10 minutes ago, G Rex said:

So many experts here! lol

I feed my dogs a good quality dry food - Royal Canin medium dog dry. Not that breed targeted dry food - eg French Bulldog Dry etc. Niche marketing foods are for people with healthy wallets.

A good (premium) quality dry food provides all of the nutrients required for your dog, plus aids in dental hygie==[[ne - and has the added benefit of producing less waste - not so many landmines to clear up/avoid.

I also feed my dogs scraps/leftovers/bones - both cooked and raw.

The idea of the danger of splintering cooked bones being dangerous to dogs is greatly exaggerated.

Yes - bones can cause issues - but more commonly they can get caught in the dogs mouth - lodging over the molars.

In all my years of veterinary practice, I only saw one case of intestinal obstruction/perforation , from a cooked lamb chop bone. What was far more common, was constipation/obstipation in older male dogs with prostate hypertrophy. This occurs when these old boys eat bones - resulting in spiky bony turds, that they hold on to too long, until the faecal mass is too big to pass. So - I suggest not to feed old male dogs with bones.

What is most important IMO is to ensure that your dog actually chews the bones into manageable pieces, rather than gulping everything down whole. I feed my dogs separately to reduce competition and gluttony!

Our dog gets Royal Canin as well, along with a bit of Ceasars wet food mixed at night and dry in the morning. It's less than 4 Kilo.

My animals have been eating Purina since my mom fed them.

Regular dog food

Here's AI interpetation of the 'dog food's' ingredient list. I guess the 'Chicken Meal' is protein. Table food that she gets added to, is mostly all protein; usually eggs, salmon, pork & beef tenderloin, chicken. Occasionally tuna, shrimp, chorizo, bologna.

Snacks, wife makes chicken jerky for her, and then whatever we're eating, no cashews, but most anything else. From chocolate (I know, not suppose to), though not so much now, since I went from pieces to powder. Peaches, milk kefir yoghurt, blueberries, toast & butter, what ever I'm munching on.

Added minerals, vitamins, antioxidants got chopped off.

Edited Tuesday at 11:10 AM5 days by KhunLA

6 hours ago, Hummin said:

Can you list what you consider the top dog food brands available in Thailand, without mentioning your own brand?

Good question. Tough one to name specific brands. I’d look at the ingredients listing rather than brands. Big company brands tend to use cheaper ingredients due to economics. Most important thing to look at is protein content and source of protein. Meat based protein is more suitable for dogs and cats than plant based. They’ve evolved on eating meat protein as the main source of nutrition not wheat/corn/soy etc proteins. Ingredients listing goes from highest to lowest. So if meat based ingredients occupy say the top 3 on the listing it’s a good product. Some go for grain free as a premium product. As a scientist in the field I don’t like it and research has shown it to cause heart disease in dogs. Starch is needed to form a kibble. The most suitable and digestible grain (starch) is rice. Just like baby food that is made from rice and considered gentle I only use rice as a binder. Chinese made products I stay away from due to unreliable manufacturing practices and claims they write on the bags may not be accurate. Brands imported from North America and Western Europe are generally good (read the ingredients listing).

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

Here's AI interpetation of the 'dog food's' ingredient list. I guess the 'Chicken Meal' is protein. Table food that she gets added to, is mostly all protein; usually eggs, salmon, pork & beef tenderloin, chicken. Occasionally tuna, shrimp, chorizo, bologna.

Snacks, wife makes chicken jerky for her, and then whatever we're eating, no cashews, but most anything else. From chocolate (I know, not suppose to), though not so much now, since I went from pieces to powder. Peaches, milk kefir yoghurt, blueberries, toast & butter, what ever I'm munching on.

Added minerals, vitamins, antioxidants got chopped off.

The ingredients and nutritional information you provided is considered a low to medium quality. Corn being the no1 ingredient gives it away as a non-premium product. Poultry meal as No2 is ok. It’s rendered poultry from poultry processed and is high in protein. Chicken oil is a good source of fat. 23% protein is on the lower end and a good chunk of it comes from corn. Overall it’s not a bad product but I wouldn’t feed it to my dog!

Royal Canin or Pawdy.

On 8/22/2026 at 6:44 PM, The Oracle said:

I just re-read this comment. You should not give dogs cooked chicken bones, they can't digest them and can cause serious intestinal issues.
Raw? Yes.

Yeah right, we breed Dalmations, have five females and two males average 65-75lbs and as many as a dozen or two puppies before sold. They all eat boiled rice, carrots, just about any vegetable (no corn)boiled chicken carcasses from the market (only one vender we trust) they eat twice a day by the bucket full, and their poops are solid. They never eat raw meat. I do buy BBQ Beef bones, Pork knuckles for them to chew on.

On 9/1/2026 at 7:48 PM, AustinRacing said:

The ingredients and nutritional information you provided is considered a low to medium quality. Corn being the no1 ingredient gives it away as a non-premium product. Poultry meal as No2 is ok. It’s rendered poultry from poultry processed and is high in protein. Chicken oil is a good source of fat. 23% protein is on the lower end and a good chunk of it comes from corn. Overall it’s not a bad product but I wouldn’t feed it to my dog!

The dry dog food is just a side dish, and about a 50/50 split, protein meat / dog food. So she eats fairly healthy. Dry food being fortified (?), and she gets a daily multi vitamin, so probably same as me, overkill and piss excess out.

In between meals, eats same as me, maybe healthy protein or crap. She gets her yearly health check ups now, since a bit older, 13+ yrs (?) old. Earliest vid of her is 12 yrs old.

Still healthy, slim, strong, as she pulls me along when taking me for my walks.

20 hours ago, KhunLA said:

The dry dog food is just a side dish, and about a 50/50 split, protein meat / dog food. So she eats fairly healthy. Dry food being fortified (?), and she gets a daily multi vitamin, so probably same as me, overkill and piss excess out.

In between meals, eats same as me, maybe healthy protein or crap. She gets her yearly health check ups now, since a bit older, 13+ yrs (?) old. Earliest vid of her is 12 yrs old.

Still healthy, slim, strong, as she pulls me along when taking me for my walks.

That’s good. The fresh protein will provide excellent nutrients and dry will provide most of micronutrients.