Is all dog food created equal?

I am a little picky when it comes to nutrition in my patients.  So come with me on this quick little journey.  I'm going to list the first few ingredients in three different dog foods and before you scroll to the bottom to see what brands they are, pick which one you would like to feed your dog at home.


1. Whole grain corn, poultry by-product meal, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), corn gluten meal, meat and bone meal, brewers rice


2. Ground yellow corn, chicken-by-product meal, corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour, beef tallow preserved with mixed-tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), rice flour, beef


3. Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Oatmeal, Ground Barley, Ground Brown Rice, Tomato Pomace, Rye Flour, Canola Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols, a natural source of vitamin E), Tomatoes 




Which one of these three sounds the healthiest?  If you were stranded on a deserted island which would give you the most protein??
















1. Dog Chow
2. Beneful Adult
3. Wellness Super5Mix


Examine the first 3 ingredients.  Would a wild dog prefer an ear of corn or a chicken?  Although I would love my patients to all be on Wellness, it is the most expensive.  Of the dog foods sold in all grocery stores I would choose Purine One over all the others (meat is the number 1 ingredient and it provides life-stage nutrition).