Foods we use & recommendations

[Dixie's Mama]

QUOTE (Snuggle's Mom @ Jun 27 2008, 08:49 PM)

Regarding the Blue Brand of Dog food, our 6 month old puppy Chrissy has been on their puppy food and loves it. As a matter of fact, I am looking forward to switching her to the small breed variety when she is old enough to go off of the puppy food. I would not hesitate at all to give your dogs the Blue brand of food. It is a holistic food and my Vet also told me that he thought it was an excellent choice of dog food.

Snuggle's & Chrissy's Mom[/B]

Thanks. I think I will stick with it and give it a try when it is time.

[Dixie's Mama]

QUOTE (sophiesmom @ Jun 27 2008, 09:40 PM)

I too have my girls on Blue, been on it for about 2 months and they LOVE it. It is holistic and my hubby heard about it on the radio from a vet that was doing a spot on air. If you go to their we site, they will send you a dry sample of it. We haven't tried it yet, as we had them on Natural Balance for the last year or more......[/B]

Thanks. I am going to fee it to her when it is time.

[sadiesmom]

When my Sadie came home she was on Purina Puppy Food then I read on here and quickly changed. I now feed her Natural Balance Lamb and Brown Rice. I leave her food out all day and she eats probably 3/4 cup each day. She handles it well, and her bowl movements are solid and not much ordor! I had to order it online because nowhere around here carried it..I live in a rural area. Anyway from what I have read on here the Natural Balance ??? and sweet potato seem to be the one recommended most. I plan to try and find some of that next.

[froglivers]

We looked around for what was considered good (and was available in Holland)--www.dogfoodanalysis.com is a life-saver--
and ordered Orijen puppy food before Emily came home.

Turns out, her biological family was feeding her that to wean her off, so Emily didn't have to go through food transition time, after she arrived.

We're adjusting the grams/calories as she gets bigger, so she gets a weigh in every Friday.

No runs, and very regular #2s. She growing quite nicely, on the larger size for a Maltese.

She's had Turkey white meat for dinner once, and she loved it. But the next day #2s weren't on the dot.

Our vet gave us Hill's, too, a kilo of dry food and a wet food can. Of course, she's not going to get it.

[Maglily]

QUOTE (starbright @ Dec 27 2007, 06:09 PM)

QUOTE (Ciena @ Sep 30 2007, 02:49 PM)

Hi. I am a newbie here. I was wondering what the best food for my Maltese is and there seems to be several mentioned here. I asked my vet and also petsmart and they both told me the best one is Science Diet. I was wondering what you all think of it? I want to give her only the best for her health.[/B]

I would not touch Science Diet! Vets tend to promote it because they usually have affiliations with Hills, the manufacturer. Also, I believes Hills is one of the few companies that make a food - c/d and another one I can't remember - for medical conditions.

Generally speaking, Science Diet is way overpriced and is not a top quality food, although you wouldn't think it as they have a terrific marketing scheme.
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I think too that you should avoid a food that lists the first ingredient as "meal" eg. chicken meal. But rather "chicken", " beef" ," lamb" etc should be the first ingredient , and that it is OK for a "meal" ingredient to be present but probably as the 3 or 4 ingredient. Not the main ingredient. Correct me if I am wrong anyone.

[samarinhaalmeida]

Hi, I am in Samara and I live in Brazil with my Maltese Pink! Here in Brazil is so much variety and quality of diets of there! I have a great difficulty in getting what I feed to my Pink!
I have a time to hear Hill's Puppy because it helped to reduce the tear ee acid was one of the best quality in the market, but the Pink is not well and gave no results for tears. anyone of you have problems with tear acid and improved the Hill's?
After I gave the premier indoor environments that also failed!
Soon after I gave the Royal Canin mini indoor junior and had a good result!
and talk and tear someone already used the acid ANGEL EYES? I know that is imported from the United States and have heard very well and I'm thinking of giving to Pink, the veterinarian said it, but I know other people who used as the outcome and not brought any negative outcome for the health!
thanks

[littlemissy]

I tried many different brands with Calista as she is one picky eater. She prefers Nature's Variety Raw Medallions to anything and the only dry I have any long term success with her is EVO small bites. The medallions got too pricey for us with two dogs now so we are using the EVO and both girls like it. Coquette is not a fussy eater so I am glad of that. I use other brands that do contain grains for treats and snacks in between meals on occasion but as a rule I prefer feeding no grain as they are both healthy and active and don't require a lower protein diet. If they ever do, I will switch to another product.

[Nikki's Mom]

The best tool for those of you who feed kibble or canned commercial food is a subscription to Whole Dog Journal. They carefully test and review foods.

Commercial pet food formulas change for various reasons, and it is difficult to keep up. Whole Dog Journal releases a report every year to subscribers on commercial pet food. If I were feeding commercial food, I'd definitely be a subscriber.

The Whole Dog Journal | Dog Food Reviews - Dog Care - Dog Training

[sweetladejane]

I have just purchased a new food for my sophie.Blue Buffalo, was recommended at the place where I bought it,has anyone tried this food and do any one of you recommend it.

[Heather_Rochelle]

I use Natural Balance, but they were out of it so I got Blue Buffulo and my three love it! I was told it was a great food and it was cheaper for a large bag then the natural alenceb