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taste of the wild puppy food
Do you think this food is worth the added cost? I wan't to do the best for my puppy but I don't know if she would even care. What do you think?
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Your puppy probably won't care, but that doesn't mean it's not better to give her good food. Just like a kid wouldn't care (or might even like) eating McDonalds every night, it's still the grownups job to make sure they get what they actually need to be healthy.
Taste of the Wild is a pretty good food. Lots of the cheaper foods you can get at grocery stores are basically junk food for dogs - they are awful and full low-grade meat byproducts and fatty fillers. Feeding your dog a better food will really help your dog live a better life (and look prettier!). It's totally worth it.
I like to use dogfoodadvisor.com when I'm looking at dog foods. It is important you pick the right food for your dog (one they like, and ideally one that is easy for you to get.)
Here is the entry for Taste of the Wild on dogfoodadvisor.com. You'll see it's a 4.5 outta 5. A really good grade. I actually feed my dog Fromm, which actually gets a slightly lower rating of 4, but it's a good fit for him in a bunch of other ways.
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While cats are notoriously picky eaters dogs tend to wolf down whatever you put in front of them. Long as there's plenty of it most seem happy! I'm not aware of the food you mention. Try reading the package and maybe look up a fact sheet from the maker on the internet. Look at what nutritional benefits they claim. Compare the nutritional info against some rival foods. If it checks out and the more costly food does indeed seem to offer more healthy benefits, (and of course if she doesn't seem to actually dislike the food for some reason) then go for it. They're the same as us really I guess. There are healthier diets, less healthy foods and junk-food. Eating good food regularly is a sound idea. Bright eyes, glossy coat and lots of energy are sure signs your dog's eating well.
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Our vet says dogs don't really care what they eat just as long as they get enough to eat. Frankly I don't believe that as both of the dogs I have had were finicky eaters. Of course both preferred table scraps over dog food. Our Poodle would eat anything we ate except hamburger.
Our pound puppy would eat just about anything we ate. When it came to dog food though she would get finicky with what we gave her. There were times when she would want hard food. Other times she wanted soft food. Then it got to the point with her that we would open the door to where her food was kept and let her pick what she wanted, she was a strange dog. Just about 7 out of 10 time she would wolf down what she picked.
The vet said there was no way she could do that. We tried to prove that when the vet would offer her a treat. She didn't like the regular ones for she knew there were better one's hidden in the desk. So we would tell her to show the doctor where the better treats are and she would usually walk over to the desk and nudge the draw where the better treats were and scratch at it.
My thinking is more expensive does not mean better, or at least better for your dogs taste. You may have to try different foods to see which you dog seems to really like. Ask you vet which they like and go from there.
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