Required Pug Food

Pugs are notorious for food allergies to wheat and corn. Pug Partners is fortunate to have pet food nutrition experts on our board of directors and will often select a special diet for pugs with severe allergy or health issues. Many of the dogs we see in rescue have had poor diets and are suffering from food related issues, and we can tell when a pug has been fed a low quality dog food.

As a result, we require that our foster and adopted pugs dogs be fed quality food that is wheat, soy, corn and bi-product free.

If you are a foster and do not see a food on this list, please contact Pug Partners, with the name of the food and we will let you know if it is or is not approved and why. We also suggest checking out www.dogfoodadvisor.com for an unbiased pet food review.

Approved Brands

Addiction Food
American Natural Premium
Answers Pet Food
B.F.F.
Bixbi Rawbble
Bravo!
Canidae (All life stages & Platinum)
Caru
Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul
Clovis & Company
Diamond Naturals: Grain Free
Dr. Harvey’s
Earth Animal Wisdom
Earthborn Holistics
Essence
Farmina: Grain Free
Fromm Family Food
Grandma Lucy’s
Green Juju
Koha Pet Food
Lotus Pet Foods
My Perfect Pet
Nature’s Logic
Natures Variety (Prairie & Instinct)
Natures Variety Instinct Raw
Northwest Naturals
NOW Fresh
Nutrilife
OC Raw
Open Farm
Party Animal
Petcurean
PetKind
Primal Pet Foods
PureVita
Raised Right
Raw Bistro
SmallBatch Dog
Sojos
Solid Gold
Stella & Chewy’s
Steve’s Real Food for Pets
The Honest Kitchen
Tiki Dog
Tucker’s
Vital Essentials
Welness Core, Wellness SimpleFood Solutions & Wellness Super5Mix
Weruva
Zignature
Ziwi Peak

Brands to AVOID

Blue Buffalo (read about the $32 million lawsuit over false advertising of ingredients)
Nestle Purine Brands (Alpo, Beneful, Castor & Pollux, Mighty Dog, Purina One, Purina Dog Chow, Purina Puppy Chow, Purina Veterinary Formulas)
Bil-Jac
JM Smucker Brands (Canine Carry Outs, Gravy Train, Kibbles and Bits, Milk Bone, Milo’s Kitchen, Nature’s Recipe, Pup-Peroni, Rachel Ray Nutrish, Snausages)
Science Diet
Mars Pet Food Brands (Cesar, Crave, Eukanuba, Evo, Greenies, Iams, Merrick, Moist N Meaty, Nutro, Ol Roy, Pedigree, Royal Canin)
Generally, avoid all grocery brand pet foods

Where to Buy Pug Food Online

If you are unable to find quality food in stores near your home, consider ordering your pug food online. Many sites offer automatic delivery of food so you never have to worry about running out.

amazon.com
chewy.com
heartypet.com
jet.com
pet360.com
petflow.com
petfooddirect.com
wag.com