[robynmarie]

Hey fellow doodle owners!

As I try to warm my bones after a long trip to the collllld dog park, I thought I'd check back in with the doodle list. Haven't done it in far too long! Hope you all are well!

Banjo just turned 10 months and is doing great! We're interested in switching her food, and so I searched the archives of this list to see what others were feeding. It looks like there are all sorts of great choices in adult dog foods, but I am lost in the sea of information! I saw some endorsements for Flint River Ranch, Canidae, and others.

Here's my question: How does one go about researching dog foods? What are some good online resources to begin researching? What are the most important factors (in your knowledgeable opinions!) in a dog food? We want to get Banjo started on a high-quality food, but I don't yet know how to figure out what's high quality or not (besides seeing that the first item on the ingredients list is meat)...

Any thoughts? I know you've got some!!

Robyn

 

[robynmarie]

Thanks, Jac!

Well, we ended up researching online a bunch and decided on Pinnacle. We bought a small bag and mixed with Banjo's puppy food, and she LOVES it. We like it because it's got all natural ingredients, no corn, and real meat.

She seems to be doing great with it, so it looks like we've got a winner!

Robyn

 

[robynmarie]

Wow, you all provided such great links!

I found Pinnacle here:

http://www.canine-epilepsy.com/toptenfoods.html

And it happened to be carried by my local pet store, which is great about carrying really natural stuff (they had California Natural, Solid Gold, Innova, etc...)

Banjo is REALLY liking this food! She gobbles it up every time really quickly compared to her lingering walk by, have a bite, walk by again 10 minutes later, have a bite of her puppy food. Even the cat tries to eat it!

Robyn

 

[robynmarie]

Great link, Tina!

Thanks again everyone for all the wonderful info you posted! Really great