Ok, here’s my experience with Wilson.
When we got Wilson at 8 weeks old he was on Science Diet. I knew to get him off that food immediately so I tried Wellness Super5Mix Just for Puppies first. I used the bag the breeder gave me for my first transition. He had runny stools but I wasn’t sure it was due to the food or teething. I switched him after one bag of Wellness to Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Puppy Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe for Puppies. He did ok on that and I kept him on the puppy version until he was 4 months. I then switched him to the Fish & Sweet Potato Recipe for Adult Dogs and rotated between that and Lamb &Rice recipes. Overall he did well on the Blue Buffalo, but he still had constant water eyes. Thanks goodness he never got any sores in his eye folds from all that wetness. I kept up on them every day, twice day too. I had him allergy tested at 8 months old and found out he’s allergic to chicken and a few other things so at least I knew I had him on the right protein based food. I want to say I switched him over to Wellness again at around 10/11 months just to see if there was a difference since he was past the teething stage when he was first on it. There was no change so after 1 bag of Wellness I switched him back to Blue Buffalo.
When the conversations of Earthborn came around I started looking into it. I always wanted to try Fromm but just couldn’t bring myself to “order” food online. Well I finally said what the heck and tried Earthborn Holistic Meadow Feast and ordered it from a local place here that delivers. I choose the Meadow Feast because it wasn’t too high in protein, 26%. My non bully Jack is on the Great Plains version but he needs the higher protein. I did a longer than needed transition than normal because I started a bit too early. I noticed about 10 days or so that Wilson’s eyes were drying up. Could this really be???? Well he’s been on a full transition now for 2 weeks and you got it, his eyes are 100% dry. What was the difference? Well, it was the Grain Free that did the trick. Now Blue Buffalo recently came out with a grain free but it’s Chicken.
I want to also add that when he got neutered this past February, I had my vet check his eyes to make sure his tear ducts were ok and that there wasn’t any eye lashes scratching his eyes. His eyes were just fine. My vet once though before this that his watery eyes could have been from the his fold between the nose and eye being so big. So that’s my experience that I share with you. Hope it helps in making your decision but if I knew then what I know know, this is what I would do.
I would suggest trying Earthborn Holistic Puppy Vantage Natural Puppy Food: Here’s the Ingredients:
Chicken Meal, Whitefish Meal, Oatmeal, Ground Barley, Ground Brown Rice, Rye Flour, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols, a source of vitamin E), Canola Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols, a source of vitamin E), Tomato Pomace, Ground Flaxseed, Apples, Blueberries, Carrots, Peas, Spinach, Garlic, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Taurine, L-Lysine, DL-Methionine, Beta-Carotene, Calcium Carbonate, Zinc Oxide, Magnesium Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Niacin, D-Calcium Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, L-Carnitine, Vitamin B12 Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Ferrous Sulfate, Biotin, Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Thiamine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1), Calcium Iodate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Manganese Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product.