Iams All Natura Puppy Food

[Dixieandme]

Does anyone know much about Iams puppy food ?.......... The breeder said that is what she is feeding her litter so I was going to get some today.........There are 2 kinds and one says all natural with Vitamins? She feeds the pups 3 times a day and in the morning a little can food with the dry...........It has been along time since I've had a puppy and not sure what to feed her.....we get her Thursday. There are alot of foods you have mentioned that we don't have..

Chicken, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Meal, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Brewers Rice, Dried Beet Pulp, Natural Chicken Flavor, Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Dried Egg Product, Ground Whole Grain Barley, Brewers Dried Yeast, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A Acetate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement (source of vitamin B2), Inositol, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Dicalcium Phosphate, Dried Apple Pomace, Dried Carrots, Flax Meal, Dried Peas, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Carbonate), Dried Spinach, Dried Tomatoes, DL-Methionine, Rosemary Extract.

[Sandi16]

I personally wouldn't buy it. The second ingredient is chicen by product meal which means all the stuff they can't use in anything else, then the third is corn meal. Not so great for dogs. The first ingredient is chicken, but once you remove all the water, it's really not the main, first ingredient you know? Pretty much what your dog is going to eat is filllers with the sorghum, rice and beet pulp with corn being the pretty much the main ingredient. This is very little actual meat in this.

Why not switch to something a little better quality, and in the long run it will pay off. Although, at first it's more expensive, the better quality foods last longer and are better for your dog.

[jimnconnie]

Check out the ingredients in Innova Puppy, Dry Puppy Food @ Dog Food Analysis

No doubt more expensive than Iams, but it looks much better to me.

Jim

[DawnandTuk-tuk]

I would never feed Iams to any pet. My sister had a cat she fed Iams to and is convinced the food contributed to the horrific, extended diseases/death the animal suffered. If you need another reason see this http://www.iamscruelty.com/introduction.asp. Just my thoughts on the subject due to watching my sis still suffer guilt from what that poor cat went through. Good luck on your dog food search!

[Dixieandme]

Thank you so much!!! I want what is best for our new pup. It really doesn't matter about the cost because I want our new baby to be around for a long time ........In a little while I'll go up to the pet store and check out what they have..................thanks, help with any other brands would be great!!

[tdavie]

I feed my 10 month old femanle Cairn (and 5 year old Black Lab) alternating bags of Orijen 6 fresh fish and Acana Pacifica. They get a few tablespoons of Wellness wet thrown in as a treat.

I might give Horizon Legacy a try this summer and see if they like it, but I'm very happy with what they are eating at the moment.

Tom

[Sandi16]

Right now Louie gets Taste of the Wild Salmon recipe. Its called Pacific stream or something. He then gets a spoon of Merrick wet mixed in.

[Tracy A.]

Shrake2,

You're going to want to feed what the beeder is giving the puppy at first. When you switch foods, you have to do it slowly.

When I got my boys, they were on Eukenba small breed puppy, I wasn't fond of the food- but left them on it for awhile then switched them over after they had been in our home for a few months- I wanted them to get used to our house before I made a food change.

[Dixieandme]

Thank you that is what the vet said and so I bought some Iams , he said after about a month gradually add the new food (little at a time until she is eating all the new food) thanks so much. I did check out some of the better brands so I will get some later......................I sure did have fun buying her some cute toys!!!!!! Although we are going to crate train i got some of the Natures Miracle for the spot cleaning , we all know that accidents happen!!!!!!

[Shazza]

I sure did have fun buying her some cute toys!!!!!!

I had to laugh when I read that comment.

You'll be buying plenty of toys because as we all know, they NEVER last with a Cairn around..lol

[tdavie]

My Cairn's favourite toy (her name is Pebbles) is unrolled toilet paper. She grabs it and runs down the hall, unrolling the whole roll.

But I digress; switching gradually to new food is best done (I was told by one of our on staff vets) in the following manner.

Day 1 100% Old food

Day 2 90% Old food/10% New food

Day 3 80% Old food/20% New food

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Day 9 20% Old food/80% New food

Day 10 10% Old food/90% New food

Day 11 100% New food

The numbers are widely open to variation by individual vet, but gradual is a good idea, and switching to a good quality food as soon as you can is also a good idea.

If possible, go to a zero grain dog food with named proteins. www.dogfoodanalysis.com is a very good site. You won't go wrong with any of the 6 or 5 star rated dry dog foods. For wet food, my googs get Wellness 95% Salmon, Venison, or Turkey or Go Natural Fresh Water Trout. Also, any wet food by Merrick is pretty darn good.

Here is a link for Orijen 6 fresh fish http://www.orijen.ca/orijen/products/ORIJEN6fish.aspx

Here is a link for Acana Pacifica http://www.championpetfoods.com/acana/show...formulation=pfd

Both of the previous 2 are made by Champion Pet Foods in Canada from locally sourced products and aside from being goods foods are also good for allergic type dogs.

Lastly, here is a link for Horizon Legacy dog food

http://www.horizonpetfood.com/Products/dog_legacy.html

All of the dry foods I've mentioned are very high in protein, and might not be suitable for large dogs or those with kidney problems. But my 14 lb Cairn and 40 lb Black Lab are thriving.

Tom

As an aside, an added benefit with nutrient dense foods such as these is small firm dense poops (ahem). very easy to clean up.

[Aurora5000]

We use http://www.solidgoldhealth.com/products/

You can get it at Petco. Any of the Solid Gold products are very safe.

[JerryLv]

Aurora 5000,

I'm with you on the Solid Gold thing. Our cat Daisy wont eat anything except Solid Gold. After I stopped feeding Zen my home made food I switched

him to Solid Gold Wet and Dry. I feel it is a company that can be trusted.