Research on Dog Food & Information

**Catlady711** · 03-04-2008, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by pitc9

I feed my dogs Pro Plan Sensitive Skin and Stomach and have for years.

I tried switching to Wellness and the following pictures will show you what the food did to my Buddy:

I'm happy with the "Low Quality" food I feed my dogs.

Looks alot like a food allergy reaction. I've also seen reactions like that only worse with Canidae and a number of other foods both high and low quality by anyone's definition.

Like it's been said before there's no one food perfect for all pets. You have to feed what works for your particular pet.

Besides, I wouldn't get too riled up over someone posting such 'in your face' food recommendations when not only do they not appear to have any pet nutrition credentials to their name, but also when they list Royal Canin on the 'low quality' list then a few posts later recommend that same brand of food for prescription use. lol I just found that amusing.

**Lady's Human** · 03-04-2008, 07:44 PM

Lots of scare info on those sites, as usual little to no referencing or scientific backing.

The debate about dog food is religion. Impossible to sway the true believers, regardless of how many facts backed up by science you throw at them.

**Lady's Human** · 03-04-2008, 07:49 PM

Another ingredient to avoid:dihydrogen oxide. It is a universal corrosive agent, and if consumed in high enough doses can cause death. It's ONE MOLECULE away from being antifreeze, which is a deadly poison.

**MS_PAWS** · 03-04-2008, 09:37 PM

I think everyone needs to visit this forum
http://www.ourdogsonline.com/

**Lady's Human** · 03-04-2008, 09:40 PM

Okay, its another pet forum. Your point would be?

**Flatcoatluver** · 03-05-2008, 01:34 AM

With all due respect. I've joined that fourm, didn't learn much more then I know now. I wasn't treated with complete respect. I will always stick to pet talk. I'm sorry your just not going to get anyone to suade to your side. We are all educated on our pets health here.

**Whimsy** · 04-11-2008, 03:53 PM

Taken from http://www.dogfoodproject.com/ :

I'm answering many, many emails from people asking questions about dog foods on a daily basis. One of the most common topics is dog owners second-guessing themselves after buying a product they read somewhere is "highly rated" or got a "high grade" in some reviews but their dog does poorly on it.

They now wonder whether it was a good idea to switch foods in the first place and if they should go back to the old food, even though the ingredients may not be so great.

The best advice I can give is keep in mind that your dog is an individual and any reviews you come across will always be based on generalities. If your dog has a delicate digestive system, a grain free food may be nice, but the high fat percentage most of them have can pose a major problem.

If you have a dog who is prone to bloat, a very nutrient dense high-calorie food may also not be ideal, even though "popular" reviews may not rate lower fat, lower calorie foods particularly highly.

Brown rice may be more nutritious than white rice, but a dog with a sensitive stomach may benefit from the product that contains white rice, which has had its (sometimes irritating) bran layer already removed.

The bottom line: What's more important to you: how well a food works out for your dog, or what some unknown person (who may or may not even be aware of differing needs in individual dogs) thinks about a product?

*shrug*