Thread: Best Dog Food for Sensitive Stomach

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Originally Posted by briteday

Also I would be concerned about feeding such low fat content to a puppy who needs lots of energy and is growing at a very fast rate. Fat is critical for cell formation and proper brain development. I'm not sure that NB would be a good ",all stages", food.

I do agree that 10% fat seems like it would not be enough to call a food all life stages. But, I wanted to point out that some foods have a much higher fat percentage, but may not be digestable to the dog for whatever reason.

I've fed NB Duck &, Potato to a German Shepherd youngster (started at 7 months) and he grew like a weed and had a glorious coat! Apparently, he was able to utilize most of the ingredients. Less fillers, I would presume.

I have a young Standard Schnauzer currently and she is eating Flint River Ranch. This food also has fairly low protein and fat content, 23% &, 12%, 21% &, 12% and the third formula has 23% &, 10%. This kibble is baked and the company claims that the food his highly digestable.

DIGESTIBILITY / PALATABILITY: Flint River Ranch dog food scores in the high 90's for digestibility and palatability -while most extruded food is in the low to mid 80's on a scale of 100.

I can't say that I've had the food tested, but I CAN say that my dog looks and acts fantastic on this food! Even my Vet is impressed with her condition.

Considering how perfect her poops are on this food along with her condition, I am assuming that she is getting enough nutrients out of it, even with the lower protein and fat percentages.

Oh! In contrast..I've fed other brands of dog food with much higher percentages. Including some grain free foods that she just didn't seem to be able to digest properly. Evo was terrible for her, TOTW agreed well with her system, but she didn't seem to like it very much..refusing meals.

Then I look at the pictures of Urban Beagles dogs (on another thread) and her dogs are eating Purina Dog Chow, which has a pretty low 21% protein and 10% fat. Those are the best looking Beagles! They are so shiny. gotta wear shades!

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