And I want to add one thing I do that I don’t see done much by anyone else. I always mix two foods together for my dogs, normally from different manufacturers. I pick my two favorite foods, buy a bag of each and mix them together in a large container and then feed out of that.
1. If I get a “bad batch” from one manufacture, my dogs have only been eating half as much as they would have if that was all they were eating.
2. If I get a batch that is short on minerals/nutrients/etc. the other food will provide them with some of what they should have.
3. I am able to give my dogs more varied nutrients this way.
Folks are going to say this isn’t a good idea because each food is formulated to be complete by the dog eating a certain amount. I believe that as long as the end result is all the vitamin/nutrient/calorie/protein/etc. requirements are being met, it doesn’t matter what it is that they are eating.
I having been doing this for well over 20 years and every one of my dogs has lived well beyond what their expected lifespan is generally thought to be.
