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Originally Posted by hugz4all4  IM definitly no dog food expert and all the research that has been listed is interesting but its all stuff that I have read numerous times and I have a hard time believing most of it... and I have 4 dogs (diff. sizes, ages and breeds) that will tell you otherwise.. I am a firm believer that not all dogs can thrive on a high protien all meat diets. I have one dog that is on a prescription diet for life, due to a fatty blood condition that was triggered by a high protein diet. I have another dog that thanks in part to my NEED to make sure I was feeding them the best I could cant tolerate any protien level over 26 percent without getting violently ill and has allergies to just about everything that he is on a grain free limited diet that consists of lamb, peas and potatoes. I get that some dogs do awesome on all meat diets but most dont..despite what ever findings you read on the internet. If you are pro something you can find a ton of research to support that cause. I will stick to what my vet has to tell me and what reasearch she has done and what my dogs "tell me" when it comes to their food.
Bottom line is that you need to feed your pets what they will eat and do the best on.. if that means pedigree dog food than so be it..  .... |
While I
do agree what works for some dogs won't work for others... I definitely wouldn't say most dogs don't well on it because that's simply not the case. I find it very rare and odd that ALL four of your dogs couldn't tolerate it. I totally believe you, I'm not saying you're lying, it just really shocks me... it's definitely a rarity and not something that is common. High protein in general should not cause ANY issues... it's
where the protein is coming from. If you have a high protein food but the protein is coming from crappy things, THEN it's gonna cause issues. Obviously all of us that are pro high-protein diets have done research or there wouldn't be pages and pages of qualified research posted in this thread alone. Now, with me personally, I am for raw food but I don't have the means to do it... I don't have the money, the freezer space, the knowledge or the time to prepare it. So that's why I don't feed raw. However, I am 100% confident in the food I am feeding my dog (as well as many others I know) so I think in VERY rare cases do dogs NOT do well on high protein diets. I still would
never recommend Pedigree, even if my dog seemed to do well on it. Many dogs SEEM to do well on crappy foods but it will sometimes show up later in the dogs life.