Elizabeth, if I made you feel like you needed to defend your feeding strategy I am sorry. I only switched from Nutro because I saw loss of condition in my dogs. My mom's dog is still on it as is my puppy. In fact when I looked up the Nutra Nuggets that I now feed on the site provided earier in the thread it was a 2 star food, but my dogs have never done better!

I have also know show dogs who do really well on walmart brands. Go figure. The one breeder tried everything else in the high end foods, it all came shooting out the hind end. She tried pedegree and it was better. The dog gained weight and muscle tone etc. She actually sends her boyfriend to buy it because she is embarassed to be seen with the food.