Does anyone here feed their dogs Science Diet? Is it a good food? I just started Peej and Bailey on Science Diet Mature and they seem to like it well enough. I just hope its a good food for them.
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Does anyone here feed their dogs Science Diet? Is it a good food? I just started Peej and Bailey on Science Diet Mature and they seem to like it well enough. I just hope its a good food for them.
Was this food recommended by your vet for a health problem?
Not for a health problem, but she did say it was time to switch them to a senior food.
Then you can do better than that. I wanted to make sure the dogs were not on it for health reasons. Science diet is pretty low on the scale in quality.
What allergies do you dogs have? Or like any arthritis etc?
I have always fed mine Science Diet & they are very healthy.
Science Diet gets a mixed review here on PT. One of the objections is usually that it contains corn, which can't be digested whole, but my vet (who used to work near their plant) told me that it is so finely ground, it is not a problem. She felt its actually a very good kibble. You'll here other objections here too.
Science Diet also produces lines of specialty formulas often prescribed by vets for different problems.
cyber sibes- I am glad your dogs are doing well- however the fact is- only the "heart"/pulp of corn can be digested even finely ground still turns into a filler that is passed in the stool.
Rules with diets- if you see no side affects- probably not to switch. However- this is taking place.
If I knew if your dogs have allergies ( which I rather doubt considering what they are eating now.. ) I can post a few ideas.
There are countless threads on food on this site. So a search and you will get more information.
They don't have any allergies to anything. They're very healthy and I've heard good things about Science Diet.
Then feed it if you want too. There are many others that have a been quality in the ingredients- and considering that dogs eat the same thing, twice a day, 365 days a year- I would get a better quality diet. There are several- Innova, timberwolf, solid gold, chicken soup for dogs.. etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by PJ's Mom
We feed Science Diet at my work, next time we get a bag in I'll read the ingredients but to be honest I've heard pretty good things about it. It is a lower grade food then some of the high quality foods but if it works for your dogs I say don't feel bad for feeding it. My boss goes to seminars on how great science diet is and he says they are very convincing.
If you still work at a Petshotel ask your manager for one of the science diet coupon fliers, my work always has at least 40 to 50 on hand. Inside it gives information about the food and product.
Ashley
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Originally Posted by PJ's Mom
I would listen to your Vet and also to your own good sense on what to
feed your dogs. Science Diet is a perfectly good choice to make. I would
also take the word of a Vet, whom I trust with the health of my dogs, to
suggest the food that's best for them, before I listened to some unknown
person on an internet website.
read this link.. Notice who really makes Science diet.. http://www.dog-spoiling-made-easy.co...gredients.html
I, personally, would not feed Science Diet. I don't think its a horrible food, but I think there's better foods available. But I think if your dogs are doing well on it and thats what you want to feed, then that is fine. I feed the best dog food that is available to me (Natural Balance). Yes there are others that are supposed to be better than that, and for a while I drove a half hour to buy other foods, when I work at a pet store and can buy dog food right there. Nebo didn't do any better on that food, so I decided to just stick with Natural Balance.
I have never been a fan of Science Diet. I don't know a whole lot about the dog food but I wouldn't feed the cat food to my cats so I wouldn't feed the dog food to my dog either.
I am feeding a commercial dog and cat food to my animals. They all get Royal Canin. The cats are on a type to keep their immune system high as my Vixen is felv+ and Artica is one A junior formula for puppies 2 -9 months old.
We feed the dogs and cats at the shelter Science Diet and they do fine on it. :) IMO it's a lot better than some foods out there.
I like Royal Canin too! They were one of the first to step up to the plate in going with natural preservatives- at least they have moral character..Quote:
Originally Posted by kittycats_delight
I have alot of opinons on Science diet- but the biggest complaint I have is that its made by Colgate for God sake.
I would also suggest Bil Jac senior- but its lower in calories so unless the dogs are on the heavy side- there are still others you can try as listed above.
Just curious, what is wrong with colgate?Quote:
Originally Posted by borzoimom
Isn't Bil Jac a generic food? Sorry for my ignorance, but I thought it was made by Wal-Mart or something. :o
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Originally Posted by borzoimom
You seem to have a lot of opinions on many things, but that's all it is,
just one opinion. Heck, we all have opinions. There's no need to convert
everyone into thinking as you do, is there?
Bil Jac is Made by Kelly. Kelly makes it.Quote:
Originally Posted by PJ's Mom
I took my dogs off it a little while back as the added food, but loved the ingredients. I took them off because they already get raw chicken, and I wanted to have a secondary or 3rd meat source in case I had to feed kibble with power problems. As shown in the dog video on feeding raw- I use a 1/4 cup of Solid gold lamb, and 1/4 cup wolf king bison. ( that is for 4 100 pound dogs basically.) That is ground up to prevent expanding kibble in the gut, and put in with their veggie mix.
Well said.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizbud
Chad's friend use to work for Nurto & he said Science Diet was made in the same factory as Nutro.
Are they the same company or partners?
Bear is on Science Diet & so far I'm not impressed with it. When both bags are gone, I'm putting her on Nutro. Diet & Senior. Bear doesn't really like the diet stuff, but LOVES the senior, so I mix the 2 & she'll gobble it up lol
I find her poop is large with Science Diet, compaired to when I used Nutro with my old dog (both are large dogs)...
Her fur is 100x better then it was when we rescued her, but its still dry & not glossy, like my old dogs.
Not sure about that one- I will have to look it up. The only compliant I ever had against Nutro is that they have recalls.. On the other hand- at least they recall the food verses letting it go unchecked. I do not follow Nutro anymore. I got into serious research on dogs foods in the early 80's and just continued to follow it.Quote:
Originally Posted by king2005
So what is wrong with Colgate?
The point to this thread was to make sure I wasn't paying $25 a bag for something that's as bad as Alpo or Kibbles and Bits. I didn't want tempers to flare. ;)
I don't want to have to switch foods over and over trying to find something they like and that's good for them. Let's face it, they'll eat just about anything ( :D ) but it's up to me to find something that's really good for them.
Personally I don't think that Science Diet is anywhere near Kibbles and Bits or Alpo, although I am certainly no expert in the field. I think you should be fine with it, especially if that's what your vet recommends. :)
I don't think Science Diet is a poor food. Its by far not the best, but its not toxic like kibbles n bits.Quote:
Originally Posted by PJ's Mom
Chad & I made an agreement that we would try Science Diet first & if we didn't like the results compaired to our old dogs being on Nutro, then the next bags would be nutro.
Bear hasn't been ill off the food or anything like that (but its only been 1.5 months)... Its just the stool size & fur quality I don't like.
Luckly Chad has noticed that Bear tends to be covered in what we call Snow lol... Hes grossed out by it, so I know I'll have an easy time talkin ghim into switching the brands.
But like I said, its still a good food to use & I like the variety they have :D Its a food I'd recommend to someone who cannot afford the top brands, but still want a healthy & safe food (no by-products, & no BHA/BHT).
Maybe I'm wrong here, but I would have thought that Bil-jac is actually a worse food than Science Diet. The ingredients don't look so good.....
Everyone here seems to be a doggie nutritionist. :p JK
After trying many foods, I give mine dry nutro and wet merrick or beneful.
They like it and it gives them nice poops, good looking coat and shiney eyes, plenty of energy.
Bil Jac is solid chicken with chicken organs as the by product. Its also not extruded so it doesnt swell in the stomach, and also turns to 'mush " almost immediately. Its also what I feed puppies before they are ready for raw mixed with esbalac.Quote:
Originally Posted by JenBKR
I'd rather a company become public & say "WE SCREWED UP, PLEASE RETURN THE PRODUCT!" Instead of denying it & having thousands of animals die or suffer... Remember that horrible issue several months ago :(Quote:
Originally Posted by borzoimom
People need to realize that nothing can ever be perfect 100% of the time. But if the company is doing its best to make sure miss haps don't happen & they admit to the error & try to correct it, then they are a good company.
OH I TOTALLY AGREE!!! A company that will stand by their food is better than those that uh dont..Quote:
Originally Posted by king2005
I never knew they had a recall???
I knew that diamond food was killing animals but I never heard of a nutro recall. When?
Science Diet is not as bad as kibbles n bits, but I honestly I won't pay that much for a dog food when I can get a better one for cheaper. I feed Nature's Recipe for the adults, and Nutro Puppy for Romeo and Skye.
I know someone said the other day that Nature's Recipe started using a rendering plant..that dosen't bother me one bit. It has flax seed, oatmeal, lamb...stuff that I like.
Science Diet is 35lbs for $30..Nature's Recipe is $26 for 40 lbs.
The BEST foods you can get, as someone said, is Innova, Chicken Soup, etc. I simply can't afford to feed this many dogs on $45 a bag, or I would.
And Biljac's 3rd ingredient is corn, I crossed that food off my list a long time ago.
I'm still waiting to hear what's wrong with Colgate?
Thats the brand I was trying to remember... Diamond...Quote:
Originally Posted by beeniesmom
Ya Nutro had a recall many years ago, forget why though.
They also use to use animals that were PTS, but once realized that the chemicals in the animals that were PTS were going into the food & harming pets, they stopped using animals that were PTS.
I feed Chicken Soup, and I'm very happy with it. I get it at a specialty feed store, and it's at a great price there. I pay less than $30 for the big bag (don't remember how much comes in the bag though). I actually did try to feed Roscoe Science Diet when we first got him, but he didn't really like it so much :)
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Originally Posted by Daisy and Delilah
I think the swami is uh.. still... aw.. well, researching it. :D
hmm I'm rather curious myself.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Daisy and Delilah
LOL...I don't think it has anything to do with there being anything wrong with colgate but colgate is a toothpaste company and we are talking dogfood. Usually when you have a company branching off in a hundred different direction that means the quality of the porduct drops. JMOQuote:
Originally Posted by Daisy and Delilah
Thanks everybody :D :D :D