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SubscribeWhat brands of pet foods are a good choice for dogs?
Rule of thumb: Just don't buy food with the main ingredients being corn, wheat gluten, and any meat by-products. You can find affordable and expensive foods without wasting your money on corn. These ingredients are not good for dogs and are the leading cause of obesity and secondary problems in dogs (like diarrhea, gas, skin and shedding issues, and sometimes behavioral).
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The first thing you should check out is the protein content, Orijen for example has really quite a lot so you might have problems with it, especially if the dog is older or have semi-weak kidneys. Check out the Dog food analysis website, and only settle for the 5 or 6-star reviews.
We have ranked the top 10 dog food brands your furry friend might like, we have also hyperlinked the shop where you are most likely to find the product.
Canned:
- Evangers: Beef, Whole Dressed Chicken, Liver, Water Sufficient For Processing
- Innova Evo Ingredients: Rabbit, water, natural flavors, tricalcium phosphate, guar gum, seaweed extract, sea salt, sodium phosphate, inulin, sodium ascorbate, garlic, choline chloride, potassium chloride, sunflower oil, herring oil, beta carotene, vitamins/minerals
- Vets Choice: Beef, Beef Broth, Garlic
- Wellness: Wellness has multiple options for you to choose from. It has Beef, chicken, rabbit, Salmon, and Turkey.
- Wysong: Beef, Beef Liver, Beef Heart, and Water Sufficient for Processing.
Dry:
- Artemis Maximal Dog: Chicken Meal, Potatoes, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Chicken, Natural Chicken Flavor, Tomato Pomace, Choline Chloride, Dried Chicory Root, Kelp, Carrots, Peas, Apples, Tomatoes, Blueberries, Spinach, Dried Skim Milk, Cranberry Powder, Rosemary Extract, Parsley Flake, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Green Tea Extract, Barley Grass Extract, L-Carnitine, Enterococcus Faecieum, Lactobacillus Casei, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Fermentation Solubles, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Vitamin D Supplement, Folic Acid.
- Instinct: They have a couple of flavors available. You can choose from Beef, Chicken, Rabbit, and Salmon. Each comes with a unique set of ingredients.
- Orijen: If you are buying Orijen for an older dog, always make sure to purchase Orijen senior. Since the other variants tend to have a much larger protein presence.
- Wellness Core: If you are looking to slightly reduce your dog's weight, they have an amazing product called Wellness core reduced fat.
- TOTW: They have two variations of dry foods. High Prairie and Wetlands Canine Formula.
If your dog has allergies, Purina Pro Plan sensitive skin and stomach is a good bet. They have salmon plus rice, and lamb plus oat variety. They also just came out with a new turkey and oatmeal variety for that line too, but not sure how easy it is to get since it's literally brand new.
Purina is a good, science-backed brand, and they are good about keeping those kibbles on separate lines so the risks of cross-contamination of ingredients are smaller than it is with other retail diets.