dog food

[mike001]

Have fed raw for years and have healthy dogs with no health problems. I'm not a kibble person. If I was to feed kibble I would probably go with Chicken Soup or Royal Canin.

[CathyBogart]

I told my vet I feed Jasper raw and she said "ooh, lucky boy", and moved on. We have switched to only a few raw meals a week since then, and I give him Nature's Variety kibble or canned depending on his/my mood at mealtime when he's not eating meat.

[dragondawg]

I'd probably have a more positive outlook if things didn't normally get so heated on this particular topic, although I'll admit it's been tame thus far.

Tame, because most of us have given up on the religion threads.

Basically I just get a little peeved when people think that all vets/techs don't know anything about nutrition because they sell pet food. Not all vets push a particular pet food, nor do all of them sell it. Not all vets/techs are ignorant of pet nutrition.

Never had a need to ask them, and never received any sales pitches. Perfect symbiosis. Vet Techs are harmless critters. The receptionists are the evil ones.

As for someone truely wanting to know about pet nutrition here is a website called petDIETS.com an independent agency (not supported by pet food/supplement companies) specifically trained as a pet nutritionist with a chunk of credentials in the field. If someone were truely interested in pet nutrition I'd highly recommend her website. There is a TON of info on it.

Now that's a good reference link. But what they said about the dangers of a raw-Barf like diet! Shame on em! LOL

On a quick first pass, about the only thing I found to disagree on is the idea of dry not resulting with less tartar build up as opposed to moist food. Although over all it's just as much genetics as anything else, and that might be their concealed point. Again a very good site.