Dog Nutrition – High Proteins cont…?
March 23rd, 2010 | 
Author: Bonus information οn mу before qυеѕtіοn – Mу dog іѕ currently οn Food 1 bυt I wаѕ considering moving hіm tο Food 2 bесаυѕе іt hаѕ a higher meat content whісh I though wаѕ better bυt It hаѕ a high protein regard. Whаt wουld уου dο?
Mу Dog – 2 month ancient Portuguese Water Dog
Food 1 –
Contains : Chicken, Brown Rice, White Rice, Oats, Beet Pulp, Peas, Chicken Oil, Sunflower Oil, Seaweed, Vitamins аnd Minerals
Typical Breakdown/100g:
Protein 24.0%, Oil 12.0%, Fibre 2.0%, Ash 7.0%, Vit A 20000 iu/kg, Vit D 1600 iu/kg, Vit E 160 iu/kg, Moisture 8%, Copper 15mg/kg, Sodium 0.55%, Calcium 1.6%, Phosphorus 0.92%, Magnesium 0.1%.
Food 2 –
FRESH REGIONAL INGREDIENTS
Deboned chicken, chicken meal, failure meal, russet potato, lake whitefish, chicken ѕtουt, sweet potato, whole eggs, failure, salmon meal, salmon аnd anchovy oils, salmon, natural chicken flavour, sunflower oil, sun-cured alfalfa, dried brown kelp, carrots, spinach, peas, tomatoes, apples, psyllium, dulse, glucosamine Hcl, cranberries, black currants, rosemary wring, chondroitin sulfate, sea salt.
TONIC HERBS AND BOTANICALS
Chicory root, licorice root, tumeric root, funugreek, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, zea mays, peppermint leaf, chamomile flowers, dandelion, summer savory, rosehips.
ORGANIC MINERALS
Iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate.
PROBIOTIC MICROORGANISMS
Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product.
PREMIUM VITAMINS
Mixed tocopherols (source οf vitamin E), choline chloride, vitamin A, vitamin D3, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin B12, folic acid, biotin.
GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Protein (min.) 42.0%
Stουt 16.0%
Carbohydrate 18.0%
Moisture 10.0%
Fiber 2.0%
Calcium (min.) 1.4%
Calcium (max.) 1.6%
Phosphorus (min.) 1.1%
Phosphorus (max.) 1.3%
Omega-6 2.5%
Omega-3 1.0%
Glucosamine 500 mg/kg
Chondroitin 150 mg/kg
Microorganisms 80M cfu/kg
pH 5.0
Ash (min.) 6.5%
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Food 2 seems like it has a much higher meat content like you said, but it also has more vegetables and minerals. I reckon it would be a better food overall.
Just from ingredients, I like food 2 a lot better. Food 1 only has one meat source, chicken, in only 1 ingredient spot. Then the next two ingredients are rice. If you combine the two types of rice into one ingredient source, I bet they would be more numerous then the meat source. Then you have oats as a main ingredient. Why? Dog’s can’t digest grains like rice and oats, why are they the most numerous ingredients in the food? Beat Pulp is next, which can cause NUMEROUS health problems. One being that the beat pulp can really cause a mucus layer to form in the intestines. This mucus layer can really prevent incorporation, and cause food to store up and start to ferment. Yeast infection in the intestines.
The first 3 ingredients in food 2 is different meat sources, which is excellent. Then you have sow matter which isn’t super digestible, but that is followed by even more meat sources, which includes meat and fish. Although I don’t agree with all the sow matter included, it has a lot of different meat sources and no pointless grains to act as fillers. The protein level is a small high, but I wouldn’t be too concerned. Protein from meat matter, which I assume that is, is a lot different then protein from sow matter. Because food 2 has so many different meat ingredients, it’s expected that the protein will be a small higher.
So, DEFINETLY food 2, in my opinion
Personal opinion of course, but I wouldn’t even place my CATS on a 42% protein diet.
That kind of formula is what you would expect a “musher” to have their dogs on when when actively training for the Iditarod sled dog race. It is NOT a food intended for a household pet.
unless your dog is extremely committed feed the first one a diet to high in protein can cause hyperness or/and kidney failure
You’re feeding a g-d PET DAWG….not a fing GRIZZLY BEAR!!!!!
Wake UP…get real.