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Originally Posted by Ellie May  That is a really gross thought though...all the human foods that don't appear to be fit for human consumption, but they are. Dog food is worse than that. Yuck...
Have fun at the doctor. 
BJH, I suppose for those who think soy is a bad thing, it would make sense to not want to use it in dog food. But I don't have a problem with it for myself, so I'm fine with it for Ellie too... |
Ellie, I do understand that many people are fine with soy. Our whole lifetime that are so many choices we have to make, not just for ourselves but for our children and our pets. What works for one person or pet might not work for another. Sometimes the decisions we make are right but sometimes we make the wrong decision but we all have to live with our decisions. I wish there was a magic ball to help us know what is the right thing to do.
My sister-in-law had a poodle that lived to be over 21 years old. This dog was just fed low quality dog food and table scraps. One thing I do know it the dog did not get annual vaccinations after 5 years old. I really feel that so many of the illnesses we are seeing in pets today are contributed to over vaccination and over use of medications. Diet is important but when people allow vets to over vaccinate them, the best diet in the world won't help them.
One thing I do want to mention about the soy, one article did say that children given soy formula are more likely to develop type 1 diabetes. My daughter has 3 boys and two of the boys were given soy formula as infants and both of those boys have type 1 diabetes, the other boy is just fine. There is no history of diabetes in our family. There are so many things out there that really make me wonder what are we doing to ourselves and our pets.
Another one of my pet peeves is artificial sweeteners but that is a different story.