Recommended Dog Food
Listed are what I feel are the best dog foods for your Llewellin Setter.
I believe with every ounce of me that you should feed the very best you possibly can. What you put into your dog starting as a puppy will absolutely make the difference in his health for the rest of his life—which, I also feel will be extended by several years and be disease-free. Spending a little extra in the quality of food you feed your dog will save you thousands in vet bills later, extend your dog’s life, and enhance the quality.
In order of best choices to worst:
- A complete, balanced home-prepared Raw diet.
- You’ll need the book, “Dr. Becker’s Real Food for Healthy Cats and Dogs“
- Commercially prepared frozen complete Raw diet
- Commercially prepared dehydrated/freeze-dried complete diet
- Human-grade canned food with the addition of fresh foods.
- Super-premium kibble with the addition of fresh foods
I believe all foods should be:
- Organic if possible
- Free-range (pastured) meat
- Human-grade
- Sourced within the U.S. or Canada, or New Zealand
- No food you feed your dog should include corn, wheat, soy, or oats.
- No food should list unnamed meat sources (e.g., “meat meal”, “meat by-products”). The first 6 ingredients listed on the dog food are the most important.
Switch food brands/manufacturers and protein sources often. This is the best way to be certain your dog is receiving a well-balanced diet.
I now feel quality of ingredients and the freshest possible ingredients is most important and a bag of processed dry dog food is not it any of these things.
Commercial Raw and/or Dehydrated Dog Foods (First choice for your dog or puppy):
- BJ’s Raw
- Iron Will Raw
- Big Country Raw
- Viva Raw
- The Simple Food Project
- Primal
- Halo’s Freeze Dried
- Steve’s Real Food Prey Model
- Steve’s Real Food Freeze Dried
- Raw Bistro
- Bixy Rawbble
- Aunt Jeni’s
- All Provide
- Albright’s Raw
- Everbright Raw
- Small Batch
- Vital Essentials
- Front of the Pack Air Dried
- Big Country Raw
- Doctor Marty’s Nature’s Blend Freeze Dried
- Smack Dehydrated
- Keto Low Carb
- Answers Detailed
- Darwin’s Natural Pet Products
- Huntaway Raw Wild Venison Dog Food
- The Honest Kitchen (Only the Butcher Block Pate and One Pot Stews)
- Sundays for Dogs
- Wysong Raw Pet Food and canned
- Sojos – Homemade Pet Food Made Easy
- Northwest Naturals Raw
- Bravo Raw
- Ziwi Peak Air Dried
- Orijen Freeze Dried
- Acana Freeze Dried
- Open Farm Freeze Dried
Dry (Air Dried &):
- New Zealand Natural Air Dried Woof
- Sunday’s Air Dried
- Wysong Holistic Dog Food
- Carna4 Baked Air Dried
- Nature’s Logic Distinction Grain-Free
- Orijen Original
- Arcana
Best Canned Dog Foods
- Farmina Pet Foods N&D
- Wysong Epigen
- Ziwi Peak
- Hound and Gatos
- Nature’s Logic
- Castor and Pullox Organix
- Orijen Tundra
The Best Puppy Foods
- BJ’s Raw
- Stewart’s Freeze Dried
- Instinct Raw Freeze Dried Cage-Free Chicken Recipe Puppy
- Nature’s Blend Healthy Growth
- All Provide Raw Puppy
- Stella and Chewy’s Puppy Patties & Canned Puppy
- Farmina Pet Foods N&D Canned Foods
- Instinct Raw Longevity Puppy
- Orijen Puppy Canned
- Sojos Freeze Dried Puppy
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