We think our dog got sick from eating Kibbles and Bits and have
started actually feeding him lots of cooked meat and whole grains.
Actually, this is our own version of BARF. It is a lot of trouble to
prepare this so we would appreciate recommendatins of the best dry dog
food that is made of good protein and grain ingredients. Any help
will be appreciated.

(Jack) said in rec.pets.dogs.health:

It is a lot of trouble to
prepare this so we would appreciate recommendatins of the
best dry dog food that is made of good protein and grain
ingredients.

The "best" is dog dependent, though some food is pretty crappy.
It took me a long time to find the best food for my special-
needs dog - in his case, California Natural chicken.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:58:46 GMT, (Jack)
wrote:

We think our dog got sick from eating Kibbles and Bits and have
started actually feeding him lots of cooked meat and whole grains.
Actually, this is our own version of BARF. It is a lot of trouble to
prepare this so we would appreciate recommendatins of the best dry dog
food that is made of good protein and grain ingredients. Any help
will be appreciated.

There are lots of good foods out there but not really any "best" food
for all dogs. What kind of sickness did the Kibbles and Bits give
your dog? If it was allergies, you want to choose a food with fewer
ingredients (fewer possibilities of things he's allergic to) and no
ingredients that are common dog allergens. If you are worried about
coat or energy level or other things, that might change where you go
next as far as food choices. A good rule of thumb is that if you can
buy it at the grocery store, it probably isn't a really good food,
though even so plenty of dogs live long happy lives on lower quality
foods. Do a google groups search on this group and
rec.pets.dogs.behavior and you will find numerous discussions of what
foods various regulars here feed their dogs and why. You can even get
input from people who don't post here regularly any more.

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay

I feed mine BARF on a daily basis, but for snacks I feed California
Natural. My shepherd likes it and I have seen no problems as a result
of it.

Jack wrote:
We think our dog got sick from eating Kibbles and Bits and have
started actually feeding him lots of cooked meat and whole grains.
Actually, this is our own version of BARF. It is a lot of trouble to
prepare this so we would appreciate recommendatins of the best dry dog
food that is made of good protein and grain ingredients. Any help
will be appreciated.


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I feed my girls a combination of Solid Gold dry food (Wolf King, since they are all large dogs) and solid gold cans. I also just discovered a canned food company called Evangers. I picked up their Roast chicken drummet dinner and it actually had real whole chicken drummets in it! At first I was a bit taken back, but the bones are extremley soft and the dogs went crazy over it. It was as a bout as close as home cooked as you can get from a can.

Here's the 2006 top dry foods list from the Whole Dog Journal


Artemis: www.artemispetfood.com
Azmira: www.azmira.com
Back to Basics: www.beowulfs.com
Bench & Field Holistic Natural Canine: www.benchandfield.com
Blue Buffalo: www.bluebuff.com
Burns: www.bpn4u.com
by Nature BrightLife: www.bynaturepetfoods.com
California Natural: www.naturapet.com
Canidae: www.canidae.com
Canine Caviar: www.caninecaviar.com
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul:
www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com
Cloud Star Kibble: www.cloudstar.com
Drs. Foster & Smith: www.drsfostersmith.com
Eagle Pack Holistic Select: www.eaglepack.com
Evolve: www.evolvepet.com
Firstmate Dog Food: www.firstmate.com
Flint River Ranch: www.flintriver-pet-food.com
Foundations: www.petcurean.com
Fromm Four Star Nutritionals: www.frommfamilyfoods.com
Go! Natural: www.petcurean.com
Hund-N-Flocken: www.solidgoldhealth.com
Innova: www.naturapet.com
Innova Evo: www.naturapet.com
Karma Organic: www.karmaorganic.com
Lick Your Chops: www.healthypetfoodsinc.com
Lifespan: www.petguard.com
Limited Diets: www.royalcanin.us
Merrick Pet Foods: www.merrickpetcare.com
Mmillennia: www.solidgoldhealth.com
Natural Balance Ultra Premium: www.naturalbalanceinc.com
Natural Choice Ultra: www.nutroproducts.com
Newman's Own Organics: www.newmansownorganics.com
NutriSource: www.nutrisourcedogfood.com
Organix: www.castorpolluxpet.com
Performatrin Ultra: www.performatrinultra.com
PHD Viand: www.phdproducts.com
Pinnacle: www.breeders-choice.com
Prairie: www.naturesvariety.com
Premium Edge: www.premiumedgepetfood.com
Prime Life: www.ompetproducts.com
Royal Canin Natural Blend: www.royalcanin.us
Timberwolf Organics: timberwolforganics.com
VeRUS: www.veruspetfoods.com
Wellness: www.oldmotherhubbard.com
Wellness Simple Food Solutions: www.oldmotherhubbard.com
Wenawe: www.wenawe.com.uy
Wysong: www.wysong.net
Zinpro: www.lincolnbiotech.com




Jack wrote:
We think our dog got sick from eating Kibbles and Bits and have
started actually feeding him lots of cooked meat and whole grains.
Actually, this is our own version of BARF. It is a lot of trouble to
prepare this so we would appreciate recommendatins of the best dry dog
food that is made of good protein and grain ingredients. Any help
will be appreciated.