We nearly lost our 5 year old greyhound to bad food. When we rescued her, her foster parents had her on Purina ProPlan, so we stayed with that for years and no problems. Then we noticed the packaging got changed and when we opened the new bag, the food smelled dramatically different. Our dog got really ill with gastrointestinal bacteria and after doing a little digging, we discovered that Purina was bought by Nestle and then changed the dog food formulas and was using fillers from...China.
Very disturbing story, especially when those are all top brands and there’s no way you could have known (except for subtle change in packaging and company ownership??)
This is where Congress should require content labeling. It would be a legitimate exercise of its power to regulate commerce with foreign nations. Perhaps some lobbying is in order?
Funny you mention that. My blue merle smooth collies LOVED the Purina chow I used to buy. Then the name was changed to “Healthy Vitality” (about a month before the melamine scandal hit the press). They absolutely REFUSED to eat it. Pollux, who was a foodaholic went 3 days without eating, and Castor went 5.
Even Zippy (peke/pom/sheltie) refused it for a week.
I thought there was something wrong with the dogs, took them to the vet, and on the way home bought a different brand (made in Canada) food.
Not a problem since.
I check EVERY label of food I buy now. If it doesn’t come from a free country, I won’t buy it anymore. Europe, Japan, S Korea, Aus, USA, Canada, sure. Anyone else I am VERY cautious.