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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  I'm confused, lol. We were talking about the fact that there truly isn't any research - so I'm not sure what you mean. And, whose experts were you referring to, bc no one mentioned those either. I wasn't sure if you meant this reply for this thread or not, so I thought I better ask  , bc usually I understand you to a T.  |
There are a lot of different self-proclaimed experts in the field of dog nutrition. I do actually believe that there is a great deal of research on the subject. Just not the sort of research that backs up some of the claims that are often made on the Internet regarding which diet is best and why. Instead of the word research, in the previous post, I should have used the word hypothesis or theory. Some of the articles I've read do try to look like scientific research, and I believe that they mislead the average consumer.
How would you really do a study to show how one dog food was better than another? Unless a food is really really bad, it would probably be very difficult to see differences in the dogs. Quantity of food seems to be a larger contributor to the health and well being of a dog than quality. Meaning not to little or not too much. So much of a dog's longevity depends upon hereditary factors, and disease is hardly caused by diet alone. Cloned dogs would probably make the best test subjects, because the incidence of hereditary illnesses would be similar, but would you really want to buy food from a company that did this research? I mean if you've ever read any of the old studies, you realize unless a study is really really important, maybe it's best not to do it.