How to choose good dogfood is by reading the ingredients.... then put yourself in this position, would you think eating a whole load of corn and artificial flavourings or chicken fat be healthy or eating real meat, meat meals and fillers like rice or potato seems better?

Poo for sure will smell.... coz it is poo. Even our own poo also smell mah hahahah..... but dogfood loaded with fillers are sometimes smellier.... high protein dogfood would make the poo look black too....

Last time people say dog's average age is 10 years only.... but dogs can live past 13 years... some can go to 20 years... why? Healthier living, healthier food.... commercial foods can give be good and bad.... good maybe coz cheap, and you see your dog fatter coz mostly fat from the filler.... but bad is because quite artificial, once Pedigree was taken off shelves coz some dogs died after eating Pedigree. Died from liver failure I think... or was it Kidney? Can't remember... but it was due to some chemical inside their food....

I would stick to human grade food coz they do monitor what goes inside, still, read the ingredients. When I go to petshops, they always ask me "what dogfood do you want? Why not try this and that?" But I will say "Let me read the ingredients first" And will read loh... if bag too heavy, I ask them to help me turn it so I can read. Yah, alot look at me in a weird way but I said I wanna know if it is good for my dogs or not.

So don't be shy, read the ingredients.... think about what goes in.

Meat meal is ok, bone meal is ok too.... but what should not be inside... there is a list but I look out for artificial coloring and flavouring, unnatural preservatives like Ethoxyquin... example of dogfood with this is ProBest.... I would choose dogfood without corn. Look out for the 1st few ingredients, never have a filler as the 1st ingredient....

Artificial flavourings and colourings, some would mention, some would be in weird codes.... If you go Pet Shack again, ask Joan to show you ProBest dogfood, you read the ingredients then you would know heheheh.

All pet food got, but got natural preservatives and artificial.... natural is like what Looi said, Vitamin E.

Only cooked potatoes, raw is dangerous.

Unseasoned soup and no cooked bones is safe lah.

If you buy cheap dog food, it uses unsafe flavourings and colourings.... that can cause liver damage and cancer. When we say commercial, we mean super market or cheap brands like Pedigree, ProBest, Trusty.... all these are commercial or brands that are super cheap. Imagine, 20kg you only pay RM80... but example Orijen, 7kg is RM100.... read this thread, then you would know the difference.

You do not need to feed milk to your pup. There is no need as puppies sold are already weaned off milk and should be eating their dogfood.

NutriEdge somehow has this smell which attracts dogs to eat. My dogs grew fatter on nutriedge.... but then yes, there is a lot of filler.... It is holistic but not one of the highest quality of holistic lah. Not a bad brand.....

The worm thing is caused by storage.... but you would see it happening to dog kibble having lots of fillers coz these worms are actually beetle larvae, they are attracted to the fillers. Since there is no artificial flavouring or preservatives, then the larvae would of course be found if the storage is wrong.... like not in air tight containers, keeping in a damp dark corner of the house, keeping near grassy areas... or this can also come from petshops if the storage is not proper, the beetle can travel from 1 bag to another. I found such things in Science Diet, Eukanuba, Royal Canin... Science Diet was on the day we open.... summore was straight from distributor.... so it means they have a storage house with beetles around.

Natural Balance is quite good.... But it is of course more expensive. Now I got a free pack of Addiction Kangaroo and Apple.... I must say, protein % is just nice.... poo not much smell, actually, similar results with Orijen. Well, I got the free Addiction coz I loaned some pets to my friend hehehehe.... the best part, doesn't smell like dogfood also... smells like apples.

I tried Natural Balance before, got the sample. Is ok, no diarrhea for my Chelsea. I mixed with her Orijen so she won't get any tummy indigestion.

Rashes, could mean your Siu Wan allergic to the protein.... how about Acana duck and potatoes? Or another good one is California Natural Herring and potatoes.... but got fishy smell coz herring, Chelsea don't like hahahah.

Wah.... then really not right for her loh. Sensitive stomach heheheh.

Sometimes some dogs cannot tolerate an ingredient, if Acana also causes some reaction,... then it could be another ingredient that is similar to Orijen that is causing the problem, not the protein percentage.

Actually, nutriEdge is good wan. I also gave some good feed back mah hahaahah.... but then it will only be good for some dogs and not good for some.

Watery poo, if a few days is ok. When Chelsea started Orijen, she had watery poo for 2 days, then only turn solid and now ok.

Hahaha... my dad stores his 15kg kibbles in those big black tong sampah bins..... so far no problem. No worms... no mold, no insects.

Wahh..... I want my Chelsea to be like Kero..... LOL.... but Chelsea got super expensive taste.... now she likes the Addiction's Kangaroo and Apples..... so expensive, 1.4kg is Rm39! Pengsan loh....... Chelsea Chelsea..... must get tongue transplant lah, get a tongue that likes cheaper brands LOL.... kidding hahahaha....

I did experience those worms in the dogfood.... particularly with dogfoods like Science Diet, Eukanuba....

Fish? No fish... either chicken or lamb flavour....

Yah, certain dogs would have good fur and health from NutriEdge, some won't gain effect.... coz no 1 dogfood is perfect for every dog heheheh....

Hahaha... 15kg mah, alot loh. Use those black tong sampah, really fill 15kg nicely. Summore is cheaper than the Toyogo round bins....

Long time I didn't buy Nutriedge already but I also did heard that their recipe changed a bit. So that could be the problem. Every dog tolerates different dog food differently, so all you can do is try till you come across a good brand that gives you good results. For me, Nutriedge did give good results 2 years ago.... and that was when I fed Eukanuba, EaglePack, Nutro and Innova Evo.... the only brands that gave good results to my dogs were California Natural, Orijen, Addiction and Back To Basics..... so go on trying till you find one that is suitable and stick with it.

Yah, I didn't like that part.... get a shih tzu or MS or JRT or something else..... that was very irresponsible.

Well, I suggest you look get sample packs or buy trial packs first. Do not straight away buy 7kg or 15kg... go to a petshop, ask for samples. Normally dogfood like Eaglepack, California Natural, Canidae, Royal Canin got samples.... Nutri Source, Proformance.... sample packs..... but food like NutriEdge, ANF... erm... gosh, Blackwood and others they have trial packs of 1kg..... go and try 1 box out. If you see your dog have good firm stool, no vomiting, no shedding and he eats like crazy, then buy that brand.

You judge the dogfood yourself. Look at the ingredients. Make sure no corn or wheat, no by-products and no artificial flavouring or colouring.... We can only give you a rough guide on the brands that we like.... but like most of us said before, each dog would react differently to any brand....

Some dogs would do very well with certain brands, some would not. For me, my big dogs do well with Back To Basics.... another with Orijen, but if I were to switch their brands, can see their fur would not be as nice as before. Some dogs would have great skin and fur, some would break out in pimples.....

True

The white fungus would appear on dogfoods that have too much moisture in their product.

For the 1st few days, yet. It happens..... but after their stomach and digestion gets used to it, the stool will harden.

Some dogs won't experience loose stools at all while some will in the first few days. My Chelsea had loose stools for the first 2 days, then later the stool become firmer and firmer and now is hard and easy to pick. If she poo on carpet, you won't see any stools stuck to the carpet.

Yups. That's true. It is also better to have the water at shoulder level.... reason is gulping in air..... it causes bloat, which is a painful disorder of the stomach....

Every dog tolerates each brand of dogfood differently.... so eaglepack can be good for 1 pup but bad for another.

Dogs can vomit from eating too fast, wolfing down their food in a few minutes.... sometimes barking after food can cause vomiting, same with minor jumping and running or playing. So best is to let your dog relax for about 30 minutes after a meal before letting it play or run around.

Yups, water bowl. As you put the water bowl at shoulder level, your dog doesn't need to bend down. It lessens the gulping so less air goes into their tummies. My boxer and lab both eat on stands, their bowls are on stands that are at their shoulder level and their water bowl is on a step, so it is raised up. Normally bloat is quite common in big dogs.... but for your dogs, you could try this and see if the vomiting stops or continue....

A water bottle controls such over drinking of water.... but not every dog likes a bottle hahahah....

Yah, Chelsea gets very frustrated with the bottle.... so she takes from a bowl too but she doesn't drink too much.

Hmmm... somehow, Moonie drinks ALOT! Wow.... Hmmm... I would be concerned a bit. Do read this:

http://www.todaysthv.com/life/pets/AskDrBo...x?storyid=14134

Maybe get a urine test for Moonie to check.

Anyway, you can give a bit of Gatorade mixed with normal water for Moonie to drink so her body doesn't run out of minerals.... 1:1 of Gatorate to Water.

Gatorade is an isotonic drink with no CO2... so not gassy and safe for dogs. Since she drinks so much water and if you worry she doesn't get enough minerals, you can always give diluted gatorade as a treat.... LOL.... is not everyday, maybe like a once a week drink. It can be just a few spoons of the drink. Yes, you can find at 7-11.

Yah, talk to your vet about her drinking habit, if the vet thinks she should do a urine and blood test, then do it.

Hahaha.... MS sure wet.... but normally people with big dogs like Afgan hounds, st bernards, boxers, mastiff... dogs that are large wound need elevated bowls to keep the air from being gulped in that may cause bloat. You use bottle lah heheheh....

That breeder is.... sigh.... I dunno what to say. Firstly, yours is a poodle, it should not be eating LARGE breed dogfood.... 2ndly, the part where she says about worms.... that is so so soooooo WRONG..... she is just brain washing you to buy. Coz I think she gets cheaper, maybe RM140 but sell you RM160.... you buy from her, she gain sales mah. And 20kg! Is crazy.... your dog would never be able to finish.... also, it will become stale with age, worms WILL grow in as well as fungus if kept for more than 6 months. That is why dogfood comes in a few package sizes..... you got the 1kg trial packs, the 3kg bags, then the 7kg and 15 kg. 20kg only breeders can get. You know why? Coz breeders have MORE dogs than you. For your situation, you should only be using a 3kg or 7kg pack....

If a breeder recommends large breed dogfood and 20kg summore.... then it is a very disturbing thing.... I won't even buy from that breeder...

You don't need to feed milk.... just get hold of dog food that is suitable for your pup. Puppy and small bites dogfood. There are many brands...... there are brands for all life stages, brands with different life stages, holistic, super premium..... not all brands are suitable for every dog, you gotta do some research on which brand to use.

Most of us here use BlackWood, Orijen, some use Acana, California Natural, Canidae, EaglePack, Natural Balance, NutriEdge.....

It really depends.... for my boxer, he got sensitive skin so he would develop rashes and itch after taking Eukanuba... for my Cavalier, she had constipation where whenever she poo, she would cry.....

Large dogs do well on Eukanuba, I think my Lab did well on it but I would rather stick to holistic Now my large dogs taking Back To Basics.

Yah... my dogs love the pork flavour..... I like that B2B also gives samples first for you to try out. So far ok lah for my dogs.... I find it strange that it says it is a holistic dogfood but contains corn.... so far I see no bad things happening to my dogs on that diet.... coz my boxer is quite sensitive....