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Whats the best dog food2007-11-25 2:53:54

Notice how the better food has more meats, less grain, and no by-products than the other brand? That's where to start looking for what food is higher quality. Also be aware, just because it's expensive doesn't mean it's a good food.

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Another thing to be wary of: A lot of vets will recommend what they sell in their office. They get profit and kick-backs from the brands they keep on their shelves, that's why they push it. Truth is, vet schools don't focus a lot on nutrition. It's not saying that a vet is a bad vet because he recommends those foods, a lot of vets just are told "this is good food", so they pass the message along without proper nutrition knowledge. Also, some dog food brands (like Hills) support vet schools, so vets have heard of it from the time they start college, which makes them think it's good as well.

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When switching foods, do it slowly. I do this over about a two week timespan:

25% food A, 75% food B

50% food A, 50% food B

75% food A, 25% food B

100% food A

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Well according to Dr. Marty Goldstein, the renowned veterinarian who is caring for Oprah Winfrey's dog Sophie and has sustained one of her pets lives to up to 19 years, suggests that the best dog food is no dog food. Its an alternative potentially identical to mankind. He suggests that we should cater our dogs to natural foods rather than those food-processed whatchamacallits that we don't have a heck of a clue what each of them represent. They look so different compared than what we purchase at the supermarket that we could be serving that Carbon Monoxide and we wouldn't know. Many of those same dog foods are held accountable in the result of causing thousands or maybe even millions of dogs to either get fatally sick or die. Check on his website, more specifically, http://www.drmarty.com/feeding.htm/,... for a further elaboration.

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My husband and I did lots of research on this. We wanted to give our dogs the best food out there. I highly recommend Innova. Canidae is also excellent.