Halo Dog Food?

TwoSweetBabies · 04-28-2008, 11:36 AM

Hey guys!
I'm new to the forum! So I hope no one minds me asking a question!
I have 2 babies, Chloe and Bella, Chloe is a 5 month old wheaton scottish terrier, and Bella is a 1 year old shih tzu. I love them to death and only want to feed them the best.
I currently feed Canidae, they eat it but are not enthused like they used to be (probably would just like something new). I'm also somewhat concerned with the recent alligations of tylenol in their product (true or not, i dislike their lack of addressing this rumor/truth). And I would also just like to change up their diet so they are excited to eat again! I am thinking of trying Halo dog food, the food company Ellen Degeneres just bought.
Has anyone heard anything, good or bad about this company?
Thanks!

CC

borzoimom · 04-28-2008, 12:48 PM

Well it states no rendered products so that is good ( meaning they do not buy from outside sources as rendering plants.). Meat protein is listed as first ingredient in all their foods.. ( as far as Ellen- I will stop there..) ..
http://shop.halopets.com/Adult-Dog-Dry-Chicken-10lb
It is a bit pricey though..

TwoSweetBabies · 04-28-2008, 12:55 PM

Thanks for your reply!
Do you dislike that Ellen is endorsing this food? I have no personal opinions on her, however, as far as I understand, she loves animals and I didn't figure she would endorse a bad product?
Thanks again for your help!

poofywoof · 04-28-2008, 04:20 PM

If you look at the review on dogfoodanalysis.com Halo products are given a 4 star rating (out of a possible 6 stars). Their criticism states that the meat content is not high enough.

borzoimom · 04-28-2008, 04:30 PM

Interesting poofywoof...

BoxMeIn21 · 04-28-2008, 05:37 PM

Halo's ingredients are pretty good - I just don't like the fact that most of the protein in the food is plant protein, not meat protein. Even though chicken is the first ingredient, once the product was renderend and the water removed the chicken would fall somewhere further down the list.

Chindo_Gae_Cerberus · 04-29-2008, 02:17 PM

TwoSweetBabies:

If Halo is one of the few dog food available to you, then you can at least try to slowly introduce it to your dogs diet.

Granted there are countless other brands out there, which your dog may fair far better on. Never know until you try.

For me, the Halo dry kibble does not contain enough meat content, so under normal circumstances I would not feed or recommend this food.

Rotating a dogs staple diet every 3-5 months is great for them anyway, so you can always try Halo or any other brand later down the line.
There are several good health reasons for rotating food.

TwoSweetBabies · 04-29-2008, 04:36 PM

Chindo,
Thank you for your reply. There are a few hollistic dog foods available to me, for instance: canidae (what im currently feeding), solid gold, innova (which ive heard controversial things about the company, so im not totally comfortable feeding it), organix, natures variety, wellness, merrick.....to name a few.
The reason I was leaning toward Halo brand is because ive never heard any controversial things about the company like i have canidae, innova, merrick etc. So that is kind of a concern with me. Is the amount of meat protein your main concern with Halo or is there anything else I should know?
What dog foods do you personally recommend?
Sorry for so many questions! Im a worry wart over my babies haha

briteday · 04-29-2008, 05:10 PM

My main concern would be the low meat protein. Once you dehydrate the chicken (as is done in the high temp kibble making process) the content of meat protein would slide further down the list (since ingredients are listed in order of weight), making the plant proteins the dominant ones.

Personally I like Solid Gold (my girls like Barking at the Moon flavor) and Taste of the Wild Wetlands flavor.

sillylilykitty · 04-29-2008, 05:33 PM

I feed my cats Felidae. The couple times my cat Lily has gotten sick I gave her Halo wet food (the soup stuff) and she ate it (when she wouldnt touch her own food), but that is the only time I us it. I always have a couple cans in the house just in case she gets sick.

TwoSweetBabies · 04-29-2008, 08:47 PM

Sillylilykitty,
Glad to hear someone uses the brand! I just havent been able to find anyone who uses it as their regular food! I don't know why, seeing as how the company seems great to me, heh.

I guess I like it mostly because its more of a small corporation that hasnt had any sort of bad rep, like innova and canidae.
Opinions?

sillylilykitty · 04-29-2008, 10:12 PM

Twosweetbabies, I like them, but they are just too expensive for me to buy as the main food. Felidae is about the most expensive I will go for my cats main food. What really sucks though is that I will have to switch to Nutro when I move home because it is the best food you can find on my island without shipping the food (which would be way too expensive for me to do).