What is the best dog food ?

[Gunny Bunny]

With so many to choose from are there some articles around the rate different dog foods for large outside dogs ?

[TDG]

ask 20 different people what the best dog food is and you get 20 different answers. it all boils down to what's acceptable for you and what isn't. for that you have to learn what the different ingredients actually are, and how a dog benefits from having (or NOT having) them in a food.

if you want to learn more about dog foods and the ingredients used, have a look at this page, it has some good advice as well as links to other informative sites.

http://home.comcast.net/~Mordanna/dog

[MajiesMom]

Here

[TDG]

small addendum to the whole dog journal's recommendations tho. those that are recommended are not the only "good" foods on the market.

here's what the author has to say:

"There are hundreds of dog foods on the market that I

[Aroura]

If you're looking for the best dog food and you are looking at kibbles you may be looking in the wrong spot. There are some very good brands of kibble out, personally I reccoment eagle pack or Innova, but if you want to keep an open mind go to the thread "raw diets... the other side", I think thats what its called. There are some different view points on alternate ways of feeding in there.

[Daisysmom]

I used to feed raw, but it got really expensive for 3 dogs and a pain to fix. I did it mostly for health reasons which have become better over the past 6 months or so, so I tried a dry food again. I really like, and so does the dogs, Natural Balance.