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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 313803" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>The problem with IAMs and Eukanuba (owned by Procter and Gamble) is that they contain a lot of grain as well as a lot of mystery meat.</p><p></p><p>You always want to see meat as the very first ingredient on the lable. Meat meal is preferable to actual 'wet' meat as it is much more nutrient dense.</p><p></p><p>BUT, I can assure you that if a company is proud of it's protein sources it will TELL you what they are. Just "meat byproducts" could be anything.</p><p></p><p>Even so, unless a food states that it is human-grade, they are still using the tumors, meat and byproducts from '3-D' cattle (Dead. Down. Dying), or from animals that contain medication residues that cannot be allowed to enter the human food chain.</p><p></p><p>IAMs is owned by a major manufacturer of soap and cleaning products. Those items are made from the fat and bone tissue of animals. What goes into the pet foods is the stuff that isn't good enough to use in shampoo.</p><p></p><p>Hill's is owned by Carnation, which again uses wasted animal products in it's pet foods.</p><p></p><p>by the way, a lot of dogs who can't handle corn can handle rice and/or barley. The problem with corn is the sugar content primarily.</p><p></p><p>As I said, I am appalled at what is in my dog's bag of RX dog food, but he's doing well on the stuff and he spent quite a bit of his life ill with intestinal problems.</p><p></p><p>He has intestinal epodermalysis bullosa. Basically, blisters form in his small intestine and rupture leaving ulcers. It is similar to Chron's in humans except that he sometimes gets sores on his lips and nose as well.</p><p></p><p>As you can imagine, it's very painful and I will feed him what I have to feed him in order to keep him comfortable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 313803, member: 1963"] The problem with IAMs and Eukanuba (owned by Procter and Gamble) is that they contain a lot of grain as well as a lot of mystery meat. You always want to see meat as the very first ingredient on the lable. Meat meal is preferable to actual 'wet' meat as it is much more nutrient dense. BUT, I can assure you that if a company is proud of it's protein sources it will TELL you what they are. Just "meat byproducts" could be anything. Even so, unless a food states that it is human-grade, they are still using the tumors, meat and byproducts from '3-D' cattle (Dead. Down. Dying), or from animals that contain medication residues that cannot be allowed to enter the human food chain. IAMs is owned by a major manufacturer of soap and cleaning products. Those items are made from the fat and bone tissue of animals. What goes into the pet foods is the stuff that isn't good enough to use in shampoo. Hill's is owned by Carnation, which again uses wasted animal products in it's pet foods. by the way, a lot of dogs who can't handle corn can handle rice and/or barley. The problem with corn is the sugar content primarily. As I said, I am appalled at what is in my dog's bag of RX dog food, but he's doing well on the stuff and he spent quite a bit of his life ill with intestinal problems. He has intestinal epodermalysis bullosa. Basically, blisters form in his small intestine and rupture leaving ulcers. It is similar to Chron's in humans except that he sometimes gets sores on his lips and nose as well. As you can imagine, it's very painful and I will feed him what I have to feed him in order to keep him comfortable. [/QUOTE]
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