turkey chicken whole grain barley whole grain brown rice and wholegrain oats

We were a team, tiny chumley's kibble and I. One half cup of kibble twice a day and all would be well.  Shiny coat, bulky lean muscle mass, and firm, dog and duk museum quality stools.  Sure there were couple of recalls a few years ago, but you learned from that, right? I forgave you. tiny chumley forgave you. But I guess that wasn't enough. 

Researching alternate kibble brands for the little kielbasa wasn't exactly on the radar for things to do this past weekend, but news that tiny chumley's brand was discontinued meant that was exactly what we had to do.  The good news is that there are plenty of four and five star options available nowadays, and the not so great news is that there are plenty of four and five star options out available nowadays. From the ingredients themselves to their sourcing, to where the kibble is made and its nutritional analysis, and to even the kind of facility in which the kibble is made, there are a lot of factors to consider and prioritize.

To narrow the field down a bit and minimize disruption to the little kielbasa's digestive tract, we started with a look at ingredients, hoping to keep them as close as possible to his current food so that the transition won't be confused by the addition of novel ingredients like tapioca and potatoes and non-chicken and or turkey based primary meats.  (I know, it's a little confusing since tiny chumley is so obviously holding tight to his score sample bag of potato and duck food in the picture below, but I think random treat snackie food, which is how we will use this, is different than regular daily eat a lot of it food. if you know what I mean, as Baxter would say, and ps do not tell duk duk about the duk food, he most definitely would also say.)  

After sitting on the floor yesterday perusing ingredients at the little kielbasa's favorite pet store, we narrowed the list down to specific recipes from Wellness, Merrick, Candidae, Fromm Family and perhaps one from Lotus.  Now comes the hard part, working in the gray zone of cross referencing whatever info might be available online with the differences in fat and protein and other nutritional content data, to come up with the one we should transition test.  I am pretty sure tiny chumley himself won't mind whatever we pick, but I do hope his little body will be just as agreeable, for many many years to come. :)