Nice! He has a beautiful head.

I have fed the following dry foods.

* Wellness (I switched after finding the third foreign object in it)
* Innova (not Evo), (switched because the store that sold it's hours were not convenient for me) the dogs did well on that food.
* Canidae (Switched when they changed their formula and all my dogs got sick, plus now Diamond is the processing plant which has been involved in many recalls).
* Orijen (I currently feed and am very happy with this food and always recommend it to others).

I cannot tell from the photos but he looks like he *may* be slightly overweight, if so, losing a few pounds will make him feel younger and put more bounce in his step.

Alright, I wanted to add this to the forum. I went over to my local pet shop and picked up some samples.

The samples that were included were:
Fromm - Chicken A La Veg
Fromm - Duck & Sweet Potato
Wellness - Core
Evo - Small Bites
Innova - Large Breed Adult Food
Solid Gold - Hund n' Flockey

I grabbed 6 bowls and sprinkled a little of each packet per bowl. I had Diesel sit a good 4 feet away from the bowls while I placed them down in front of him. On my command, I let him go for the bowls and decide which one he would eat. I honestly expected him to sniff the first bowl, eat it and move on to the next. I was pretty amazed when he sniffed each bowl first, and then went for his first pick. Each bowl was cleaned before moving on to his next. I'd like to add, that he didn't just move on to the bowl that was directly next to it. He would sniff each bowl and then make his decision again.

The order of his favorites are:
#1 Fromm - Chicken A La Veg
#2 Fromm - Duck & Sweet Potato
#3 Wellness - Core
#4 Evo - Small Bites
#5 (was reluctant to eat, but finally did) Innova - Large Breed Adult Food
#6 (he did not eat this) Solid Gold - Hund n' Flockey

This was a fun little test.

 Quote: Angela Burrell

I have fed the following dry foods.

* Wellness (I switched after finding the third foreign object in it)

Yuck, what kind of objects?

 Quote: Cathy Goessman

 Quote: Angela Burrell

I have fed the following dry foods.

* Wellness (I switched after finding the third foreign object in it)

Yuck, what kind of objects?

Well, the first was what appeared to be a tuft of fur or hair coming out of a kibble in what was supposed to be chicken dog food (it didnt look like a feather). The second was a small white thing embedded in the kibble that could have been either cartilage or plastic. The third was a small thin piece of plastic (similar to a bit of shopping bag) inside a can of Wellness Chicken. I was like, OK that's enough, let's see what else is out there.

There is a website called dogfoodanalysis.com that rates different types of food on a 'star' rating system. They review all the different types of foods and give the pros and cons of all. I like it because it is an independent source of information and doesnt appear to be bias toward any one product.

I feed my dogs a combination of raw and dry. I feed them both Taste of the Wild and Chicken Soup for a Dog Lovers Soul. Not sure why but TOTW will sometimes give my youngest the runs.

These are the ONLY high quality dog foods that are available locally ( that I dont have to drive over 50 miles to buy) Sad to say most people here in my town feed Ol'Roy and look at me like Im a crazy woman for spending close to 50.00 for a fourty pound bag of dog food.

I am a raw feeder, but I feed Wellness CORE at times...never had any problem with it. Also use it as training treats. I did buy a bag of Taste of the Wild recently for my Cairn terrier that doesn't do raw...pleased with the results, but this is a dog that can eat anything without much change...always say that tin cans would do her just fine

I like Timberwolf organics Ocean Blue or Wild and Natural (high protein), which are both grain free. This is the only dry dog food I can get my older shepherd to eat (yes, she WILL starve herself to death ... you can not wait this dog out). I can't do raw right now because I have no source of affordable meat since I moved. This dog food (at $75 for 33 pounds) is cheaper than raw for me. I can't get it locally, but the ship it FedEx for $4.95 per order, regardless of size.

It is definitely not a cheap food, but I find that they really don't need to eat very much of it. I am surprised how little of it my dogs really go through. It isn't nearly as expensive as it seems and they do very well on it.