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Old 05-12-2009, 06:21 PM   #6 (permalink)
roxybaby22
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QUOTE (Holly @ May 12 2009, 04:27 PM)
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QUOTE (PreciousPrince @ May 11 2009, 07:04 PM)
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I just looked at a couple of the foods in the link and they had rice as the first ingredient, not meat.[/B]
Sorry, not real knowledgeable on dog food. So I take it the first ingredient should always be meat? He's on dry kibbles, Purina Puppy Pro Plan now.
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Well not necessarilly, the first ingredient does not have to be meat, but it is preferable. However, the Burns food has a grain as the first ingredient and I don't think that is desirable, but the food still seems good according to the ingredients. There are foods that don't have meat first, like Natural Balance limited ingredients, and a lot of people feed that. The difference between Burns and NB is that NB's ingredients starts with potatoes, which of course isn't a grain.

I think any high quality food would be effective at expressing anal glands, as your pup would produce firmer stools. But nothing is ever guaranteed to work.

Hope this helped!!!
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