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How Do I Choose a Healthy Dog Food?

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Question: How Do I Choose a Healthy Dog Food?

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Choosing the right food to feed your dog can be very confusing, and making a hasty decision can be costly later, especially if health problems arise. Please use the pages in this section to stay informed and make the right choice.

What I Look For:
The top five or ten ingredients are generally the most important to look at. If the first ingredient is a corn or rice product, I'll move on, as well as the second ingredient.

What I've Included Here:
This is an alphabetical index of dog food companies, brands, and raw diet distributors. Commercial websites are included, as are small businesses that deal only in a certain part of a diet (raw meats, or raw vegetable sources, etc.). I've listed ingredients, with the first ten ingredients separated from the rest for easy perusal, and the guarranteed analysis of each brand/flavour. Sources are added as I find them. In some cases the ingredients may be difficult to locate, and there will be a note saying as much. It doesn't mean I won't find them, it just means it will take longer.

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