| A couple years ago most people really didn't consider | | | | down on the list. Chicken meal, turkey meal, and |
| what was in the food they were feeding their dogs. | | | | whitefish meal are all good readily available sources of |
| It wasn't until the huge scandal, dog food recalls, | | | | protein for dogs. On top of that, whitefish is a good |
| tainted ingredients from China, and nasty | | | | source of Omega oils which help a dog keep a |
| manufacturing process that people started to pay | | | | healthy coat free from dry skin. |
| attention to what exactly they were feeding their | | | | When we look at the rest of the list we find some |
| pets, as they should. When you are entrusted with | | | | strange ingredients like blueberries, cranberries, and |
| the care of a being that is dependent on the | | | | barley grass. This is strange because these things |
| decisions you make then you should take the time to | | | | aren't something you would normally associate with a |
| figure out the best decision possible for something as | | | | dog's diet. But in the wild when a dog eats another |
| important as food. | | | | animal that animal is usually an herbivore whose diet |
| When I'm looking at the list of ingredients for dog | | | | would consist of stuff like nuts, berries, and grass, so |
| food the first thing I'll look for is if the food has any | | | | the wild dog would be getting nutrients through its |
| artificial preservatives, coloring, or fillers. Then I want | | | | prey. These nutrients are essential to a happy and |
| to know the protein content and I can find that out | | | | healthy dog. Another thing you want to look for is |
| by looking at the top five ingredients. If these top | | | | any fillers. Fillers would be things like corn meal, oats, |
| five ingredients are mostly meat products then I | | | | and wheat bran. There are some very low quality |
| know it will have an ample amount of protein that | | | | fillers that dog food companies use, like corn or |
| dogs need to be healthy. Then I scan the rest of the | | | | wheat. These aren't easily digestible and give dogs |
| ingredients looking for anything suspicious or | | | | stomach problems. The Blue Buffalo dog food does |
| controversial. | | | | not have these cheap fillers, they use oats, which are |
| I chose the Blue Buffalo Chicken and Brown Rice for | | | | quality, which is another plus. Some more things to |
| Seniors for evaluation. A list of the top five | | | | look for are sources of Omega oils and vitamin |
| ingredients: deboned chicken, chicken meal, potato | | | | supplements. The Blue Buffalo dog food does have |
| starch, turkey meal, whitefish meal. Right off the bat | | | | these which is a major bonus, this will keep dogs |
| I see that there are four sources of protein out of | | | | healthy with all the vitamins they need. |
| the five top ingredients, which is a good sign. The | | | | You can see how taking a look at the entire list of |
| first ingredient should what is the most content in the | | | | ingredients would give you a good picture about the |
| food but you have to take into account the fact | | | | attitude of the company toward the health of your |
| that deboned chicken includes the water weight, so | | | | dog and tell you whether or not your really want to |
| without the water this would be placed much farther | | | | give them money or give their food to your dog. |