Commercial Dog Food Comparisons

Wow, I can't believe my kids' summer vacation is over! The dogs have loved having more attention throughout the day and chasing the kids and soccer balls in the back yard.

The one thing the dogs didn't love about summer was when they had to be boarded while we were away. I found a great place and they allowed you to bring your own food - HOWEVER, they said my feeding process had too many parts (I keep all my ingredients separated to keep it all from just becoming a "mush".)

So began my mission in commercial dog food comparisons! The good news is there are many more healthy pet foods to choose from since the dog food contamination from a couple of years ago (where people's dogs were dying due to a component that was added to dog food to artificially boost the protein rate.)

I started online, going to different companies and looking at the ingredient list for each dog food. To say it got a little overwhelming would be an understatement!!! Trying to remember which preservatives are bad, and what order the ingredients should be in, etc.

Then I found a cool website that already had bunches of dog food comparisons. It red flags any foods that have harmful preservatives or questionable ingredients. It also tells you where the food is manufactured - different countries have different standards. I was able to narrow down my choices very quickly and finally found a dog food within my budget and nutritional requirements.

I started giving the dog food to my dogs a good two weeks before we left so they would be used to it when they were boarded - after all, being left for a week is traumatic enough for the dogs, you don't want to add completely new food to the mix.

And they liked the commercial dog food well enough - they lost a few pounds, but both could afford it. It served its purpose and I am glad that there are now healthy commercial dog foods out there for the public to choose from. As for me, I'll stick with making homemade, healthy dog food for my dogs. I just think it is best for them.