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Originally Posted by Britster  I've written this before, so I'll copy/paste. 
The way I see it, it's just like with people... you have those who live off TV dinners and McDonald's, and you have those who shop all organic, and eat healthy every single day.
People who eat terribly, smoke heavily, etc. can live perfectly normal lives.
Just like the person who exercises, eats excellent and "does everything right" can drop dead at age 30 from a heart attack. Or a person who never smoked a day in their life can die from lung cancer. That's life.
Just because a dog does "well" on Eukanuba or Pedigree doesn't necessarily mean they're eating as good as they could.... but it also doesn't mean they're going to be unhealthy dogs and die young either necessarily. I personally would never feed it because I don't agree with the ingredients, and I don't like the amount of recalls it has, etc, but those are my personal feelings that I've researched heavily. That's not to say Jackson doesn't get to enjoy a little Cesar wet food every now and then, or a Milk Bone, I just do it in moderation... just like people. You gotta do for your dogs what you personally decide is right... but in the end you can't place blame and say 'this dog didn't live as long as this one because it ate better food.' There's too many other factors out there. Do your research, and feed what you feel works best for your dog. Not what someone else says its best for your dog. |
This is the best advice out there! When I joined YT Taycie was on Small breed Blue buffalo. After joining and reading so much from others and their particular views on food, I decided to do my own research.
I went to barnes and nobles bought many books on dog nutrition and spent HOURS in the local library as well. I then started to switch Taycie over to a new food. We have tried Acana, The Honest Kichen, Natures Variety.
Honestly, what I read makes sense, I do believe dogs need meat. But sadly since no two dogs are alike, Taycie can not handle high protein/ fat.
I would have not only runny loose diaherra, but mucasy as well. Not to mention I could HEAR her tummy grumble! One day she pooped 8 times in one day! I finally said this is enough!! After many visits with the vet and speaking with nutrionisits I put her back on her old BB food. It worked so well for us in the past and it was my last shot before perscription food which I wasn't to keen on.. and EVERYTHING went back to normal in about 3 days after months of major stomach upsets.
I finally decided that Blue Buffalo works for Taycie and is a decent,holisitc food and many pets do ok on it. I had to come to terms with my reading and research and although I wanted high protein, moderate fat, grain free, it didn't work for us.
Now maybe later down the road I may try a switch again. Who knows? I think if I did I would go the premade raw route but I think for now I will give her a break!