What do I recommend for food?

I want to preference that I am not a veterinarian. If your dog has any health issues, I highly recommend consulting with a veterinarian to find the right diet, preferably a vet specializing in nutrition. Please take everything said here with a grain of salt and use it to start investigating what goes into your dog's food and nutrition.

Diet is a huge part of a dog's lifestyle and can very much affect your dog's overall behaviors. I always like to consider that if a dog feels good on the inside, they will feel good on the outside. This can be portrayed in appearance with a new shiny coat and/or displaying consistent thriving behaviors.

This is how I view the best diets for dogs:

HQ/HP: High Quality/High Protein Diet

1. Balanced Raw Diet

2. Balanced Fresh food/lightly cooked Diet (HQ/HP)

3. Freeze-Dried Commercial Diet

3. HQ/HP Canned Food

4. HQ/HP Kibble

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10. High carb/starch/grain kibble, canned food, fresh food diet

NEVER FEED an UNBALANCED Diet, even if raw or fresh.

Some Favorite Pre-Made Raw Diet

1. (Local) SFRaw Formula

2. Viva Raw (20% Off your First Purchase Code: SFP8CQ69)

3. Maev Raw Dog Food (20% off your first order!)

4. Answer's Pet Food

5. Northwest Naturals

6. Raw Feeding Miami

7. Bones & Co

8. Blue Ridge Beef

9. Ross Wells Titan- Search on FB Group for Co-ops

Some Favorite High-Quality Kibble Brands

1. Essence Limited Ingredients Line

2. Carna4

3. Visionary Keto Pet Food

4. Zignature

5. Rawz

6. Nulo

7. Acana

8. Nature's Logic

9. Sundays Food for dogs or Ziwi Peaks

10. Open Farm Raw Mix

11. Farmina

12. Orijen

Please avoid feeding these kibble brands:

1. Pedigree

2. Purina Puppy Chow/Beneful

3. Royal Canin (unless a prescription diet, but I still recommend consulting a vet specialized in nutrition)

4. Iams

5. Taste of the Wild

6. Science Diet

7. Blue Buffalo

RAW FEEDING RESOURCE

Perfectly Rawsome

GSDStormy

SFRaw (SF, CA Locals ONLY)

Raw Feeding Miami (RFM)

RawK9White Oak Pastures

Primitive Choice