What dry dog food would you recommend and why. I am looking for a good quality dry food that will bring a nice shine to my dog's coat.

Believe it or not, Wal-mart's Ol' Roy brand has a premium chunk dry food that does well for my Sheba(see icon). We do mix in table scraps fairly frequently and if she sunburns in the summer we add oils. Purina has several good ones, as does Kennel Ration. Look around and ask the major decision maker (your pup) which one they prefer. The little 3 pound bags are good sizes for a trial period

It's hard to say what food is good food, there are so many different brands!
We feed V.I.P pet food but unfortunately that's an Australian brand.
My mom feeds Eagle Pack dry food.

Just read the back of the labels to make sure there are no preservatives in the food and that it is a balanced diet.

Why don't give your pet pedigree

Pedigree is actually not as good as people think, it is an adequate food but not great :)

I personally avoid Ol' Roy like the plague. They have had too many recalls and problems for me to feel safe feeding it to my dogs. You may want to look at this list and take it into consideration.

Search for Pet Food Recalls (http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/petfoodrecall/#Dog)

I personally have been very happy with Benefuls. It has done wonders for my two Siberian Huskies coats.

Excellent list, foxkit. Being cynical to a fault, I actually trust a brand that has had some recalls more because that means someone in Quality Control is doing their job. No plant on this earth can catch every defect, it isn't possible. The other thing is that Sheba will go get her own if we don't get it for her.

Solid gold

I only feed my dog hollistic dog food with no fillers in it. It takes a little while to find stores that carry it * I get mine from a specialty store* and it does get costly but he's so much healtheir and its obvious *before we got him he got fed pedigree, ole roy and other grocery brands

One of the more sensible threads on dog food I have ever seen on the net. So many people are pushing premium foods or alternative diets. There aren't any studies available to the public comparing different diets. I read endless speculation, but no proof of anything. Me, I am feeding my Golden Iams.

Thanks, Labman:D

I have fed store brand foods or their premium products to every dog I've ever kept and they all lived long and well. I have yet to see or hear of scientific evidence that any particular formulation or manufacturing process confers any benefits to the dogs. I'm not saying there isn't any, it just hasn't been publicized.

That is true, the store bought foods do contain enough nutrition for the dog.

It all just personal preference really.

I Think it is only partially personal prefrence. Our friend (where we got our dog) only could afford beniful, purina, and ol' roy so our dog was only fed that. He used to shed fur a lot more, he would eat an amazing amount of food yet he was staying steady at 35.5 pounds. Which is below the middle range of weight for his breed. Their leavings were wetter and not as solid and he itched bad. In fact all his dogs were like that. Now that we own him and have changed to a diet I trust with no fillers, by-products and preservatives we have noticed a huge difference. He eats less, is more shinier, doesn't shead or itch like he did. His leavings are more solid and are not super mushy. I can now actually clean the yard not just attempt to. Our friend (with our helpp) now buys a brand from the specialty pet food store that we go to and he is saying the same thing as I did. Now that rebel has been on his new diet for 5 months we see a huge change in his weight too. He is now up to 40.3 pounds (45 to 48 pounds is the max weight on the breed discription) And none of the weight gained was dead weight it was all in muscle tone

I only give my boy Eukanuba!!

Emmygirl,

As you can see, opinions differ wide and far. If you want to see some fireworks, ask us about whether to feed table scraps( I say yes).

Try several, use small bags to find out what your new family member likes and does well on.

Mine get table scraps sometimes... my partner loves steak but I'm not a huge fan... guess where my leftovers go... lucky dogs lol :)

Ours refuse to eat vegetables though unless it's processed chicken and vegetable roll. Lol

If we get take-out I'm lucky to get ANY fried rice.

Hehe yeah ours sit there making their sad faces and you can't help but share :)

I personally don't give my dog table scraps. The other dog here has gotten them all its life and she is over weight (but she also had theroid and skin problems) but I just hate the begging personally. She begs like the ens and it drives me up the wall. Nothing worse then trying to eat and having a sad little face staring at you the whole time. Plus I don't know how healthy some foods are for dogs with all the preservatives and junk in'm heck I don't even think some of them should be consumed by humans

Yeah, good point binx!
Some of the food I give mine isn't really fit for human consumption... like McDonalds hamburgers!
Remember, only in moderation lol

A friend of mine has a dog with pancreatitis. Her vet told her that feeding people food can increase the chance of this condition. Scraps also contribute towards dogs being over weight. I read the other day in my vets that a single slice of toast to a dog is equivalent to a hamburger to a human. The trouble is as well, that people forget to reduce their dogs regular dinner to compensate for the scraps they have been given.

That is true sajjw.
Weight is a big issue with table scraps...
We also had a dog with pancreatitis, she had to be put on a special diet.
Little bits here and there are not an issue but fatty foods every day is a problem.

We feed our dog Science Diet. Even though the prices are raising, we've noticed so many positive changes with it, that we're sticking to it. When he came to us, he had droopy bloodshot eyes with discharge, and now he has perfect eyes, and his coat is beautiful. Our vet has consistently recommended this brand, and we love it.

Different dogs may respond differently to brands of dog food I guess. When I fed my dogs Science Diet they had poor coats and just plain didn't do well on the stuff at all.

Lol I don't think MacDonalds will ever really be a good food lol... I'm not a fan of processed hamburger. My friend switched from beniful to science diet and it has improved his pets coats, leavings and eyes by quite a bit.

I feed my dog Iams healthy naturals, which was the most recommended brand by my vet.

Science diet lamb and rice formula :) I use to feed beneful But changed to science diet and will never go back :)