GREAT DANE BREEDERS
TOP FOOD CHOICES
Over 200 Great Dane Breeders around the U.S. were surveyed and the following are their food choices for feeding their Great Danes
- 45% Eagle Pack
- 19% Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul
- 16% Innova
- 15% BARF (Bones and Raw Food)
- 15% Bil-Jac
- 7% California Natural
- 5% Canidae
- 2% Canine Caviar
- 2% Natural Balance
- 2% Solid Gold
- 1% Pinnacle
- 1% Precise
- 1% Wysong
Dog Food Classifications, according to brands
HOLISTIC/ORGANIC SUPER PREMIUM
(human grade and/or organic ingredients, no by products, whole grains, meat based foods, naturally preserved, optimal vitamins and minerals, chelated or sequestered minerals, microminerals, probiotics, prebiotics and digestive enzymes, fruits, veggies and other functional foods. (Yucca, Inulin etc)
- Eagle
- Innova
- BARF (Raw)
- Canine Caviar
- Solid Gold
- Wysong
- Precise
- Solid Gold
- Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul
SUPER PREMIUM
(human grade ingredients, no by products, whole grains, meat based foods, naturally preserved, higher levels of usable vitamins and chelated minerals, probiotics, prebiotics and digestive enzymes possibly some fruit/veggies.)
- California Natural
- Canidae
- Precise
- Natural Balance
- Back to Basic
- Pinnacle
- Old Mother Hubbard Lamb and Rice
- Royal Canin
- Great Life
PREMIUM
(grade of meats and grains ?, often grain based diets, use of by animal products, fractionated grains, not always naturally preserved. No probiotic, no digestive enzymes, no microminerals, minimal levels of vitamins and minerals that are not chelated or sequestered and less available to the system.)
- Eukanuba
- Nutro Natural Choice Lamb & Rice
- Bil Jac
- Pro Plan
- Breeder's Choice
- Medi-cal
UTILITARIAN & GROCERY STORE LEVEL
(4-D meats, grain based, animal by products, fractionated grains, not naturally preserved, no probiotics, prebiotics, enzymes or microminerals. Crude forms of minerals which are not as absorbable by the body.)
- Iams
- Costco Lamb & Rice
- Pedigree
- Science Diet
- Ken L Ration Biskit
- Purina
The brands listed above are some of the most popular brands of dog food used by the top Great Dane Breeders in the USA being fed to their Great Danes.
** This is a limited list of brands and does not constitute all brands. Omissions of particular brands do not necessarily mean that it does not belong on this list; it was just merely an oversight.
This list was compiled by Barbara Laird at the direction of
Linda Arndt, Canine Nutritional Expert.
So. Calif BARF
Where to Buy:
VIP Pet Food Delivery Service
Serving Orange County and Long Beach, CA
Phone: (714) VIP-PETS
www.vipdelivers.com
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