Small dogs pack an abundance of personality into tiny bodies, so they require food with nutritious qualities to fuel their adventures. A formula featuring smaller kibble pieces should make chewing easier for these adorable pets.
Deboned turkey and poultry meal provide protein sources in this diet, while brown rice and cracked pearl barley provide carbohydrates. The formula also features beneficial extras like L-lysine, omega fatty acids and beet pulp for additional benefits.
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Wellness Small Breed Puppy Chicken & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Dog Food
This wellness puppy formula was specifically crafted to meet the nutritional requirements of small breed dogs. Constructed using high quality ingredients and featuring a smaller kibble size to facilitate easier chewing, this food boasts both higher protein levels and lower fat contents than typical dog food options.
This food offers high-quality meat proteins such as deboned turkey and chicken meal as a nutritious source of animal protein for small breed dogs, along with salmon oil, flaxseed, and taurine, essential to heart health in small breeds.
This recipe includes antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables such as blueberries, spinach and sweet potatoes to strengthen your small breed puppy’s immunity while providing joint support through glucosamine and chondroitin supplements.
Diamond Naturals Small Breed Chicken & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food
With chicken as the key ingredient, this food for small breed puppies was developed to promote strong development. Additionally, it contains high levels of protein from both beef and lamb meal for optimal development, alongside other whole food components to encourage overall wellness.
This Diamond Naturals recipe boasts a lower fat content than most, designed to help small dogs control their weight more easily. Plus, this formula includes probiotics, omega fatty acids and other essential vitamins and minerals!
This dog food provides above-average protein and fat levels with low to average levels of carbs. Made without corn, wheat or fillers for easier absorption; includes dried fermentation products; features chelated minerals that are more easily absorbed than conventionally-sourced minerals; contains taurine as a vital amino acid essential for heart muscle health; plus taurine for heart muscle development.
Nutro Small Breed Weight Management Chicken & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food
Nutro is one of the premier pet food brands available, featuring food that is free from artificial preservatives, flavors and fillers – plus they incorporate natural ingredients in their recipes!
This food has been developed specifically to assist small breed dogs in managing their weight and remaining healthy. Packed with protein from chicken, chicken meal (an excellent source of glucosamine and chondroitin), whole grain sorghum and low carbohydrates like potatoes and rice, it provides optimal nutrition.
Food high in fiber from beet pulp and whole flaxseed. However, one downside of this recipe may be that it contains the chemical glyphosate as one of its top five ingredients, along with carrageenan which could potentially cause intestinal inflammation – but nonetheless meets World Small Animal Veterinary Association criteria for safety.
Hill’s Science Diet Small Breed Adult Chicken & Rice Formula Dry Dog Food
Hill’s offers a range of recipes tailored specifically to puppies and senior dogs at different stages in life. In addition, Hill’s offers tailored recipes for health issues like digestive troubles or food sensitivities in their dogs.
Small Breed foods from IAMS contain recipes made with high-grade proteins and balanced nutrition for all of your dog’s needs. Some even come equipped with vitamins and minerals; other contain whole grain sources to provide essential nourishment.
This kibble-sized recipe has been specially crafted to meet the dietary requirements of adult small breed dogs. Containing delicious chicken meal, barley and rice as sources of high-quality protein for energy production; plus an optimal blend of minerals that support bone health as well as an added source of l-carnitine to support muscle aging; it contains no corn, wheat or soy!
Hill’s Science Diet Small Breed Adult Turkey & Salmon Formula Dry Dog Food
Hill’s is one of the world’s top five pet food manufacturers and offers a selection of food tailored specifically for each dog age and size, often recommended by veterinarians. Their foods contain high-quality ingredients as well as an ideal balance between Omega 6 and Omega 3 fatty acids for maximum benefits for their customers’ furry friends.
This small breed formula features deboned chicken and poultry meal as the primary proteins. Carbs come from brewer’s rice, cracked pearled barley, and yellow peas; for added joint health support there’s also glucosamine and chondroitin available as extra supplements.
This adult small breed dog food is manufactured in the US with quality global ingredients that meet AAFCO’s minimum protein and fat levels for adults as well as providing adequate fiber content.
