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Originally Posted by midgemoo

Hi there,
This is my first post on YT, but I have been consumed by the dog food debate lately and I felt compelled to give my opinion here. My Yorkie is 6 1/2 and extremely healthy. After having her on Iams for about 5 1/2 years I switched her food to Candidae which she did not like whatsoever. Then we tried Innova and, once again she wouldn't even go near it. The last "premium" food that we tried was Wellness and she was on it for the longest period of time. Once we switched her diet to a so-called premium food her hair thinned, ears became very dry and itchy, she began rubbing her head in the carpet and licking her paws--all signs of nutrient deficiency. After doing a lot of reading and comparing this movement toward all natural, "premium" dog food to the same trend in human food, I began to wonder if it is just that--a trend. Now, of course I am not saying that it is worse or bad to feed the holistic, all-natural, etc. diets but I really don't believe that all commercial dog foods are as bad as people say here.
I find it hard to believe that people don't shun any thing positive written about commercial dog foods because they want so much to believe that it is so bad for their dogs. You can still be close-minded when all you believe is what a company says is bad of commercial dog foods. Everybody is out to make money and I'm sure there are some brands who are only making this food because they are jumping on the health food craze that trickled down from human diets. I don't believe in extremes and there are a lot of opinions here that are so [i]extreme.[i]
Now I feed my dog Hill's Prescription Diet, by -gasp!- the makers of Science Diet and she loves it. She is very happy and back to her old self. There is no corn or wheat in this food and she has a sensitive stomach but no problems here. I give her home made food often, like broccoli, fruit, baked chicken. Like many others, I have had dogs for my whole life, and most of the people I know have had dogs their entire lives as well. They were fed commercial foods and lived long, healthy, happy lives. Astute dog owners know when their dogs are happy and feeling well.
One thing I believe in is genetics. If your dog is predisposed to a disease then no food will ultimately save her, just like us humans. I eat a balanced, nutritional diet and so does my dog. We are very happy!

I couldn't have said it any better. That's pretty much how I was trying to get my point across as well. Good for you! Great post!