That depends on what sort of food you decide to give, if you choose raw food diet, make sure it has everything a dog needs (they have different nutrition needs then humans) there is a great raw food diet forum here you could get some great info. Or if you choose dry kibble, the first 5 ingredients are important, make sure in those first 5 there are at the very least 2 meat ingredients, not meat by products but meat like boneless chicken or things like that, a good food will have fruits and veggies in it as well, i feed a Holistic grain free baked food, she does very well on it, there is a food score chart you can find online to check the food you have chosen.
Good Luck!

Mika answered on 11/27/12. Helpful? / 1

I would definitely follow Obi's suggestion and use those listed sites to educate yourself in what to look for in quality dog food.
Frankly, since my dogs are carnivores, I don't want their dog food full of vegetable and fruits which, due to their different digestive system from ours, they cannot digest anyway. The fruits and veggies are put in the food to impress you the owner and to provide fillers, neither of which provides better nutrition for your canine meat eater!!
Any added dyes, sugars, artifical products, etc., are also not desired in dog food. Furthermore, dogs DO NOT care that their food is multicolored, again, that is to impress you, the owner, not the dog.

Toto, CD, RN, CGC answered on 11/27/12. Helpful? / 0