What food are yall using?

Our breeder recommended wild blue for my dog when she was a pup. She's almost a year old and I've been thinking of adult food for her. I see that my dogs coat is very shiny and she's got lots of energy. It's expensive food and I'm not positive if I could do better. Wild Blue seems a little overboard on the organics. For example the have alligator and fish flavor. Or salmon and elk flavor. Seems like nonsense. We've been feeding her the puppy chicken dinner flavor which has chicken and veggies.
I want to buy good quality food for her. Here are the numbers for wild blue adult chicken dinner food. 25lb bag goes for 50bucks

Go with Purina Pro Plan and don't ever look back.

I've heard good things about Purina Pro Plan.

I personally use Dr. Tim's and order it through a company called Petflow

http://drtims.com/premium-pet-foods/

https://www.petflow.com/

Pro Plan Sport 30/20, year round, adult and pups. Every 12th bag free at the feed store.

I started using Purina Dog Chow in the summer only years ago. I now use it for the full year.

Purina pro plan regular exercise blend. 26/16 mix in off season. Will start changing over to 30/20 mix at the end of the month

I'm different. I feed this and really like it. I've tried quite a few over the last year but this works best for me 4 Health in Salmon and Potato, http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/4health-salmon-potato-formula-for-adult-dogs-35-lb-bag

I feed the tractor supply 4 health, grain free turkey and potatoe.

We use Taste of the Wild with our Saluki and have for years. She is now 9 and can outrun many dogs younger than her and always gets compliments on health and condition from vet.

http://www.tasteofthewildpetfood.com/

I have fed Merrick for years and my dogs do good on it.
I did a very scientific test a couple years ago to see which food my dogs digested the most of.
I feed them the same amount every morning and noted how many piles of poop were in the kennel before afternoon feed.
Merrick won hands down, never more than one pile.
Science Diet and Blue Buffalo tied for second with one or two piles.
Purina Pro was worst with two or more pikes every day.

I'm sure his is flawed and I will get bashed but it makes sense if they ain't pooping it then it is staying in their body and helping build muscle or fat.

Best out there IMO

I feed Dr. Tims Pursuit 30/20 and order from
Chewy.com

None of that Corn Gluten protien crap that's in ProPlan....just threw that in there to get the Purina guys riled up!

I started feeding Victor Dog Food several years ago and have been well satisfied with how my bird dogs and pets do on it. I feed the 26/18 in the green bag mostly but they make other analysis' if that does not suit you. My vet says my dogs are in excellent health and their vigor and stamina are quite acceptable. I feed 8 dogs and they all like it and the kennel clean up indicates good digestion. Locally (for me)made in Mount Pleasant, TX.

THIS AND THIS, have tried about every thing in 50yrs, less poop means better digestion...

Some of yall's dogs eat better than I do.

Diamond Naturals, same for 9 years.

I started to feed the 4 Health sporting dog 30/20 a coulpe of months ago, It is working good for around the house training. During the winter my dogs do not do good on purina pro plan or the 4 Health, it has to be a mixture of Diamond Sporting Dog mixed with either 4 Health or Purina. For some reason this is strictly for my pointers. My hog dogs get strictly diamond sporting dog.

A good resource is www.dogfoodadvisor.com.

All major brands are listed, analyzed and rated.

Agreed. I feed all my dogs this year round.

I really don't get all the hype on Pro Plan. One of the most overrated and over priced dog foods out there. IMO. Much better options out there for a cheaper price. (takes very little research to confirm this) But if your dogs do good on it, and you don't mind paying more for less, go for it. My kennel didn't do well on it at all. I use Diamond Natural Lamb & Rice. If I switched, it would be to Victor.

4 health in the summer and Merrick from October to March! Merrick is the only thing that will keep weight on mine during the season.

and its TEXAS made

Wow this site is amazing. There is a huge gap in Protein vs fat. I'm guessing it depends on your dog. Some sport dog brands go as low as 26grams of protein and some go as high as 39. All the five star foods are the most digestible proteins. I'm using a fairly high one now. I'm going to try a higher quality food with a lower protein and see how she does.

Maybe someone can shed light on this. Maybe I'm splitting hairs and it doesn't matter. I know there are fast burning proteins and slower burning ones. There's so many things to learn:)