Oatmeal in Kibble?

 oatmeal is a good ingredient. it's easily digestible and good for dogs with a sensitive stomach.

 If oatmeal isn't a "good grain" then I don't know what is. It's one of the last ones I'd suspect if grain allergies were in question. It's high in several nutrients that make it easier to digest than most small grains (only corn and white rice, are more digestible, if I remember correctly).

It's also expensive and not profitable to "fractionate" (ie, it's usually sold in whole form not fractions like hulls, flour, protein or gluten, or mill runs).  So when I see it as a main ingredient (which it almost never is any more), I feel confident that food quality and integrity is being put above the share members' profits.

As mentioned above, oatmeal is a good grain. Are you maybe confusing it with another one?

 i very much probably am lol

I too prefer oatmeal or brown rice over many of the other grain alternatives.

Unfortunately, Rivers can't have anything with oats, period....his ears will turn red instantly.

The only grain he can have is brown or white rice; which leaves me very limited for foods.

For now, he's doing excellent on Cal natural lamb/rice puppy food.