Feeding natural premium dog food will help your Great Dane stay active, healthy and in shape.

Did you know that most premium dog food is made from all natural human-grade ingredients?

This means you can enjoy a bowl of food with your dog! What better way to bond with your #1 companion, be careful though when jumping the back yard fence!

The Benefits

Help your Great Dane achieve its full potential and live a healthy, happy life. It's easy, why take a risk? Provide your dog proper nutrition and reward him with good health, healthy skin, shiny coat, and overall wellness simply by feeding a natural dog food.

Natural premium dog food is more nutritious, provides protein from meat sources, and has a greater caloric value than lower quality brands. Most of the ingredients are used by your dog's body resulting in less waste and smaller stools. You'll really appreciate this when cleaning up the yard after your Great Dane:)

Natural dog food is available in kibble and canned varieties, containing human-grade ingredients. There are no by-products, fillers, soybean, artificial colors, or flavors.

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Your Great Dane will benefit from the meat, poultry and fish protein sources. Essential vitamins, omega acids, cultures, and digestive enzymes are also part of many premium dog food formulas. Most of the finest brands are further enhanced with minerals, antioxidants, and even glucosamine hydrochloride for increased joint health.

The Premium Dog Food Industry Is Evolving We have mentioned the problems with large breed puppy food, however, some of the top natural dog food brands such as Innova, Wellness & Eagle Pack have evolved. Take a look for instance at this super premium Large & Giant Breed Puppy formula by Eagle Pack. When looking at the nutritional analysis we see that protein/fat levels have been reduced to the desired levels we are looking for. Speaking of Eagle Pack, Eagle's foods are also available in Super Premium Adult Formulas, as well as Super Premium Holistic formulas that have long been a staple of many Great Dane families. A nice choice and a bit less expensive than the more pricier brands. For dogs with food allergies a diet providing protein from fish is typically recommended, such as Eagle's Super Premium Holistic Select, (Anchovy, Sardine & Salmon), or Wellness fish and sweet Potato.

Our food of choice is Innova dry dog food. Innova contains only fresh, natural, wholesome ingredients from each of the five major food groups. An innovative cooking method combines fresh turkey and chicken meat, fruit, vegetables and a variety of natural ingredients.

Formulas include "Large Breed Puppy", as mentioned above, as well as a "Large Breed Adult", which ironically, seems to have been created with Great Danes in mind.

Innova's EVO formula, (what Bruiser eats), has been specially designed to provide all the key nutritional benefits received from the feeding of raw food diets but with the benefits of 21st Century nutritional research.

This Hi-Protein, Low Carb formula is based on ground chicken & turkey meat, bones, fat, cartilage and connective tissue. It includes whole, raw fruits and vegetables which contain health promoting phytochemicals and micronutrients.

Of course protein levels may be too high for a growing pup, yet EVO food has the nutritional balance of a raw diet which of course, is high in protein. Many finicky and under weight Danes have thrived on this formula, smaller, firmer stools are an added benefit.

Right up there with Innova is Wellness Premium Dog Food. Wellness uses real-foods, like deboned meats, free of added hormones and steroids, wholesome grains and fresh fruits and vegetables offering the perfect balance of protein, energy, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants.

Wellness natural dog food formulas are free from meat by-products, animal fats, potential allergens like corn, soy and wheat as well as artificial colors, flavorings or preservatives.

Many dogs with food alergies like stomach disorders, sensitivities ear & eye Secretions, as well as skin and coat conditions may benefit from their Fish and Sweet Potato formula.

For dogs that are currently suffering from allergies or breeds prone to one or more of these challenges, Wellness has developed "Simple Food Solutions". Simple solutions is available in duck and venison formulas and provide once source of protein, and one carbohydrate, simple.

As mentioned above, Eagle Pack is a great choice and alternative if your Great Dane has digestive issues. Loose stool and diarrhea are possible when making the switch to super premium, power packed kibble like the two above.

Another popular Great Dane food is Chicken Soup for the Dog lovers Soul. Known for its great taste and palatability, Chicken Soup contains the finest, simplest ingredients including four fresh meats, vegetables, fruits and whole grains, and provides a nutritious, well-balanced base for your Dane. Slightly lower in cost than the previous brands mentioned, Chicken soup is a great choice of premium dog food.

There are a plethora of additional brands that form the rank and file of the natural dog food regime. Many of the Alternative Brands are great foods and also favorite to others. What you will find is that with the lower cost brands, various grains and meat meals will find there way into the foods first three ingredients. The good news is, information is power, with each link provided, we can easily access the ingredients of all the top natural dog food formulas.

Keep it real, assess your budget, your Great Danes needs and the ingredients.

Here is a partial list of ingredients right from a bag of kibble as manufactured by Natura Pet.

Turkey - Chicken - Potatoes Herring - Apples Carrots - Cottage Cheese Alfalfa Sprouts Eggs - Vitamin D3 Supplement - Vitamin B12 - Vitamin E Vitamin C - Linoleic Acids (Omega 6) & Fatty Acids (Omega 3)

Certainly premium dog food seems more expensive, yet it is higher in calories and nutrients so your Great Dane will eat less. The truth is that premium food is less expensive to feed than lower quality brands.

Since the calories per cup are greater compared to inferior foods, your dog will get superior nutrition with lesser amounts per feeding. Average price for a 35-pound bag of natural premium dog food is $35.00 to $45.00, about twice the cost of a lower quality brand. The key to savings is you will be buying dog food less often!

Our 160-pound Great Dane eats 6 cups per day, the kibble is 557 calories per cup totaling 3,342 calories. By feeding a poor quality food full of fillers at 350 calories per cup, our Dane would have to eat over 9-1/2 cups a day. WOW, that's allot of extra poop to pick up!

Our Mission

Friends, our intent for this site is to share information about everything Great Dane, we are not trying to sell or push anything at you. However, if your dogs have on going health problems, you can't find premium food in your area, or you are wondering what the "buzz" is all about, the links on this page should prove helpful.

We only link-out to reputable vendors, great people who offer natural premium pet food at the lowest prices. Some of the sites have additional information about premium dog food as well.

Here at home the food of choice is Innova EVOŽ, by Natura Pet Products, our dogs are doing awesome and shine like a mirror. There are many super high quality brands of premium dog food available as InnovaŽ is not perfect for every dog.

It's always best to do a little research on your own, narrow down your selection to a couple different brands. Start out with a few smaller bags to find the formula that works best and satisfies your dog at dinner time.

Feeding premium dog food is the way to go! Get ready to be rewarded with a healthy, active and energetic companion.

Jeff, Bruiser & the team:)

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