Meat and Meat Meal: Sorting Through Animal Protein Sources
A few years ago, we added a new column to the chart full of information that we publish in our annual “approved dry dog...
Understanding the “Guaranteed Analysis (GA)”
The guaranteed analysis (GA) is a highly regulated part of a pet food label, and the facts printed there are subject to surveillance and...
How to Shop Dog Food Labels
Alright! You’re in the pet supply store, armed with information about what you have been feeding your dog. You know which nutritional adequacy (AAFCO)...
In the Fine Print: Nutritional Adequacy Statements
It’s bizarre, but one of the most important things on a pet food label is often in the tiniest print: the nutritional adequacy statement,...
Rotation, Rotation, Rotation: Choose Several Dog Foods
You may have not noticed, but we’ve been using the words “foods” and “products” in the text above. We strongly encourage owners to rotate...
Four Steps to Personalized Nutrition
The beginning of your dog food buying journey actually starts with what you feed your dog right now. You are feeding your dog something...
The Best Foods for Your Dog
We know that many of you subscribe to Whole Dog Journal in order to learn about dog food. We’re also aware that, more specifically,...
Whole Dog Journal’s Approved Dry Dog Foods for 2020
Products appear alphabetically by best-known name. In some cases this is the name of the company that makes the food; in others, it’s the...
Whole Dog Journal’s Free Guide on Dry Dog Food
The food you give your dog plays a critical role in his well-being, both on a daily basis and long-term. He needs a diet with the right nutrients to keep him active, happy, and healthy. And make no mistake: Not all dog foods are created equal. Since 1998, The Whole Dog Journal has been proving that much in an annual review and ratings of dry dog foods.
Whole Dog Journal’s 2019 Approved Wet Dog Foods
Canned dog foods represent only about 15% of the overall pet food market. Why don’t more people feed their dogs canned food? It has...
How to Compare Nutrient Levels in Canned Dog Foods with Dry Foods
The percentages of nutrients shown in the guaranteed analysis section on a pet food label (protein, fat, fiber, moisture) are expressed “as fed” –...
Canned Food Is Not Bad for Dogs’ Teeth
If you ever want to see us develop a twitch when asked a question, ask us something about the teeth-cleaning ability of kibble.
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STOP! Don’t do it! Whether the idea of adopting two puppies just occurred to you, or you had been planning to adopt two all along, every trainer I’ve ever met would advise you to think twice and adopt just one. Because training and socializing littermates well is more than twice as difficult as training and socializing one puppy.