great reviews, and cost a fraction of that I pay now.
I fed my dog Nature's Recipe, which is available at PetsMart, in different versions and flavors. There is an allergy sensitive mix, old dog mix, growing dog mix. Seemed to be a good food. My dog had itchy skin, so we got the allergy mix, and used oatmeal shampoo if it got really bad, and some of those supplement capsules, can't remember if it was the fish oil or something similar. He made it past 16 years of age. The premium foods create less waste, a plus when policing the yard.
I had a long talk kennel owner on this subject. Bottom line: ITS ALL THE SAME. The cancer talk is ridiculous. If fact, she feed all of her championship hunting dogs aims mini chunks.
