What food to feed

[Jagersmom]

We are at day 5 on pro plan and doing great. Tomorrow will be full pro plan and we haven't had any diarrhea or issues at all. I hate buying 2 different dog foods so next week I am going to start transitioning my other dog to this.

[Bounce0330]

I'm new here but looks like a lot of you know what's what about feeding. We adopted Steve about a year ago from Halo at Petsmart - he'd only been there one day. We definitely lucked out finding him - couldn't have found a more perfect fit for our house with a 4 yr old and 2 cats. Steve is just about 2 and just weighed in at 77lbs. (He likes to sneak into the cats food).
I grew up in "the dog show world" and my mother is a breeder as well as a judge now. So I've always had a little more inside knowledge than the average person I guess.
Steve has been on Purina One Chicken since we got him but I think he's bored with it. He eats the chunks of chicken and leaves the kibble. No doubt his pickiness is also fueled by his love for the cats dry food.
So, I've done some research and planned on changing food. My top choices were Orijen, Fromm & CORE. I had a bag of Core in my cart and then asked the manager at Petsmart (she's been there forever so we're familiar) and she said that perhaps it may be too much of a swing from P One - protein wise. She suggested Bil-Jac as an intermediate so I bought a small bag. Looks like rabbit food. But the dog seems to like it (I subbed 25% into his breakfast today). I haven't seen any comments about this brand so now I'm second guessing. I do see it has some controversial ingredients but I don't know enough about these items to know which ones are "ok" and which are "absolutely shouldn't be fed". Price of the food isn't that much of a concern, I just want something that he'll like and that is nutritions for him.

[Georgia]

I was at Petsmart a few weeks ago and they were giving out samples of Bil-Jac. The dogs thought it was delicious. I thought it was weird that it looked like rabbit food. I didn't think there looked like anything controversial in the food. If you don't want to stick with Bil-Jac, you could try Pro Plan or just mix up different flavors of Purina One. There are so many. Good luck finding something!

[Bounce0330]

I was at Petsmart a few weeks ago and they were giving out samples of Bil-Jac. The dogs thought it was delicious. I thought it was weird that it looked like rabbit food. I didn't think there looked like anything controversial in the food. If you don't want to stick with Bil-Jac, you could try Pro Plan or just mix up different flavors of Purina One. There are so many. Good luck finding something!

Thank you! Yes the pellets are odd aren't they. I did just buy the smaller bag, which is "regular" - they do make a Large Breed variety (I wasnt ready to commit to the big bag though until I knew if the dog liked it). Perhaps the Large breed variety is more kibble-ish.
The 3rd ingredient in the Bil-jac is corn meal. Is it true that dogs have difficulties digesting this?

[Georgia]

The 3rd ingredient in the Bil-jac is corn meal. Is it true that dogs have difficulties digesting this?

My dogs don't have an issue with corn so it doesn't bother me to feed kibble with corn in it. Sam ate pro plan focus large breed (which has corn) for a long time. He's now on Fromm whitefish and potato (no corn) not because I didn't like the pro plan but because the Fromm is lower in calories. I see no difference in how he digests either food. However, this is just my observation. Others may think differently.