What food should I be feeding my dog?

Innova EVO is recognized by experts and pet owners as a very high-grade dry dog food. It contains no grains at all, relying instead on potatoes for carbohydrates. Experts note that potatoes are also a good source of B vitamins and minerals. Meat, in the form of turkey, chicken, turkey meal and chicken meal are the top four ingredients, and other meats, namely herring meal, can be found further down the ingredient list. In addition, all other ingredients are very high quality and include whole fruits such as apples, vegetables such as carrots and tomatoes, whole eggs, cottage cheese and more. The only negative we’ve seen is that some dogs have a little trouble tolerating the high protein levels, at least at first, and that for the same reason, Innova EVO is not a good choice for puppies.

Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul dry dog food is less expensive than premium brands, but it has top-quality ingredients: Chicken, turkey, chicken meal, turkey meal, whole-grain brown rice and whole-grain white rice are its primary ingredients, and there are no chemical preservatives. It’s more expensive than store brands like Purina, but the main ingredient in Purina Dog Chow dry food is ground yellow corn – a grain that most pet-nutrition experts say your dog doesn’t need at all

Reviews say a dog’s diet should include both wet and dry food, and generally, reviews say canned food is of better quality, with fewer fillers, grains and preservatives. Canidae uses human-grade ingredients; its chicken and rice formula lists chicken, chicken broth, lamb, chicken liver, brown rice, barley and egg at the top. Meats are free of hormones and chemical preservatives. If you want the very best canned dog food, experts recommend Canidae. Canidae dog food is not involved in the massive March 2007 dog-food recall.

While not of the same high quality as Canidae or Nutro MAX, Pedigree is better than most store-brand canned dog food. After water (used for processing), its top ingredients are poultry and beef. Unfortunately, the next three ingredients are meat by-products, wheat flour and wheat gluten – lower quality ingredients of lesser nutritional value. Even so, Pedigree contains more meat than most other store brands. Although Pedigree contains gluten, it was not affected by the recent pet food recalls involving rice gluten