dog food versus cat food

[warhorse]

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That is along the lines as I had heard, but I, too, never heard exactly what it was in it that was bad.

 

[warhorse]

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And there isn't much difference in their basic requirements. Cats are carnivores and dogs (though this is debated alot) are carnivores with scavenger/omnivore tendencies. Not sure of the age of your dogs but if they are adults I'd stay way from the puppy food. Only cause the puppy food is usually higher in calcium, and other nutrients that are needed during the growth stages but can cause health problems in adults. Best would probably be a performance or for active dogs formula.

eta: around here there is almost no difference in what the cat eats to what the dogs eat, except he gets more heart meals than the dogs. Otherwise, the cat eats the same meals and eats the bone in them just like the dogs.

Sorry, I didn't specify but I had switched from puppy to adult recently because they are now 8 months and 14 months old. It was a toss up between keeping the puppy on the puppy food a little longer and letting the older grump eat the puppy food or let the puppy eat adult food a little early. It is the older grump that is harder working and running her weight off, so maybe the puppy food a few months longer wouldn't hurt.

 

[farrier!]

We have 2 Vizsla's that run circles around us as we are conditioning for endurance. I finally have weight on my older dog by feeding a "high energy" dog food. I use Diamond brand here in the states. Maybe you can find something like it there.