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i'm always switching food. this month it's Orijen. last month it was Verus.
i use can food as a topping along with a lot of other things. i have
cans of Merrick, Blue, Performatrin Ultra, Verus on the self. i use other brands
of can food also. there's canned fish (human) in water no salt added. i give him
fresh meat, fish and fruit.
 
Turtle and Marlo eat raw PMR, I give them canned fish as it is very expensive to get fresh fish here and they get canned tripe.

Richter and Maddie eat Natures Logic different variety's or Fromm different variety's canned food, canned tripe, canned fish. I also make my own food for a topper that I have put up before so I won't go into it again.

And they also get raw sometimes. All eat raw eggs.
 
when i give my dog canned fish it's in water, no salt added.

Turtle and Marlo eat raw PMR, I give them

>>>> canned fish<<<<

as it is very expensive to get fresh fish here and they get canned tripe.

Richter and Maddie eat Natures Logic different variety's or Fromm different variety's canned food, canned tripe, canned fish. I also make my own food for a topper that I have put up before so I won't go into it again.

And they also get raw sometimes. All eat raw eggs.
 
my dogs are on a no grain switch

dogs
at the moment
50% merrick no grain 50% duralife <drys
wen that runs out it'll be
50% diamond naturals 25% merrick 25% duralife 25% <drys
wen that runs out 100% diamond

for wet its a variety and varies
diamond , gravy train ,pedigree ,evangers

for the 4 no grainer cats
drys right now its a mixture of nature variety instinct ,solid gold indigo moon ,before grain ,canyon creek
getting in mail in about 2 or 3 days chicken soup for the cat lovers soul <all drys

wets
triumph ,chicken soup for the pet lovers soul ,soulistic ,nature variety instinct

for the 2 grain eaters going to switch soon do to money issues
duralife <taking them off of that >diamond drys
wet friskies ,pet pride

i know its a big mess :p
 
Was feeding Fromm grain free, but the dogs were just doing okay on it so I switched to Merrick grain free and also grain inclusive. They did great until I had some trouble with a few small bags (inconsistent kibble pieces...color, shape was weird and made dogs have diarrhea). So....I switched them to Acana Duck which I fed for 2 months until recently when Lucy, my older mixed breed, started having some issues like constipation, vomiting. I decided to switch again to Wellness Small Breed - using all three formulas in a rotation, Adult, Healthy Weight and Core. I'm topping with Wellness Stews, Weruva, Simply Nourish, TOTW and Fromm 4Star canned food. I also add pre/probiotics/enzymes to their food. So far, all are doing way better than before. :)
 
My 1 yr old Shih Tzu eats all raw, (I prefer the Stella & Chewy 's but will buy Nature's Variety or Bravo when its on sale!) Tried him on many dry foods and always had anal gland/runny eye/poop issues, but doing perfect on the premade raw.

My 8 month old poodle /something mix eats half raw and half of whatever kibble we have at the house.

My 5 yr old GSD eats mostly kibble, and I rotate a lot! The brands that work for him and that I try to stick with are Nature's Variety Instinct, Castor and Pollux, Fromm (both grain free and with grains, the Duck and SP and Adult Gold are his favorites though!), and Taste of the Wild Wetlands. He always gets something wet and yummy with the dry food, like any cans that are on sale, raw egg, canned salmon, or some of the little guy's raw food :) they all get a little coconut oil and Solid Gold Seameal supplement every day also.

Needless to say, mealtimes at my house are fun :)
 
The doxie is on Nature's variety raw and Natural balance canned
Toy Manchester is on Nature's Variety Instinct kibble topped with a dollop of NV or NB canned so that I have something to put his meds in

Both were on Earthborn Great Plains for quite a while but the manchester was gassy and I realized it was the food when I stopped feeding it!
 
Now Fresh Adult Grain-Free. Still on first 6lb bag (over halfway through). We were feeding Fromm before that, since around late September-ish. Never totally happy with his poop, and he was lookin' a littllleee pudgier for my liking. I just think it's a bit too complicated of a formula for him.

I actually got a bag of Royal Canin a week ago though to try and see if it would solve his "loose stool only on long walks" problem, so I have fed it for about a week now, and honestly it hasn't helped at all, and if anything, his stool looks bigger and softer in general (not just on walks like on other foods) so I really just think it's just a 'him' problem and am going to probably end up giving the food to my dads dogs. lol.

I think he does best on foods with 3.5%-5% fiber and mid-range protein/fat levels. Not too low, not too high. I'll probably stick with Petcurean foods for a while.
 
My dog eats Orijen 6 fish since years. It is one of the only acceptable brands available here, and my dog loves its taste. We start to have more grain-free available brands, but almost nothing is chicken-free and low carbohydrate (only Orijen, Canidae Pure and ZiwiPeak are). As almost all good brands are imported, they are extremely expensive (on average, between 8 and 13 € / kg).
My cat eats Go with freshwater trout and salmon, and she really likes it too. As she can eat chicken, she has more choice than my dog.
But I use kibble only as a supplement or as treats. I mainly use various German brands of all-meat (or 95% meat with rice) canned food (Belcando, Grau, Rocco...) which are relatively cheap.
When I am able to find cheap meat, I sometimes buy fresh meat, offal or fish and cook them with vegetables and supplements.
I wish I could give them raw food, but I don't have a very big freezer for that, and often, the only available raw meat for dogs is chicken (the only forbidden fresh meat for my dog). I hope one day, we will have packaged raw foods, with more different protein sources.
 
My dogs (2 GSDs and 4 Dachshunds) are eating Life's Abundance. It's been a solid 3 years now without a change and they are doing fantastic. Ive used it off and on over the last 13 years since it came out and I became a rep. Emma has been eating it most of her life and just turned 14 2 weeks ago :)
 
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