The WDJ is the Whole Dog Journal (you'd find them online). They do a lot of very good articles on pet care and issues. They also do an annual list of quality foods... If you care to do an internet search on terms like "what's really in pet food" and "4-D meats" you might be just a little concerned with what you find
But you'll be a lot better informed, too.
Selecting a good dog food isn't really that hard, or at least, not once you get used to reading the labels and understand what the various ingredients actually are (they do have official definitions - and it's not necessarily what you might hope). In the most basic terms, you should choose a food with at least two
named (species) meat sources in the top five ingredients, that
never uses by-products or problematic ingredients such as wheat, corn, soy or beet pulp.
There is more information on how to choose a good quality dry dog food at
www.boxerworld.com/feeding And if you do a search of the forum here with the term WDJ* you'll find the latest list that they put out. They're not affiliated with any food manufacturers, so their selection is unbiased. And their selection criteria is similar to that outlined on our feeding page (though they do accept corn and wheat if they're whole grains or organic).
