When Lucy was a puppy, I started her off with an all raw diet which consisted of me driving to the local butcher twice a week to buy fresh chicken legs, turkey necks, beef portions, fish, liver, heart, you name it.But then, when adolescence set in for Lucy and I couldn't keep up with feeding her and another dog I had at the time, I switched her to an easy to buy Eukanuba large breed formula. It was a huge bag for a reasonable price available at Petsmart, which is located at pretty much every corner in Houston. I thought to myself that this was just a temporary fix until I could find the "right" food.
I finally switched her over to Candiae all life stages. The first five ingredients are chicken, turkey, lamb, white/brown rice. Whereas, the first five ingredients in Eukanuba are chicken, corn meal, ground whole grain sorghum, chicken by-products and brewers rice.
Not only are the first five ingredients in Eukanuba craploaded with grain but if you read further along the ingredient list, you find that Eukanuba is inclusive of it's water content, meaning that once the water has been removed and absorbed, the content in the food weighs considerably less than what it actually says on the bag. So, less weight=not enough protein/calorie intake=more unnecessary feedings.
From personal experience, no dog should be fed grain and corn meal. This caused Lucy to develop skin allergies. When she ate Eukanuba, she ate up to 9 cups a day whereas she only eats 4 cups of Canidae a day. And, because Canidae is so rich in actual meat and has no fillers, she knows when her stomach feels "full" and overeating is not a problem. Overeating and "over-pooping" was always a problem with Eukanuba because she wasn't getting the neccessary protein and vitamins she needed.
In short, Lucy's skin allergies are gone, her weight is healthy and maintained, her coat is glossy, she doesn't have bad gas anymore and she eats slowly and happily because she isn't so "starved" of her nutrition.
Happy pets=happy owners.
i thought u guys had lucy on blue buffalo?
ReplyDeletewe did, but blue buffalo didn't work out either. the bag said that you only need to feed a 120 pound dog 4 cups a day but it turns out that she needed more...which is a good indicator that the protein level and ingredients in the food isn't up to par.
ReplyDeletehappy owners=happy blogs.
ReplyDeletehuh, i feed dexter "instinct" it's supposed to be high in protein, but i don't remember what was the first 5 ingredients
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