On Canidae - Switch to what???

MypupShooter · #1 4th October 2006, 06:47 AM

Sorry if this has been posted before by someone else, but I searched and could not find a similar thread.

I have been feeding Shooter Canidae since she was 3 months old. I have no problems with it what so ever, except that I have to drive 45 mins. to get it.

I read on here that we should switch their food often, to build there ammune systems and to make sure they are getting everything they need.

Does anyone have any suggestions what to switch her to.

They sell Nutro Natural Choice at a store in my town. Is this food as good as Canidae?? It would be conveniant since it's so close, but I dont want to switch to this one if it is not as good as Canidae.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! THANKS!!

**gmacleod** · #2 4th October 2006, 07:01 AM

Nutro NC isn't a great food, I'm afraid. Very low meat content (26% only) and a few low quality ingredients as well. It's by no means the worst food out there, but it's not near the class of Canidae either.

In looking for something to rotate with, aside from comparable quality, what you need is something that has different ingredients to those in Canidae. There's little to be gained, for example, from switching from one chicken/turkey based food to another. That doesn't constitute variety.

There is a good article on rotating foods - how, why, what - at www.dogfoodanalysis.com/changing_foods.htm

My suggestion would be to choose a food of high quality which has a main meat ingredient that is something other than chicken/turkey (just because those are the main ingredients in Canidae - you need different, remember). And if it has different minor ingredients as well, that's even better.