Hello, great site. I am a new member and need a little advice on food.
Welcome, and you definately came to the right place for that!
We are getting a mini Schnoodle in a week or so
Congrats!
I like that Orijen is grain free and they have a few different varieties that could be rotated for flavor variety.
Grain free foods are generally higher quality. While I have not tried Orijen (it's not avaliable here, and with other options, I don't bother ordering it online) I would if they had it in my area. Rotating is great if you're going to feed kibbles, but it doesn't have to be all from the same maker.
The pet store recommended Innova as well.
Innova is a good food for not being grain free. They also have a red mea formula of it for rotating, and many canned varieties, including their Flex line, which I have not gotten my hands on yet. While regular Innova is not grain free, they do make a grain free line called EVO that is pretty good. It also has an original formula that is chicken & turkey based, but also offer a red meat formula for to provide alternate protien sources. My Grissom likes them both, but does a full body wiggle for the red meat formula!
He will only get to be about 15lbs when fully grown so dont know if the high protein in Orijen is good for a small breed but have read nothing but great things about it.
A dog is a dog, big or small. Canines are carnivores, therefore their diets should be made up of mostly, if not only, meats. Protien is nothing to be afraid of, though a lot of major dog food companies and vets will tell you to beware high protien foods. It's simply nonsence.
Innova and Orijen are both pretty good foods, but with only one being grain free, they aren't in the same class. I think you should be comparing Orijen and Evo, rather... in which case, I would go with which one is more readily avaliable to you, which agrees best with the budget you'd like to stay in, and which one your dog does best on.
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