What's a good dog food to use?

i hope you get a lot more answers than i did on this one. im hoping to find out more. my dog has itchyness also.

I switched from Mighty Dog roasted to a differnet canned food made by Menu foods. It seems to have helped my dogs shedding alot. I want to get him back on a dry food though because the canned is so expensive. His coat looks really good right now. I have cut way down on the table scraps because I think that can really mess up their digestion.

We use Purina, Moist and Meaty, hamburger flavor. We have a dashaund and he really loves it. Comes in packets so is real easy to use. We don't give our pets any table scraps since the vet said it's the worst thing we could do.

I am not sure which brands they have near you. Look at the ingredients and find the one which has the most natural ingredients. Meat and rice are good. It should have very high crude protein content. Usually the brands for dogs with sensitive digestive systems have more natural ingredients. The less modification the better. Hope this helps!

I personally feed Blue Buffalo and Natures Recipe- they're not too expensive, made with good ingredients and my dogs all love it. Basically, anything you can buy in the grocery store is not a great food- they're full of corn, dyes, and junk. Petsmart/Petco, or whatever dog store is near you will most likely have an aisle for premium foods. Some that I personally recommend are: Blue Buffalo Natures Recipe Canidea Royal Canin Solid Gold. Nutro is a decent food as well- I just can't feed it to my Schnauzers because for some reason it turns their legs/chest/beard a rusty color. There are many others, I just can't think of anything else at the moment :)

My dogs enjoyed Beneful. I mixed a little bit of the wet with the dry. We then noticed they (yes, we have two) were goin #2 atlest three times a day. 2 dogs X 3 times a day, that's a lot of #2. SO we switched to Nutro max, they claim great taste and less clean up. So, now ere down to 2 dogs 2 times a day each. I still prefer Beneful, it just looks more delicious.

So there are a few things that you need to consider when shopping for dog food, I have a degree in animal nutrition (specifically pet nutrition) and it really is a jungle. 1) just because meat is the first ingredient DOES NOT mean that there is more meat than grain in the food. Some companies will use a few different types of grain so that the meat is the ingredient present in the highest quanitity. 2)You can get alot of hints from the name. If a food has an ingredient in the name (ex. my brand beef dog food) then that ingredient must be atleast 90% of the total mass of the food. If they use the words meatballs, dinner, supper, stew or formula then that means that meat is 25-90% of the food (very large range). Foods that have 'with' in the name are 3-25% of that ingredient (ex. dog food with lamb). And anything with the word flavor in the name is less than 3% of that ingredient in the food (ex. beef flavored dog food). 3)You should always look for the AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) label on the bag. This means that the food meets the requirements for whatever life stage it says (puppy, adult, geriatric, etc.) 4)Just so you know even if a food claims to contain 'human grade food' once that food enters a pet food plant it can no longer legally be called human grade and they can combine it with other meat products before putting it into the food. There is however nothing wrong with animal byproducts, all it means is that when they are done removing all of the meat to make human foods the leftover meat is then called a byproduct. 5)With the itchy skin I would definitely reccomend taking her to a veterinarian. Some breeds have specific problems with either certain ingredients or the absorption fo certain nutrients. For example Bull terriers can get acrodermatitis from zinc malabsorption. It is possible that she is allergic to something in the food, but it may also be something in the house that she is allergic to. A vet will be able to direct you best so that you are not flying in the dark. I hope this helps although I know it is alot of information. Overall Walthams does make extremely good pet foods. Some smaller local companies I have seen also make excellent quality foods.