Wellness Super5Mix...or Canidae?

The recommendations on the back of the bag are just guidelines. If I followed them, my dogs would be balloons! I think alot of companies put big portions on the back just so you'll feed more, therefore buy it more often. It also depends on certain dogs, their activity level, age, breed, etc.

Super5Mix give my dogs very loose poops and my setter stopped eating it after awhile.  We have settled on Eagle Pack Holistics with some Evo tossed in.  Great coat and skin and healthy looking stool. 

you need to find the kcal per bag information in order to figure out how much to feed and how much it will actually cost you to feed it. The feeding guidelines on the bags are usually very wrong. Oh, and buying a food because it claims it put joint supplements in it isn't a good idea- they don't put enough in the foods for it to do your dog any good.

Well, he's on Knox Nutra Joint too... I just figured the more the better.

Agreed that the joint supplements in kibble are just slick marketing. The values are too low, and the heat from the baking process pretty much destroys it. You're better off supplementing yourself to see any benefit.

My dogs did not do well on Super5Mix, I believe it was the barley. Mushy poop, and one dog would vomit yellow bile all the time. They also ate grass a lot. When I switched to Canidae they improved 100% but I agree that the formula switch has made Canidae far less appealing. I switched to Orijen about 8 months ago and have seen a huge improvement without the grains in their diet. But that's just my experience.

I also think Wellness is overpriced, and costs more per cup to feed than many other foods of comparable quality.

DanielleNY

I also think Wellness is overpriced, and costs more per cup to feed than many other foods of comparable quality.

..totally agree, here.  The last time I checked, the target ph of Super5Mix is about 7.2 - 7.4.  If you have a dog that is prone to UTIs, you are better off getting a food that is 6.2 - 6.4. Canidae and Eagle Pack fall into this targeted area. Best to feed your supplements separately in any case.  Then you know what you are giving your dog, especially if you are paying extra for it in the food.

Feeding guidelines are very general. You have to judge, yourself, how much to feed your dog to keep them at an optimal weight.  My setter is 40 lbs, my pointer is 44 lbs.  My setter eats 1.5 cups a day divided into 2 meals with a couple of spoonfuls of good quality canned food.  If we are not training and she is indoors, I cut back a bit and substitute pumpkin because she starts getting a little too padded.  My pointer eats twice that amount and sometimes I add a bit more because if she's training hard or really active, she gets ribsy.