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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 314033" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>I never really post about this much because it can make a lot of people who can't afford the human consumption dog foods very upset about the brands that they can afford to buy because if you don't know HOW to read the ingredients on the back of a bag of dog food or know the verbage and lingo of a dog food factory - you are really paying a lot for garbage. </p><p> </p><p>The adage 'garbage in garbage out' is never more prevalent than in dog foods or animal foods. It's become a real problem with the economy the way it is and people turning record numbers of animals into the pound and the pounds struggling to make money to stay open - I'll just say this - they are making it hand over fist and most dog foods SHOULD have gone down in price a couple of years ago. </p><p> </p><p>There are currently about 5 dog foods out in the market that are fit for human consumption. Donna is right - vets know very little about what they tell you for the most part they are pushing what they sell. You can get just as educated as I am about it. </p><p> </p><p>Sams Club - sells a Lamb and Rice Formula that is not expensive and is the equal to Iams if you care to feed L&R and Iams equivalant. It's also fit for human consumption. For the money? It rates about a 96. The only one that currently rates a 100 is Blue Buffalo like Fran feeds, but she's right - it is very pricey, but they DO offer coupons. There are 2 others (name escapes me now) that rated a 98 and 97 respectively -probably the ones named here. Dogfood for the Soul? Did NOT. It's about an 88. </p><p> </p><p>There is a grade card out there that you can literally give points for and take from for rating YOUR dogs food. It helped us choose which food to feed and which helped our dogs maintain healthy bones, coat, teeth, allergies, and skin care. One of the absolute worst foods you can feed? Pedigree. Product in /right back out. It's almost all fillers. Old Roy at Walmart is better. But we were all duped into thinking that since Pedigree does great things with shelters we should be loyal. </p><p> </p><p>A really good food we have locally if you have an overweight dog is Diamond's. They did have some problems with killing dogs a couple of years ago due to improper testing of corn - but they have stricter lab tests now. Their food I belive rates about a 96. </p><p> </p><p>Just FYI - learn the lingo it's really interesting - and learn what happens to the dogs you turn into the pound....it will stun you. Ask KalCan and Pedigree. If my dogs had to eat rocks first - they would.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 314033, member: 4964"] I never really post about this much because it can make a lot of people who can't afford the human consumption dog foods very upset about the brands that they can afford to buy because if you don't know HOW to read the ingredients on the back of a bag of dog food or know the verbage and lingo of a dog food factory - you are really paying a lot for garbage. The adage 'garbage in garbage out' is never more prevalent than in dog foods or animal foods. It's become a real problem with the economy the way it is and people turning record numbers of animals into the pound and the pounds struggling to make money to stay open - I'll just say this - they are making it hand over fist and most dog foods SHOULD have gone down in price a couple of years ago. There are currently about 5 dog foods out in the market that are fit for human consumption. Donna is right - vets know very little about what they tell you for the most part they are pushing what they sell. You can get just as educated as I am about it. Sams Club - sells a Lamb and Rice Formula that is not expensive and is the equal to Iams if you care to feed L&R and Iams equivalant. It's also fit for human consumption. For the money? It rates about a 96. The only one that currently rates a 100 is Blue Buffalo like Fran feeds, but she's right - it is very pricey, but they DO offer coupons. There are 2 others (name escapes me now) that rated a 98 and 97 respectively -probably the ones named here. Dogfood for the Soul? Did NOT. It's about an 88. There is a grade card out there that you can literally give points for and take from for rating YOUR dogs food. It helped us choose which food to feed and which helped our dogs maintain healthy bones, coat, teeth, allergies, and skin care. One of the absolute worst foods you can feed? Pedigree. Product in /right back out. It's almost all fillers. Old Roy at Walmart is better. But we were all duped into thinking that since Pedigree does great things with shelters we should be loyal. A really good food we have locally if you have an overweight dog is Diamond's. They did have some problems with killing dogs a couple of years ago due to improper testing of corn - but they have stricter lab tests now. Their food I belive rates about a 96. Just FYI - learn the lingo it's really interesting - and learn what happens to the dogs you turn into the pound....it will stun you. Ask KalCan and Pedigree. If my dogs had to eat rocks first - they would. [/QUOTE]
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