Well, my mom gave the okay to bump up the dog food budget a bit in order to allow me to continue feeding Murph (my frenchie) Acana. He's been improving on it just after a week, and I'd like to keep him on that and hopefully continue to see more improvement as months go on.
Because of the $$ involved with buying the Acana, I'm going to keep Abbie (mix) on something relatively cheap, but still of decent quality. I can get all of these foods locally. What are your thoughts?
Canidae (rotate between the grain inclusive formulas)
Chicken Soup
Merrick
Nature's Variety Prairie
Precise
Ingredients for Precise, since I'm guessing not many people are familiar with it...
Chicken Meal, Ground Brown Rice, (Chicken Cartlidge (Source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin sulfate),) Rice Bran, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Ascorbyl Palmitate), Ground Oats, Beet Pulp, Flaxseed, Fish Meal, Natural Chicken Flavor, Lecithin, Fish Oil, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Dicalcium Phosphate, Choline Chloride, Calcium Ascorbate (source of Vitamin C), Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Biotin, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Niacin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (B6), Thiamine Mononitrate (B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, DL-Methionine, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate
GA:
Protein: 24%
Fat: 14%
Fiber: 3.5%
Also, it seems like Canidae used to be well regarded, but it seems like you don't hear a whole lot about it anymore. Any idea why?
Here are the rough prices that I would spend on each food, to give you an idea of the price differences. I'll show the most expensive formulas just so that covers all the bases.
Precise: 15lbs for $21
NV: 15lbs for $29
Merrick: 15lbs for $28
Chicken Soup: 18lbs for $25
Canidae: 15lbs for $25
NV and Merrick are at the top of my price range, the rest are much closer in what I'm looking to spend...
Because of the $$ involved with buying the Acana, I'm going to keep Abbie (mix) on something relatively cheap, but still of decent quality. I can get all of these foods locally. What are your thoughts?
Canidae (rotate between the grain inclusive formulas)
Chicken Soup
Merrick
Nature's Variety Prairie
Precise
Ingredients for Precise, since I'm guessing not many people are familiar with it...
Chicken Meal, Ground Brown Rice, (Chicken Cartlidge (Source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin sulfate),) Rice Bran, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Ascorbyl Palmitate), Ground Oats, Beet Pulp, Flaxseed, Fish Meal, Natural Chicken Flavor, Lecithin, Fish Oil, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Dicalcium Phosphate, Choline Chloride, Calcium Ascorbate (source of Vitamin C), Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Biotin, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Niacin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (B6), Thiamine Mononitrate (B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, DL-Methionine, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate
GA:
Protein: 24%
Fat: 14%
Fiber: 3.5%
Also, it seems like Canidae used to be well regarded, but it seems like you don't hear a whole lot about it anymore. Any idea why?
Here are the rough prices that I would spend on each food, to give you an idea of the price differences. I'll show the most expensive formulas just so that covers all the bases.
Precise: 15lbs for $21
NV: 15lbs for $29
Merrick: 15lbs for $28
Chicken Soup: 18lbs for $25
Canidae: 15lbs for $25
NV and Merrick are at the top of my price range, the rest are much closer in what I'm looking to spend...