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As a veterinarian I’m often asked what is the best brand or best diet available for dogs. Occasionally, the question is about the best brand for a specific breed.
Obviously owners want to be able to provide the most optimal nutrition in order to promote overall good health in their dogs. Unfortunately, a thing like “best dog food for…” simply doesn’t exist, despite the abundance of (mis)information you find online...

Puppies are not just small adult dogs. They require different nutrition due to their rapid growth rate.
In addition, not all puppies grow at the same rate or for the same length of time due to the enormous genetic variation amongst dog breeds.
This article will detail the most important nutrition points to consider to optimize your puppy’s growth and development....

The dog food industry is a multi-million dollar industry in the United States. Decades of research in canine nutrition has allowed dog food companies to offer top notch diets to consumers (1). The result is an estimated thousands of different dog food...

There is a lot of conflicting information and discussion currently about meat by-products in dog food. Many pet food companies boast that their diets don’t contain by-products and therefore are superior.
Much of this hype is actually a marketing gimmick. Meat by-products are not only an environmentally sustainable ingredient, by-products are a great source of nutrients....