Not to add fuel to the fire, but I too lurked about before joining and before I got my puppy a few weeks back and have learned quite a bit. Between reading the posts from the more knowledgeable of you, reading on the internet and just plain common sense, I already knew what is sold at the grocery stores, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, etc. is just crap. And, the canned dog foods that were sold back when I was little (and from what I remember from when I fed our family dogs) 40 + years back bear little resemblance to today's canned foods. The brands that were sold then don't even exist today. Alpo, Cadillac, Kennel Ration, etc. They actually looked more meaty with veggies in them. Today, everything is so over processed with way too many hormones, chemicals and preservatives in them, no wonder they are not fit for neither human nor animal consumption. And, is it any wonder that allergies, cancers, etc are up in both humans and animals? Unfortunately, as it is with humans, the best quality foods that have the least "crap" in them are more expensive, so also are the animal foods.
So, to make a long story short, the premium foods are the way to go. I myself am using Wellness and Molly seems to be doing quite nicely on it.
Carolyn
