I have heard only good about evo, I am so limited to what I can feed chloe,thier are sooo many foods I would love to try,but cant

I am confused...one brand of  "WELLNESS" is full of this....menadione...artificial Vit-K. NOT  a good thing and most good kibble products have eliminated it and substituted natural veggies, etc. BUT "Wellness Core " from Old Mother Hubbard, does NOT have it in the ingreds...Huh? Are there different "Wellness" brands?

I've had Yogi on Blue Buffalo stuff...their Wilderness Low Carb.

Only prob I see with it is the HIGH calories and Protein....43% protein AND almost 600 cal a cup! No wonder he's getting a wee bit pudgy (like his "mom"!)

Old Cat loves it too.

Below are links to Dogfoodproject and her advice....

www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php

www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php

I looked at the Wellness website and didn't see menadione in any of their foods.   I prefer high protein to high carbs,  you just have to count calories so you don't overfeed.  My Lucky lost almost 9 pounds (from almost 29 to 20 pounds)  on a high protein food, Reduced Fat EVO, while maintaining  muscle.

I think I am switching to EVO also. I am so mad they are changing formulas and partnering with Diamond in any way. That's enough to send me someplace else.

It doesn't look like EVO has menadone in it:

http://www.evopet.com/products/default.asp?id=1488

I have rsearched all of those foods and canidae was the only one she could eat without getting sick

OH NO!!   I've fed Canidae since last years pet food recall.  I've done some research on other foods including Nature's Variety but barley is listed in the top 4 ingredients in Nature's Varitety's dry Prairie kibble.  I guess I am back to square one! 

funny, I think I am going the same route, I also think I am going to do 25% raw with the kibble as well. Nora posted a good website:

http://www.naturesvariety.com/product_choices_dog

I think I will finish this bag then graduallty switch them.

I am thinking the Bread and Water is still the way to go............

OK.  My bad.  Barley is in the Prairie products but NOT the Instinct products.  Sorry! 

I've been looking at dog food ingredients ALL day and it's begining to run together!

I know what you mean Jolene!!  Maybe we should just give up and feed Ol Roy!

(I am being sarcastic folks!)

I swear that Menadione was listed on a Wellness forum...maybe on Dogfoodproject...but Wellness Core was not? So am confused.

Here is an ingredient dictionary for all of us to ejukate ourselves on bag labels Actually, these are many of the ingreds used in Wellness Kibble, etc...looks like a decent product to me. Maybe some other dog food Company has a "Wellness" brand that was listed as containing menadione? I did see it listed...just cant recall where>senior moments

www.wellnesspetfood.com/dog_ingredients_dictionary.php

My Eagle Pack Small Breed kibble doesn't have any barley in it.   The NV raw medallions (chicken) are about 41% protein so I fail to see a problem with 42% protein kibble, and I've never seen a zero carb food,  but 10% moisture is unnaturally dry so I do add water to it.  I don't believe for a minute that protein causes pancreatitis or any other issues.  If my dog had medical issues I would obviously feed him a special diet that most likely would not be high protein or high fat but that's a different thing all together. 

I've read that corn is the most demonized ingredient and few dogs are actually allergic to it.  The problem with corn is cheap foods using it as the main source of protein instead of a good source of carbs.  Also they use feed grade corn meant for livestock, instead of ground corn that has been stored properly (no mold). 

Dogfood analysis only looks at the names of ingredients and not the quality of the ingredients.  For example, to me,  to rate Natural Balance the same as Eagle Pack is laughable.  NB has recalled food because of an ingredient that wasn't listed on the bag, which leads me to question their quality controls,  they've been evasive with information and ignored emailed and mailed questions (from the dogfoodproject).  On paper they may appear equal (4 stars),  but if you factor in their quality, quality control, and open and honest communication, there is no question in my mind that EP is the better food. Now obviously, Natural Balance works great for plenty of dogs, but I'm tired of the bs and when a company f's up,  I'm done with them.

I agree with those who have questioned the few online "dogfood" project sites...it becomes confusing and not one can be taken as a literal "bible"...j all end up totally confusing all readers. (esp ME!)

I  just got the Eagle Pack..(thought it did have barley in it...which I don't care about...Yogi LIKES barley...have made it in soups and he snorted it down...)  it has rice, both white and brown...both which I have fed him in his kibble.

I still feel some carbs/ grains are not bad...and a high protein, or ALL protein, might not be great for a small breed...for larger breeds maybe and older dogs, yes.

I read the Nature's Way Chick Raw Medallion's label and "crude protein is 13%"....so I must have gotten the low protein version..???

So, combined with the Blue Wilderness mixed with the Eagle Pack and one meal the Raw, I am truly only reducing the protein by a small %... I AM reducing the amounts tho...calories.

But he should be, probably IS, the best fed doggie on the block!!!!!