Best "premium" dog food?

[california_mom]

I realized that one of my dogs has a chicken allergy. Upon learning that, I started looking for pet foods (I do this every few years).  I realized that Innova & California Natural, which is what we were feeding him, is owned by P&G. Argh!  So, I want to switch brands, which now has to exclude Innova, Evo and California Natural.  I had already banned Diamond products, like Taste of the Wild. So I am running out of options. My only option at this point seems to be Wysong, which funnily we were buying when we first adopted dogs 15 years ago.  I guess everything goes full circle. The issue I have with Wysong is that they have one formula that is for both dogs and cats , which to me is weird because I've been told cats need lots more protein and a certain about of taurine, which dogs don't need.  Maybe I'm over-thinking it.

Can you let me know which dog food you feed your dog and why you think it's the best?

Thanks 

[Kaydove]

My dog is allergic to chicken and grain too. I feed them Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diet. They have different flavors (sounds weird saying flavors but I didn't know what else to say) like bison and sweet potatoes or lamb and brown rice. I switch flavor everytime I buy a new bag, they eating duck and potato right now and its not their favourite . Its great food in that they contain only one type of meat, potato, and vitamins, no other junk like chicken meal or dried egg powder or any grains. They have also have a line of treats that are Limited Ingredient Diet too, just look for the L. I. D. on the label. You can get it at petco too.

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[Kaydove]

It does seem weird that a dog and cat food are the same since cat food is a higher protein content and would probably make a dog really fat.

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[delightedbutterfly]

We feed our grain sensitive and tummy trouble prone dog Acana Lamb and Okanagan Apple. She was previously on California Nautral Lamb (which used to be on the top quality lists until P&G bought it) as that's what she came to us on. She's a very picky eater which is why we kept her on CN and when we moved and couldn't find a good pet store that carried it we switched to the Acana and we were shocked when she picked out all of her old food and would only eat the new stuff. 

It's agreeing with her very well!

[Kaydove]

Acana is awesome dog food! For us, with a 50 lbs dog and a 80 lbs dog, it was too expensive. We do a mix of dry and canned, only one can split between two dogs the rest of their food is dry. I would love to get them off of the canned, I've tried so many times, but they don't eat and get all mopey without it.

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Edited by Kaydove - 11/2/12 at 12:09pm

[QueenOfTheMeadow]

Moving from TAO to the Pets forum.

[lactatinggirl]

I'm not sure about chicken content, but we use Flint River Ranch and it's great. Fast shipping too!