Best Dry Dog Food

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Are you still searching for the best dry dog food? If you’ve been thinking about this lately, that is excellent. You see, when you feed your pets a poor, low-quality pet food, he will suffer in ways you can’t imagine.

We lived in California and fed our dogs Kirkland Signature Lamb and Rice from Costco. When we moved to another state, the nearest Costco was about three hours one way and they did not have a dog food delivery program, so we had to find another solution.

There was little choice at our local small market and we ended up having to feed them Purina Dog Chow. If we had any other choice we would not have used this dog food.

After a few weeks of using this food, we noticed that our 6 pound male Chihuahua began to have epileptic seizures a few times a month. This was new - he had never had them before. The standard treatment for this is Phenobarbital, a very potent drug (i.e. it is a barbiturate which is a central nervous system depressant, that does have a list of side-effects longer than your arm). We absolutely hate drug/chemicals. We live in a very rural area and even if we wanted to pump our dogs with this stuff, we couldn’t.

In fact, we actually found an herbal product for this problem that looked very promising: PetAlive EaseSure. Although, we actually did not get a chance to use this product as you’ll see why.

Anyway, whenever he would sense one of these episodes coming on he would instinctively come over to me and ask for a pick-up. He felt safe and secure in my lap. During the episode he was completely helpless. He could not control his body and he looked so sad. It was really gut-wrenching watching this. It lasted for just a matter of moments but each time it seemed liked hours passed. Once it was over, slowly he began to come back and would return to normal. I felt terrible seeing him in that helpless condition. I was always worried if, for example, he was on the couch, would he fall off and hurt himself. These thoughts were with me on a regular basis.

Well, we started selling a range of organic chemical-free products to rehab pets for problems such as Feline Distemper, Kennel Cough, Heartworms, Parvo, and other tough ailments on our ParvoBuster site. Once we started selling these products, we knew that we would have to help people get through all kinds of crises. We made the decision to offer 24-hour support to our customers. Now, we use technology in almost everything we do, but we’ve yet to figure out how to be in two places at once. So, we needed to find a dog food delivery program and pronto.

After months of searching, we found that Drs. Foster & Smith delivers some of the best dog foods we could find. This meant that we would not have to spend all day shopping and schlepping. Besides this being an absolute time saver, something else happened once we switched from Purina to Dr Foster & Smith exclusive dog food.

Literally overnight, Big Boy stopped having seizures - not one (which is why we never found it necessary to try the PetAlive EaseSure product). This obviously is a bitter-sweet victory. We could have spared him all those months of anguish if we’d known just how powerful the chemicals are in those commercial dog foods. In some ways I feel we let him down - he, as well as our other dogs, count on us to make the best decisions for them.

As if that devastating realization weren’t enough, it didn’t stop there. After reading Martin Goldstein DVM, author of the highly-acclaimed "The Nature Of Healing: The Definitive Holistic Medicine Guide To Caring For Your Dog And Cat", chapter three "It All Starts With Food", the other shoe dropped. That is some of the most sick and depressing stuff I think I’ve ever encountered. Not only are pets being fed a steady dose of toxic chemicals each day posing as food, they may even actually be eating dead animals that died of highly infectious diseases such as Parvo. That is absolutely mind-boggling and unfathomable how the dog food industry is allowed to systematically poison our pets, causing them to have chronic problems that are completely unavoidable.

Needless to say, do yourself a favor and pick up that book as it is a real eye opener. We found it very useful and that is why it is on our book favorites.

Meanwhile, we have to highly recommend that you take a serious look at Drs. Foster & Smith dog food. Here are our top 8 reasons why we love this food:

No ridiculous life-threatening chemicals.
No fillers (including corn, wheat, or soy) and other harmful trash, which means dogs can eat less and get all of the nutrients they need much quicker.
No food recalls - the food must meet rigorous standards and is frequently tested for quality control.
Pet formulas are designed, developed and produced under the close supervision of senior veterinarians.
Natural wholesome ingredients are used e.g.: chicken, lamb, brown rice, whole vegetables and fruits such as carrots, sweet potatoes, apples, tomatoes, cranberries, and blueberries serve as quality sources of vitamins and antioxidants, Omega-6 and Omega-3 fatty acids (sunflower oil, flaxseed oil, marine oils), rice bran for healthy digestion, and lots more.
Even picky eaters love the taste of this food as there are several formulas to choose from: Chicken and Brown Rice for puppies, adults, seniors, lite high-fiber formula, and Lamb and Brown Rice adult formula which is what we use because the nuggets are tiny - perfect for toy breeds, and easy to chew as a large breed dog food as well
Trusted brand: Drs. Foster & Smith has been providing quality pet supplies since 1983 and has grown to be the largest pet supply cataloger in the nation. They have over 600 employees with five veterinarians on staff. Their website is secure so no worries about smooth, safe transactions.
So, is this dog food cost-effective? We looked at dozens of premium dry dog food brands manufactured in the US and Canada, including Flint River Ranch, which has a high quality range of pet foods. At the time, a 50lb bag was over $50 and UPS Ground shipping was almost $60, making each 50lb bag well over $100. Now, with seven dogs, a single bag is just not going to cut it. For that same $100 with Drs. Foster and Smith dog food, I can get 4 bags. Now, hope you are sitting down. We order 360lbs of Drs. Foster & Smith dry dog food every couple of months or so and with FedEx Ground shipping, we pay UNDER $20 to ship 360lbs or more (sometimes we get doggie snacks too). That is phenomenal! We also find that our dogs don’t eat as much, even though we always do free feeding. According to their site, they say that some dog food requires 4 cups of food for a 50lb dog versus 2 1/3 cups of Drs. Foster & Smith pet food which provides the same nutritional values or more for a 50lb dog.

Overall, we think this is great value for the dollar spent; and with no chemicals, no fillers, no artificial colors, flavors, preservatives, and no by-products, meat or otherwise, makes this a highly nutritious food that will help keep your dogs healthy. If you keep your dogs healthy, that will be their first line of defense against all of kinds of germs, bacteria, viruses, etc.

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To sum it up, Drs. Foster and Smith dog food has been an absolute God-send for us as our nearest Super WalMart is 35 miles each way, they don’t have the range of high quality dog foods available (most of their low-end and so-called high-end brands have corn as the primary ingredient, which is nutritionally bankrupt and they are chemically laden), we’ve never been disappointed with this food, all of our dogs love it (both the Chicken and the Lamb, but we like the Lamb better since it’s a really small kibble), we get our order delivered by FedEx (for under $20) to our door so no more time wasting at the grocery store, no back breaking, and we save loads on gas.

Thanks Drs. Foster & Smith!

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