Posted on 09/26/2010 3:45:01 AM PDT by the scotsman
'Rebecca Hosking decided to turn detective when her collie fell ill. What the woman who led Britain's first campaign to ban plastic bags discovered will alarm every animal lover.'
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Check out Merrick Food. It is approved for human consumption and is one of the best I have found.
Here is a longer list: Alpo Prime Cuts / Score 81 C Artemis Large/Medium Breed Puppy / Score 114 A+ Authority Harvest Baked / Score 116 A+ Authority Harvest Baked Less Active / Score 93 B Beowulf Back to Basics / Score 101 A+ Bil-Jac Select / Score 68 F Blackwood 3000 Lamb and Rice / Score 83 C Blue Buffalo Chicken and Rice / Score 106 A+ Burns Chicken and Brown Rice / Score 107 A+ Canidae / Score 112 A+ Chicken Soup Senior / Score 115 A+ Diamond Maintenance / Score 64 F Diamond Lamb Meal & Rice / Score 92 B Diamond Large Breed 60+ Formula / Score 99 A Diamond Performance / Score 85 C Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance Ultra Premium / Score 122 A+ Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance Venison and Brown Rice / Score 106 A+ Dick Van Patten’s Duck and Potato / Score 106 A+ EaglePack Holistic / Score 102 A+ Eukanuba Adult / Score 81 C Eukanuba Puppy / Score 79 C Flint River Senior / Score 101 A+ Foundations / Score 106 A+ Hund-n-Flocken Adult Dog (lamb) by Solid Gold / Score 93 B Iams Lamb Meal & Rice Formula Premium / Score 73 D Innova Dog / Score 114 A+ Innova Evo / Score 114 A+ Innova Large Breed Puppy / Score 122 A+ Kirkland Signature Chicken, Rice, and Vegetables / Score 110 A+ Member’s Mark Chicken and Rice / Score 84 C Merrick Wilderness Blend / Score 127 A+ Nature’s Recipe / Score 100 A Nature’s Recipe Healthy Skin Venison and Rice / Score 116 A+ Nature’s Variety Raw Instinct / Score 122 A+ Nutra Nuggets Super Premium Lamb Meal and Rice / Score 81 C Nutrience Junior Medium Breed Puppy / Score 101 A+ Nutrisource Lamb and Rice / Score 87 B Nutro Max Adult / Score 93 B Nutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice / Score 98 A Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy / Score 87 B Nutro Natural Choice Oatmeal / Score 101 A+ Nutro Natural Choice Puppy Wheat Free / Score 86 B Nutro Natural Choice Senior / Score 95 A Nutro Ultra Adult / Score 104 A+ Pet Gold Adult with Lamb & Rice / Score 23 F Premium Edge Chicken, Rice and Vegetables Adult Dry / Score 109 A+ Pro Nature Puppy / Score 80 C Pro Plan Natural Turkey & Barley / Score 103 A+ Pro Plan Sensitive Stomach / Score 94 A Purina Beneful / Score 17 F Purina Dog / Score 62 F Purina Come-n-Get It / Score 16 F Purina One Large Breed Puppy / Score 62 F Royal Canin Boxer / Score 103 A+ Royal Canin Bulldog / Score 100 A+ Royal Canin Natural Blend Adult / Score 106 A+ Science Diet Advanced Protein Senior 7+ / Score 63 F Science Diet for Large Breed Puppies / Score 69 F Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice / Score 97 A Solid Gold / Score 99 A Summit / Score 99 A Timberwolf Organics Wild & Natural Dry / Score 120 A+ Wellness Super5 Mix Chicken / Score 110 A+ Wolfking Adult Dog (bison) by Solid Gold / Score 97 A Besides the criteria that you listed, one other thing you have to look out for is whether or not the manufacturer uses ethoxyquin as a preservative for fats and fish meals. It is not allowed in human food, but is allowed in pet foods, and it is a carcinogen. To further complicate matters, you can’t just look on the ingredients list to see if ethoxyquin is there. If they source fish meal with it already added by their supplier, they do not have to list it in the ingredients because they didn’t add it themselves. Also, some dog food manufacturers claim that it is destroyed in processing, while others claim it is definitely NOT destroyed and remains in the food. I frequent a discussion board for Yorkshire Terriers, and someone there contacted every manufacturer they could to find out if ethoxyquin was in their dog food. Most of them gave very direct answers. What I found notable was that Diamond said that they had it in their dog food, and they were at the epicenter of the fiasco regarding melamine contamination of dog food. Besides their own brands, they also contract manufacture for four premium brands — Artemis, Canidae, Taste of the Wild, and Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance. The first three — Artemis, Canidae, Taste of the Wild — all readily admitted that their foods contained ethoxyquin. However, Natural Balance danced all around the issue, and after several emails, never gave a direct answer. They are one of the brands that claim the carcinogen degrades during processing. I would never feed any of those four brands, even though they are otherwise, outside of the ethoxyquin issue, very good foods. The brands I found that meet the criteria as excellent are Acana, Merrick, Evo, Fromm, Honest Kitchen, Innova, Wellness, California Natural, and Nature’s Variety. (This is not an all-inclusive list, it’s just the ones I’ve been able to find locally). I’ve also found that feeding the super premium foods is actually cheaper than feeding the grocery store crap. The grocery store crap is full of fillers (like corn) that don’t satisfy a dog and pass right through them, so a dog has to eat a much larger serving size to get satisfaction and get the amount needed for proper nutrition. So much more waste. The super premium bag might cost more, but the bag lasts a lot longer and I save money in the long run. (As an example, Iams recommends feeding a 25 lb dog 4 cups per day, on Solid Gold they would only need 1.5 cups per day). You can actually SAVE money by feeding the premium brands. Right now I’m feeding the Prairie line from Nature’s Variety. There are five different “flavors” (beef, chicken, lamb, venison, and salmon) kibble, and six flavors in their wet food, as well as frozen raw. You can switch between any of these without transitioning and they never get bored. I have a senior that gets bored easily, and she readily eats this stuff. It’s “All Life Stages,” so I can give the same food to my four month old pup. Here is another good site for dog food comparisons: http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/
You go to the store and buy yourself a pack of chicken necks or leg and thigh quarters. If a large dog give them the whole quarter or three necks a day. Adjust for smaller dogs. The digestive system of a dog is nothing like a human, so don't feed them like you would a human. Their system is short and very acidic. They can eat darn near anything.
I’ve fed my retrievers Solid Gold/raw meat & bones since the 90’s. Compared to my dogs back in the 70’s & 80’s when I fed em “whatever”, my dogs now have less skin problems & seem generally healthier-they’re living longer now too :)
The last 3 generations of dogs (Labs and retrievers) I’ve had have been fed Purina One with great results. My vet asks me every time I take them in for vaccinations what I feed them (trying to push the pricey Eukanuba). They have bright eyes, shiny, healthy coats, plenty of energy and absolutely no health problems whatsoever. They get supplemented with raw carrots, broccoli, corn, when our garden is producing, along with whatever else they forage on their own, like the occasional rabbit or squirrel. My oldest is going on 12 and you would think she’s a young dog the way she acts. The mere mention of the work “hike” sends her into a tizzy. My next door neighbor feeds her dogs the same and she had one Walker coon hound live to be 19 and an American Eskimo live to be 21.
More scare tactics from the loony left. Most dogs need more exercise, not different food. Domesticated animals live longer than wild or feral animals.
After I lost a third dog to bone cancer, I asked the vet what was causing it...he said, it’s the dog food. Some years ago my mother in law had a dachshund who lived to be 18. She ate only what my mother in law cooked for her, which included raw hamburger/beef, rice, and wheat germ.
I hear ya. I’ve had dogs all my life, and I now feel guilty
for some of the crap I feed them not knowing what I was doing. Our last dog loved grapes, and later I found it poisons their kidneys....Luckily I didn’t do that a lot. We
feed a dog Billy Jack based on a trainers recommendation and later found this is rated rather low too. Thank God for the internet and these latest studies.
Yikes! Well, I bought it via Amazon 4 years ago for MUCH less. At that price, I’d go to the library or borrow from someone who bought it 4 years (or more) ago.
Do a Google search
my mom feeds here 17 yr old poodle McDonalds burgers and provolone
I won’t advertise, but my husband works for a pet food distribution company that only sells organic animal food. There is good stuff out there for your pets! You just have to stop shopping at grocery stores and big pet markets. Try independent pet stores for the best food available - made without animal by-products and grain free. Also when you look at the price, make note of the amount recommended to feed your size animal. You will find that it works out less expensive than the Walmart brands because you feed less and there are less health problems. For instance, our adult black lab eats only 2 1/2 cups of dry dog food a day. She is now 8 years old and has been healthy all her life and looks beautiful!
Feeding a cheap, low quality food will save money now but will cost you later in vet bills.
Here's a great site for dog food ratings:
http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/
I just looked at the Los Angeles Public Library. They don’t have it. I’ll keep checking eBay.
Yeah, my golden LOVES raisins, used to give ‘em to her when she was a pup, didn’t know they were bad for the dog.
“there are plenty of good dog food brands out there”
Yes, there are. We pick and choose, and find some that smell and look as though WE could eat them. Bingo! Our dog stays healthy.
I don’t think a dog needs to be eating just raw meat and bones - we had one dog that lived 17 years on people food. She ate what we ate. Spaghetti, corn flakes, hamburger, hot dogs, pizza - whatever was acceptable for human consumption. That turns out to be a pretty good standard.
Sounds like a reputable source. yeah.
lol, I've often said if there is such a thing as reincarnation, I want to return as my wife's dog.
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