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Originally Posted by together4ever  My son's dog ate Science Diet his entire life.
He lived to be 15 and was very healthy until 6 months before his death. |
I always say this....
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, healthy, long 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 or Purina 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 wouldn't want to feed it. 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.
Bottom line is -- 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 research, and feed what you feel works best for your dog. Like I said, SD is not something I personally would ever want to feed nor recommend... but if it's working for your dog, I am not judging for feeding it!