purina puppy chow??

babydolwv · 12-04-2006, 11:23 PM

hello,
I just have a quick question.... i was reading thro some older post and read that someone said they will not feed there dogs purina...i have been thinking of switching my dogs food to a bit of a better quality... right now we are giving her something we picked quick on the way home as we got her at the poung... and i plan to the the change over as to not upset her belly, but was wondering y u would not feed your dogs purina??

Dulce · 12-04-2006, 11:32 PM

Purina, Iams, Beneful, and Pedigree are EXTREMELY poor quality foods, and are full of fillers, and undigestibles.

Try these:

Innova
Neutro
Natural Balance
Eagle Pack

babydolwv · 12-04-2006, 11:36 PM

well see my 1 prob is i have to find 1 that is no exspensive....I also have 2 children and am on a low budget....am tring to find a better quality food that isnt exspensive, but i will look into those and see what i can work out.... thanks 4 the reply.....

Dulce · 12-04-2006, 11:46 PM

Those are all fairly priced foods.

Good Luck.

babydolwv · 12-05-2006, 12:00 AM

Glad i did some searching and looking around on the web.... I found a free sample bag of the nutro dog food.... thanks again..... i will make another thread and post a link for who all would like to get it....

cshellenberger · 12-05-2006, 10:58 AM

Nutro is decent, you might also look at Nature's Recipe, it's comparably priced and very good quality.

LabLady101 · 12-05-2006, 07:45 PM

I do currently feed my dogs a Purina product (Pro Plan). Mind you, IMHO it's better quality than Dog Chow, but it's Purina nonetheless and I can't personally see anything wrong with the brand itself. However, having said that, there are many people here that feel strongly against Purina and Iams for one personal reason or other. It is a personal choice as to what you think is a good or poor quality product or ingredients. It's a choice you need to make for yourself.

I don't know what you have available in your area, but if you have a Petco, Petsmart, or a local feed store you might be able to find Purina ONE, Pro Plan or NutriSource. My dogs have done great on these foods and IMHO they are of decent quality. Diamond is also IMHO a decent quality food that is inexpensively priced.

Good luck! Let us know what you decide.
Darcy

workingdog · 12-05-2006, 10:06 PM

Purina one is pretty decent,been feeding it for years and i have some of the top pulling dogs in the NW.

Keno's Mom · 12-25-2006, 06:28 AM

While they don't make a puppy food, we use Kirkland Chicken/Rice that you buy at Costco warehouse stores - its $15 for 40 lbs of food. The pieces are small (we have a full grown lab) and she loves it.

Its high quality food - not the best, but many lab owners feed that. Kirkland is made for Costco by the Diamond company which does have high quality food for dogs.

They also have the Lamb/Rice but Keno doesn't like it as well.

mistyinca · 12-25-2006, 08:20 AM

Petsmart's own brand, Authority is a pretty good quality food. It is quite reasonably priced also.

Chuck U. Farley · 12-27-2006, 02:44 AM

I understand that your question was "Why don't I feed purina" It's simple for me, it's to high priced and doesn't give the same results of the other brands I've been able to find.

I feed Black Gold myself, my dogs (house pets & Walker hounds) have been doing well on it for years. Very little waste usualy means good holesome ingredients. The dogs crap comes out solid, not runny. The hounds get enough energy to hunt all night. It's also realitivy cheap @ just $13.00-18.00 per 50# bag depending on what protien/fat content you choose.
Another brand I would recomend for a working dog would be Jazz, and SportMix should also be avaliable in your area (WV) which is probably a few steps higher than purina.