While
most of the dog food companies that made our list produce only a few foods we recommend, in the case of the Canadian super premium brand Orijen, every food from the large breed puppy diet to the senior diet is highly recommended.
Not exact matches
Most dog food companies try very hard to provide the proper balance
of calcium to phosphorus in their
foods.
There has been research done to find the
most healthy, FDA approved, USDA certified
dog food brand, and only very few
companies manufacture that type
of dog food.
I was flabbergasted when I realized that four global pet
food companies control
most of the
food our
dogs and cats eat.
Dr. Cathary had the vision
of a pet
food company grounded in science; a
company based on the principles
of acquiring knowledge about pets, maintaining respect for them at all times and,
most importantly, creating advanced cat
food and
dog food made to satisfy the needs
of the pet — not the desires
of the pet owner.
Most dog food companies offer
food that is specially formulated for puppies as well as the needs
of senior
dogs.
Pure Vita is a popular brand for
dog food but the
company is also in the business
of producing cat
food which is appealing to the taste buds
of most felines.
Lamb and rice used to be the combination
of choice, but
most premium
dog food companies now have a lamb and rice diet, so hypoallergenic diets
of fish and potatoes or venison and rice have taken their place.
They haven't been selected because
of their formidable nutritional value —
most of these ingredients offer very little in the way
of nutrition — but rather because the major
dog food manufacturers and the human
food production
companies are owned by the same conglomerates.
In 2005 one
of the
most respected holistic
dog food companies decided to pull the corn from their
foods only because they had pressure from consumers to do so.
Most dog food companies carry specially formulated
foods for each stage
of life, making it easier to narrow down your choices.
A friend
of ours in Alaska, who is a salmon fisherwoman by trade, absolutely hates salmon and would never eat it - she refers to it as «
dog food,» as that is where
most of their salmon goes - to
dog food companies.
Made right here in the United States, Taste
of the Wild even processes its
dog foods with purified water using the same reverse osmosis system and filtering process that
most bottled water
companies use.
The ideal
food for
most healthy pets is,
of course, balanced, species - appropriate raw
food prepared at home, or purchased from one
of several small
companies who produce human grade, high quality raw diets for
dogs and cats.