Read the ingredients on the food you buy. Go with a high quality dog food. A grain should not be in the first couple ingredients ingredient (corn and such are mainly fillers, dogs don’t digest it well). Avoid foods that have a lot of by products listed.

Here is an article about byproducts:

And an article on what ingredients to avoid:

I prefer feeding dry food. It’s better on the teeth than wet food is. If you want to feed wet food, go with a quality food like Innova EVO canned foods. (You can get Innova EVO canned foods that are 95% meat. )

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Here are some reviews of Cesar dog food:

They all start with the same basic ingredients, here are 4 or the top 5 ingredients:
Sufficient Water for Processing — food is mostly water
Beef By-Products — random leftover beef parts
Meat By-Products — random leftover mystery-meat parts
Poultry By-Products — random leftover mystery-bird parts

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Some GOOD foods are :
* Merrick -
* Solid Gold -
* Canidae -
* Timberwolf -
* Orijen -
* Wellness -
* Chicken Soup brand -
* Blue Buffalo -
* Innova -
* Innova EVO -

Or check this website for good foods:
(I recommend only feeding foods rated 4, 5, or 6 stars. Anything 3 stars or less, I would stay away from.)

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Stay away from grocery stores brands. They are low-quality foods chalk full of fillers, preservatives, dyes, etc.. (Grocery store foods are those like Beneful, Old Roy, Alpo, Pedigree, Purina, etc.)

Beware premium foods. Premium does not mean good nutritionally, and is not a nutritionally high quality food. It has the same types of ingredients as grocery store foods, just a bit better quality of those not-so-good ingredients. (Premium foods are those like Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, etc..)

Another thing to be wary of: A lot of vets will recommend what they sell in their office. They get profit from the brands they keep on their shelves, that’s why they push it. Truth is, vet schools don’t focus a lot on nutrition. It’s not saying that a vet is a bad vet because he recommends those foods, a lot of vets just are told this is good food, so they pass the message along without proper nutrition knowledge. Also, some dog food brands (like Hills) support vet schools, so vets have heard of it from the time they start college, which makes them think it’s good as well.

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Higher quality food may seem more expensive at first, but it evens out. The higher quality the food, the less fillers eaten (and therefore the less poop comes out the other end). Your dog eats more to try to get the nutrition it needs, and most of the food just passes right on through. Also, it will make your animals healthier, so you save money on vet bills in the long run.

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Big box petstores like Petco and Petsmart rarely have quality foods. Also, grocery stores and Walmart aren’t good places to buy food either.

Your best bets for getting quality dog food are:
- small, locally owned petstores
- dog boutiques
- farm supply stores

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When switching foods, do it gradually. I do this over about a two week timespan:
25% food A, 75% food B
50% food A, 50% food B
75% food A, 25% food B
100% food A
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As far as price – better foods = feeding less because they have less fillers. In addition – they poop less – look at the cost per serving and you will be suprised that they work out to close to the same price.

Plus – think of all the vet bills you will save money on. You’ll be much less likely for demonic mange, allergies, skin problems, rashes, cancer, etc. in the future.

ALL natural, Holistic… Just BUZZ words. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that it doesnt matter if the corn is all natural in the food.. The question is .. IS it all Natural for a dog to eat corn? NOOOOOOOO. SO don’t let phrases and words fool you. These are all selling tactics by the food companies. They are out to make money. Its all gimic and crap when you look and think outside the box and beyond the words!

OH I’m sorry, I thought you wanted to learn something. My bad! lol