Originally Posted by Jsmth321

It's about the only thing that isn't most likely, along with chicken wings and drum sticks, but chicken is a premium meat so not cheap and certainly too much $$$ to feed the dog with, pork is still cheapest meat, but even pork chops are mostly boneless, and still 4-5 per pound.

Stores don't even have a meat department anymore, everything comes pre-wrapped and ready to sell. No meat counter anymore.

T-bone steaks are out of my range, so I can't even say for sure the store sells them.....

Originally Posted by mikelincs

Never, never, never give your dog chicken that has bones, they splinter and are very sharp and can penetrate the gullet and stomach walls.

Originally Posted by Pulaski

That's actually not true. I asked my sister about that when I saw her feeding "chicken on the bone" to her dogs. She feeds her dogs raw food on the advice of her vet, who had recommended chicken with bones, and the story about chicken bones is apparently, much to my surprise, an old wives tale with no factual merit. My sister's dogs are lab-mixes, so a fair size; I'm not sure if that makes a difference.

Originally Posted by mikelincs

Raw chicken bones are safer than cooked ones as the cooking hardens the bone and makes it more likely to splinter. I had Irish Setters, and fed them raw bones, and cooked ones, but never chicken, usually beef.

Originally Posted by Jsmth321

I feed Acana, even with her sensitivity she reacts well. I don't personally trust vets when it comes to food, the stuff in their offices is generally poor and filled with fillers like corn, I prefer the more wholesome blends of food with limited grains and fillers.

I wouldn't feed anything made by Mars, Purina, Iams and the like, it's all low quality in my view.

But when it comes to dog food, everyone has an opinion, based on my research better to stick with smaller companies not owned by some mega corporation.

Just check the FDA website and see how many recalls some of these companies have.

Acana also makes a food called Orijen, our pup has done very good on this companies food and from what I can find, they have never had a recall.

This is the food the vet said to feed:

rewers rice, chicken by-product meal, brown rice, wheat gluten, oat groats, chicken fat, natural flavors, dried plain beet pulp, fish oil, powdered cellulose, salt, vegetable oil, sodium silico aluminate, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, fructooligosaccharides, sodium tripolyphosphate, L-lysine, vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), inositol, niacin supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), D-calcium pantothenate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin A acetate, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], taurine, choline chloride, marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), glucosamine hydrochloride, trace minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate], tea, L-carnitine, chondroitin sulfate, rosemary extract, preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid.

Dachshund / BREED HEALTH NUTRITION™ / Dog Products / Products / Products / Home Royal Canin USA - Royal Canin

This is what we decided to food based on my research

Chicken meal, steel-cut oats, chicken fat, deboned chicken, whole potato, peas, whole egg, deboned flounder, sun-cured alfalfa, chicken liver, herring oil, pea fiber, whole apples, whole pears, sweet potato, pumpkin, butternut squash, parsnips, carrots, spinach, cranberries, blueberries, kelp, chicory root, juniper berries, angelica root, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, lavender.

Vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, niacin, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, selenium yeast, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product.

Puppy Small Breed | ACANA Pet Foods

I just couldn't feed her the Royal Canin with a list of ingredients like that.

Opinions vary, and this is simply from my research and seeing my dog and how well she is on the Acana, good skin, firm stools, nice coat. Not saying anyone else is wrong, and we all have our own opinion based on research we do.

Originally Posted by mikelincs

Never, never, never give your dog chicken that has bones, they splinter and are very sharp and can penetrate the gullet and stomach walls.

Originally Posted by Jsmth321

everything is boneless these days.

Originally Posted by Dorothy

Boneless

Originally Posted by Dorothy

Boneless

Originally Posted by mikelincs

even less bones..

Originally Posted by thinbrit

Why I was a young whipper-snapper, my grandma used to say we were having chicken for dinner. "Chicken in a shell"...

Originally Posted by HG72

Hi there, urgently trying to find out where I can purchase Chappie Dog Food in the US.
3 Dogs with sensitive stomachs and are able to ship the food over from the UK but would make it easier if I could purchase in US.

Has anyone had this problem? Does anyone know where I can purchase?

Originally Posted by Pulaski

Is that like "chicken of the sea"?

Originally Posted by Boiler

Lamb was one of the cheaper meats in my youth, not here.