What does my dog need to eat? Not a dog food thread.

[Slubberdegullion]

Please, please, please do not tell me what brand of food you are feeding your dog and how well they are doing on it. I have read so many dog food threads on here and on Labrador Forums I am starting to mutter brand names in my sleep.

I appreciate dog nutrition is a HUGE and contraversial subject but I'd like to understand a bit more about what dogs (and puppies - as I have one) need to eat to be healthy.

I'm very confused about protein percentages, everything I read (and I appreciate almost everybody is trying to sell me something) is warning of the dangers of too much or too little protein, esp for large breed puppies.

Carbs too, and wheat and fruit and veg, and ash, and meat derivatives...

For those in the know can you explain it to me gently, or point me in the right direction of a web site that isn't trying to sell me their dog food

Thank you

frosty fear not! I'm not really worrying. Puppy is looking fabulous on the farm food stuff and the vet is very happy about her weight and how she looks. The sack will run out in a few weeks so I'm having a butchers at what else is available.

I guess I'm just quite interested in finding out a bit more about what goes into dog food. I love a good project.

I know exactly what you mean about them telling you that they are starving though. heh heh. There are a lot of pained expressions thrown at me when I am having my food.

Wynken thanks for the link. Is it a US site? There are a lot of brand names there I don't recognise.

Yes it is, but I think there are quite a few of the ones you can get over here. Plog has had 3 different ones now and all of them are on there.