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I’m purchasing my first puppy soon (Springer Spaniel), and I know the importance of feeding a good quality dog food. I’m not in to the raw diets, just a good quality dry dog food. I used to work at Petco so I’m fairly familiar with what brands are good and what are not, but I am also on a pretty tight budget. I’d like to feed Blue Buffalo or Evo but I just can’t afford it.

What about Diamond Naturals? I believe we sold it at Petco; I’ve done a bit of investigating and it *looks* like a good brand for the price…

Ingredient list for small breed puppy formula (up to 45 lbs)-

Chicken, chicken meal, cracked pearled barley, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), egg product, whole grain brown rice, beet pulp, fish meal, flaxseed, natural chicken flavor, fish meal, salmon oil (a source of DHA), potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, yucca schidigera extract, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.

I see no sweetners, dyes, chemical preservatives, or Menadione.
I am *fishy* about seeing “fish meal” listed twice, as well as “egg product” instead of just “eggs”.

Which brings me to another question… Would an adult Springer fall in to the large breed category? Average adult weight for a female is 45-50 lbs, but that seems to be the cut off between most small and large breed formulas…

Thanks!