What brand of dog food is best for my 3 year old pug?

Question

i would appreciate it if someone from the philippines would answer this question because most of the brands sold in the other countries, even in the U.S., are not sold in the phils.. i would prefer a cheaper brand as i have been feeding my my dog eukanuba which i know is one of the more expensive brands.

Answer 1

Pedigree dog food is what I give my dogs & it is less in fat & causes less gas in their digestive system.

Pedigree is found in the Philippians (there is a manufacture for this product there) and it is comparable in price to the store brands (but obviously a better food)

I have used this brand for many years and ALL of my dogs live well beyond the estimated life expectancies given in books for their particular breeds. (such as - I have several standars Dacshunds and the books say they live 8 to 10 years - mine are 2, 8, 10, 14, & 15)

Good Luck with your Pug - they are a handful of love & fun :)

Answer 2

eukanuba is a terrible brand of food, it just makes your dog fat. just because a food is expensive, doesn't mean it's good.

pugs are prone to obesity, get a brand of food that has weight management in it. ask your vet. look at the labels, find a food that has chicken as the first ingredient and no grains or corn in it.

Answer 3

The best is to ask a veterinarian in your area. Even the receptionist at the clinics could tell you which is good.

Answer 4

Hello.  I think the brand doesn't matter.  You should rely on the ingredients and content of the food you buy.  Good dog food is based on how healthy your dog eats.  For more tips on what to feed to your dog, check out this site: http://dogtime.com/food-nutrition.html  

Answer 5

I don't know what's available to you locally, but reading the ingredients is a universal way to identify good dog foods.

Here is my "short list" of rules when I am looking at dog food ingredients:

1) When I chose a dog food, I chose one high meat content. I want to see preferably at least 2-3 out of the top 5 ingredients be meat or meat meal (first ingredient must be!). Meal is simply the meat with the moisture removed.

2) I want to see higher quality grains, such as barley, brown rice, and oatmeal, instead of seeing wheat and corn. Or an alternative starch/carbohydrate such as potatoes or sweet potatoes.

3) I don't want to see any byproducts.

4) I don't want to see a lot of fillers (beet pulp, brewers rice, etc).

5) I don't want to see preservatives that are believed to be carcinogens (BHA, BHT, ethoxyquin).

6) I don't want to see artificial colorings such as the Red, Blue, and Yellow dyes.

7) I don't want to see added sugars (sugar, corn syrup).

8) I don't want to see mystery meats (meats identified only as "meat" or "poultry".)

Here is an article about byproducts:

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?...

And an article on what ingredients to avoid:

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?...

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Answer 6

Eukanuba is c**p.

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 diets include: Innova EVO, Wellness CORE, Blue Wilderness, Nature's Variety Instinct, Orijen, Horizon Legacy, Merrick Before Grain, Canidae Grain Free All Life Stages, Fromm Surf & Turf, Now! and Sold Gold Barking At The Moon, Taste of the Wild.

Some pretty decent foods can even be found in common pet stores. Petsmart carries Blue Buffalo products (such as the excellent grain free diet Blue Wilderness). Petco carries Wellness, Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Eagle Pack Holistic, Blue Buffalo, Castor & Pollux Organix, Pinnacle, and Halo. 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. Four stars is a decent food, five stars is a great food, and six stars is an excellent food.)