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Originally Posted by ladyjane  That is another thing that people don't really think about. While I would never feed Alpo or Ole Roy, many people do and their pups live to be very old. |
Living to be old doesn't always mean they are healthy though.... just saying, playing devils advocate here a little bit. Because I don't totally disagree with you, but..
My grandma's Lab is 9 now. Sure she is seemingly healthy to a normal person who is not a dog freak (LOL)... but I see an overweight dog, who could not even go on a quick 15 minute walk with me without nearly passing out.... her hair is dull and dry, and sheds like crazy (alot more so than a Lab I know that is fed Blue Buffalo), her eyes have hardly any hair around them anymore, hard to explain, but they are dark circles sort of. She poops a TON, she constantly has ear infections, and she has a nasty doggy smell even when you bathe her. These are differences to me, that I notice, and I believe she is fed Kibbles n Bits.