What kind of food do you feed?
I feed my three (Corgi, Border Terrier, Chihuahua) Eukanuba, but I'm looking to switch maybe to a better, higher quality food I can find locally. I can't go expensive, we're trying to be frugal... What do you recommend and what do you feed?
I feed the occasional Ceasar or Iams wet, but like I said, is this okay? Can't go the "best and most high quality", but I can afford an upgrade.

we feed our mini doxie purina little bites. she loves it!

I have been feeding RAW now for a while .My girl LOVES it! There are only a few "Kibble" products I would feed if I had to.

I have a Doxie. I do feed her Purina Little Bits but she prefers Roast Chicken. I usually by the 10 lb. package of thighs & legs and roast them for her. I am looking into a food suppliment to add to it when I feed it to her. Don't know if I'm doing the right thing by feeding her the chicken but it's about all she will eat for dinner. She eats the little bits in the morning. Can someone tell me if I am doing the right thing by feeding her the chicken.

Originally Posted by bdavis

I have a Doxie. I do feed her Purina Little Bits but she prefers Roast Chicken. I usually by the 10 lb. package of thighs & legs and roast them for her. I am looking into a food suppliment to add to it when I feed it to her. Don't know if I'm doing the right thing by feeding her the chicken but it's about all she will eat for dinner. She eats the little bits in the morning. Can someone tell me if I am doing the right thing by feeding her the chicken.

check out this link...... BARF for Beginners - Most Frequently Asked Questions


from what I read on it...it says not to cook the bones, because they can splinter and cause the dog to choke, or possibly death.

I feed my Chi Mix..Science Diet R/D, because he has health issues and has to loose weight to help him with those issues.

My Min. Pin. Mix gets Iams....so does my Collie Mix...but she is almost 8 yrs old and the Vet told me to switch her to Senior dog food, esp. since she is starting to show her age..so I have to look into that when I go shopping for dog food again.

Originally Posted by Kelly Anne

What kind of food do you feed?
I feed my three (Corgi, Border Terrier, Chihuahua) Eukanuba, but I'm looking to switch maybe to a better, higher quality food I can find locally. I can't go expensive, we're trying to be frugal... What do you recommend and what do you feed?
I feed the occasional Ceasar or Iams wet, but like I said, is this okay? Can't go the "best and most high quality", but I can afford an upgrade.

If cost is a factor and you are looking to upgrade the food your dogs on, have you thought of Kirkland premium dog food at Costco. it would be hard to find a better food around for the money-20$ for 40 lbs.

If you want to research better foods check out dogfoodanalysis.com. They rate foods from lowest-being 1 to high protein grainless foods at #6.

I've always fed my chow/rotti mix purina for active dogs. Now that she's getting older I just in the last couple months switched her to purina mature which has a soft center for aging teeth and gums She would never eat Eukonoba for me... but cats are both on Iams and have been since I got them. I like the results from that enough that if I ever have another dog... it too will be getting eukonoba. Which I believe is actually a part of Iams??? Does anyone know for sure?

You have fairly small dogs who wouldn't need large meals. I suggest Eagle-Pack! It is excellent quality. Apparently, the best diet and least costly is homemade...which most of us lack time for, but people swear by it. Here is the contact info for a woman who has researched this topic for many years: peremi@earthlink.net She is filled with facts you might be interested in. Avoid IAMS- they actually experiment on dogs!! For non homemade that isn't THE most costly, go with Eagle-Pack. My dogs love it! If that lady doesn't reply, go online to 'homemade dog foods' you will find tons of ways to do it.

My dog loves Alpo Full course, also from Purina. I also feed her Purina canned foods. It is very affordable and very good quality.

I'm surprised at all the commercial dog food buyers especially after so much has been revealed about what's in these foods...for a very little extra cost, why not visit sites written by pet nutrition experts- great advice as well as brands to choose from. Plus, since the more pure grades of foods are whole foods and not fillers like corn, you use half as much. I figure my dog's health will usually reflect what he's fed. Check out " ask Linda" at Dog Health - Cat Health - Pet Health - Horse Health - Human Health | NZYMES.COM (PT) The best info on feeding I have found.

I have 2 golden retrievers and a keeshound, who have been on a raw regimen for years. Whole chickens and beef, pork and wild game are always on the menu. The retrievers are working dogs and get fed every 2nd day. There isn't a speck of plaque on their teeth, and their feces are just about odour free. No fillers or chemicals in their diets!

I'm a little late to this post, but definitely NO to Iams and Cesar's wet food! I'm currently feeding Solid Gold Just a Wee Bit to my Shih Tzu and it's the best food I've tried. It's made for small breed dogs and I think it would be great for your 3 guys.

Here's a link to the food:
Just a Wee Bit Adult (bison)

Originally Posted by Kelly Anne

What kind of food do you feed?
I feed my three (Corgi, Border Terrier, Chihuahua) Eukanuba, but I'm looking to switch maybe to a better, higher quality food I can find locally. I can't go expensive, we're trying to be frugal... What do you recommend and what do you feed?
I feed the occasional Ceasar or Iams wet, but like I said, is this okay? Can't go the "best and most high quality", but I can afford an upgrade.

I swear by Addiction raw dehydrated food. Or at least my baby swears by it! They have a website - Addiction Pet Food - So Good You'll Want it Yourself!

I used to feed Fit&Trim. But switched to Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul. And then to Canidae Platinum. I think we're sticking with the Canidae. It's good food. And tastes good, too. I've sampled it myself, and it's quite tasty. Seriously!

I mostly feed Kyle on Chappie as it has been voted the number 1 dog food for nutrition and easy to digest. I also give him Bakers and Iams with a cooked chicken breast and carrots. It's worrying if you are feeding him with the right food.

Cathryn

I just started posting here. I'm glad to see others are feeding raw food. I've had great success with my dogs on a raw diet. I buy inexpensive chicken. I'm trying to get some deer meat right now. They love it. So do our cats. And I've never seen them healthier. People mention how shiny they look. I have a Doberman and a small mixed breed (mutt). It's been cheaper than the dry dog food and I know I'm giving them what they need. Good luck with whatever you choose to feed.:-D

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Originally Posted by Nikita's_Mom

My dog loves Alpo Full course, also from Purina. I also feed her Purina canned foods. It is very affordable and very good quality.

Please educate yourself on the ingredients in these foods....Purina is far from a high quality food and Alpo has got to be one of the worst!...These foods contain tons of fillers such as corn and wheat which a dog does not digest well,has no use for,and are high allergens....Their meat source is made from by-product which are the parts of the animal that are not fit for human consumption....Please do some research!

I agree, Purina doesn't make anything worth dragging home from the store. I think a couple people mentioned their little bites - here are the ingredients

Whole grain corn, meat and bone meal, corn gluten meal, soybean meal, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), poultry by-product meal, whole grain wheat, animal digest, brewers rice, salt, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, potassium chloride, Vitamin E supplement, zinc sulfate, zinc proteinate, ferrous sulfate, choline chloride, parsley flakes, added color (Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Red 40, Blue 2), manganese sulfate, manganese proteinate, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, calcium carbonate, brewers dried yeast, copper sulfate, calcium pantothenate, copper proteinate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, garlic oil, Vitamin B-12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate, Vitamin D-3 supplement, riboflavin supplement, calcium iodate, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite

the ingredients are listed according to their weight in the food as is people food. this is primarily CORN which is not digestable & causes a lot of allergy problems as do wheat & soy.

did you notice that there is NO meat in this food?

artificial dyes & preservatives are known carcinigens

now read this about meat & bone meal - same thing as "animal" fat

At the rendering plant, slaughterhouse material, restaurant and supermarket refuse, dead stock, road kill, and euthanized companion animals are dumped into huge containers. A machine slowly grinds the entire mess. After it is chipped or shredded, it is cooked at temperatures of between 220 degrees F. and 270 degrees F. (104.4 to 132.2 degrees C.) for twenty minutes to one hour. The grease or tallow rises to the top, where it is removed from the mixture. This is the source of animal fat in most pet foods. The remaining material, the raw, is then put into a press where the moisture is squeezed out. We now have meat and bone meal.

here is the link to the excerpt from the book

Food Pets Die For; a Book Excerpt

to the person who suggested Eagle Pack - I'm fairly sure you mean the holistic food, which is good but they also make food by that name that has corn & other undesirable things in it

as for those that questioned feeding chicken - it would depend on what else you are feeding with it as to whether it is proper nutrition or not.

you can google home cooking for dogs, raw diet, BARF or dog nutrition for starters