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I have not been on this page long but already I am so happy with what I have been learning here. In my tiny rural town there is very limited options for dog food. It is sold in the tiny litle grocery store and basically you can have store brand, dog chow, or Iams (at almost double the price of elsewhere), and 2 brands of wet food. That is it. I have been using the store brand because I did not know better. My puppy has had digestive issues since we brought her home. The night we brought her home she was vomitting and had diarrhea. She was on expensive food from the vet when we brought her home but the vet said to switch her food from that to something else, that her illness was likely due to the food. I got her healthy again and since then she has had issues with fluctuating between normal poops, loose stools and full out diarrhea though she has never vomitted since we brought her home. I have been reading on this forum about why the food options in this town are not the healthiest for my puppy. This week she stopped wanting to eat the kibble so I had been mixing in wet food which got her eating properly and helped turn her diarrhea into loose stools only. Still not quality food obviously.
Anyway, long story short this forum helped me see what I needed to look for in a food. Today we were in the big city so I went to a pet food store and holy cow what a selection to choose from. Rows and rows of food, and it all seemed to be names mentioned here as good ones, as well as other brands I had not heard of before specializing in organic grain free meats etc. I didn't buy any today because I wanted to a look a few up on dogfoodadvisor (also learned about that here) and see what would be the best on to try.
I was amazed at the prices. The high quality stuff at this store cost the same the store brand stuff from my town. It is definitely worth the 2 hour drive to stock up on good quality food for her. We are back in the city on Sunday and I will be picking up the new food for her.
Thanks to everyone here I think I am going to go with EVO dog food for her. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all the valuable information shared here. I know my puppy will be much healthier just from this 1 change thanks to this forum and the members of it.
Anyway, long story short this forum helped me see what I needed to look for in a food. Today we were in the big city so I went to a pet food store and holy cow what a selection to choose from. Rows and rows of food, and it all seemed to be names mentioned here as good ones, as well as other brands I had not heard of before specializing in organic grain free meats etc. I didn't buy any today because I wanted to a look a few up on dogfoodadvisor (also learned about that here) and see what would be the best on to try.
I was amazed at the prices. The high quality stuff at this store cost the same the store brand stuff from my town. It is definitely worth the 2 hour drive to stock up on good quality food for her. We are back in the city on Sunday and I will be picking up the new food for her.
Thanks to everyone here I think I am going to go with EVO dog food for her. I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all the valuable information shared here. I know my puppy will be much healthier just from this 1 change thanks to this forum and the members of it.