What is commercial dog food and what is premium dog food? Are they the same thing or are they different altogether? Well, to most people who don't own dogs they might seem the same. However, for dog owners like us, we know there is a huge difference between the two. Luckily there are ways to tell which one is which, so that we as dog owners can provide our dogs with the highest quality dog foods.

The commercial dog food market is a very thriving industry because of the high profits involved. These commercial foods depend a lot of on commercial and wholesale depots to thrive well.

Commercial dog food is mainly made up of low quality ingredients like animal by-products. These animal by-products contain little nourishment value for dogs and are known as fillers.

The production of commercial dog food involves little costs and this means that the profit margin is high. Add to this the fact that most dog owners don't look at the label at all when buying dog food, you can bet that price is going to be a determining factor in deciding which dog food to buy. Fillers, also known as cheap additives, are added to commercial dog food to make it taste good.

Premium dog good is what you should feed your dog as they contain excellent nutritious ingredients. Premium dog foods are excellent for your dog because:

- they are products that are manufactured with your dog in mind instead of the dollar

- they provide balanced, nutritional diets for your dogs

- they contain superior quality ingredients

- they are vigorously analyzed and tested for safety reasons

You should educate yourself about dog food and stop buying commercial dog food. Let me ask you a question. Surely you would not feed your baby with low quality food, would you? Well, the same goes to your dog. You should understand that a healthy and well-balanced diet is very important to the development and life of your dog. This is why you must only feed him with premium dog food.

Listed below is a checklist of things to look out for the next time you purchase dog food for your dog:

- commercial dog foods are typically sold at grocery stores

- grocery stores almost certainly do not sell premium dog foods

- premium dog foods will not list whole meat as the first ingredient on a dog food label

- a lot of premium products contain specific breed formulas best suited for your breed of dog.

- When buying a premium dog food, you will pay for what you get. In order to ensure a quality product, money is spent to research, test and tinker with the product to create the finished product.

If you really truly love your dog, you should only be providing him with premium dog food.