LittleMonsters
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Hello all - I've been doing some reading on dog food for my 1,5 year old Frenchie. She has eaten Forza10 Hypoallergenic dry food (first puppy, then adult) since she came home, as that is what our old lady Frenchie (13,5 years old) has always eaten due to food allergies and done really well on. Our older bully has great skin and fur and so we figured we'd get the puppy on it too so that if ever they "snuck" into each other's food bowls the old gal wouldn't have a reaction.
But we've noticed that our puppy seems a little undernourished - she doesn't have great fur (it's rough and thin in some places) and in general just does not look completely at her best. It is possible, as she had parvo at 7 mos old (was vaccinated but still got it) and almost died, that she was stunted in her growth during a critical phase and so will always be a bit more delicate, but we wanted to try to slowly switch her food to see if perhaps a better dry food will help "beef her up" in terms of skin, immunity, and overall health.
That said, living in Italy means that not all the foods available in the UK/USA are available here. I've looked around and found that we can get Acana and Orijen here, but there are so many different "flavors" and formulas that I'm not sure what to choose. She does have a bit of a delicate stomach, too, I don't know if either of these brands have an "intestinal" formula.
These are the major brands readily available here: Acana, Affinity, Almo nature, Alpha spirit, Beyond, Canagan, Carnilove, Cerere, Ciuffi, Class preference, Dr. clauder's, Drn, Enova ,Eukanuba, Exclusion, Expecial, Farmina, Forza10, Frolic, , Hi beef, Hi duck, Hi fish, Hill's, Iams, In the nature, Italian way, Kiramore, Monge, Naturea, Next, Nutro wild, Ok dog, Orijen, Pralzoo, Proplan, Royal canin, Royal canin breed, Royal canin size, Rusty, Schesir, Start, Stuzzy, Tonus dog chow, Top energy, Trainer, Trainer fitness, Trainer natural, Trainer personal, Virtus, Wildfield, Zoori.
Out of these, would you all suggest Acana or Orijen (if so, is there a preference one over the other?) and which formulas for a young Frenchie with occasional digestive upsets?
THANK YOU!
But we've noticed that our puppy seems a little undernourished - she doesn't have great fur (it's rough and thin in some places) and in general just does not look completely at her best. It is possible, as she had parvo at 7 mos old (was vaccinated but still got it) and almost died, that she was stunted in her growth during a critical phase and so will always be a bit more delicate, but we wanted to try to slowly switch her food to see if perhaps a better dry food will help "beef her up" in terms of skin, immunity, and overall health.
That said, living in Italy means that not all the foods available in the UK/USA are available here. I've looked around and found that we can get Acana and Orijen here, but there are so many different "flavors" and formulas that I'm not sure what to choose. She does have a bit of a delicate stomach, too, I don't know if either of these brands have an "intestinal" formula.
These are the major brands readily available here: Acana, Affinity, Almo nature, Alpha spirit, Beyond, Canagan, Carnilove, Cerere, Ciuffi, Class preference, Dr. clauder's, Drn, Enova ,Eukanuba, Exclusion, Expecial, Farmina, Forza10, Frolic, , Hi beef, Hi duck, Hi fish, Hill's, Iams, In the nature, Italian way, Kiramore, Monge, Naturea, Next, Nutro wild, Ok dog, Orijen, Pralzoo, Proplan, Royal canin, Royal canin breed, Royal canin size, Rusty, Schesir, Start, Stuzzy, Tonus dog chow, Top energy, Trainer, Trainer fitness, Trainer natural, Trainer personal, Virtus, Wildfield, Zoori.
Out of these, would you all suggest Acana or Orijen (if so, is there a preference one over the other?) and which formulas for a young Frenchie with occasional digestive upsets?
THANK YOU!
