[Ellie May]

I don't know where they come from, but would assume medical research beagles play a part.

Yes, some would consider it cruelty because animals could get very sick. I'm not sure there is a way around it though. Sad as it is, I'd rather a medical beagle get sick from a food than my family pets.

If a company thinks their food is so great, then their should be no risk to the pups. Sadly, they just assume it's okay. There are foods that do not pass AAFCO feeding trials. It's not a great system, but certainly much better than nothing. The old boots and motor oil meeting the guaranteed analysis profile and thus being approved by AAFCO may be true, but when put in a feeding trial, those types of ingredients would not pass digestibility testing. I'm surprised more people aren't in favor of trying food from companies who do feeding trials first.