IAM's dog food

[ckay87]

WTH do they put in that stuff...rocks? I just switched my dogs to the chunks with gravy kind of canned IAMs food. I know we're getting close to lunch hour, so I hate to say this, but 6 hours later, at the same time, both dogs....well, let's just say they put it back. It came back looking the same as it did 6 hours earlier, just more...solid. Like rocks.

That stuff was a little more expensive so I foolishly thought it would be better for them. I tossed it and proceeded to do a homemade concoction of rice, fat-free broth, and boiled chicken. I'm sticking with that I think.

 

[damo]

Here's a website to look at. It rates your dog food according to nutrition.

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/

Iams gets a 1 star rating out of 6.

 

[Hercules10]

My vet told me once that IAM's had the highest concentration of fat of the dog foods out there. I could tell on mine. They gained weight and were more lethargic.

I put 'em on Timberwolf and they've been fine since.

 

[MushyMushy]

Yeah, I'm not thrilled with Iams. Our oldest dog gets really gassy when we feed it to her. For cheap grocery store food in a pinch, we've found that plain old Dog Chow is the best. The last time my DH went shopping on his own, he came home with a huge bag of the Iams and I was ticked. We had some poopy stinky dogs until it ran out.

I like Nutro foods. I know there are better ones out there, but Nutro is a decent food!

 

[ckay87]

I agree about Nutro - that is their dry food and they do so well with it. But I'm trying to get them to eat at regular times (I had a whole other thread about that), so I mix in something appealing, like canned food, so they gobble it all up at once.

 

[nataliela]

From "Look Who's Talking Now"

James-What are you going to name him?
Mikey-Rocks!
James-Why Rocks?
Mikey-Because that's what he left in the backseat~!

 

[JR6ooo4]

another test of quality is:

If they sell it in food stores it is no good. and that is almost 100% true

Mikeeee

 

[Michelle67]

Just bumping this up to thank damo for the link. I was pretty appalled by the ratings of foods I thought were "good." They were better than the "Ol Roy" we took our dog off when we adopted him, but still pretty much junk. So I went to the feed store and brought home some Taste of the Wild for my dog and my cats. We have some happy animals around here today!

Although now I think I'll have to stop by the vet's office, because I think I need some more advice. If my dog isn't eating fluff and filler, he probably doesn't need as much food anymore. I need to find out how much he should be getting.