So overwhelmed with kibble options
I have been feeding my dog (8 female, cockapoo) Orijen’s original kibble for the last few years. I went to buy a new bag today to restock when I learned that it isn’t good for her and so started searching up alternatives.
Since she’s a mixed breed (Royal Canin seems to be breed specific) and has sensitive skin, I landed on the 5lb bag of Purina Pro Plan sensitive skin and stomach to try it out.
The sales associate at the pet store was recommending me First Mate and Performatin (saying that they were approved in Europe) and was saying how they’d avoid brands like Purina and Royal Canin.
Based off ingredients and the words like “grain free” and “high protein” the other brands did sound better but based on my research Purina is one of the brands that is most consistent with WSAVA, so I felt most comfortable me grabbing that.
I don’t know, I just feel so overwhelmed since now I have to change her kibble and I just don’t know what’s best. Based on WSAVA Purina seems solid, but also it seems to have a bad rep with the general public? Idk I feel better relying on research based nutrition, but it’s all so confusing. 😓
**also I just want to preface that I don’t support backyard breeding, we adopted my dog when she was 2 years old.