Should I change him back to Blue Buffalo? please help....

[ALPHA]

At first I started feeding Alpha Blue Buffalo, he ate Blue until the age of 7 months. Unfortunately, I had to change him to Nutra Nuggets... Now he is 11 months and I have been thinking of changing him to Blue Buffalo again... Can some one please help me compare the differences between Blue Buffalo and Nutra Nuggets and help me decide... this is tough for me because Blue is 35lbs for $50 and Nutra Nuggets is 40lbs for $25 and I am currently unemployed and on a tight budget.. thanks for your help...

[Lucy Dog]

Why did you have to switch him off and why is it an option again?

How did he do on the BB and how is he doing on the Nutra?

[ALPHA]

well he looks good to me on nutra.... he eats it good and he looks nice and shiny.... I guess what I am trying to figure out is how much better is BB than Nutra Nuggets... is it worth paying 2x more for it?

[Lucy Dog]

If he's doing well on the Nutra... stick with that. I don't know much about the food, but it looks to be fine ingredient wise. No reason to switch if he's doing well on it and he likes it.

[WVGSD]

Ingredients
Chicken by-product meal, whole grain ground corn, wheat flour, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), beet pulp, egg product, flaxseed, natural chicken flavor, salmon oil (a source of DHA), fish meal, potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid. Nutra Nuggets


The first several ingredients in Nutra Nuggets puppy are not what is considered to be quality ingredients based upon what is listed above. I did see that the calcium percentage is 1.2 and that is not too bad for a GSD puppy.

[WVGSD]

Here are the ingredients in Blue Buffalo's Large Breed Puppy Chicken and Rice kibble:

Ingredients

Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Ground Brown Rice, Whole Ground Barley, Oatmeal, Tomato Pomace (source of Lycopene), Natural Chicken Flavor, Chicken Fat ( preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Whole Potatoes, Peas, Flaxseed(source of Omega 3 and 6 Fatty Acids), Whole Carrots, Whole Sweet Potatoes, Blueberries, Cranberries, Barley Grass, Dried Parsley, Garlic, Alfalfa Meal, Dried Kelp, Yucca Schidigera Extract, L-Carnitine, L-Lysine, Turmeric, Dried Chicory Root, Oil of Rosemary, Beta Carotene, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Niacin (Vitamin B3), d-Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Biotin (Vitamin B7), Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Ascorbate (source of Vitamin C), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Choline Chloride, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate, Salt, Caramel, Potassium Chloride, Dried Yeast (source of Saccharomyces cerevisiae), Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, Dried Bacillus subtilis fermentation product, Dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product.