What about puppy/dog food?
I am not getting very many answers when i ask questions, so here it is again.
What brand of puppy food do you reccomend for a 4 month old pomeranian?
Please rate the following on a scale of 1-10
1. Blue Buffalo Chicken & Brown Rice Puppy Food
Ingredients:Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Ground Brown Rice, Whole Ground Barley, Oatmeal, Rye, Chicken Fat (preserved with Natural Mixed Tocopherols), Potato Flour, Tomato Pomace, Menhaden Fish Meal, Whole Carrots, Whole Sweet Potatoes, Alfalfa, Ground Flax Seed
2.Wellness Super5Mix Just for Puppy Food
Ingredients:Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Oatmeal, Ground Barley, Salmon Meal (a natural source of DHA – Docosahexaenoic Acid), Canola Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols, a natural source of Vitamin E), Ground Brown Rice, Tomato Pomace, Rice Bran, Tomatoes, Natural Chicken Flavor, Rye Flour, Carrots, Spinach, Sweet Potatoes, Apples, Blueberries, Ground Millet, Ground Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Minerals [Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite], Vitamins [Beta-Carotene, Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement], Choline Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Taurine, Mixed Tocopherols (a natural preservative), Chicory Root Extract, Garlic, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Green Tea Extract, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum, Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation products.
3. Bil-Jac Puppy Food
Ingredients:Chicken, chicken by-products (organs only, including chicken liver), corn, chicken by-product meal, dried beet pulp, brewers dried yeast, cane molasses, egg product, salt, sodium propionate (a preservative), dl-methionine, l-lysine, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, riboflavin supplement, niacin, biotin, choline chloride, folic acid, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), ascorbic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, d-calcium pantothenate, manganous oxide, inositol, BHA (a preservative), ferrous sulfate, copper sulfate, zinc oxide, cobalt carbonate, potassium iodide, sodium selenite.
4. Nature’s Recipe Puppy Lamb Meal & Rice Formula
Ingredients:Lamb meal, ground rice, ground whole wheat, rolled oats, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), dried egg product, lamb digest, tomato pomace, flax seed, potassium chloride, salt, vitamins [vitamin E supplement, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), inositol, niacin supplement, vitamin A supplement, d-calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, beta carotene, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement], choline chloride, minerals [zinc proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, iron proteinate, copper sulfate, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite], yucca schidigera extract, rosemary extract.
You may also suggest a different brand.
Thanks! I want the best for my pup!
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I would go with #4. We use a natural-based dog food, for all three of our dogs, a Yorkshire Terrier, a Great Dane and a lab mix. We’ve used the same brand (Diamond Brand) since they were puppies, and they are all in great health. We exercise them all, based on their needs, and they have great bone and weight health. Your best bet would to be to contact your vet and see what they recommend. I know a lot of vets carry Hill’s Science Diet, but that is not always what they recommend.
Of your list blue buffalo is the best for small dogs but I prefer royal canin mini puppy 33. I breed chihuahuas and it does very well for them. I am listing the exact link.
Either Wellness or Blue Buffalo.
Bil-Jac has corn, brewers yeast, cane molasses, sodium propionate, and BHA in them. Corn and yeast can cause allergies. Sugar is not good for dogs. And both sodium propionate and BHA are preservatives and you definitely don’t want to get this because of the chemical preservative, BHA.
Nature’s Recipe’s risky ingredients are wheat and menadione sodium bisulfite. Wheat can cause allergies and menadione sodium bisulfite is a synthetic form of Vitamin K which in high doses is lethal. Even though it is a small amount, I wouldn’t risk giving it to my dog.
Ok well bill-jack is def. out because it has corn in it. you don’t want any food with wheat, corn, yeast, soy, or any “additives/fillers”
My dogs were are on blue buffalo but my Mix breed dog has some yeast issues and skin allergies so I am considering Wellness Core since it has a lot of “GOOD BACTERIA” added to it. The less ingridients they have USUALLY the better. In this instance Blue buffalo and Wellness are good brands, primarily Wellness.
The first ingridients are what is included most. So for both Blue buffalo and Wellness you have your deboned chicken, chicken meal and then a grain. So those are the main 3 ingridients. Then Blue buffalo goes off onto other things and you don’t have any meat for a while until you get down to Fish meal whereas with wellness you have Salmon meal as the 5th ingredient. So more than likely you are getting all of the recommended meat in Wellness whereas in Blue Buffalo you might not be.
If your dog does have skin issues down the road you should really consider Blue buffalo Fish and Potato or Wellness Core Ocean Formual. They both have a lot of added “Good Bacteria”. By this it means the live bacteria which you find in yogurt (Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bacillus subtilis, Bifidobacterium thermophilium, Bifidobacterium longum… etc!
Also a lot of skin related issues do come from wheat, soy, corn, and sometimes even grain. That is why it is recommended to stay away from that junk, it is not even necessary in a dogs diet, they just use it as a filler to use less meat!
I hope this helps, the best of luck to you. (Also I was looking at the price difference between blue buffalo and Wellness. Blue buffalo 15lb bag for about $27 and Wellness 26lb bag for $45.95 , in the end you end up paying more for blue buffalo for price per pound.
Hey,
My name is Estefani.
I think you should switch to Proplan(Purina).
They ONLY sell it in Pet smart and Pet co.
NOT EXPENSIVE ok.
You know why because:
I love proplan. And you can’t get it at the store i tell you — that’s purina one and the lesser purina brands.
Proplan is made of all US ingredients. It was one of the few brands that was not recalled in the last wheat gluten scare
iT IS GOOD!
AND PLEASE SEND A PIC OF YOUR POMERIAN AND ILL SEND MINE THANKS
Wellness is a pretty good food..the only thing I don’t like about Wellness is that their quality is going down and the price is going up. I would recommend Lotus puppy or Merrick puppy.
definatly wellness. its going to be great for the skin and coat. poms have a lot of skin problems.