Mom is refusing to belive me about raw.

[areias]

Nutro is good? Is it better than Purina 1? I have seen it in Wal-Mart, Which is handy. I would have to go out of the way for Canidae, but I will if it's a better food. Is Nutro better than Canidae?

Blehh, I really really don't like Purina One. I'm going to switch to Eagle Pack or Solid Gold, I think, now that I only have one dog.

As for raw, I never really post about it, for fear of debate..not that I don't believe in it, but I don't feel that it is necessary, and that is my personal opinion. Although I'm sure your moms opinions on raw are not well founded, maybe you can try educating some more. Get your vet's opinion on it around her, (as long as he isn't paid by iams to promote it).

[Sevaede]

I would say try digging up some of the old raw threads, maybe join a raw yahoo group, dig around on the net, and call your vet (or others). Collect all your information together and present it to her.

Nutro IS at all of my local Wal Marts. I have seen it there every time I have gone to Wal Mart for the past few months as that is the very first place I go. They have the dry kibble and wet food.

[bckrazy]

Nutro IS at all of my local Wal Marts.

That is bizarre! I wish every W*M carried better foods such as Nutro. =/ Mine most definitely does not.

About Raw, I honestly feel you need to do a lot of research. Like, less than a week ago, you were saying you would never feed RMB's right? Join the Raw fed Yahoo group, Rawdogs on Livejournal, and look at the Lonsdale free downloads for the books RMB's Promote Health and Work Wonders... to start. If you show your Mom that you are doing loads of research, and write down big pointers for her, that should help. You should definitely improve her diet as best you can until you're ready for Raw as well as your family. Nutro NC would be a big improvement, but even better would be a premium kibble that is available at feed or specialty stores (Solid Gold, Canidae, Chicken Soup, Innova, California Natural, Eagle Pack, to name a few).