Was happy to find this link http://www.nhratterriers.com/goodfood.htm. It contains the recommended dog food. Yippy!! Innova is one of them.
What to look for on the ingredient list?
Quality Foods Should Contain:
- Superior sources of protein, either whole fresh meats or single source meat meal (ex. chicken meal rather than poultry meal)
- A whole-meat source as one of the first two ingredients.
- Whole, unprocessed grains, vegetables, and other foods. Nutrients and enzymes are more likely to be found in unprocessed foods.
Quality foods should contain very little to NONE of the following:
- Food fragments - lower-cost by-products of another food manufacturing process, such as brewer's rice and wheat bran...Manufacturers usually include at least one fragment to help lower costs. Beware any food that includes several fragments.
- Meat by-products (not handled as carefully as whole meat) - any food that contains meat by-products as the MAJOR protein source indicates a low-quality product.
HIGH-QUALITY FOODS SHOULD NOT CONTAIN:
- Fats or proteins named generically (ex. animal fat/poultry fat instead of beef fat/ lamb meal)
- Artificial preservatives (BHA, BHT, ethioxyquin)
- Artificial colors.
- Sweeteners (corn syrup, sucrose, ammoniated glycyrrhizin) to improve unappealing food Propylene glycol - a toxic substance when consumed in large amounts; added to some "chewy" foods to keep them moist.
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my Bolo dog has done very well since I eliminated grains from his diet. He get's a grain-free dry dog food made with whole fish, eggs, and either chicken or lamb. the brand is called ACANA.
maybe i will give this a try too .. thanks for the recommendation ..
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