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Dog Deaths Surpass 100 Despite Toxic Pet Food Recall
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| Friday January 6, 2006
| LiveScience Staff
Posted on 01/06/2006 9:58:51 PM PST by crushelits
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:00:48 PM PST
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HairOfTheDog
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To: crushelits
If your dog isn't going to eat it's food so bad that you have to intice it with gravy, then you know something is wrong. WTF is wrong with these people?
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:02:02 PM PST
by
BladeLWS
To: HairOfTheDog
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:03:48 PM PST
by
TASMANIANRED
(Democrats value the privacy of terrorists higher than the lives of Americans.)
To: crushelits
I have two cats. I stick with Purina and Whiskas. As a vanity, do any Siamese Cat owners on FR know whether Royal Canin's Siamese 38 formula is worth the extra money? Thanks. I feed my children nothing but the best.
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01/06/2006 10:06:13 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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I am a bit suspicious of the over-100 number here (think Katrina deaths, initial WTC-death estimates, etc.) and the hysterical tone of the article, but making sure you are not feeding your pet food from a contaminated batch is commonsense. (IIRC, some cat food was contaminated too; thus, this ping.)
To: BladeLWS
WTF is wrong with these people? I agree. Those people are too evil for words.
To: goldstategop
I wouldn't classify Purina or Whiskas as 'the best'. They are as corn-based as any of the grocery store brands... The key is whether your animals seem to thrive on them. This could happen to any commercial food.
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01/06/2006 10:12:35 PM PST
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HairOfTheDog
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To: MrsEmmaPeel; BladeLWS
It's not evil... They aren't trying to kill their pet. They obviously didn't realize there was something wrong with the food.
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01/06/2006 10:13:45 PM PST
by
HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
They do. I do know cats are obligate carnivores and yes, I feed semi moist meat pouches every day, in addition to the usual kibble fare. You know, our pets like food variety as much as we do.
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01/06/2006 10:16:09 PM PST
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goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Slings and Arrows
but making sure you are not feeding your pet food from a contaminated batch is commonsense. (IIRC, some cat food was contaminated too; thus, this ping.)And if your animal seems off it's feed or the food doesn't look or smell right, don't feed any more of it.
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01/06/2006 10:17:10 PM PST
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HairOfTheDog
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To: MrsEmmaPeel
This is just awful, but maybe some of the pet ownwners just didn't know any better. We all know how some parents cajole their picky kids to eat. I can't imagine they would have done it knowing the consequences. Just so sad! :(
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:17:51 PM PST
by
derllak
To: crushelits; HairOfTheDog
My BC has been eating this for the better part of her senior life. So far, after one knee surgery, and at age 12, she's healthing and still chasing her frisbee
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:19:31 PM PST
by
kstewskis
("Tolerance is what happens when one loses their principles" Fr. A. Saenz)
To: crushelits
Science Diet and Hills. If it is good enough for my military dogs, its good enough for my pets. Hill's has a great number of Me too brands but I will stick with Hill's, the Mark Morris Foundation and Science Diet. There are of a great many that try to take a piece of their market but very few have the integrity and experience of Hill's.
To: HairOfTheDog
Is there any real meat based dry food for cats and dogs and are they better than the corn based brands? Is there a difference in terms of nutritional quality and would you pay the extra expense to keep your pets healthy and happy? Opinions on the subject are welcome.
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:24:51 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
I have no results to report, as of yet...but my husband just purchase some of this food for our 6 month old puppy. First ingredient is chicken; second corn; and third is another meat. She seems to like it!
http://www.propacpetfood.com/
To: crushelits
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:35:43 PM PST
by
charrisGOP
(Harri Anne Smith For Governor of Alabama...)
To: goldstategop
just google "cat food" "no corn"
with the quote marks in the right place. You'll find plenty.
Some brands even at Costco.
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posted on
01/06/2006 10:36:49 PM PST
by
paulat
To: crushelits
My normally nonstop dynamo of a dog was uncharacteristically sluggish and trembling from head to toe yesterday. I was aware of the recall and had not been feeding him anything but his usual fair but I took him to see the vet anyway. Turns out he has a stomach virus. The vet gave me a few things for him and he appears to be on the way to being his old self.
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01/06/2006 10:36:50 PM PST
by
speed_addiction
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To: goldstategop
Yes, there are lots of meat based foods out there that contain little or no corn. But they aren't found in grocery stores. I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with corn (though some animals become allergic) the problem is it's just cheap filler, and there isn't a digestive system in the world that can digest it, except maybe cattle ;~D. It just goes right through them, relatively unchanged, and makes for more poop.
Of the grocery store brands, the best is probably Purina One. But the better, more expensive foods are found either in pet stores, farm supply stores, or vet clinics.
I buy chicken and rice cat and dog foods that are packaged locally for the farm and feed supply in my area. I read the labels and the ingredients and compared the labels and it's comparable in protein and fat to the premium foods like Iams and Nutro. If one of the first three items on the list of ingredients are corn, it's just a filler food.
The first ingredient, IMHO, should be meat. And it should be the named meat in the flavor, such as "chicken, beef or lamb." And in my house, nothing is allowed that says "animal" or "animal" byproducts. Here's the hint. If the type of meat is named, that's what it is. If it just says "animal" it's horse, waste products from slaughterhouses, the remains of euthanized and dead animals brought to rendering plants, and whatever else they end up needing to grind up. I am philosophically opposed to horse slaughter, so I don't buy any of that. Most of the grocery store brands contain lots of unnamed "animal" byproducts. It's cheap.
Good pet food will cost over a buck a pound, not $10 for a 40 pound bag. I don't recommend a particular label, others do. Some of the best stuff is local, I'd go to your local feed and farm supply and read labels.
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01/06/2006 10:40:17 PM PST
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HairOfTheDog
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