Another Question...FOOD

[Jenny & Henry]

What dog food do you use and recomend?  My breeder said to choose a dog food with more meat and not a lot of fillers.  I guess this also will mean less doggie waste as well.  She gave me a few to look at:  Nutro, California Natural, Canidae, Eukanuba and Science Diet.

 

So, what do you feed your Doodle?

[Jenny & Henry]

I just saw and joined the Food Group!!!  Sure I am gonna get a lot of good info there as well. 

[Leslie J]

You will learn so much from the Food Group!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Food group will give you all the information that you need.  You might want to consider grain-free as a choice of food that has less fillers and more meat.

[Dot, Maggie and KoKo]

I had bags of all kinds of food on my kitchen counter when trying to find the right food for my doodles.  It looked like a Chinese buffet.  I finally found Taste of the Wild and that was it.  They get a small amount of wet mixed in with their morning meal.  Good luck with your new addition - doodles are such fun.

[Lee Seidman]

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/

go to this site...............it will make your decision much easier............. Please no Science Diet..............Lowest rating on this study!

[Kim]

I know!  I was surprised that a breeder would have recommended 3-4 of those foods!  Definitely do some research first.  I listened to my Vet before joining the food group - biggest mistake ever!

[Camilla and Darwin]

No to Nutro, Eukanuba and Science diet for sure. Definitely look around the food group! Just in case you didn't see this there....

 

http://www.doodlekisses.com/group/thefoodgroup/forum/topics/recomme...

[Jenny & Henry]

Thanks everyone.  Was reading the food group a lot last night and I am gonna try the Orijen Large Breed Puppy food.  Don't think I read anything at all that was bad about that one. 

 

Feel free to share any experiences or advice on that one.

[Jodi and Stella]

Hi Jenny, If I recall you mentioned your puppy will grow to be around 40 pounds. I don't think you need to feed them large breed puppy food unless they will be 50+. Stella will probably be 40-45 pounds and I have had her on regular Orijen Puppy food (topped with a crumbled Stella and Chewy patty) Orijen is about as good as you can get. Sometimes I will add some sweet potato, a few blueberries or a couple spoons of minced cooked chicken breast just to give her a little variety and extra nutrition.

[Jenny & Henry]

Yeah, breeder says between 35 and 40 pounds mature. 

 

When you say add sweet potato, do you mean canned yams?  I never heard of blueberries.  Thanks for the suggestions,  I'll have to remember that. 

[Jodi and Stella]

Jenny, I usually just bake a sweet potato and keep it in the fridge, giving her a couple of cut up slices in her kibble once in a while. She also likes a raw green bean to chew on then and again. As Nancy says they can eat lots of veggies. (just not grapes or onion)

[Jenny & Henry]

That is wonderful, I can't wait to try these things.  Thanks for the tips!!  I love a baked sweet potato myself.