RedDog
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<font color="blue">Purina is probably the best researched dog food in the US. Their top lines are O.N.E. and Pro Plan. They are very good and we are feeding O.N.E. right now but when they finish building the PetsMart locally, we will go back to feeding IAM's Eukanuba (I can not get it this side of Houston). I strongly dislike IAMs marketing people but can not fault their dog food. Of all we have fed of currently available brands we think that it is the best.
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Vernon and All,
I would urge you to research Iams and Eukanuba more closely. Both of these products include corn and by-products in them. By-products translates to feet, feces, and intestines. Iams is high prices to have this "crap" in it, but Eukanuba is even higher priced. Corn can cause all kinds of problems in animals: allergies, etc.
We had a Great Pyreness that was diagnosed with bone cancer at the ripe old age of 4. After the vet advised us that this disease was prevalent in the larger breeds, I started to wonder what the common demoninator was between the larger breeds that would cause cancer to be prevalent between the different breeds. After doing some reading on the foods that are even recommended by the vets and joining some nutrition groups on the internet, it really angered me what I learned is truly going on. It just amazes me that we put our faith and trust in these manufactoring companies and provide us with a poor quality food. For the most part, the ones that "look pretty" are only meant to appeal to us - not the animal. 99% of the foods you find on your local grocery store shelves contain corn or some form of corn as the primary ingredient.
What I learned is that "chicken meal" is one of the best things that you can feed your babies. When the ingredients read "chicken meal," it is the chicken weighed with the water weight removed, thus providing more actual "meat."
Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul has incredible ingredients. If I recall correctly, the first 4 ingredients are chicken meal, turkey meal, chicken and turkey. There is no corn or by-products in this reasonably priced food.
Other brands such as Canidae, Innova, Wellness, Natural Balance, Artemis, Solid Gold and Drs. Foster and Smith have much better quality foods than Iams, Science Diet, and Eukanuba.
If you are interested in being able to see several products and compare ingredients, petfooddirect.com allows you to do this.
If anyone is interested in some links to the research I am referring to, please feel free to contact me. I will gladly provide you with them.
RedDog's Better Half
Vernon </font>
Vernon and All,
I would urge you to research Iams and Eukanuba more closely. Both of these products include corn and by-products in them. By-products translates to feet, feces, and intestines. Iams is high prices to have this "crap" in it, but Eukanuba is even higher priced. Corn can cause all kinds of problems in animals: allergies, etc.
We had a Great Pyreness that was diagnosed with bone cancer at the ripe old age of 4. After the vet advised us that this disease was prevalent in the larger breeds, I started to wonder what the common demoninator was between the larger breeds that would cause cancer to be prevalent between the different breeds. After doing some reading on the foods that are even recommended by the vets and joining some nutrition groups on the internet, it really angered me what I learned is truly going on. It just amazes me that we put our faith and trust in these manufactoring companies and provide us with a poor quality food. For the most part, the ones that "look pretty" are only meant to appeal to us - not the animal. 99% of the foods you find on your local grocery store shelves contain corn or some form of corn as the primary ingredient.
What I learned is that "chicken meal" is one of the best things that you can feed your babies. When the ingredients read "chicken meal," it is the chicken weighed with the water weight removed, thus providing more actual "meat."
Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul has incredible ingredients. If I recall correctly, the first 4 ingredients are chicken meal, turkey meal, chicken and turkey. There is no corn or by-products in this reasonably priced food.
Other brands such as Canidae, Innova, Wellness, Natural Balance, Artemis, Solid Gold and Drs. Foster and Smith have much better quality foods than Iams, Science Diet, and Eukanuba.
If you are interested in being able to see several products and compare ingredients, petfooddirect.com allows you to do this.
If anyone is interested in some links to the research I am referring to, please feel free to contact me. I will gladly provide you with them.
RedDog's Better Half