| food |
Mac |
Delta |
Junior |
Dana |
Cleo |
Kippi |
min protein |
min fat |
max fiber |
max moisture |
other |
| NutroMax Lamb and Rice |
OK, slightly soft spools |
OK |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Nutro Chicken and Lamb adult |
OK, prefers over Lamb and Rice |
OK |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
26% |
16% |
4% |
10% |
|
| Iams Lamb and Rice |
produces dry hard stools, makes Mac very thirsty |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Proplan Lamb and Rice (adult) |
OK |
OK |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
25% |
15% |
3% |
12% |
|
| Innova adult (poultry based) |
makes gas, mushy stools |
OK, generates a little gas |
OK, generates slightly soft stools |
mushy stools |
OK |
-- |
24% |
14% |
3% |
10% |
human grade, extra Vitamin E |
| Innova puppy (poultry based) |
-- |
n/a |
OK (some gas) |
-- |
OK |
-- |
26% |
12% |
3.5% |
10% |
human grade, turkey, chicken, chicken meal, barley, brown rice, cottage cheese, tomatoes, lots of good stuff. 500Cal/cup |
| Solid Gold Hund 'n Flocken |
OK, got tired of it after 1.5 years |
-- |
OK |
soft |
-- |
-- |
22% |
8% |
5% |
10% |
human grade |
| Nature's Recipe Lamb and Rice (adult) |
-- |
OK |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
20% |
10% |
4% |
10% |
wheat, lamb meal, rice, fat. this is low quality kibble. |
| NutroMax Chicken |
diarrhea and thunderous gas |
diarrhea |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| California Natural reduced calorie Lamb and Rice |
-- |
OK, slightly soft |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
18% |
8% |
6% |
10% |
-- |
| California Natural puppy Lamb and Rice |
-- |
-- |
soft stools, gas |
-- |
-- |
-- |
26% |
16% |
2.5% |
10.0% |
min Omega-6 fatty acid: 5% |
| Premium Edge Adult Lamb and Rice |
OK, a little soft |
-- |
soft |
soft |
-- |
-- |
21% |
12% |
3% |
10% |
max ash: 7% |
| Premium Edge Adult Chicken and Rice |
-- |
-- |
OK |
-- |
-- |
-- |
26% |
15% |
3% |
10% |
max ash: 6% |
| Flint River (chicken and lamb) |
loose stools, fart |
-- |
OK |
-- |
-- |
-- |
23% |
12% |
4% |
10% |
concentrated kibble |
| Premium Edge Chicken and Rice, Puppy |
-- |
-- |
OK |
-- |
-- |
-- |
29% |
18% |
3% |
10% |
|
| Solid Gold MMillenium |
OK |
-- |
-- |
soft, ok when mixed 1:5 with ProPlan Beef and rice |
-- |
-- |
22% |
12% |
5% |
10% |
beef meal, barley, brown rice, fish meal, flaxseed |
| Solid Gold Hundchen Flocken puppy |
-- |
-- |
OK, a little gas |
-- |
soft with gas when young, OK at 6 months |
-- |
28% |
14% |
4% |
10% |
lamb meal, millet, rice, canola oil, flaxseed oil, menhaden fishmeal, barley, rice bran. holistic, |
| Premium Edge Rice and Lamb (low fat) |
OK (doesn't like it) |
OK |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
18% |
8% |
9% |
4% |
6% max ash, rice,lamb,oatmeal |
| California Natural Chicken and Rice |
-- |
n/a |
OK (a little soft) |
-- |
-- |
-- |
21% |
11% |
4% |
10% |
omega6,omega3 fatty acids,chicken meal, brown rice, sunflower oil,flaxseed |
| Wellness Super5Mix Lamb |
OK (doesn't really like it) |
n/a |
OK |
-- |
-- |
-- |
22% |
12% |
3% |
11% |
lamb, lamb meal, white fish, brown rice, barley, veggies&fruits.
kibble definitely smells different to my nose |
| Wellness Fish and Sweet Potato |
OK |
n/a |
OK (soft) |
OK (soft) |
-- |
-- |
22% |
12% |
3% |
11% |
fish, barley, rye, fishmeal, sweet potatoes
|
| Evolve Maintenance Formula |
- |
n/a |
- |
- |
- |
-- |
25% |
15% |
5% |
10% |
lamb,chicken meal,brown rice,brewers rice, chicken fat,
rice bran, tomato pomace, yogurt, cheese, milk, spinach,
peas, beets etc |
| Canine Caterers kibble (should try this someday) |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Proplan Beef and Rice |
OK |
n/a |
soft poopies and many of them, but loves it |
OK |
-- |
soft serve |
26% |
16% |
3% |
12% |
beef, brewers rice,corn gluten meal, wheat, beef tallow, etc.
NB: has burnt/ashy smell if you puree this in a blender |
| Precise Plus Canine Adult |
OK |
n/a |
OK |
-- |
-- |
OK |
26% |
16% |
3.5% |
10% |
chicken meal,brown rice,chicken meat, wheat, chicken fat, and lots of veggies |
| Canidae Maintenance |
-- |
n/a |
OK |
diarrhea |
-- |
-- |
24% |
14.5% |
4% |
10% |
chicken meal, turkey meal, brown rice, white rice, lambmeal, chicken fat, fish meal |
| Precise Puppy |
-- |
n/a |
-- |
-- |
OK |
-- |
29% |
19% |
3.5% |
10% |
chicken meal, brown rice, yellow corn, chicken fat, wheat,
corn gluten meal, lamb meal. this looked better in the store than
at home... |
| Eukanuba Performance |
- |
n/a |
soft (doesn't really like it) |
- |
soft (likes it) |
-- |
30% |
20% |
4% |
10% |
chicken, chicken by-product meal, cornmeal, brewers rice, fish meal, chicken fat... |
| Wellness Super5Mix Puppy |
-- |
n/a |
-- |
-- |
OK |
-- |
28% |
17% |
5% |
11% |
chicken,salmon meal,fish meal,oatmeal, barley flour and stuff |
| ProPlan Puppy Chicken and Rice Original Formula |
- |
n/a |
OK |
- |
OK, but SBD gas |
OK, got tired of it quickly
| 28% |
18% |
3% |
12% |
chicken,bewers rice,poultry by-product meal,corn gluten
meal,whole grain wheat, beef tallow. 473 Calories/cup |
| Wysong Maintenance |
1:5 mix ok- |
n/a |
n/a |
1:5 mix ok |
n/a |
-- |
24% |
12% |
4.5% |
12% |
chicken, chicken giblets, ground brown rice, ground wheat, ground corn, ground oat groats, pultry fat, + stuff |
| Balance Diet/Supreme V |
mixed ok |
n/a |
up to 1:2 mix ok, but doesn't really like it |
mixed ok |
mixed ok |
-- |
27.0% |
17.0% |
8.0% |
14.0% |
chicken, beef, egg, chicken liver, bone marrow, ground bone,
alfalfa, salmon, veggies & fruits. fermented, concentrated
kibble |
| Balance Diet/Exalt |
- |
n/a |
ok, need to mix with beef fat |
- |
ok |
-- |
30.0% |
20.0% |
7.0% |
24.0% |
beef meat, chicken meat extract, glycerol, cholestrol, glycol,
sterol, grade AA egg extract, chicken liver extract,
meaty bone marrow extract, omega fatty acids, etc.
concentrated kibble |
| Blackwood 2000 Performance |
- |
n/a |
ok mixed 1:3 with Precise Plus |
- |
- |
-- |
26.0% |
18.0% |
2.6% |
10% |
slow coooked; poultry meal,ground rice, corn meal,
chicken fat, dried potato,menhaden fish meal,etc. |
| Innova Evo |
ok |
n/a |
yes |
yes |
yes |
ok |
42.0% |
22.0% |
2.5% |
10.0% |
'raw ingredients' to approximate home made raw food; low carb. 537 Cal/cup |
| Blackwood 5000 Catfish |
-- |
n/a |
-- |
-- |
ok |
23% |
12% |
4.5% |
10% |
catfish and potato, no corn, no wheat |
| NutriSource Senior |
ok, loves it |
|
ok |
|
26% |
10% |
3% |
10% |
chicken,chicken meal, rice,rice,oatmeal,wheat... 'low ash levels' (is this true?) |
| Royal Canin Hypoallergenic HP19 |
not really interested |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
19% |
17% |
3.1% |
10.5% |
rice, soy protein isolate hydrolysate, chiekn fat,
natural flavors, beet pulp, vegetable oil, lots of chemicals. |
| Royal Canin IVD Modified (kidney diet) |
ok, not really interested |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
12% |
14% |
3.0% |
10% |
corn, oat flour, brewers rice, chicken fat, dried egg product (?), beet pulp, herring meal, ... |
| Innova Senior |
not really interested |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
18% |
8% |
5.5% |
10% |
turkey, chiceken, barley, brown rice, potatoes, 3490 Kcal/kg, 397 Kcal/cup |
| Wellness Senior |
somewhat interested |
n/a |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
18% |
10% |
5% |
11% |
chicken, oatmeal, barley, rye flour, chicken meal, brown rice, 3220 Kcal/kg, 338 Kcal/cup |
| Instinct |
yes |
n/a |
yes |
-- |
-- |
yes |
42% |
22% |
3.2% |
10% |
chicken meal, menhaden, tapioca, pumpkinseeds, blueberries, carrots, 3896 Kcal/kg, 490 Kcal/cup. 'grain-free, gluten-free' |
| Hill's z/d |
yes |
n/a |
likes it |
-- |
likes it |
likes it |
17% |
12.5% |
5.0% |
10% |
processed potato & chicken, low-allergen kibble. something must have been added to make this particularly alluring |
| Merrick Grammy's Pot Pie (kibble) |
-- |
n/a |
mixed ok |
-- |
mixed ok |
mixed ok-- |
24% (was 23%) |
14% (was 16%) |
4% (was 3.0%) |
10% |
new mix: chicken, chicken meal, ground rice, oatmeal, barley. old mix: organic chicken, oatmeal, barley, chicken meal, rice.
canned version gives major nasty smelly gas |
| Precise Plus Canine Large Breed Adult |
-- |
n/a |
OK (slow to tolerate) |
OK |
OK |
OK |
24% |
12% |
3.5% |
10% |
chicken meal,brown rice,chicken,oats,chicken cartilage, beet pup, chicken fat, etc. |
| Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul, Adult |
-- |
n/a |
OK mixed |
-- |
OK mixed |
OK mixed |
24% |
14% |
4% |
10% |
336 Cal/cup. chicken, turkey, chicken meal, fish meal, pearled barley, brown rice, oatmeal, millet, etc. Produced by Diamond |
| Skoki |
-- |
n/a |
mixed ok |
mixed ok |
mixed ok |
mixed ok |
26% |
12% |
4% |
8% |
chicken meal, pearled barley, oatmeal, rice, chicken fat,
fish meal |
| Halo Spot's Stew, adult |
n/a |
n/a |
mixed ok |
mixed ok |
mixed ok |
mixed ok |
28% |
16.5% |
8.5% |
10% |
chicken, egg, peas, - no byproducts, no meal, no corn, no wheat |
| Wellness Core/Ocean Formula |
n/a |
n/a |
-- |
-- |
interested |
interested |
34% |
14% |
7% |
10% |
whitefish, asstd fishmeal, potatoes, no grain |
| Blue Buffalo Wilderness/Salmon |
n/a |
n/a |
ok/mix |
ok/mix |
ok/mix |
ok/mix |
34% |
15% |
6.5% |
10% |
salmon, menhaden meal, chicken mean potato starch, peas, chicken fat, no grain |
| Wellness Core/Ocean Formula |
n/a |
n/a |
-- |
-- |
interested |
interested |
34% |
14% |
7% |
10% |
whitefish, asstd fishmeal, potatoes, no grain |
