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Apr 3 08 6:40 AM
I have done a lot of research into dog foods, tried the raw thing and learned about dry foods.. etc etc.
I love raw, but it is very difficult to get the right 'balance' of ingredients for your dog.. plus it is time consuming and can get expensive. OH.. and I've found that you have to have a good place to feed it (my dog liked to eat off of the floor, so it was an 'outside' activity).
I highly recommend Canidae dog foods. They are very high quality and are produced by a small company (read: quality control) who believes in using the best ingredients. Their basic belief is in an "all stages of life" type of nutrition - so no 'puppy' food or 'fat dog' food, etc.
The stuff is so high quality that you feed less, and your dog thrives. Like with horses, you can see the result of good nutrition in dog 'poo'. With the raw diet, ideally the 'poo' will resemble that of wild dog species, devoid of anything of value and truly a waste product. In my experience (that of someone who has to pick up her dog's poo) Canidae does a pretty good job of providing nutrients that the body absorbs and doesn't waste.
A good food will allow your dog to get the most out of it, remain highly active, and lean.
check them out at www.canidae.com They are not in every pet store, but it is worth the drive to get the food. Once you become a 'canidae person', you kind of become part of an elite crowd Seriously though, people ALWAYS stop me and comment on my dog (I actually have people slow their cars down and shout out "Nice Dog" out of their windows when we are on a run or walk). They often ask me what I feed him and I tell them. About one in ten people will say "I knew it! I feed Canidae too!". It's weird, I know, but makes you feel like you are doing your dog a service.
On a side note, and I don't mean to start some kind of a flame war here, but after working (part-time) in a number of vet's offices I don't think I'll ever do science diet. Firstly, as a kid I cleaned up that science diet poop. Secondly, the vets who sold it wouldn't use it for their own dogs. Thirdly, the vets who didn't sell it refused to on principles of nutrition. As far as signing up for a promo food, they would only go with the best that was available, Royal Cannin. Canidae is too small of a company to provide food for veterinary offices. RC is another good choice (but more expensive) if you can't do Canidae.
Somewhere on the internet there is a non biased listing of the ingredients found in a number of dog foods... I can't remember where I found it, but Canidae was the top, with things like Wellness, Eagle Pack, and RC very close.
Sorry if this was rambling, but I had to stop a million times for the phone, work, etc.. I hope the important ideas were conveyed though.
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