We got Lace some samples from naturally pet but she didn’t eat it.like w/natural balance dry/can food & any dry/can food w/limited ingredients.i’d switch her over to 100% grain free if she ate it as well as her Halo’s!Her stool is excellent on TOTW even w/can food.Halo’s is low in grains…eats it close to a daily basis..medically it helps a lot…both Halo/s & TOTW has good variety ingredients which she’s faithful to…So far we tried Science Diet,IAMS,Beneful,Chicken Soup for the pet lover’s soul,prarie,instinct,stella & chewy,solid gold just a wee bit,wellness,canidae,halo’s(current),earthborn(current),totw(current),nature’s best(refused after once),natural balance(refuses can/dry),merricks(will eat sometimes,loves the can food),primal raw,thk ..when we are in pearl city i plan on trying a few different flavors from blue buffalo to see if she’ll eat it..
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Buying Raw Dog Food for the first time & another dry dog food
Tomorrow we will be buying raw dog food for the very first time and are looking for only the best.One thing that I am looking for in any brand of dog food that is not involved in any recalls should not have a lot of grains,should include Lactobacillus acidophilus or a fermentation of it in their dog food for all products and can not have any beet pulp due to possible tearing in the eyes(especially maltese and smaller dogs).Also should not include any garlic or onions.IF there is it’s off the list.I know some dog owners are okay with this such as in Earthborn but I’m not.If it’s on the forbidden list for dogs I will not give in.Onions once in a great while but I try to take off majority of the onions or if it’s at the least of the list in human food.To me having Lactobacillus acidophilus in dog food & should be included if not mandatory that all companies producing dog & cat food should have it in their dog food as it is important to help the dog fight off infections and bad bacteria.
If Lacey does like Raw I plan on feeding her Dry & Raw separately of course..Raw possibly at night and dry at lunch.Canned maybe on occasion.But once again,Lacey needs at least two different brands of dry food which is why I think she stopped eating Halo’s for a while.When I put out the Earthborn which does have garlic–she did take a few bites–(and the only other one she can eat due to SG Just a wee bit has lots of grains).Of course,too much fish too is an issue for Lacey(see previous blogs) but things like lamb,buffalo,duck etc is okay with her..So,I really have to look carefully at the ingredients to be sure of that and we’re not just spending money but she’ll actually eat it…
What brands we’ll end up picking up?Honestly,I am not sure yet but we’ll have an update later tomorrow(saturday)
Note to self:Lacey doesn’t like Instinct can dog food by Nature’s Variety which is grain free.As well as Natural Balance.
Lacey gets excited for Merricks the most but not too excited for Natural Balance
Lacey does seem to get excited when she gets Merricks.She’ll gulp it down but when we got her Natural Balance and it’s good we only got one..She was not too interested in it at all.She’d eat it but definatly not gulping it down.When we went to Kalihi Pet I wasn’t too sure if we should have got it(as I knew there were recalls on the company but I do know that some dog owners will feed NB regardless of recalls.Usually if a brand has had any recalls of any products in the past I most likely will never purchase it for Lacey.If a brand was never recalled I will be more likely to trust the companies and be more willing to buy certain brands & of course Lacey has to like it first:))I think one reason Lacey didn’t care for NB too much is that the ingredients were limited not a lot of variety in the list such as (off the top of my head:chicken,chicken meal,chicken broth,green beans,carrots,sweet potatoes,whitefish meal,apples,alfafa,salt..)Also the canned food she likes she’s more likely to eat the dry food.Very rare is it that she likes the canned food but dislikes the dry food.
