I have fed a lot of "premium" kibbles over the years, Innova, Canidae, Eagle Pack, Canine Caviar, Royal Canin, Natural Balance, as well as Nutro Natural Choice, Sensible Choice, Avo Derm to name a few. I have never had a real problem with any of them. My dogs seemed to do fine on any one of them. We did always add raw meat and vegies. About a year and a half ago we switched to raw, which I like immensely, but when Jackie died, I could not afford to feed all raw. I still use Oma's pride Chicken or Turkey mix and tripe, but the kibble I am using now is Innova Evo which contains no grains. The dogs love it and the stools are still great, almost as good as feeding raw. If anyone is interested, Natura is the manufacturer of Innova and several other Premium dog and cat foods. I checked out their web site and it seems like they have stores in many parts of the country. I seem to remember someone mentioning a supplement to give puppies down in pasterns and of course, stupidly,I did not save it. If anyone has that info, could you please forward it to me. TIA Gail Angelrun German Shepherds Gail Caldwell Angelrun German Shepherds GSDs Rock! __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL ? Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================