Need to Switch Food :( Need advice

[Woofie]

Look on Chewys.com and look to see if they have Victor foods; they are a farming/ranch type food for herding dogs - great company and very reasonable.

I pay less feeding raw - but I make my own - I do not use pre-made raw, you WILL go broke for sure!

Also, look for RedPaw, they are made at the same plant as Fromm's, but a LOT cheaper - also a very good company.

I personally find Purina and Eukanuba would be out of my financial reach with 2 big dogs as well.

[Georgia]

Petsmart sells a brand called Authority. Its a decent food and very reasonably priced. Or look at some of the Purina One formulas and Eukanuba

My mom feeds her dog Authority. He does great on it. If you need to stick to grocery store brands, look into Iams or Purina One. My vet recommends them if you buy your food at the grocery store. Pro Plan is always on sale and I can often get the big bag for around $40. When I feed Pro Plan, Sam only needs I cup twice a day so the big bag lasts a long time.

[Snowshoe]

As is often said here, on threads such as yours, DogFoodAdvisor is just one person's opinion. I prefer The Dog Food Project - How does your Dog Food Brand compare?. It does give opinion but it shows the source for those and the goal of it is more to teach you how to read labels so you can make your own decision.

It might help as well to carefully analyse the food you are using. It works well, right? Just costs too much? So I'd try to keep close to the same protein, fat and kcal/cup numbers in your new food. That alone should help narrow the field. If you look for similar ingredients, same main protein and filler source, that will narrow your search too.

ETA: Oh, and yeah, raw is way more expensive for me than kibble. I did go raw.

[JenC]

You can look at Purina Beyond. I have fed the Salmon and Pumpkin from time to time. It's a big cheaper and you can get it at the grocery store. Otherwise, I would do Pro Plan Sensitive Skin and Stomach.

[KenZ71]

I have 4 of mine on Purina Pro Plan. Get on Amazon's subscription and you can save 5% or 15% if you have 5 items. Not tough to do with 2 bags of pro plan, 2 boxes San Francisco Bay coffee and one random item.

[Nancy0]

Petsmart or petco always has pro plan on sale. I feed pro plan sensitive skin and stomach to Niner and as Georgia mentioned it's about 40 for the 33lb bag. I find that Petsmart is cheaper than petco

[Sue]

Have you looked into Earthborn? It's what I feed, and it's a good price. They have grain free and grain inclusive.

Manufactured by Midwestern Pet Foods which has never had a recall.

Home : Earthborn Holistic Pet Food

[TooLabs]

Just something to keep in mind also.. that a little extra cost on a good nutritional food may save you in the long run. I feed Fromm and although I love it I do know it is not for everyone because of the cost factor.. but because of it's high nutritional content with the rotation that I feed- I use very little in feeding.. both of my labs are well over 70 lbs and each only get a little over a cup two times per day. Whereas many years ago having the "ol family dog" and feeding a regular store type dog chow- it seemed like she required lots of cups of food and was nowhere near size of my labs. So look at volume/cost too when considering. The other thing is that everyone will have an opinion. I tend to scan sites such as dog food advisor and similar places but by reading too much you will become paranoid and very confused. I would look for a brand of feed that lists a meat (preferably whole) as the first item in ingredients and then go from there. The only food I would adamantly say stay away from is anything currently on a "recall list" or Ol Roy from Walmart!