Great choice Country!! That shows you really care!
When I was a teenager, we had 4 Jack Russells (Rosie is still with my mom, and I have a pup)... Rosie was a great frisbee dog and even competed some. We ended up breeding her (registered dogs with pre-selected homes) and not only did we feed the adults the BARF diet, we weaned all the puppies on it as well! It was so adorable watching the babies run around with their little chicken wings!
All of the buyers who have kept in touch over the years (10) have commented on their dogs good health and good teeth. I really think it did a lot for them. My current puppy, Eli, who I got from a breeder, was weaned off on to Purina, and the lady tried to convince me to use it! No way! In the very first week I had him and had not started switching him over to the better food, I realised he has a food allergy... and I blame that junk she fed him. So now I have to be VERY careful what I feed him. I couldnt even feed him meat, cooked or otherwise, because it gave him the runs like crazy.
A dogs natural diet is meat and the greens from the animals stomach. We have noticed in humans that when we move away from natural foods is when we develop health issues such as diabetes... is it soooo very strange that it would be the same for our dogs?
Imagine, Country... you'll never have to worry about brushing your dogs teeth or stinky dog breath!
Ps- If you ever find yourself in need of an intermediate food, Nutro is pretty good.. no corn at least and some quality ingredients. They have changed the recipe in Solid Gold and its not as great as it used to be, but still good.