Kahlua's food

I often hear the question: "What kind of food should I feed my dog?". There are so many different kinds of food that it is very hard to decide what to feed you furry family member! There's soft food, hard food, vegetables, meat and many, many different brands of food. I mean how do you pick?!


When we got Kahlua this is exactly what was going through our heads! We asked the breeder what she normally feeds the dogs and her answer was Purina One SMARTBlend Lamb & Rice Formula. This food had all of the necessary vitamins and protein that Kahlua needed while she was a puppy, and it was smaller pieces to avoid choking. This food also had the nutrients that are found in the mothers milk, so they still get everything that they need to grow nice, healthy and strong.

Soon, Kahlua grew out of that food, because she was too old for it, she needed some better food with the proper nutrients and vitamins that she needed at that age. We decided that Purina Beneful Original With Beef was the right food for her. She loved the taste and loved to chow down on the fun food (different shapes). We also tried the Purina Beneful Original With Chicken, but she liked the taste of the beef better. We stuck with Purina because that is what her breeder fed her dogs and we thought that it was a good choice.

Kahlua started to get bored of the Beneful Original With Beef and we also noticed that she was gaining weight from this food because it had more fat in it than Purina One. She stopped eating because it was always the same kibble and bits. She wanted to spice up her food a little bit, who can blame her? So we were on the lookout for another food that she might like more than her Beneful. We tried the Purina One SMARTBlend Lamb & Rice Formula again and she absolutely loves it and is still eating it to this day! It is the perfect blend of real meat pieces and kibble. She eats her dinner in seconds every night! Why she started to dislike this food the first time is beyond me because she is right back on it!

On special occasions like her Birthday, Thanksgiving or Christmas, we give Kahlua a little bit of a different meal. We give her Purina Beneful Prepared Meals. She absolutely loves them and devours them whenever we give them to her. Another thing that we do for her once in a while to change things up is to put a little bit of gravy on her food and she also loves this.

The food you buy your dog really depends on what they like. If they don't like their food you just have to keep on trying something new to please them! Would you be satisfied eating the same disgusting meal every day? so why would you treat your furry family member that way? Also, you have to watch the ingredients in the food. Really good food will have vegetables and real meat with lots of protein, other foods will have lots of gluten and such. You should listen to the breeder you got your dog from or you veterinarian when it comes to what food is good for your dog.


All of the research I did for this blog came from here.