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02-14-2005, 02:01 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Columbus, Ohio
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| Speaking of Wellness dog food, who uses it? Besides me, of course!
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02-14-2005, 03:08 PM | #2 |
Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tontitown Arkansas
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| I have to admit to all you Yorkie Talker's out here, I am so darn confused over all the posts lately on "what type of dog food to feed our pets and what not type of dog food to feed our pets"... I personally have Schatzie on Bill Jac. She started out on that at the breeder and enjoys it so I have continued. Annabelle my Schnauzer is on the "forbidden lately" Iams. My head spins over all this questioning to myself am I feeding the proper diet to my beloved pets. I have to tell you, as a kid my parents bought a mixed terrier for $5.00. I named her Pepsi. She was the best darn dog ever!! Know what she ate? My parents bought store brand five dollar if that "golden nuggets"...Pepsi ate that stuff till she was 15 years old and I at that time had grown into an adult and due to just plain old aging I had to put her down. (saddest day in my life) That huge heavy bag of golden nugget dog food sat in our garage opened and the roaches had a field day with it too. (disgusting huh?) So then now I sit and ponder over "do we feed our dogs all this fancy smancy stuff cuz we as humans feel better to show our dogs how much we love them? I mean, I honestly only want the best stuff for Schatzie and Annabelle. But I was under the impression that ALL dog foods sold in the USA is government inspected USDA and has all the nutrients in the dog food to keep our little pets happy. Now I understand completely as some dog foods do not agree with our pets so we have to search for the foods that do. As now, my parents (who bought that cheap dog food for Pepsi) is now buying high dollar vet sold dog food for their little Ruffy (Frishe Bichon) due to bladder stones. I also own Daisy, my 135 pound Great Parynese who was dumped on our door step a few years ago. (we took pity on her lost little soul and adopted her) What does she eat? Walmart brand Ol Roy.!! She also gets all our table scraps. But, she is a strictly outside dog only and well It's not that I cannot afford to get her the "good expensive" stuff, it's just she is doing just fine on the Walmart brand. (again, from my understanding this is USDA inspected right?) This is the same dog that eats deer carcuses and cow parts when she ponders over them. (we live in the country) So, it just seems odd to me to get her this fancy fancy food. I am NOT downing any food brands out there. Id just sure like to know which is the best so I can go get some. And regarding the "animal testing"...I honestly think probably all pet food company's do this. I don't know this for a fact so correct me if I am wrong. But either way, out pets are ANIMALS - and if an animal has to fend for itself and HUNT for food it will go to all the gross parts of that hunted animal first, guaranteed. It will not go hunt down a corn field for corn or wheat I do know this much. So why is all that corn and wheat used as such a big filler anyway in the foods? And I am thankful to be blessed with pets who do not have to hunt for their food!! So, I am going to sit back and pray that hopefully I will find the PERFECT dog food for my pets.. I am not trying to be on a soap box and please forgive me for sounding as if I am....Im just really confused over the dog food issues.
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02-14-2005, 04:01 PM | #3 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland
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| Good post Schatzie's Mama! I've been reading all the stuff about the different brands of food too, and it's rather confusing. I'm going to keep Hercules on what he's eating because he likes it and I don't see any bad side effects on him.
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02-14-2005, 05:24 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Jersey
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| Growing up I had two dogs that lived to be 17 and 18. Ryan and Satan lived on potatoes chips, cookies and any and all junk foods. They ate Sunday leftovers on Saturday, and they lived a long healthy life until they succumbed to old age. Continue to do what feels right for you and your baby and you won't go wrong. Cookie |
02-14-2005, 05:39 PM | #5 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Toronto
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| I've been giving my 10 week old puppy Sheila Wellness puppy food, but she'll only eat the moist. I'm trying a small kibbled dry food now (Natural Choice) and I'm hopeing she'll grow into the Wellness puppy kibble. Obviously with a Yorkie cost isn't an issue. I just want what's best for her. |
02-15-2005, 06:23 AM | #6 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Missouri
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| I laughed when I read Schatzies post. We never paid for a dog until we got our mastiff, Mackey, and fed them all the store brand dog food. Wanted a pickup guard dog since hubby got all his tools stolen out of the back in San Marcos. Well, Mr. Mackey would not hurt a fly - I suspect he would help anyone load up stuff if he could, but he is my 165 lb baby. Anyway, he and all the outside dogs eat Ol Roy and they do fine. THey do have huge poops because of the ingredients though. I can experiment with the expensive food for the yorkies since they are so small. I get the good stuff for them because of their coats and Waya had a sensitive tummy when we got him (not more!) Then Chuhga got pregnant and I had to give her loads of extra stuff just to keep her weight on (didn't succeed - she is just now getting weight on) When I boil chicken or chicken liver, Waya and Molly (our daughters 12 year old Chihuahua) get the goodies too. |
02-15-2005, 06:34 AM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Columbus, Ohio
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| I can't speak for anybody else, but for me personally I just want to make sure that what I am giving Gracie is healthy for *her*. I don't eat a bunch of processed food with fillers and I won't feed it to my baby either! Now, do I feed Wellness to my other two dogs? No, because they are bigger and heartier than the baby is. I did feed Wellness to Kaya (my 3 year old Shih Tzu) when he was a baby, and he's always been very healthy. I was feeding Gracie Royal Canin because that's what the breeder had her on, and in the past couple of weeks she's become extremely picky about her food, and won't eat it. I wasn't wild about giving it to her anyway and was going to change her to Wellness when she got a little older but it ended up being the right time now, I guess! I just like the fact that Wellness food's first ingredient is deboned chicken, and it's made with human grade food products. I feel it's the best choice for Gracie because she's so small and fragile, and her immune system needs to be built up as much as possible. I *do* give her some people food on occasion, just nibbles here and there. She eats a spoonful of cottage cheese almost every day and loves it! It's all personal preference....
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