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Dog Foods - Help in making the choice easier
I find this article extremely down-to-earth and very educating.
Hope you enjoy it too. http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/dogfoods.html |
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Thank you. I'm going to use part of it in a post for newcommers.
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The ingredient list is good but some of the opinions at the bottom should be taken with a grain of salt.
I just hate to see people who need info read other people's opinions written as fact. It can be very confusing. Like "dogs don't chew anyway" so food won't clean teeth and Quote:
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It's just so many people are trying to find info and they don't need opinions based on a couple of dogs and he-said-she-said stuff. I'm sure the foods your friends swear by and my friends swear by will be entirely different, there is no need to post our individual lists on the internet as fact. I haven't seen anybody on this forum swear by Iams... Does anybody else get annoyed by Royal Canin putting out breed specific foods that are full of corn? People think they are good for their dog because they are "formulated special for the breed". THe lab one has corn as the 3rd ingredient. How many labs do I know that develop allergies to corn at young ages? A LOT. Maybe I should stat my own "facts due to personal experience" web page... I'm done my rant, I hope I didn't bug anybody. |
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Well I guess it all depends on how your pet reacts to the diet. I have friends who "swear by" that their pets are happy and healthy on Iams, so who are we to say Iams is not good.
What to feed your pet is largely an individual decision, much like raising kids, I think, there is not set rules, and PRICE has nothing to do with the actual nutrition. Costco's Kirkland brand (actually made by Diamond) Lambs & Rice looks pretty good to me, but only for a fraction of what a bag of Innova Evo would cost. My parents' 3 cats have been on the Kirkland brand for years, 2 are 11 years old, one just turned 7, all are wildly happy and healthy with shiny fur, bright eyes and clean teeth. I find this article refreshing because it shows a different view: down to earth and with a lot of common sense (no offence to anyone). I did not find the author being authoritative, but rather informative. I hope I didn't bug anyone. |
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Intentions were good. I don't think anyone can claim you bugged them when you meant well!
After all, I used part of that website in a sticky didn't I?
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My post got in a sticky?
Thanks Trinitie. |
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I'm a Chinese and I eat chicken feet, it's actually quite tasty.
But seriously, that's what the author was saying (and I agree): it may seem quite inconceivable even disgusting for some, but is actually quite pleasant and OK for others. Do you know that animal by-products, i.e. liver, tripe (stomach), chitlins (intestines) and brain, are a rich source of protein? Chinese have been eating these for centuries. If I can eat it, my dog can eat it too. It's really much like raising kids, no set rules, you do what you think is best for your kids/furkids, and there is certainly a learning curve and give or take some mistakes/lessons learned, but that's all part of parenting. |
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