Purina Dog contest

**Cincy'sMom** · 10-03-2003, 09:22 PM

At our therapy dog meeting tonight, I found out my friend has her dog registered in an online contest with Purina. There are tons of cute dogs involved, so browse through and vote for your favorite (I'm voting for Roxxey)

Here's a link to the contest...
Purina Beneful Contest

( Roxxy is Roxx-A-Muffin CGC,DSA,TDI,TT)

**Kfamr** · 10-03-2003, 09:49 PM

I wish I could have entered Simba or Nala! They really like Beneful and I JUST opened a new bag of it today. We got two big bags of it for real cheap because my mom's boss's sister works for Purina! A Years supply would be awesome!

**wolfsoul** · 10-04-2003, 05:26 PM

I'll vote, but I don't support purina products. Their foods are so unhealthy.

**lizbud** · 10-04-2003, 07:13 PM

Wow, what a bunch of great looking dogs.

I loved the
small stories about each one. It sure would be hard to pick
just one. Although I've never personally tasted Purina products,

Smokey loves the mini bites dog chow & the kitties love the
hairball formula dry food. They all have beautiful shiny coats
and boundless energy.

**Kfamr** · 10-04-2003, 07:15 PM

Originally posted by wolfsoul
I'll vote, but I don't support purina products. Their foods are so unhealthy.

Hmm..... How so?

**wolfsoul** · 10-04-2003, 09:23 PM

Originally posted by Kfamr
Hmm..... How so?

Haven't you read the ingredients?? I see the main ingredient is corn, as is the 3rd main ingredient. See how they split it up, trying to be smart?? It's still corn...By-products are the second main ingredient. And sugar is pretty close up there too. Soy flour, which is difficult for most dogs to digest, animal digest which is also by-products, artificial colours, etc.

Purina Beneful:

Ingredients
Ground yellow corn, chicken-by-product meal, corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour, beef tallow preserved with mixed-tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), rice flour, beef, soy flour, sugar, sorbitol, tricalcium phosphate, water, animal digest, salt, phosphoric acid, potassium chloride, dicalcium phosphate, sorbic acid (a preservative), L-Lysine monohydrochloride, dried peas, dried carrots, calcium carbonate, calcium propionate (a preservative), choline chloride, vitamin supplements (E, A, B-12, D-3), added color (Yellow 5, Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 2), DL-Methionine, zinc sulfate, glyceryl monostearate, ferrous sulfate, niacin, manganese sulfate, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, biotin, thiamine mononitrate, garlic oil, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, sodium selenite.