Malta Blue - I understand what you are saying but I"ve seen quite a few mothers who WOULD feed their kids McDonalds their whole lives to keep them happy so I wanted to throw that out there.  With dog food much of the time it's just ignorance in knowing what the food contains....I wouldn't have fed Purina or Ol Roy (GASP) in years past if I had known what was in them and that there were better foods out there. (Long before I got rat terriers.)

Smilinpilgrim - I DO feed 6 dogs (4 ratties, 1 whippet and a chi-corgi) and we make it work with good food.  Feeding crappy food can actually health problems in their later years than cost more than buying good food now.

It's certainly everyone's business to feed whatevery they choose to.  I just chime in on these threads to educate and point people towards researching on their own to make informed choices.   That's how I learned about dog food!  So...I try to spread the word.  Some will listen and go learn more on their own and others will keep feeding the loe quality stuff.   BTW some of the good foods just don't cost much more than the crappy ones....especially when they eat less because they're getting more nutrition instead of just fillers in it.

RATSRULE!

I sooo agree...educate ourselves!

I certainly have....since my Labs and their skin and health issues...(mega $$$ asnd zero improvement)

With Yogi, I buy only top quality as well as make stuff for him...and so far, vet bills are zero.

Doesn't mean anything...BUT my Labs were on all kinds of drugs for skin issues...$$$$$$...monthly. Useless.(and fed junk food..Pedigree, etc)

SO FAr Mr Yogi has cost a big fat ZERO...and when I got him he had Demodectec Mange!

I read a high protein diet takes care of that mange...so far, good....not returned yet...

We have been feeding our puppy Innova since we got her, and she loves it. Of course, I've never known her on anything else so I have nothing to compare it to, but we did our research beforehand and decided that seemed like one of the best brands. We buy it at a groomer's just down the road... the ONLY place that carries it around here. So far it seems like they stay well stocked and the food is fresh (compared to some Solid Gold we looked at at PetCo where the expiration date was in about a month). Plus, in the first 3 months we had her she only went through one 16-lb bag, so I don't feel badly for spending $26 on it!

I am not really all that surprised I should be but an old vet who has past once told me that was one of the best foods and never has had a problem with recalls or nothing I am going to be getting Kirkland as well and see how Ivy likes it, lately she has not been to thrilled with her wellness puppy.

I think as soon as I can get to Costco I am going to pick one up and mix it with her wellness puppy she is not eat it very well.  maybe a mix will get her eating well again.  Ya can not beat that price thanks for the incentive to get it done!

I have not been able to find her actual ingreds on the "Nutrish" site...BUT her food is made by
Dad's" dog foods and even their high end stuff is full of corn and corn products and meat BY-PRODUCTS.

One great thing...a good part (so she claims) of the profits go to rescue groups!

More about her manufacturer.....

"Ainsworth Pet Nutrition was created by the Dad’s Pet Care family to focus strictly on developing high-end super premium pet food products that deliver superior nutrition and taste. Dad’s Pet Care has been making great products for pets since 1933 when George “Dad.” Lang whipped up his first batch of dog food for his springer spaniel and her litter of 11 puppies. Our commitment to quality and ingredient integrity is unsurpassed in the pet food industry and carries over to the newly established Ainsworth Pet Nutrition group. Both companies are based in the USA and have manufacturing locations in Meadville, PA and Joplin, MO."

Rainy day reading (if you are lucky enough to HAVE rain!!!)

www.consumersearch.com/www/family/dog-food/reviews.html

Kirkland dog foods were also a part of the recent dog food recalls....

Doesn't look like anything I'd feed my dogs.

Rachael Ray Nutrish Beef and Brown Rice
Beef, Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Corn Meal, Soybean Meal, Animal Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Corn Gluten Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Dried Beet Pulp, Natural Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Dehydrated Alfalfa, Dried Peas, Dried Tomatoes, Dried Carrots, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Olive Oil, Iron Oxide, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Dried Parsley, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Mixed Tocopherols, Niacin, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source of Vitamin K activity), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Sulfate, Folic Acid

Rachael Ray Nutrish Chicken and Veggies
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Corn Meal, Soybean Meal, Animal Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Corn Gluten Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Dried Beet Pulp, Natural Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Dehydrated Alfalfa, Dried Peas, Dried Tomatoes, Dried Carrots, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Olive Oil, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Oxide, Dried Parsley, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Mixed Tocopherols, Niacin, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source of Vitamin K activity), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Sulfate, Folic Acid

http://www.rachaelray.com/pets/nutrish.php?view=

Rachael Ray should stick to cooking for humans and writing cookbooks............ she has a camp up near Lake George here in Upstate NY and I've never heard good things about when people talk about her during her climb to the top.... I've always heard she was mean and nasty............

Rachael Ray Nutrish Chicken and Veggies
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Corn Meal, Soybean Meal, Animal Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Corn Gluten Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Dried Beet Pulp, Natural Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Dehydrated Alfalfa, Dried Peas, Dried Tomatoes, Dried Carrots, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Olive Oil, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Oxide, Dried Parsley, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Mixed Tocopherols, Niacin, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source of Vitamin K activity), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Sulfate, Folic Acid

Thanks ski for the ingred lists....

Hmmmm?

Meat is not identified...what part of the chicken?

"Animal" fat...??? WHAT animal???

Menadione...not allowed in Europe due to negative lab studies/cancer.

Hmmm....Not much better than Pedigree..shame on Miss Rachel.

Bet she doesn't feed it to her baby Pit, Boo.

We are down to our last half of Canidae so today I picked up Solid Gold -- Hund N Flocken and started mixing it in with their Canidae.  Sonic did not seem to notice -- Sydney on the otherhand pciked out and ate all of the Hund N Flocken and left most of the Canidae.  Think maybe she is telling me something?