What, in your opinion, is the best kibble out there?

Question

What, in your opinion, is the best kibble out there?

Answer 1

The best kibble is whichever high-quality ones that *your dog* does best on.  Not all dogs do well on the same foods, so the "best kibble" can vary from dog to dog.

Here are some high-quality foods:

* Artemis Fresh Mix

* Blue Buffalo

* California Natural

* Canidae

* Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul

* Eagle Pack Holistic Selects

* EVO

* Fromm Four Star

* Innova

* Merrick

* Nature's Variety

* Orijen

* Solid Gold

* Taste of the Wild

* Wellness

* ZiwiPeak

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Answer 2

I really favor Orijen myself. Definitely among the best kibble out there when it comes to ingredient quality and nutrition. I love the fact that it's guaranteed to be at least 70% meat, that it's completely grain-free, and that there's nothing even resembling fillers in the food. Plus, my dogs love it (always a plus).

I currently feed the original formula, but I think I'll give their 6 Fresh Fish formula a try when I buy my next bag.

Answer 3

Depends on what high quality kibble your dog does best on, as Abby said.

Not all pet food is made equally. A lot of it is full of corn, by-products, dyes, unhealthy preservatives, filler grains and all sorts of nasty stuff. A lot of pet food companies are perfectly happy to dump cheap leftovers in. Will it kill your dog? No, it has to be nutritionally complete and safe to even be marketed. Is it healthy? Not by a long shot.

Corn is a low quality ingredient you never want to see in your pet food. Corn and low quality grains are two of the biggest culprits when it comes to food allergies in our pets.

Thankfully, there are some excellent dog foods being made these days that include organic, human grade ingredients rather than trash not fit for human consumption.

Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Pedigree, Kibbles n' Bits, Beneful, Ol'Roy.

Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Wellness, Solid Gold, Canidae All Life Stages, Fromm Four Star, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature's Variety Prairie, Nature's Logic, Artemis Fresh Mix.

Although the high quality foods are more expensive, you're getting what you're paying for. Less filler material means more concentrated nutrients... this means you typically need to feed far less of the high quality food than you would of the low quality one. Which also means less p**p!

A great option is to go with an entirely grainless diet. Many of the high quality foods now put out grainless formulas. Some good grainless diet's include: Innova EVO, Wellness CORE, Blue Wilderness, Nature's Variety Instinct, Orijen, Fromm Surf & Turf, Now! and Sold Gold Barking At The Moon, Taste of the Wild.

Some of the high end foods can be found in common pet stores. Petsmart carries Blue Buffalo products (such as the excellent grain free diet Blue Wilderness). Petco carries Wellness and Solid Gold. If you can't find a food, most of the high quality food brands have websites with store locators on them.

Remember that foods should be switched gradually, especially when switching to a higher quality one, so as not to upset tummies.

Another option for feeding dogs is to feed raw. This is something that should be thoroughly researched before being attempted:

http://www.barfworld.com/

http://www.rawfed.com/

http://www.rawlearning.com/

http://www.wysong.net/controversies/rawm...

More on dog food:

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?...  (Learn how to determine the quality of your dog's food.)

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_... (Dog food reviews. Anything with five or six stars is a great food.)

Answer 4

Wellness has the best kibble in my opinion. It's a holistic dog food that doesn't contain wheat, soy, corn or by-products. There are a wide variety of formulas for your dog as well as it even has healthy treats. My dog is 5 mos and her fur looks great, she's healthy, and it gives her energy.

Answer 5

This site lists the 6 star foods out there. They go from 1 to 6. The best ones would be grain free and have real meat. I think I read earlier that Innova Evo was one like that. I haven't tried it though.