Hi all,
I've been reading a lot in the food section and the more I read, the more confused I get. So I decided to ask for your opinions. Most of you seem to know a lot about ''good dog food''. So here it is. Which one of these 3 is the best for my Cocker Spaniel puppy?
1 - ProSeries Puppy (
http://www.proseriespet.ca/proseries-puppy)
INGREDIENTS:
Chicken Meal, Fish Meal (Herring & Anchovy),
Ground Yellow Corn, Ground Whole Wheat, Chicken Fat preserved with Mixed Tocopherols (source of Vitamin E),
Brewers Rice, Dried Brewer’s Yeast, Kelp Meal,
Dried Beet Pulp (sugar removed), Chicken Liver,
Malted Barley Flour,
Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Propionate, dl-Methionine, Flaxseed, Dried Yeast, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Choline Chloride, l-Lysine Hydrochloride, Inactivated Yeast, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, l-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C activity), Vitamin E Supplements, Biotin, Vitamin A Supplement, Zinc Methionine, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Selenium Selenite, Manganese Methionine, Copper Lysine, Niacin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate,
Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Chondroitin Sulfate, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Calcium Iodate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Cobalt Sulfate, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Folic Acid.
RUN AWAY!!! It's LOADED with grains, corn is the third ingredient, they've added salt, there's no whole meat in the first five ingredients (only meals) and, oh yeah, it's got menadione 
Stop feeding this food!
2 - Go! Natural Salmon & Oatmeal (
http://www.petcurean.com/index.php?page_id=42)
INGREDIENTS:
Salmon Meal, Salmon,
Oatmeal, Whole Oats, Canola Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols [Vit. E]),
Oat Fiber, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, Dried Kelp, Vitamins (Vitamin A, Vitamin D3, Vitamin E, Niacin, Vitamin C, Inositol, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamnine Mononitrate, Ribolflavin, Beta Carotene, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12), Minerals(Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Oxide, **Copper Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, **Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Chicory Root Extract, Lactobacillus Acidopholus, Lactobacillus Casei, Enterococcus Faecium, Bifidobacterium Thermophilum, Dried Aspergillus Niger Fermentation Extract, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Rosemary Extract
This is better. You get whole meat (salmon) in the first five ingredients. Some dogs find fish-based foods a bit rich, so that's something you need to consider, otherwise salmon is an excellent source of omega fatty acids and good protein. I personally prefer grain-free food for dogs, so I'm going to be biased against the heavy oat content.
3 - NutriFood Chicken & Rice Formula Appropriate for all life stages (
http://www.nutrisourcedogfood.com/nu...products/adult)
INGREDIENTS:
Chicken, chicken meal,
brown rice, barley, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid),
white rice, oatmeal, fish meal (a source of fish oil),
beet pulp, natural flavors,
flax seeds, dried egg product,
brewers yeast, potassium chloride,
salt, proteinated minerals (zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, cobalt proteinate, selenium proteinate), yeast culture (saccharomyces cerevisiae, enterococcus faecium, lactobacillus acidophilus, aspergillus niger, trichoderma longibrachiatum, bacillus subtillis), vitamins (vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, niacin, pantothenic acid, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement,
menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement), glucosamine hydrochloride, choline chloride, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), chondroitin sulfate, yucca schidigera extract, calcium iodate, rosemary extract.
Well, it's got whole chicken as the first ingredient (good) but the rest is uglier than the first one...salt, colouring, again TONS of grain -good grief, WHITE rice? You might as well feed pure sugar! Oh, yeah, and MENADIONE. FAIL.
Nope nope nope, not in a million years.
I was feeding the ProSeries for puppies to Charlie for a while, then a staff at my local pet store said it wasn't a good food and suggested Go! Natural and this is what he is eating now. A friend of mine suggested NutriSource... Please let me know which one sounds the best. I am kind of hoping the ProSeries is an ok food because it is the most affordable for me. The Go! Natural is more than twice as expensive but I will buy it if it is the best.
Thank you so much, this is going to help me a lot.