Whats the healthiest dog food for my dog?
February 27th, 2009 | 
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Tinkertron asked:
My sister-in-law rescued a 4 yr old Dachshund Mix from the pound, and gave the dog to my son. The dog as all it’s shoots and is healthy. We also have a cat in the house and he is eating up all her food. The wife thinks that we should get wet food for the dog, since he loves to eat cat food.
… I want to make sure that we give him for what is healthy. Suggestion please.
My sister-in-law rescued a 4 yr old Dachshund Mix from the pound, and gave the dog to my son. The dog as all it’s shoots and is healthy. We also have a cat in the house and he is eating up all her food. The wife thinks that we should get wet food for the dog, since he loves to eat cat food.
… I want to make sure that we give him for what is healthy. Suggestion please.
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Dry dog food is best for their teeth. As for which brand, I would recommend Innova. They also make cat food.
Healthy foods:
All the above sites/forum can help you learn how to pick a good food, what to avoid, how much things cost in reality, and a good comprehensive list that are rated decently. The forum has a canine nutritionist which definitely helps with diets.
Put the cat food out of reach of the dog, and Diamond Small Breed dog is pretty good. If you want the best then Wellness, Solid Gold, Taste of the Wild, Canidae. This is a great site to get reviews for a lot of different dog foods.
you should get “the science diet”… my dog really likes it and its healthy!!!
Ive always been told not to feed dogs wet food, I’m not sure if it is actually bad for them, but I know that they should have some hard food for their teeth. I feed my dogs blue buffalo. It’s a holistic food. The main ingredients are things you would eat. Like chicken. Not bi-products. Many holistic foods are your best bet. Something like evo, solid gold, blue buffalo, halo, Canidae, Chicken Soup (though, when I got my puppy he was eating that and it gave him horrible gas and watery stool). I’ve heard good things about castor and pollux. I recommend Blue Buffalo because all my dogs love it and when I switched them over to Blue Buff their behaviors changed, and their coats became so shiny!!! Just make sure you stay away from food store brand dog foods. Purina, Iams, Good Life, Beneful, etc…you’re feeding your dog mcdonalds.
Good luck with the dachshund!!
P.S. Blue also has a line of wet foods
You can find Blue @ Petsmarts and Petco
I would put the cat food out of the dog’s reach. It’s not good for them. As for food, I recommend Canidae, Wellness, or Merrick. I personally feed my two mini dachshunds Canidae ALS. They are doing great on it. I previously fed them Wellness, and my youngest just couldn’t tolerate it. Might work for yours. Just remember to slowly switch foods. You don’t want to upset his tummy.
Try dogfoodproject.com. It will give you a list of dog foods. I feed my dog Eagle Pack and he is a 7 month old mini dachshund. Wet food is really bad for dogs teeth and not very nutritious. It also gives them REALLY REALLY bad breath.
Hi. I personally would recommend a natural diet like Breeders Choice. All the ingredients are products you know and are all natural. Just like people its best to eat healthy food. A dry diet is best also. It helps keep the tartar from building up on their teeth. Again just like people, keeping the teeth clean will prevent bacteria from growing in the mouth. If a dog or cat has bad teeth each time they chew food and swallow they swallow the bacteria. Dog food is also very bad for cats. It is high in “ash”. Try to keep the cat out of the dog food and the dog out of cat food. I like to give wet food as an occasional “treat “to my dog and cat. Hope this helped:) Oh p.s. Dachshunds have a lot of back problems so remind your son to have a gentle supportive hand when handling your pet. Good luck!
Here is what I do! I have 2 dogs and 3 cats! I have my cat’s food under the kitchen table where they can’t get to it! I personally think these foods are the best next to raw to feed!
Solid Gold Barking at the moon
Taste of the wild
EVO