The infamous "Dog Food Question" Again...........?

After seeing so many posts about dog food, and so many replies about dog food, I am yet to see "Canine Caviar" as a recommendation. I have been feeding my dogs "Canine Caviar Dry food" for months, and their teeth are pearly white, and coats really shiny. Since only one pet store carries it in my area, I decided to switch to wellness. Within a week, their coats became dull, and their coats were dry and less shiny.





How can Dog Food Analyses say canine caviar is a 3 star food, while wellness is 5?





Has anyone else ever heard of Canine Caviar? I will be honest, I never heard of it until my pet store recommended it.

The infamous "Dog Food Question" Again...........?
I have personally never heard of it. None of the stores in my area carry it and I've never come across it in any of my internet-surfings.
Reply:I have never heard of it.I understand what you are saying I tried the 5 and 6 star foods and she did not like them and her coat got dull went back to Royal Canin her coat is so shiny and she looks great.
Reply:Never heard of it...I'm a Canidae feeder. I'll check it out.
Reply:I have never seen it or heard of it. Sounds like you need to switch back to it though!
Reply:Doesn't look bad, dehydrated chicken is the first ingredient and there's no corn meal - analysis is good too for normal (not very active) dogs. Only problem would be the rosemary in it, which caused 2 of my dogs a lot of itching and the reason I took them off the cheaper and more easily available Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul dry.








If your dog does well on it, fine, but I don't think this stuff is nearly as good and easy to digest as Canidae chicken and rice.
Reply:dogfoodanalysis.com bases its ratings on a variety of factors, including grain content, actual protein content and the presence of possibly dangerous or unhealthy substances. For instance, an artificially colored food may receive a low rating based on the presence of artificial color, which isn't healthy for dogs.





Canine Caviar may be a decent food but it may not be well rounded in general (I haven't read their analysis of it yet.) Wellness is a quality food overall.





Different dogs have different nutritional needs and your dogs may be experiencing these effects as a result of a change in diet alone.
Reply:I've fed Canine Caviar as treats for my dogs (since I feed a primarily raw diet.. I give high quality kibble as treats). Most large dogshows in my area have a Canine Caviar booth and I can get bags of it at a discount. I rotate a bunch of high quality kibbles.





Different dogs do better/worse on different foods.





Some dogs do great on one.. but not on another. You need to do what is best for your dog.
Reply:I've never heard of it. I just googled it and the reason is: it isn't sold close to where I live. As for Dog Food Analysis, who knows.
Reply:Not all dogs do well on the one food. Try switching to another High Quality brand and find the right one for your dogs.





I personally feed Canidae ALS and my dogs are healthy and shiny.
Reply:Canine Caviar looks ok to me.





You have to look at the criteria some of those sites use. I am not real big on those sites myself. You never know who is behind them and what agenda they have.
Reply:Probably because "Pearl Millet" is the #2 ingredient. Pearl Millet is a grain usually used in food for cattle. The web site says they don't use filler grains but that is exactly what Millet is. Millet is high in protien so I would bet they add it to increase the protien content of the dog food, which is precisely the reason other manufacturers add corn.





The #3 ingredient is brown rice. I'm not a big fan of any type of grain in dog food - whether it be wheat, corn, brown rice or millet.
Reply:As long as it has meat or meat meal as the first ingrdient and it's free of any corn,wheat,soy,by products,or glutens, then I wouldn't worry.





If your food does have any of the nono ingrdients then switch to something like Canidae. It's a five star food and it's pretty cheap too.
Reply:never heard of it. i think i will be staying with my current food, solid gold. my mastiff and rhodesian ridgeback are thriving on it, and that is enough for me.
Reply:I have never heard of Canine Caviar. I feed my dog Taste of the Wild, which I think it pretty good and gets 6 stars from Dog Food Analysis.


I'm not sure why yours only got 3 stars...the editor's review on DFA says that it is too low in meat content according to their standards. That site can be a good guideline but you should also trust your gut on what your dog does the best on.
Reply:I have never heard of canine caviar- but have heard of wellness. Shame that they didn't do well on wellness. I have personally seen results re: brighter coats and helping with itching and scratching when the dog is on Lifes Abundance, www.happyandhealthydog.com , dog food. You can get it only on the internet and it is made fresh- none older than 6wks old. I have seen remarkable improvement in dogs eating this food-price also compares to most other premium foods, and it is shipped direct to you. Check out the site it is very informative.



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