17 Responses to “Is “Purina One-Adult Dog-Healthy Weight Formula” a good choice of dog food?”
Bully Breeds Rule ! ♥ on
November 26th, 2008 1:02 pm
Both of these dogs foods are complete crap try wellness,canidae or innova evo dog food.
darksong17 on
November 27th, 2008 9:31 pm
Purina One is certainly a lot better than Beneful but it’s definitely not a superb choice. If you’re looking for a high quality dog food to try, try one of the following:
You won’t find a high quality dog food in a supermarket. Some of the higher end dog foods might be difficult to find, though a lot of the time their websites have a helpful store locator.
royal_doxies on
December 1st, 2008 7:24 am
Hi! Awhile ago Purina ONE, Purina Pro Plan, Eukunuba, Science Diet, IAMS, etc, seemed like a great dog foods! We all thought our vets were recomending the right foods. Especially compared to Alpo and Old Roy. But… now that is just a “filler” food which can cause allergies, etc. Try to get something like Canidae, Solid Gold, Merrick, Wellness, etc….. Beneful has a lot of sugar so any high quality food you switch him to he will probably get back on track.
~Amerz~(bad dogs have more fun) on
December 3rd, 2008 2:42 am
Nah, thats pretty bad too…
Canidae is what we feed, and its a fairly priced quailty food. Want to kill some time and learn about the food?
Almost any of the foods available at the big name pet stores are pretty crappy, with the exception of Blue Buffalo which is pretty good, but it was like $50 for a 40lb bag. Canidae was a better quality and better deal in my opinion. Stay away from Nutro as well. Horrible stories coming out lately about that stuff
Read up and you’ll find some quality choices including Canidae, Wellness, Innova and Orijen. Good luck, and happy reading
M.O on
December 5th, 2008 2:02 pm
thats a good choice but whats even better for weightloss is beneful weightloss formula…my old dog was about 40 lbs or so over weight when we first got him and we put him on that and it worked wonders…then after ur dog loses the weight u can put him on the weight managment formula that will keep him at the weight u want him
mostlystef on
December 8th, 2008 8:01 am
I feed Innova and would never give my dog anything available in a grocery store. They won’t kill your dog, but if you’re looking for a “superb” food, you’re in the wrong store! The premium foods like Innova and Canidae SEEM more expensive, but the higher quality proteins and higher digestability of these foods means the dog has to eat LESS to fulfill daily needs. Cheaper in the long run.
juliejuliejulie on
December 11th, 2008 6:31 pm
Dog food falls into categories: top shelf, medium, and generic/Alpo.
Beneful and Purina brand, any variety, are both medium. They are fine for healthy dogs without dietary issues.
If your dog is too fat on Beneful, he’s getting too many pellets. Dial it back. If he gets a cup, remove a tablespoon’s worth from the cup for a week. Then reduce it a tiny bit more.
You can be more sensible about treats. Lots of dogs like carrots, cooked rice, broccoli, string beans etc. You don’t have to give hi-protein cookies for a treat or reward.
Buying more expensive food is not the solution. Just like an overweight person, the dog needs to learn alternative ways to enjoy life as a non-glutton.
sisternvirginia on
December 12th, 2008 11:54 am
I use Innova, it cost a little more but you don’t use as much. I also had used Timberwolf..no additives for both.
Beneful is soooo bad they tricked us with a good name
Loved by a Japanese Chin♥ on
December 15th, 2008 10:33 am
no its not good at all. try somthing like orijen, canadine, blue buff, or chicken sopup for the dog lovers soul. with no grains, soy , bi products, or corn, or wheat
rescue member on
December 18th, 2008 3:44 pm
Both Purina and Beneful are garbage - mostly corn meal and gluten - disgusting cattle feed, not dog food.
Get something decent with meat as the first ingredient, no corn or wheat gluten. You won’t find good kibble in supermarkets, go to a feed store or do an online search for good dry - Canidae is excellent.
Go to the Canidae site and find a source near you.
Costs a little more than cheap stuff, but way cheaper than vet bills down the road when your dog is fat and sick.
John S on
December 19th, 2008 11:26 am
No, neither are good foods.
You will pay just as much for a poor food as a good one.
A 40# bag of Canidae will cost you just about $40. But- not only is it a very good food, you only use about 1/3 as much as Beneful or Purina.
One answerer gave you a link to ‘dog food analysis’…check it out. Its a good link.
Think about it—you can really pamper your pet with fine cuisine for the same price as junk food. Learn about it.
Get a real dog - get a Lab on
December 20th, 2008 9:39 pm
well i feed my puppeh Purina Pro Plan Large Breed Puppy and my vet says that it is great! She told me though that if i was to switch, i should switch to SCIENCE DIET. When went to our petstore, we looked at the ingredients and the first like 20 ingredients were all fillers, like chicken FLAVORING and corn. These are not healthy, so purina is bettter than so leading brands like beneful and science diet. I plan to switch my pup to a REALLY great dog food when he is 1 year old. I am choosing between Canidae or Innova. The most important thing while choosing food is to make sure that somwhere in the first 10 ingredients is some real food, preferrably Chicken. rice, and lamb. Chicken flavoring and corn listed before chicken rice and lamb is not good/
gentleannie on
December 22nd, 2008 12:30 am
No, go get a good kibble add cooked string beans & carrots to kibble to give it low cal bulk to fill him upand maybe cut food by 1/4 cup, still give a treat now & then but get him used to getting a few apple slices( cored) a raw carrot to chew on, mine doesn’t really like them, but she loves the apple, get her red delicious , I also mix maybe a spoonful of wet in with kibble too just to make it tasty, the food she gets is Versus whitefish kibble with potato & omega 3 and with that quality I can cut back more on the kibble I don’t follow the bag inst, I go to a nutritionist for her, and with the grade she’s getting if it says 2 cups I only give one + her Veggies & bit of wet food or a little of what we’re having for dinner, so mine is a Lab was almost 100 lbs she’s down to about 88 lbs, I was just showing the 1 cup as an example Annie gets 1 in am & 1 in pm she used to get 2 cups ay a time, I also give her 1/2 a banana & plain yogurt before they go to bed, it’s alot better for them as they age allot less bone problems & she has mor energy, she also gets a lnong walk 1 or 2 X a day, or I play ball with her in the yard. Good luck, ease her into the fruit & veggies without him being used to it he could have the poops
tom l on
December 23rd, 2008 12:16 am
Most people will echo prejudices they heard somewhere about a dog food even tho’ they have never seen a bag of it in their life. So do your own homework.
I would wager that there wouldn’t be one person in a hundred that responds here that has ever seen a bag of Purina One-Adult Dog-Healthy Weight Formula, (let alone read the label) because most groceries stores only have the normal adult and sometimes puppy formulas.
This dog was on Purina One “garbage” while WINNING an AOE at the Euknabuba National.
CH Seventhson’s I’ve Got A Secret (Whisper)
ღஜღEasy Riderღஜღ on
December 24th, 2008 1:57 pm
What works for me might not work for you. But make sure the first ingredient is chicken, beef, lamb…..a meat product. Then add a lil more excercise everyday. Finally when you reduce the kibble you can add greenbeans “no sodium” from a can to help fill the animal up without all the calories. You can use carrots too….
Mom Mominson on
December 27th, 2008 4:41 pm
My dog had green diarrhea while on Purina. When I called a friend with 50 years of dog experience and told him my dog had green diarrhea, he asked me if Jack was eating Purina. Beneful is probably fattening. You should look for low corn content dogfood, but good luck with that without spending 40 dollars a 20 pound bag. There are lots of dog foods that offer weight control (I put my dog on pedigree and he maintains his weight well), try anything before Purina.
☼Friends with Everyone☼ on
December 30th, 2008 5:08 pm
Nope! Any dog food made by Purina is Crap with a capital C!
Here is a site that will show you which dog foods are the best and the worst. I suggest that you get any one of the dog foods that are top rated.
Most of grocery store dog food formulas, like IAMS, Pedigree, Science Diet, Purina,and etc contain “meat and bone meal” which has been known to contain dead dogs and cats that were euthanized in animal shelters. Their bodies are picked up and bought by the truck load by “rendering plants” , that also pick up road kill, dead live stock, and etc. They are shredded, and boiled. They skim off the fat on the top of the “soup” and collected it and sell it to pet food companies as “animal fat”, the rest of the animals’ remains are crushed up, dried and sold to dog and cat food companies as meat and bone meal.
You can read more about it here.
Here is an article where the owner of a rendering plant talks about it. He says that cremating the dead shelter animals would cause pollution, and that rendering them is good.
Here is further information on what you shouldn’t see in the ingredients list in your dog’s food.
Top rated dog foods like Canidae contain good healthy ingredients.
Both of these dogs foods are complete crap try wellness,canidae or innova evo dog food.
Purina One is certainly a lot better than Beneful but it’s definitely not a superb choice. If you’re looking for a high quality dog food to try, try one of the following:
Innova
Wellness
Canidae
Natural Balance
Merrick
Fromm
Nature’s Variety
You won’t find a high quality dog food in a supermarket. Some of the higher end dog foods might be difficult to find, though a lot of the time their websites have a helpful store locator.
Hi!
Awhile ago Purina ONE, Purina Pro Plan, Eukunuba, Science Diet, IAMS, etc, seemed like a great dog foods! We all thought our vets were recomending the right foods. Especially compared to Alpo and Old Roy. But… now that is just a “filler” food which can cause allergies, etc. Try to get something like Canidae, Solid Gold, Merrick, Wellness, etc….. Beneful has a lot of sugar so any high quality food you switch him to he will probably get back on track.
Nah, thats pretty bad too…
Canidae is what we feed, and its a fairly priced quailty food. Want to kill some time and learn about the food?
Almost any of the foods available at the big name pet stores are pretty crappy, with the exception of Blue Buffalo which is pretty good, but it was like $50 for a 40lb bag. Canidae was a better quality and better deal in my opinion. Stay away from Nutro as well. Horrible stories coming out lately about that stuff
Read up and you’ll find some quality choices including Canidae, Wellness, Innova and Orijen. Good luck, and happy reading
thats a good choice but whats even better for weightloss is beneful weightloss formula…my old dog was about 40 lbs or so over weight when we first got him and we put him on that and it worked wonders…then after ur dog loses the weight u can put him on the weight managment formula that will keep him at the weight u want him
I feed Innova and would never give my dog anything available in a grocery store. They won’t kill your dog, but if you’re looking for a “superb” food, you’re in the wrong store! The premium foods like Innova and Canidae SEEM more expensive, but the higher quality proteins and higher digestability of these foods means the dog has to eat LESS to fulfill daily needs. Cheaper in the long run.
Dog food falls into categories: top shelf, medium, and generic/Alpo.
Beneful and Purina brand, any variety, are both medium. They are fine for healthy dogs without dietary issues.
If your dog is too fat on Beneful, he’s getting too many pellets. Dial it back. If he gets a cup, remove a tablespoon’s worth from the cup for a week. Then reduce it a tiny bit more.
You can be more sensible about treats. Lots of dogs like carrots, cooked rice, broccoli, string beans etc. You don’t have to give hi-protein cookies for a treat or reward.
Buying more expensive food is not the solution. Just like an overweight person, the dog needs to learn alternative ways to enjoy life as a non-glutton.
I use Innova, it cost a little more but you don’t use as much. I also had used Timberwolf..no additives for both.
Beneful is soooo bad they tricked us with a good name
no its not good at all. try somthing like orijen, canadine, blue buff, or chicken sopup for the dog lovers soul. with no grains, soy , bi products, or corn, or wheat
Both Purina and Beneful are garbage - mostly corn meal and gluten - disgusting cattle feed, not dog food.
Get something decent with meat as the first ingredient, no corn or wheat gluten. You won’t find good kibble in supermarkets, go to a feed store or do an online search for good dry - Canidae is excellent.
Go to the Canidae site and find a source near you.
Costs a little more than cheap stuff, but way cheaper than vet bills down the road when your dog is fat and sick.
No, neither are good foods.
You will pay just as much for a poor food as a good one.
A 40# bag of Canidae will cost you just about $40. But- not only is it a very good food, you only use about 1/3 as much as Beneful or Purina.
One answerer gave you a link to ‘dog food analysis’…check it out. Its a good link.
Think about it—you can really pamper your pet with fine cuisine for the same price as junk food. Learn about it.
well i feed my puppeh Purina Pro Plan Large Breed Puppy and my vet says that it is great! She told me though that if i was to switch, i should switch to SCIENCE DIET. When went to our petstore, we looked at the ingredients and the first like 20 ingredients were all fillers, like chicken FLAVORING and corn. These are not healthy, so purina is bettter than so leading brands like beneful and science diet. I plan to switch my pup to a REALLY great dog food when he is 1 year old. I am choosing between Canidae or Innova. The most important thing while choosing food is to make sure that somwhere in the first 10 ingredients is some real food, preferrably Chicken. rice, and lamb. Chicken flavoring and corn listed before chicken rice and lamb is not good/
No, go get a good kibble add cooked string beans & carrots to kibble to give it low cal bulk to fill him upand maybe cut food by 1/4 cup, still give a treat now & then but get him used to getting a few apple slices( cored) a raw carrot to chew on, mine doesn’t really like them, but she loves the apple, get her red delicious , I also mix maybe a spoonful of wet in with kibble too just to make it tasty, the food she gets is Versus whitefish kibble with potato & omega 3 and with that quality I can cut back more on the kibble I don’t follow the bag inst, I go to a nutritionist for her, and with the grade she’s getting if it says 2 cups I only give one + her Veggies & bit of wet food or a little of what we’re having for dinner, so mine is a Lab was almost 100 lbs she’s down to about 88 lbs, I was just showing the 1 cup as an example Annie gets 1 in am & 1 in pm she used to get 2 cups ay a time, I also give her 1/2 a banana & plain yogurt before they go to bed, it’s alot better for them as they age allot less bone problems & she has mor energy, she also gets a lnong walk 1 or 2 X a day, or I play ball with her in the yard. Good luck, ease her into the fruit & veggies without him being used to it he could have the poops
Most people will echo prejudices they heard somewhere about a dog food even tho’ they have never seen a bag of it in their life. So do your own homework.
I would wager that there wouldn’t be one person in a hundred that responds here that has ever seen a bag of Purina One-Adult Dog-Healthy Weight Formula, (let alone read the label) because most groceries stores only have the normal adult and sometimes puppy formulas.
This dog was on Purina One “garbage” while WINNING an AOE at the Euknabuba National.
CH Seventhson’s I’ve Got A Secret (Whisper)
What works for me might not work for you. But make sure the first ingredient is chicken, beef, lamb…..a meat product. Then add a lil more excercise everyday. Finally when you reduce the kibble you can add greenbeans “no sodium” from a can to help fill the animal up without all the calories. You can use carrots too….
My dog had green diarrhea while on Purina. When I called a friend with 50 years of dog experience and told him my dog had green diarrhea, he asked me if Jack was eating Purina. Beneful is probably fattening. You should look for low corn content dogfood, but good luck with that without spending 40 dollars a 20 pound bag. There are lots of dog foods that offer weight control (I put my dog on pedigree and he maintains his weight well), try anything before Purina.
Nope! Any dog food made by Purina is Crap with a capital C!
Here is a site that will show you which dog foods are the best and the worst. I suggest that you get any one of the dog foods that are top rated.
Most of grocery store dog food formulas, like IAMS, Pedigree, Science Diet, Purina,and etc contain “meat and bone meal” which has been known to contain dead dogs and cats that were euthanized in animal shelters. Their bodies are picked up and bought by the truck load by “rendering plants” , that also pick up road kill, dead live stock, and etc. They are shredded, and boiled. They skim off the fat on the top of the “soup” and collected it and sell it to pet food companies as “animal fat”, the rest of the animals’ remains are crushed up, dried and sold to dog and cat food companies as meat and bone meal.
You can read more about it here.
Here is an article where the owner of a rendering plant talks about it. He says that cremating the dead shelter animals would cause pollution, and that rendering them is good.
Here is further information on what you shouldn’t see in the ingredients list in your dog’s food.
Top rated dog foods like Canidae contain good healthy ingredients.