re: O-T Dog Owners: What type of food do you feed your dog?

I remember the idiot on here that would feed his lab one bowl of Ol Roy from WalMart every 2 or 3 days and talk about how much that dog loved that food and scarfed it up..

Yeah dumb arse, cause he was starving.

Merrick


Tried Taste of the Wild before and my dog went on hunger strike and lost weight.

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Blue Buffalo

best stuff on the market. expensive as shite though if you have a big dog

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I bought some for my dog and she wouldn't eat it. I figured she'd love it because it's closer to real food than anything else I get. But I buy Purina One Smart Blend (Lamb & Rice).

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the very companies with which you find fault- Hill's, Iams, Purina- are doing all they can to promote animal nutrition

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Are they? You agreed with me the they engage in cost cutting measures. I say it's to protect their margins, you say it's to make the food more affordable and available to more consumers. What's the difference? They are still selling an inferior product and making bank--and you know who suffers? The poor dog of an ill informed owner who picks up the cheap food because he hasn't done his homework.

You don't have to break your wallet to give your dog great food. Compare the prices of Taste of the Wild to Science Diet. Then compare the ingredients and feeding instructions. You will feed your dog less of the higher quality food which often times negates the marginally higher purchase cost. Add to that the higher quality of life resulting from the better nutrition (as many posters in this thread have claimed) and it really should be a no brainer.

What you're advocating is like feeding your kid chicken fingers every night and justifying it by saying it fills him up and saves you a few bucks every month rather than giving him a more nutritious meal...but it's ok because his pediatrician said white meat is healthy.

Canidaes is the best dog food around. Our dog had stomach issues and wouldn't eat until we made the switch.

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sorry, but you are wrong. Nutrition has become a key topic of education and continuing ed for DVMs. LINK the very companies with which you find fault- Hill's, Iams, Purina- are doing all they can to promote animal nutrition via seminars, continuing ed, and lectures at veterinary conferences. You are letting your experience with your sick dog years ago frame the narrative. And it simply isn't the case. As for your suggestion that manufacturers use corn/wheat as a filler solely to increase margin, I disagree. I submit that they use those to lower the price of the product, thereby making it more affordable and available to more users. Not every owner can afford top-of-the-line, expensive dog food, nor will they buy it. Your argument is akin to saying one should only run super unleaded gas in their auto, cause the regular unleaded is bad for your engine. That simply isn't true. There are less expensive products for your pets nutrition that are not harmful to your pet. For you to claim otherwise and dismiss manufactures as you did is silly.

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He isn't wrong, Vets don't learn nearly enough on diet and short seminars don't educate them to point where I would fully trust them. Some still get a good bit of money from promoting certain brands in their clinics.


Honestly, I am ok with Vets not knowing a ton about nutrition. I want them to be more knowledgeable on other things that are a little more important to me when visiting the vet. Like being able to diagnose symptoms and perform various surgeries. I am fully capable of researching nutrition on my own as I do it for myself and don't rely on MDs to teach me to eat well.

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It's like humans, I assume. Some of us eat like shite our whole lives and live long. But we still know eating healthy is better for us.

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Pretty much, you can feed them the best, but they still may get a cancer and die just like us. As long as people make an honest effort to care for their animals, that's all you can really ask. I don't really look down on someone feeding a dog Ol' Roy if that dog has a good home. Hell it could be a stray and wind up in a kill shelter otherwise. At least they are trying to be good pet owners.

Iams. We keep saying we'll start buying more expensive food for them but they really haven't had any issues with Iams.



My pug is a lil tubby but that is expected of most pugs.

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He is a dog.

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Blue Buffalo Wilderness - Duck

ETA: the dyes in most dog foods make our dog breakout