I have searched for a commercial brand dog food for our dogs for almost a year. We have two dogs, aged 6 and 10 months, and nothing has seemed right for both of them. We've tried Wellness, Natural Balance Duck & Sweet Potato, Merrick, Canidae, and a local brand called Lotus which was touted by those who get commission for selling it as "the new Wellness since they changed their formula." On Canidae my Chesapeake lost fur. On Wellness they both had horrible diahrrea (internal parasites ruled out). On Lotus the Chesapeake developed raw, flaky patches on the inside of her ears, which also happened to a lab friend of ours. Natural Balance worked fine for a while until the Chesapeake stopped eating it and the pit bull started itching uncontrollably (flea meds in place). So today was our first day of feeding raw, and I was wondering if this will really help? To those who feed raw, I spent about $20 for two weeks' worth of food. Does this sound right? If not, does anyone in the Southern California area feed raw and know of a good wholesale meat distributor we should check out? Thanks for any opinions.
