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Originally Posted by concretegurl

The junk part was specifuc to known rneurotoxics as preservatives, rodent poisons as artifial flavorings and colorings, cancer causing sweeteners and not to mention meat byproducts cobtaining antibiotica hormones and tge pesticides used to grow the minimal amounts of fruits and vegtables that have subjective nutricial value depending on whos definition.

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Originally Posted by Britster

Kibble, as we've seen by recent recalls, is not protected from salmonella. Feeding raw and contracting salmonella are the least of my worries. I think a dog has an equally great chance of contracting it through kibble or raw. And as we saw with Diamond, humans were getting ill from the dog food. So maybe the AVMA should worry about that issue first. There's really no getting around certain things - kibble is going to be recalled, raw is going to be, and human foods are recalled every day. It's just a matter of doing what you feel is safest and works best for your pet.

Ingredients: Ground yellow corn, meat and bone meal, soybean meal, chicken by-product meal, wheat middlings, animal fat [preserved with BHA and citric acid], natural flavor, brewers rice, salt, calcium carbonate, potassium chloride, choline chloride, color added [red #40, yellow #5, blue #2], zinc sulfate, vitamin E supplement, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, niacin, copper sulfate, vitamin A supplement, biotin, manganous oxide, calcium pantothenate, vitamin B12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, menadione sodium bisulfite complex [source of vitamin K activity], riboflavin supplement, sodium selenite, calcium iodate, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement, cobalt carbonate ...

I find this odd, as Vitamin K as an additive in dog foods I believe is a fairly recent development. Vitamin K is used in vet medicine to treat dogs who have eaten rat poison. Hmmmm.... CYA maybe?

Also, I question does the salmonella come from the kibble or the dog? Many animals have different bacteria in their saliva (salmonella included)... dog eats kibble and some saliva is left on remaining kibble in the bowl... along comes a child and plays with the food then puts their hands in their mouth and child becomes ill.

This is where the rule "Children under the age of six years should not be actively involved in the care of any family pet" due to the fact that younger children are not reliable with handwashing after handling the food or the pet..

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

I always feel like the "yorkies don't handle protein well" is a myth/tale perpetuated by a misunderstanding of what causes LS and other issues...what do you think? Do you ever feel that way/know what I mean?

It's never been my experience that yorkies, as a breed, have trouble w/ protein, carbs, veg, fruit...or anything, to be honest - in terms of base ingredients. (and I have 3 yorks from 3 diff breeders) I mean sure, every dog (and person) may have individual little food sensitivities...but that's not what I'm getting at here.

A yorkie who has LS will have major protein issues, sure, but that's bc of the LS...not bc there is a core issue w/ yorkies and protein. In other words, while the yorkie breed is more prone (statistically) to LS, LP, CT, pancreatitis etc --it doesn't translate to the breed not 'tolerating' protein or fat well. It translates to: yorkies have genetic vulnerabilities toward certain diseases.

As a breed, I don't find them much different - overall - in their nutrition tolerances. Again, outside of any individual food sensitivities (ie, this or that dog sensitive to chicken for some unk reason).

I'm getting off topic...sorry...but this always fascinates me.

Is it a myth? I wonder just how many Yorkies may have very mild cases of MVD that go undiagnosed bc it never shows more obvious symptoms? Just a thought...