What do you feed your LGD?

[TOU]

The lady I bought Daisy from fed a certain type of dry dog food that they don't carry in my local grocery or hardware stores and I'm not going to drive all the way to Pueblo to buy dog food! I'm almost out of the old stuff and would appreciate any suggestions on good common brands of dog food that my grocery store might carry. I don't want to spend a pile of money on premium food, but I don't want to shortchange my good guard dog either. Is this something I even need to worry about?

I have raised my prized hunting English Springer Spaniel on Costco's Kirkland Premium dog food. Their Puppy kibble first and then graduated to mixing their Chicken/Vegetable & Lamb/vegetable. (She likes the chicken the best.) My new big boy LGD's (measured 60 lbs at the vet at 5 months old), are getting a 3 way mixture of all three. It does not have the corn meal fillers and none of the "animal products and fillers" of other foods. I am happy with it for the cost...they just eat a lot! I think it will slow down when they are full grown just like my Springer & Beagle did. They cost about $24/40lbs; Puppy kibble is about $12/20 lbs. BTW, I calculate my 2 LGD dogs will cost me 4-6x what my goats cost to feed if feeding them full time with no pasture. But...they are part of the cost of having goats I guess. Also...while the corn fillers don't hurt them in the least, they tend to excrete much more scat. I tried those foods with both my English Beagle & my English Springer...they didn't agree with them. In the end this cheaper dog food cost more as you may have to feed them more to get what they need nutritionally. Finally, I tend to error on quality a bit more even if it cost especially as my two LGD are growing FAST and live in the elements full time. (I.E. need to stay warm.)