Originally posted by AngieS:
<STRONG>The point was to feed a premium brand of food that you are comfortable with and that is of good Quality. A lot of pet foods have bad ingredients/preservatives. Preservatives such as BHA, BHT and Ethoquin(sp). And meat by-products and other things that are not as healthy for pets.
If you do research on this you will see what i am talking about.Check out the link i provided in the post above. It will give you some idea.
A lot of people think it is just the off brands (like wal-mart brands, etc)that have bad things in the pet foods. That is Not always true. Brands that have been around for a while also have some of the things i listed that aren't very healthy. I not only done research i also went out and compared pet food brands in the stores.
*Please remember i am Not trying to argue.*And I am Not trying to sell anyone on Nutro(or any other brand).
I just want to inform people about some things to avoid. And that they should check their ingredients on their pet foods.

Angie</STRONG>
Angie,
We agree 100%. I didn't post the entire comment of the other thread going on on the General side.

Food Discussion on Pet Talk General

It went like this to a question Shai's mom had about Biljac dry being as good as Biljac frozen:

Biljac dry is no where near as good as the frozen!

Biljac dry uses these ingredients which bring red flags to me. Chicken by-products use any and all organ meat available. Sometimes this can be dangerous since the liver is used to filter toxins and these toxins may be at extremely high counts. You never know. And why do they add so many preservatives????

My opinion is either Canidae or Innova. Raw would be Biljac frozen. If your dog(s) have skin problems then you can't afford not to feed one of these.

Now lets take another look at the cost...... and this is where the rest of the post came in.

I have also extensively checked many foods and researched why I won't feed certain ones. From a perspective of comparing Nutro to other plans like Pro Plan, Iams, etc.... I would go with the Nutro, no question about it. However, Nutro over Innova is not even a consideration for me. Nutro uses too many grains for my liking. I have had Goldens for more than 25 years and they have all had skin problems up until I switched to the Innova about 3 years ago. Goldens tend to have food allergies which cause hot spots, severe dandruff, lack of coat luster, and major shedding to the point of going almost bald in spots. Since switching to Innova my Goldens do not shed excessively (except the normal two times a year), their coats glisten even when they are not in the sun, and they do not get hot spots.

I am not telling anyone what to feed or anything else. I simply give my opinions on what I have experienced and hope that it helps someone else!

Some on this site have commented that they would switch to Innova or a super premium food if it wasn't so expensive. I was just trying to show that it really is NOT that much more expensive in the long run. And I do agree that every dog is an individual case. I was just going by the guidelines on package labels.

I am glad you did the research and came up with some of the same answers as me about by-products and preservatives. Just because it wears a super premium price tag doesn't automatically mean it's a super quality product compared to others that are available. The buyer must be educated and able to read the label and know what they are reading.