[Ellie May]

Well, Ellie's vet feeds and recommends Blue Buffalo. So which vet is right? The thing is, the field of canine nutrition is way more complex than most sites on Google want to make people believe. It's not all about avoiding ingredient A and adding some extra ingredient B. That completely lacks the science behind it which, IMO, is a bad thing. I don't care what X individual who felt like putting up a site has to say about dog food because most of them simply don't have the credentials to teach everyone on the internet about the subject. I used to go by ingredients too, and to an extent I still do. Ethoxyquin and by-products aren't top on my list of things to feed. At the same time, do by-products actually harm dogs? Probably not. So it becomes subjective. I don't like Purina because I've seen what it does to quite a few dogs and there are much better quality foods out there. But then, I don't like very small companies either because they have less money to spend on quality control. Holistic brands are recalled just like non-holistic brands. Like now, BB Wilderness seems to be causing a problem in some dogs. Merricks has been recalled so many times, etc.

And I agree with your vet about raw. The more I learn about it, the more I am very concerned with the feeding method.

Also, not all vets want you to feed what they sell. Some carry it only because they have to. And btw, I know a vet who can get SD cheaper from PetSmart than she can through the office she works at. No great deals for vets who feed these foods here...