You have me thinking Kim, maybe he doesn't do well on fish I actually wanted to try a grain free food, but thought fish would be better for her coat.

I am going to be switching to Blue Buffalo fish :)

Hi,
Well.. I just wondered, sometimes we think certain ingredients are better for our dogs.. but your dog may just not tolerate the fish well. What was your dog eating previously and why do you feel you need to change it?
You can get all the good benefits that Fish offer by giving your dog Salmon oil as a supplement either in liquid on the food or in capsules.

Evo is a great food but their Grain Free Formulas have considerably higher protein than the 27% you mentioned you were looking for.

? how you came up with the numbers for Protein/ fat? And what about Carbohydrate? Grain free does not mean Carb free necessarily. PP Selects is not a grain free food.

I guess you may need to play around with different foods to find the one that your dog does well on.

Taste of the Wild (3 flavors, one fish-based); Before Grain (Merrick)- Salmon, Bison, or Chicken; Acana Pacifica (fish-based), Grasslands, or Prairie Harvest

I've been using Canidae Grain Free All Life Stages and have had fabulous results. They have a fish based one as well but right now the meat one is doing a great job here.

I have not tried this food...but have heard many good things about it....Petcurean "Now" is grain free.....it is a Canadian based company with very high standards. They make a puppy food that is much lower in protein than most of the grain free puppy foods. They also have Petcurean "GO' which does have a small amount of grains.....one is Salmon and oatmeal....single protein and carb. for allergic dogs. I think the food is worth looking into....I don't know the prices or the availablity.

oops.. you are right. That was a different post with the 27% protein.
My error.
sorry.

If your dog is doing well on the current ratio of protein to fat.. I would not change that.

Higher protein just seems better for some dogs. My girl gets a higher protein food but she is very active and high energy.

Good luck , sounds like you have lots of good choices.

Great Life also offers a grain-free line; they also have grain free cookies - using potato starch/flour and tapioca. You might also want to look at Natural Balance.

Most of my dogs are on Acana Wild Prairie. It is grain free, 33% Protein, 18% Fat, and is made from Chicken, Egg, and Fish Proteins. I do have 2 girls who do not do as well with chicken and they are on Acana Pacifica which is grain free, all Fish Proteins and it is 33% Protein and 17% Fat. My dogs range from 10 months to 12 years and all are doing well on this food.

Acana Pacifica or Orijin Six Fish. Top choices in my opinion, have fed both to a chicken intolerant pup/now dog, she never has a problem unless she snitches chicken food from somewhere else.

My boy is doing great on the Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diets line. I'm assuming you know the PP Selects isn't grain free. Or at least it wasn't when I was feeding it 3 years ago.

You may want to check out Honest Kitchen. They have a few different varieties.

I have one of mine on California Natural Herring and Sweet Potato. Does have barley and oatmeal in it. 21% protein, 11% fat. My boy has alergies and is doing really well on this food!

Johanne

On the recommendation of a veterinary allergy specialist, I put my allergy prone girl on Wellness Fish and Sweet Potato. It has limited ingredients, and you can get sweet potato treats for them so they aren't on grain based treats. I have found sweet potato treats made in the US online. Or if you are talented in the kitchen, you could make your own. My dogs love them.

Thanks everyone what a great list. I spent an hour talking with the woman at my local independently owned pet specialty shop thats been around for 20 years... after telling the woman about my girl and negative response to the proplan selects salmon, she recommended a duck (she called it a 'cool' meat source?) and potato kibble instead of salmon to start. Many are not at the protein/fat ratio I prefer, but Taste of the Wild Wetlands formula is 32/18. It does have some chicken in it, but I will try it and see how she does. If I do not get the results I am looking for I will see if the Pacific Stream makes her sick.