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Originally Posted by Raja's Mom  Simply stated! I don't understand how people will reason with themselves that the good foods are "over rated" and it's all just hype when all they really want is to save a few dollars.
Read a book rather than just an ingredients list and feed your babies what they deserve, i.e. not Ol Roy lol  |
Ok! I'm going to stick my 2 cents in.....
I've said on other posts regarding Diet and Food....As a breeder exhibitor, I feed 2 types of food....why? because all dogs do not react the same way to foods. As in people, they are individuals, some may have skin allergies..other's digestive system will react differently (and we all know that the yorkie's digestive system is their weakness)
When I began a few years back I was feeding one of the most expensive foods out there, believed all they said was true....Canine Caviar...had to have it sent in....guess what my dogs hated it. Switch to another it and they were so, so about it. Did 3 or 4 changes.
Then about 6 years ago....ran across Royal Canin YT 28.....my dogs loved it...yes, you feed less....if you don't you wind up with some pretty plump babies.....Well....as time went on I noticed that 2 of my females wouldn't stop scratching....ripping out show coat.....talk about being at wits end...cause I did add Solid Gold Sea Meal and Flaxseed Oil...so why would they be itching...Went and bought some Eukanuba Yorkshire Terrier Food, transitioned these two...no itching and coat is growing beautifully...
So, with that said....I will stand with what I tell my new families when they ask if I would recommend my changing their new pups food......I hand them their puppy package, food included and tell them, this is what the puppy is eating now & doing well, but it doesn't mean that they will continue to on that same track......So, when changing their food remember you can pay top dollar for what we determine to be the best quality food, but it doesn't do you any good if the pup doesn't eat it.
Oh! By the way I'm a junk food junkie....have been all my life....I love it, I'm 61 years old, weigh 122 pounds, and as of my last check up....colostral is perfect....heart rate is perfect, respiratory system is great....I still ski, show dogs....and by the way I smoke.....so, most depends on genetic make up and hereditary factors.