Should I alternate my dog's ProPlan food or try other brands?

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! This is actually not accurate. The reason is that most dogs are very sensitive to diet changes and it is best to stick with one good high quality balanced diet longterm instead of switching them frequently. Some examples of high quality balanced diets include Purina Pro Plan and Science Diet foods. Once you are feeding a balanced and complete diet, there is no need to add other ones or switching them. This will avoid the gastrointestinal issues that would come with changing diets on a regular basis. Good luck and have a great day!

That should be fine! As long as Chloe likes her food, has no GI issues like diarrhea, good skin and ears and is at a healthy weight there is no problem with variety. I recommend an AAFCO tested (vs formulated - should be written on the bag) food, I hope this helps!

Pro Plan is actually a good dog food. So unless your dogs have a problem with the food, I would not change. If you do indeed need to change dog food you can change to Royal Canine, Hill´s or Iams or any other reputable feed brand. Make sure you get a complete food for the size of your dogs. There is so much choice that it would be too much to list. I do not recommend Blue Buffalo as I have seen quite a few dogs on that brand who are not doing so well. Yes, definitely stay away from grain free dog food.

Both brands of food are good but I prefer Royal Canin between the two. Pets who eat this diet tend to produce less stool (because it's highly digestible) which I prefer. Goldy is a cutie. Please feel free to post any additional questions.

Brands I recommend include Royal Canin, Hill's Science Diet, Purina Pro Plan, and Iams (Eukanuba). I recommend these brands because they meet AAFCO feeding standards, run their own food trials, and have veterinary nutritionists on staff. They are the only four brands to have these things.

These two foods are very similar. They are both prescription diets and both used for allergies. The only concern is that your dog may have a little upset tummy from switching abruptly from one food brand to another. If you have any of the old food left, I would try to mix the two at first. If Benji gets an upset tummy, I would let your vet know to see if he needs any meds. I hope this helps!

No, on the contrary, each brand creates a balanced food, mixing between 3 brand might make the end product unbalanced for your dog. additionally mixing 3 brands will expose Chloe to potentially 3 times more allergens, too many ingredients is usually not a good thing when it comes to dog food. i would recommend sticking to one high quality brand of food.