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Really good dog food that Spooky has tested in our test kitchen!

Spooky is my tester.  He is so sensitive that most kibble will upset him so I trust in his kitchen-laboratory
testing results.
Here are some good hypoallergenic dog foods that you probably will NOT find at Wal Mart.

This hypoallergenic dog food is as good as homemade

Innova Red Meat Kibble

Innova Red Meat

Innova Red Meat is all meat. Spooky loves this food. He will eat it dry. Which is amazing by itself! But I would not advise using it if your dog has any problems with his organs. Spooky has Pancreatitis and although he loves this food, I do not give him much or it just make s the Pancreatitis worse.
Innova Low Fat Adult Dog Food

Innova Low Fat Adult Dog Food. This is Spooky’s main food. It doesn’t taste too good because it’s low fat so I put some homemade gravy (not out of a package – too much salt).  I use organic chicken stock and thicken it up a bit with a little flour and mix it in with the food. Or sometimes I take some of the red meat Innova and mix it in so he has to work at eating it.  Little brat.
California Natural Dog Food

California Natural is also a good dog food.  Spooky didn’t seem to have any problems with it.
EVO The Ancestral Diet

This is what Spooky has tested. EVO The Ancestral Diet.  He gives it 4 paws.
This is Royal Canin diet

This is Royal Canin diet I have heard from many sources that this is a good food also. Spooky hasn’t tried this one yet because if it ain’t broke……..
Canidae dog food

Canidae dog food is excellent. Spooky likes this one too. Innova was chosen because it was low fat.

Update on Home cooked meals for dogs

As you all know I am an advocate of feeding good food to your dog and letting the big dog food industry go bankrupt.

Investigating specialty store dog foods.

I have been looking into some interesting brands of food out there that don’t seem to get a lot of attention because they don’t have the big money for advertising campaigns. These foods are often sold in speciality pet shop stores. You won’t find them at the grocery store or Wal Marts or the local Petco. I think it’s because the grocery stores can’t make much of a profit off of them and they are far superior to any other food out there. So try some of these dog foods out and let me know what you think. They will be a little more expensive but far less expensive than those you will find at the vet’s office.