That's right, another food thread ... :p
The internet can be a wonderful thing, offering a wealth of information, it can also confuse the heck out of ya. I've spent a lot of time over the past couple weeks researching dog food. Like most things in life, opinions are all over the place. I've never really given the food much thought in the past with other dogs I've had, they seemed to do well on whatever I brought home. Stools were always firm, no throwing up, etc. My nearly 5 month old Zeke is the first dog I've had that is a purebred and wasn't a rescue. For whatever reason I've decided to look into things more with Zeke, food, training, general knowledge and such.
So I thought I'd pose a few question to the knowledgable folks here at the Labrador Retriever Chat Board.
Wet or dry, and why.
The following are concerning dry.
I've read a lot of bad things about corn in the diet, yet Pro Plan, which has a few corn ingredients listed, seems to be a popular food with some on this forum, why? and is corn really that bad?
How long before you wean your puppy off of puppy food and/or the food he came from the breeder with?
Is grain free all natural really a better diet?
If you find a food your dog likes why "rotate" foods? Is there a problem with always feeding the same food if the dog seems to enjoy it?
I'd like to hear what foods you use and why?
I want to do the best I can for Zeke, but at the same time not end up in the poor house, some of the so-called better foods are pretty darn expensive.
Does anyone have experience with Berkley and Jensen Chicken and Brown Rice, a slightly less costly "Natural" dog food.
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Ingredients: Chicken, chicken meal, brown rice, rice, oats, rice bran, chicken fat (preserved with natural mixed tocopherols and citric acid), herring meal, natural flavors, dried egg product, dried blueberries, dried spinach, potassium chloride, salt, fish oil (preserved with natural mixed tocopherols and citric acid), choline chloride, calcium carbonate, zinc sulfate, vitamin E supplement, ferrous sulfate, niacin supplement, copper sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, vitamin A supplement, manganous oxide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, sodium selenite, riboflavin supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, calcium iodate, folic acid, rosemary extract
I realize there are many threads here that may cover some of these questions but without the time to read every thread in existence I thought I'd ask in a new thread to contain the info in a single place.
Thanks in advance for your insightful responses.
Have a great day .... unless you made other plans,
Bill