Dog Food Rant-

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Originally Posted by borzoimom

Thank you- its made by a Purina sub.. I recognize it now. It does have corn meal- and rich in glucosime means- its corn heart which is where the nutrition is in the corn..
I do see beet pulp- watch that.. It will make gas in the gut..
My computer doesn't have that one in a lab report to give the actual final product- but lamb is usually more clean.. I will look into it if you want me too and pm you.. It does contain blueberry- which is great for the immune system.

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I'd appreciate it. ;)

Im not familiar with the "fancy" (LOL) names in ingredients so I often have to ask my dad what something is. Once you "dumb" the names down for me I know what to do. LoL.

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Originally Posted by Travis_gsd27

I'd appreciate it. ;)

Im not familiar with the "fancy" (LOL) names in ingredients so I often have to ask my dad what something is. Once you "dumb" the names down for me I know what to do. LoL.

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Nahhhh--- you are not " dumb".. lol. Can you copy the ingredients- and then I will edit and tell you what each is for. I tried.. but it wont copy to paste..
Please understand- the corn meal has my eyebrows up- but the rest looks like something better-- . Without knowing the rendering source at this point- its hard to say. But the vitamin mixure looks good and in the right order. And although the FDA doesnt regulate dog food- they do have " truth in labeling.." hmmm.

Sure, I'll get them all typed up for you and send them right over.

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Originally Posted by Travis_gsd27

Sure, I'll get them all typed up for you and send them right over.

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Okay- you can send by pm if you want..Returned back to you.. that should explain each and every ingredient..

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Originally Posted by elizabethann

Let me see if I have this correct, they fed their dog table scraps one time and it died? What table scaps did the dog get?

I just don't get it. What did they feed the dog for it to just die like that?

That poor dog and that poor family. They must have felt guilty.

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Both dogs didn't die immediately after eating this stuff, they got sick and just went downhill fast. All the lab work kept looking worse and worse every day.

In the case of the one dog it was fed sausage, I can't remember if it was raw or cooked though.

In the case of the second dog I wasn't there the day it came in for diagnosis, I'm unsure if it was fed table food, or got into the garbage with the table food.

Since I've worked there I've seen the following foods cause pancreatitis...
Sausage
Pizza
Turkey with gravy
Hamburger (like fast food kind)
basically anything spicy or fatty.

And yes just one time of feeding some of these things can cause pancreatitis, although not all pets die from this.

As for the diabetes most of those animals are overweight and have a diet high in fat, or many treats (including table scraps except for raw veggies).

Here are some links on pancreatitis that go into more detail about it.

Pancreatitis

CVM (College of Veterinary Medicine) - pancreatitis

Vetinfo.com - pancreatitis

ouch- sausage???? wow.. not good..

Yikes! I've fed Fenway pizza, turkey (without the gravy) and McDonald's burgers before!

Basically, he gets a pretty good diet but once in a great while, I will share some of my food (like the above).

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Originally Posted by Catlady711

Of the dogs/cats that come in to our hospital with diabetes and pancreatitis 99% of them are fed table scraps. Just ask our 2 most recent clients who lost their dogs to pancreatitis from feeding table scraps just ONE TIME! Type of food and fequency does make a serious difference.

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Duke almost died from it. He spent a week at the vet. After that, no more table scraps. I guess it depends on what they're being fed, too. This was gravy from meat.

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Originally Posted by dukedogsmom

I guess it depends on what they're being fed, too. This was gravy from meat.

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Sometimes food is irrelavant in pancreatitis. Preacher had two near fatal bouts with it; Paxil and Earle both had life threatening acute attacks that have settled into chronic pancreatitis. None of them had eaten anything high fat or outside of their normal diet preceeding the initial attack. It can just happen. Heyoka has counter-surfed whole pounds of butter and never developed anything negative!

borzoimom,

How you say something is as important as what you say.

Your first post might have had loads of information, but I can't get beyond the first 4 or 5 points. The all-caps and bolded words make it read like a chain email, and distracts from what you are say.

Not a bash, just for future reference.

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Originally Posted by Glacier

Heyoka has counter-surfed whole pounds of butter and never developed anything negative!

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Ewwww!!! BUTTER!! :D Crazy Dog! Go for the Meat!! The MEAT I tell you! :D

I feed Pro Plan Sensitive Skin & Stomach, after trying TONS of foods this was the one that worked for Sierra. (I figured out it was a poultry allergy)
Then along came Buddy and he gets the same thing.
It's not the best food in the world but
#1 I could be feeding them Gravy Train
#2 it works for my dogs & they are healthy

Over the years my parents GSD mix Toby has polished off the following with out suffering major consequences:
Entire box of choclate covererd cherries
1 pound bag peanut M&M's
2 pound summer sausage (plastic shrink wrap and all)
Boxes of cookies that my dad left in the living room
And she will be 13 years old on April 1st.

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Originally Posted by jackie

borzoimom,

How you say something is as important as what you say.

Your first post might have had loads of information, but I can't get beyond the first 4 or 5 points. The all-caps and bolded words make it read like a chain email, and distracts from what you are say.

Not a bash, just for future reference.

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Its my writing and triggered by something I do not care to discuss right now. And yes I know- not a bash. Hopefully I will not have another episode that triggered this one. .. It was just that- a rant..

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Originally Posted by pitc9

Ewwww!!! BUTTER!! :D Crazy Dog! Go for the Meat!! The MEAT I tell you! :D

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I agree. That's one crazy dog! You know, I had originally typed in that I thought it depended on the dog, too. Dasher gets a little people food. Though it's evident that whomever had him before fed it to him all the time. He loves to share my popcorn :D

Autumn's eaten a whole pound bag of m&m's as well. Thankfully she made it outside before throwing up. I'll never forget the smell of m&m puke. She threw up pretty much the whole pound. She got into a metal container and open the sealed plastic bag to get them.

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Originally Posted by jackie

borzoimom,

How you say something is as important as what you say.

Your first post might have had loads of information, but I can't get beyond the first 4 or 5 points. The all-caps and bolded words make it read like a chain email, and distracts from what you are say.

Not a bash, just for future reference.

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The initial post makes little sense. People in a wild rage never make good
sense. It's been called "going postal", I think. The build up to this rant was
created in another thread.