Do you know how to choose your dog's food?

By price? Because it says its premium? Because your vet recommended it? If you answered yes to any of these, you might want to think again.
Did you know that the most expensive foods in your pet store are not necessarily the best ones? In fact they might not even be very good. Now you can be sure that the really cheap ones are not even worth looking at. No one can make high quality dog food for super cheap prices. To find a high quality dog food you may have to look farther than the grocery or pet store.

You might see pictures of steak, chicken, fresh vegetables, and grain on a bag of dog food and think that they actually contain these ingredients. Read the ingredients; you might be in for a rude awakening.

I love veterinarians. But many do not know much about canine nutrition.

So how do you find a high quality dog food?

You are going to have to break down and read the ingredients. When you find one that fits the bill, give it a try for a month or two.

If it's not the right food, believe me you will know. Berry and Robin classic examples. When Berry is not eating the right food, he suffers diarrea and vomiting. Robin gets horribly itchy skin and just the most horrible gas you have ever smelled - she can clear a room in an instant. Her idea of aromatherapy has even woke up my husband and me - usually with me demanding to know if that was him.

When you think you found the right food let your dog give it a try. If after a month your canine is itching like crazy, licking his paws, having digestive stress - you may have to hold your nose, it is time to try another dog food.

Dog Food Ingredients

The Good

• Whole fresh meat or single-source meat meal (e.g. chicken meal rather than poultry meal)
• A whole meat source as one of the first two ingredients (e.g. lamb or lamb meal)
• Unprocessed grains and vegetables

The Bad

• Generic fats or proteins like animal fat or meat meal
• Artificial preservatives
• Artificial Colors
• Sweeteners
• Salt

The Ugly

• By-products (things like lungs, kidneys, brains, bone, blood, stomachs and intestines) YUCK!

The following dog foods have received four paws up from Whole Dog Journal and Good Dog Magazine. Note: there are other excellent dog foods out there so if your dog food is not on the list don't worry. And remember not all dog foods work for all dogs. I have had many dogs, and here at our "dog house" we serve three different types of dog food.

Wellness Dog Food

Canidae Dog Food 

Eagle Dog Food