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We Utilize Tracker for our adult dogs.  We have used Joy with great success as well.  Both can be found at your local feed store.  I also highly recommend Science Diet for your puppy.
We offer advice and options only for devote dog lovers. These options are based on discussions and suggestions from other TRD owners and vetrinarians. As we all know results vary from animal to animal and breed to breed.	BARF is an acronym for Biologically Appropriate Raw Food and also stands for Bones And Raw Food. BARF “BARF is about feeding dogs properly. You feed it the diet that it evolved to eat. ... A biologically appropriate diet for a dog is one that consists of raw whole foods similar to those eaten by the dogs’ wild ancestors. The food fed must contain the same balance and type of ingredients as consumed by those wild ancestors. This food will include such things as muscle meat, bone, fat, organ meat and vegetable materials and any other foods that will mimic what was those wild ancestors ate.”

Nutrition is very important. The wrong type of food with poor quality ingredients may weaken the dog's immune system, lead to a poor quality coat, and irritate the skin. Like human food, don't always believe what you read on the label, especially when you see the least expensive bag of dog food states it is well-rounded, high quality, and nutritionally balanced. For a TRD, dog food with more protein and the following qualities makes a big difference in their overall health and vitality: all natural, grain free, organic, or veterinarian prescribed.

Good nutrition allows your dog to function fully each and every day. When we look at dog food in the grocery store, we see rows upon rows of bagged dog food, canned dog food, and wet canned or packaged dog food. Each bag or can further annotates if the food is meant for large or small breeds and then allows us to focus on age. Otherwise, the ingredients all blend together in a conglomerated list of items that are only half recognizable by the average person.

Feeding is a lifestyle, and many of us have a very busy lifestyle that does not allow us to make our dog's food from scratch out of the freshest, healthiest ingredients. On the other hand, many individuals would sure like to try. I don't rap either choice, since it is a very personal one.

First things first, dogs are carnivores not vegetarians. They require meat in their diet.  Their teeth are made to rip and tear meat, not grind grain.   An animal that is meant to grind grains will have their digestion start in their mouth; a dog's digestion starts in its stomach.