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DOG AND CAT FOOD RATING SERVICES. A Consolidation of Internet Research on Dog and Cat Food Rating Services.  YOU can knock yourself out researching the Best PET FOOD brands to buy for your pets, or the most cost effective, but you don't have to -- because a bunch of Internet folks have already done it for you.  And we have Synthesized it Below.
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    Choosing the Best Dog Food or Cat Food for Your Pet...  You can do your own research but we suspect you will find in a nutshell below What You will find on Your Own.  Buy Virtually any Dog or Cat Pet Food Brand you prefer, Here .  We recommend  Breeders Choice and Natures Logic   

5 Main Resources - Results at Right

Whole Dog Journal - (not free, click the link to learn access) Best Overall Resource: each year gives a list of good dog food brands. Detailed, thorough. Lists ingredients and gives website addresses for manufacturers. Just stick with it. Lists each food's ingredients.
Dog Food Analysis - (free- click the link, and then see: "CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REVIEWS"). Very Particular, Detailed, Finicky Resource: rates Premium Dog Foods from 6 stars to 2 stars. Lists each food's ingredients, with comments/judgment.
Good Dog Magazine - (not free, click the link to learn access) Timely Information Throughout the Year: reports on many subjects, including Dog Food.
Progressive Animal Welfare Society (free, click the link) - Strict and Different.  Rates pet foods on a Scale of 1-10 (10 is high); 9-10  for food in the wild eaten by your pet in his wild state; 8 for food you cook/make for your pet. Commercial pet foods are all rated 7 and lower. At right are Brands rated at 6-7 and therefore, "acceptable."
Animal Protection Institute   (free, click the link) - Investigative Report/Fact Sheet. Solid report on the pet food industry.  Bottom line: caveat emptor!  Do your research before you buy.

Is Premium Dog Food Really Better? Yes !  And Cheaper to Feed in the long run. See the details here:   Good Dog Magazine

Should you change your pet food brand periodically?  Yes, according to the Dog Food Analysis people.  WHY? 

There is no one brand that "has it all."
Variety. Prevents boredom, finicky feeders.
Avoid Allergies
How Often? Every 3 months.

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BEAR IN MIND: Each breed is different, each pet is an individual. Many are finicky as to what they will eat, and react to, health-wise. You might have to "buy and try" from the brands recommended by the researchers, to find "The 1, 2 or 3" your pet will eat and react well to; but at least with this resource you have a starting and finishing point for truly great pet food. Whole Dog Journal seems to provide the best list of acceptable good dog food brands.  The most recent List we have is at Right. 

From our site you can buy just about any dog food on the market Here   

(the default is to Breeders Choice and one of its Premium Brands, AvoDerm), but you can choose any brand you prefer from our page. Virtually every brand on the Market, is available at great prices.  Use the "Search For" box and name your  brand:  . 

A brand we recommend -- Natures Logic -- is not on any of the lists.  It is a relatively new company and it is the first line of pet food in which all categories of products contain 100% food and excludes all chemically synthesized nutrients. All vitamins, minerals, and trace nutrients found in all Natures Logic products are derived 100% from food.  

Buy Virtually any Dog or Cat Pet Food Brand you prefer,  Here   

 

Whole Dog Journal  seems to provide the best overall, comprehensive list of acceptable good dog food brands. Its research is thorough, and it gives manufacturers' website addresses. The list is at the bottom of this column and is alphabetized so don't think the ones at the top are the best and the ones at the bottom the worst.  Some 4 to 6 star recommendations not on Whole Dog Journal's List, but very highly recommended by others, like  Dog Food Analysis and Progressive Animal Welfare Society are

( Whole Dog Journal 's list is at the bottom)     

These are Foods Not in the Whole Dog Journal's Very Comprehensive List, but these companies also do recommend many/if not most, of the same foods in Whole Dog Journal's list. The Lists are alphabetized so don't think the ones at the top are the best and the ones at the bottom the worst.  Buy almost any (not all)  Here, or click the gold links below  

Dog Food Analysis  Brands rated 4-6 stars (They also rate 4- 6 many of those in the Whole Dog Journal list) Progressive Animal Welfare Society   commercial Brands rated acceptable (They also rate acceptable many of those in the Whole Dog Journal list)
Acana Pet Food
All in One - Chicken and Rice Dinner 
Annamaet Option24%
Arden Grange Prestige
Avoderm -
Breeders Choice
Bench and Field Holistic Natural Canine
Evanger Canned Dog Food
Orijen Dog and Cat Food
Nature's Variety
Pinnacle  -
Breeders Choice
Show Bound Naturals 
Solid Gold Barking at the Moon
ABADY
ANF
AvoDerm -
Breeders Choice
Cornucopia
Dynamite
Nature's Recipe
Nutro
Old Mother Hubbard
Pinnacle -
Breeders Choice
Precise
Sensible Choice
Science Diet
Tamiami
Waynes

Natures Logic Dog and Cat Food, a brand we recommend, is not on any of the lists. It is a relatively new company. See at left for more information on Natures Logic  which excludes all all chemically synthesized nutrients from its food.     

This Is The 2006 list from the Whole Dog Journal.  The list is alphabetized so don't think the ones at the top are the best. These are highest quality foods.  If a manufacturer's line is listed, as a rule, from the magazines comments, it is implied that all the food lines/foods they have would make the approved list.  Buy almost any (not all)  Here, name your brand in the search box, or click the gold links below.

Artemis Pet Food
Azmira Pet Food
Back to Basics 
Bench & Field Holistic Natural Canine 
Blue Buffalo Pet Food
Burns Pet Food
California Natural
Canidae
Canine Caviar Pet Food
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover's Soul
Cloud Star Kibble
Drs. Foster & Smith 
Eagle Pack Holistic Select 
Evolve 
Firstmate Dog Food 
Flint River Ranch
Foundations 
Fromm Four Star Nutritionals 
Go! Natural 
Hund-N-Flocken
Innova 
Innova Evo 
Karma Organic
Lick Your Chops 
Lifespan
Limited Diets
Merrick Pet Foods
Millennia: Solid Gold Health
Natural Balance Ultra Premium 
Natural Choice Ultra
Newman's Own Organics 
NutriSource  
Organix 
Performatrin Ultra  
PHD Viand 
Pinnacle Dog and Cat Food-
Breeders Choice (and AvoDerm by implication)
Prairie - Natures Variety Pet Food
Premium Edge 
Prime Life Dog and Cat Food
Royal Canine Natural Blend
Timberwolf Organics 
VeRUS
Wellness
Wellness Simple Food Solutions
Wenaewe
Wysong 
Zinpro

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