While I am ALWAYS extremely careful about what PETA says, I have read many accounts of the horrors of the IAMS company (maker of Eukanuba also). I absolutely, positively, will NEVER buy another IAMS product again.

Also, just FYI, IAMS is now owned by our good buddy Proctor and Gamble (which I also avoid like the plague).

Did you guys know that there are no "brand name" dog foods out there anymore that are not owned by a soap company? As far as I know Exclusive is one of the only ones left that is not.

I would buy Exclusive just for that reason, even if it weren't the best for the money out there. I like Purina Mills (PMI), NOT Purina Ralston (the checkerboard) because they research in depth the food that they make and understand that garbage in results in garbage out. Because they make food for large animals, they look at what is going to produce the best product and then put that in their feed. Oh and PMI will send me coupons for buy one get one free too if I call and ask for them and that comes in REALLY handy when the paycheck is kind of short. Also they offer buy 6 bags get the 7th bag free and Ernie and I (owner of the feed store where I get it) figured it out and it averages $20.50 per bag (35 pounds) and the main ingredient in the stuff is human grade chicken, with no wheat or corn, has rice, Omega 3s and 6s and is preserved naturally with Vitamin E...no BHA or BHT.

Ok...I'm off my soap box. IAMS is definitely nasty nasty stuff. Any company that would mutilate an animal's kidney's to see how long it will survive on their food should be run out of town on a rail.

Thanks for the info Liz!