Is Crown or Bovine dog food more suitable for Samoyed?
Advantages of Guaneng dog food
1. Good palatability
Crown dog food in the U.S. dog world is a high reputation, good palatability, “small pick beauty” dog food in a particle of two sizes, one is a pocket round cake diameter of 5 mm, the other nature is a pentagram shape diameter of about 10 mm is easy to be chewed crushed. The combination of the two kinds of particles can help dogs clean their teeth. Soak water after the expansion is not large, small dogs eat also more ideal.
2. High crude protein content
The crude protein content of Guaneng is 33%, so the dog food tastes good, but dogs with kidney disease need to avoid the high content of crude protein.
3. High fat content
The oil content is 180g/kg, which is higher than other dog foods. It can maintain the luster of the dog’s coat and maintain the health of the skin.
4. Low total bacterial content
The number of bacteria in the test report of Guaneng dog food is less than 10 CFU/g, which is relatively safe.
TIPS: Guaneng dog food disadvantages
Although the crown can dog food by the above-mentioned view is already a relatively good dog food, but, by the relevant professional institutions testing, the crown can dog food contains toxic substances in three failed.
1. BHA preservative ingredients seriously exceed the standard
BHA scientific name butyl hydroxyanisole, is an antioxidant, to put it bluntly is a preservative. Before, there are many pet food contains more or less of this ingredient, especially grease-rich pet food. But today, BHA is not recommended to be added in pet food. And the content in Crown Energy is as high as 64.4mg/kg.
2. Contains heavy metal mercury
In the test data, the main ingredient does not contain deep-sea fish, but the crown can contain 0.003mg/kg of heavy metal mercury, let me into the contemplation of ……
3. Contains nitrite
Up to 3.5mg/kg of nitrite, although it will not immediately cause harm to the dog’s body, but long-term consumption is certainly not good.
4. Calcium content exceeds the standard
Professional institutions test value of 22g/kg, for example, your dog weighs 8 kg, then it eats about 150g of crown energy “small pick beauty” a day, equivalent to eat 3.3g of calcium. The recommended calcium supply for an adult dog is 65mg/kg BW (that’s 65mg per kg of body weight). So an 8 kg dog would actually only need to give 0.52g, while consuming Crown Energy would be eating 5 times more calcium. For more information on the dangers of calcium supplementation click on.
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5. The ingredients list uses meat powder instead of meat
From the crown can dog food ingredients list, ranked first surprisingly is chicken powder, and as a qualified dog food, the first five items should be three meat products, to be considered qualified; dogs are carnivores, the need is real meat, not meat powder! Then there is corn and wheat, both low quality grains, and many dogs may have allergies to corn and gastrointestinal effects.
Advantages of Bovine dog food
1. Natural ingredients
Selected farm quality duck meat (or chicken meat) and germ rice, duck meat to reduce fire and remove tear marks, germ rice to help supplement the vitamin B family. Fresh marine fish, deep-sea fish oil, DHA added to benefit the development of brain and vision, and is rich in high-quality protein and Omega 3, easy to digest and absorb. Fresh farm chicken and rice protein, fruits and vegetables are added to provide rich dietary fiber.
2. Add deep-sea fish oil
Marine fish and fish oil contains unsaturated fatty acids (dha and epa) is the indispensable material basis for brain cell formation / development and operation, has the effect of promoting brain development, improve vision, but also can effectively improve the dryness caused by skin problems and transitional hair change.
3. Contains high quality protein
Fresh farm duck meat and rice protein, contains high quality high protein.
Bovine dog food disadvantages
Poor palatability.
Because it is a natural food, it is less palatable than commercial food and may be more difficult to change food. In addition, the packaging is rather plain and uninspiring, so it can easily get lost in the crowd of dog foods. Other than that, Bo Wang dog food is still outstanding in other aspects, and is considered a relatively conscientious domestic food.
Summary
In summary, Bo Wang dog food is more focused on natural health and balanced nutrition, because there is no added additives such as food attractants, in terms of palatability will be less than the crown can. Although the palatability is good, but because of the high content of crude protein, not suitable for dogs with kidney disease to eat, in addition to calcium content exceeds the standard, if your Samoyed is not a serious calcium deficiency, it is not recommended. It is also not recommended to give your dog long-term food because the three toxic substances are over the limit. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on this.
