Every expert has their own opinions and their own evidence of dogs are “omnivores” or dogs are “carnivores”. Experts that claim a raw diet is best. Experts that claim kibble is best. Experts that claim canned is best. They all have convincing evidence and all of it leaves us dog owners wanting to do the best for our dog, confused more than EVER!

I have been researching dog foods for months now and I always ended up more confused. You had the key that unlocked the knowledge I needed. Thank you so much.

I have two seniors dogs, I agree with your thinking. I went to Science Diet 7+ wheat corn and soy free. It’s been 3 weeks and I feel good that he’s getting what his body needs, not too much or not enough. I appreciate all the work you do I fell into the marketing trap with the grain free craze, and lost my dog too early. I’m sticking with science not media craze

Holy cow RAW subscription is $325 every 3 wks is insane

I absolutely hate the way the Farmer's Dog does marketing by making everyone else look bad! I also hate to say that I've ended up feeding one of my dogs fresh food because it's the only thing that's worked to alleviate his stomach issues. However, I feed him Just Food For Dogs -- one of their formulas that was properly feeding trialed, and everything is balanced for maintenance. (My other dog happily eats Science Diet and is doing great on it!)

I bought a small bag of Dr Harvey’s “base” You’re responsible for the protein & kefir .. yep I was suckered in. I noticed Goose didn’t digest the dried carrots and the barley was moving the same way it went in was what came out. I’m in Texas the red ants had a meal on my grass. I thought if I blend it up it’ll b great. After a month he gained so much weight, fed him exactly what they suggested. Goose gained too much and now it became this huge chore. Blending it, buying all the meat, oil, kefir…. Too much for me

Great video!! I so wish more people could click on this and watch + hear what you have to say. Rather, what the actual science and research has to say! Although, man the targeted ads on this video... Got this one that basically says that the kibble format is what creates food allergies and D/V issues in dogs. Like... Come on. But it's true that it's hard to explain this kind of stuff to people who don't have any idea what the allergenic process is, that proteins are what the immune system decides to react to, etc. I mean, the vast majority of people still have no idea that one of the most marketed human allergies, gluten, is just wheat protein. It's not the ingredient, it's whats contained in the ingredient!! Anyways. Hopefully this comment will boost the algo. Thanks again for the video!

Don’t forget the tv and talk show stars with their brands of food!!! 😂. Think I will stick with Purina Pro Plan and use the knowledge I’ve gotten from watching these videos to chose food for my dogs and not what “stars” or Dr Judy rants over.

thank you so much for making these dog food videos i LOVE watching them

What is the best fresh dog food that's healthy for dogs? I have been feeding my dog Ollie, but not sure if I should switch to something better? Unless Ollie is one of those that's better for dogs.

I tried one shipment of Farmers Dog and learned the filler they use included chickpeas and lentils. My dog, puppy at the time, had to poop constantly. What animal in the wild eats dried beans? So that's why I stopped. My dog eats a raw nutritionally complete food, not kibble. Kibble is mostly carbs, and Hill's is one of the worst

Help! I'm looking for a food that will make my 7 month old puppy's poop better (it's voluminous, stinky, and too soft! hard to pick up!), And help her put on weight. She is 50%border collie, 30% standard poodle and 20% lab. she is only 31 lbs and got a body score of 3 at the vet's. She also sheds a ton! (more shedding than any other dog I've had even with the poodle in her!)

I Give my 10 year old female Min pin "Hills Science diet perfect weight adult for small dogs" dry food. Is that still okay or should I be switching her to the Hills senior dry food? She doesn't have any diagnosed kidney problems as of now. She does have some minor liver issues and takes Denamarin for that, but no Kidney issues. Just wondering if it's still okay to give her just the adult food

Hi, I just watched this video. Very informative. Thanks. I have been feeding my 11 yr old choc lab with health issues, and my overweight 9 year old Shitzu Ollie’s these last 2 months with varying results. I have tried finding more detailed nutritional info on this food, but it seems to be impossible. All they give you is protein,fat,fiber and moisture. Where can I find the calcium/phosphate levels? Thanks 😊

Love the mission on nutrition,truth will out,keep up the good work mr, appreciated 👍

I stumbled on this video while looking for an alternative to Farmer Food. I tried Hills and Purina Pro both made my pup sick. I changed to Farmers and it worked for her. Been on it since she was a pup. I am looking for another brand, due to cost and not enough protein compared to the cost. The three you mentioned in the video I passed on. I found much better brands. You said Farmers is puppy food. Farmers ask for your dog’s weight, age, list of health condition. As the dog age, weight change and health condition is updated they say the formula they send customers change. I did not know all along it would be puppy food. They are frauds.

I’ve been feeding my mini schnauzer puppy half purina pro plan and half Ollie. After finding your channel I decided to stock up on pro plan and do half dry and half canned instead of the Ollie. I still have about a months left of Ollie and want to use it up first. How would you suggest making the transition and is this a good idea to do half dry half canned?

I feed my golden retriever puppy large breed Parina puppy, but she also really likes the Ollie wet food. Is it safe to at least mix these two if I do mainly the dry food and like a tablespoon of the wet food

Are you kidding me, I just started the farmers dog🤦🏻‍♀️ ughh is there any good dog food? I’m so confused 😬

Again, my story is, after changing our dog's food she was on for years, to Farmer's Dog, we went through a 3-4 month nightmare of her having an allergic reaction to it. During that time, we found out another 3-4 neighbors had to take THEIR dog off of Farmer's due to allergic reactions. She has now been on a mix of Purina Pro Plan Sensitive Skin and Stomach Salmon Formula & Farmina Cod formula, and has completely recovered from all that itching she had on Farmer's.

Thank you!!

So, on vets, and chronic disease: I lost lot of trust in most of the veterinary community after looking into the long term studies on health and behaviour hormonally intact (intact/vastecomy/ovary spaying spay/tubal ligation) vs gonadatomized (full spayed/neutered). It's an example of the how studying health is complicated, and issues that can creep into studies and be used to promote poor advice. Dogs in lower income households are more likely to to be housed outside/have increased time outside, have an owner with reduced time spent at home (due to increased work needs), be more rural (further from care), be a working dog (guard, farm, etc), have an owner with untreated mental and physical health issues (which can effect care), and have reduced veterinary care (but may have some) ... and all that is very relavent to disease, behaviour and lifespan studies. Two of the main drivers are for death in intact dogs in some studies are trauma (car hits, etc) and infection (like.. from being exposed to other animals including wild). These studies use veterinary data, but not income/financial struggle information, but rates of sterilization very much depend on that. Size of dog can also have socioecomic influences (due to smaller homes/working needs), and many studies don't ensure similar size/age range in groups. As far as I can tell, this biased/miseleading data is what's being used to recommend and promote full spay/neuter as only stetrilization option (other options aren't taught in vet schools), including having those studies being directly quoted on veterinary websites (one of the studies was done by a large veterinary corporation). So. It's possible that for some breeds, particular male, large, pure breeds before adulthood, reducing hormones does more bad than good both for health and behaviour/mental health (there's not really mental health studies in dogs in this regards -- it's all behaviour problems for humans, so an.ix.ious behaviour problems are seen but poor mental health isn't what's being assessed and can be missed if doesn't cause problems). While reducing hormones decreases some hormone based issues (reproductive issues, horny issues), it increases obesity, joint/muscle issues, blood/bone cancer, digestive issues (microfauna changes possibly), anx.i.ety (thus the behaviour issues), skin issues, maybe allergies, maybe some types of seizures, etc. Lot of these issues are cross species, with better controlled studies in other species (like with anxi.e.ty). Aka, the majority of veterinary industry may be promoting medical care to some dogs that may be more likely to cause chronic pain issues and may decrease lifespan. But, the studies have so many damn issues -- the lower lifespan in intact from likely being outside more and having less access to vet care means they didn't get old enough to get later in life issues. So... yea my trust in veterinary industry got destroyed after looking into this. If this is what's happening for such a common practice, what else is happening? Is there similar issues in dog food studies? I looked over a meta study on hormones and cat/dog health trying to assess the different digestive health needs, but I don't recall it going much into dog food specific studies. Anyhow, something else to consider regarding food: the more ethically produced for the livestock, the likely worst environmentally/worse for wildlife due to ground space usage and storage. It's a weird paradox that effects both human and pet food. A chicken given free range is better for the chicken then being crowded in a commercial space, but that free range space takes more from nature for amount of food it produces.

I feed my dog dog food that all organic and grass feed organic grade meats

I’m not an expert. But wouldn’t it just be different portions with all life stages dog food? I eat the same as my kid or grandma and grandpa. Wolves all eat off the same carcass. It’s just different amounts right?

11:48 - this is where you could recommend Brennan McKenzie's seminar on the physiology of senior dogs

Ironically, the ad that showed during this video was “Farmer’s Dog”. My 6 month old Belgian is thriving on Science diet. We just switched from regular puppy formula to large puppy formula (since he’s 56 pounds already) which has glucosamine in it for his joints. Love your channel and appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience.

It's worse than that it's horrible garbage ingredients in those foods!

Interesting. Would you eat burnt brown balls though? Do you feed extruded food to your kids daily ?

Every time I eat blueberries I now laugh to myself, thinking about your videos and blueberries. lol Hey Glenn, my husband and I adopted another dog. We have a 12-week-old shih tzu pug puppy. My vet told me to put him on Science Diet Puppy food. =) She told me to stay away from all life stages for both my dogs. My 2 cats and 2 dogs are all on Science Diet.

He said chicken lips 😂

Why does my dog's tv dinner look more appetizing than mine? I always wondered if you can have a nibble yourself.

Hey Glenn welcome back. I think I found a holy grail cat food. I urge you to take a look at young again mature cat food. They only have dry food. The nutrients are amazing. Let me know what you think.

12:27 - Champion Petfoods from Acana and Orijen is the most egregious for this practice. There is no difference between their adult dog foods and their senior dog foods. The only diffetence is the kibble shape and digestibility

18:37 - Corey Nutrition Company is very weird. They have guaranteed maximums on their Calcium and Phosphorus, whereas Purina and Royal Canin doesbt. Yet their 26/16 All-Stage food is supposedly for puupies, inactive adults and seniors. The only product formulated for adult maintenance is the Inukshuk 32/32. Yet the 30/25 is All-Life Stages as well. Not sure what's going on in their marketing department.

13:26 - i believe Ed actually did the calculations what is optimal for all stages in the comment section of Dr. Amber Rea's channel. Its an extremely narrow set of parameters

Another awesomely precise video🎉

I'm one of the ones he's talking about. hi glenn 🙋🏻‍♀

Farmers dog sales by manipulation of our customers ego.

Think you should have started off saying Royal Canin and Hill's sold fresh dog food before thwy switched to producing kibbles.

Isn’t feeding the big 5 brands pro plan, hills, Royal canin, lams, eukanuba like feeding cereal/ McDonald’s every day to our dogs though?

Please don't believe this guy

Once you said you were with Hills for 30 years you lost your credibility. Lawsuits against the company - the latest class action being largest in the industry against Hills for falsifying research - not to mention recalls and dead dogs and more. Your comments attacking “life stages food” is a joke coming from a Hills backround. This video is a sham. More dogs die from Hills then the companies that use human grade food. Many of us switched away from all the special Hills food and our dogs health improved. Your comments on protein and kidney issues has been challenged by good research. Dog food like Hills - full of carbohydrates and processed crap - is what is harmful for all animals.