[Clyde_Dexter]

Clyde has been going to visit a friend of mine home for awhile now because she is thinking about getting a small dog and wanted to see what it was like. I sent him over to her house with a bag of Blue Buffalo to keep at her house during the month of December. He visited her house three times a week for the entire month of December. When he returned to me for the last time he did not return with the bag of Blue Buffalo (which I thought was odd because those bags last him a lot longer).

She has a larger older dog that is good with all dogs. I didn't know what she was feeding him.

During the month of December ... Clyde had THREE life threatening seizures and was constantly throwing up and had soft stool. I couldn't figure out why the increase in seizures. The vet couldn't figure it out either. Dexter wasn't having this reaction (he stayed home with me). Clyde is an epileptic, so we thought that perhaps his epilepsy was just getting worse. Generally he only had one seizure every three-six months. I thought it was strange that now that Clyde is staying home with me again he has not had any seizures and has not thrown up and he doesn't have soft diarrhea stool anymore.

After reading this article I called up my friend and asked her what she feeds her dog.
You've probably guessed it already ... Her dog eats Beneful. When I confronted her about it, I asked why on earth she would feed my dog baneful when I sent him there with Blue Buffalo, to which she admitted .... Her dog ate Clyde's bag of Blue Buffalo the first two days that Clyde was there and she just figured it wouldn't hurt Clyde to eat the Beneful.


I'm starting to think that maybe the food caused the increase in seizures. Her dog is always lethargic ... but we always assumed it was due to old age ... but now I think it is the food! I'm calling her right now to tell her to take her dog off of that food.


I will admit ... I often have purchased food for my dogs that was convenient for me, but since I have become a member of YT I realize the true importance of feeding your dog healthier food ... and that there is a reason as to why one bag of dog food cost $5 why another cost $20. I understand that some owners are on a budget, but there are foods in the middle of being cheap/deadly & extremely expensive. I've recently started buying my dogs Blue Buffalo food. It might be a little more expensive, but like some people have said ... the extra price is worth knowing that what I'm feeding my dogs shouldn't be harmful to them.


Also, after reading this thread I noticed that someone was suggesting that Blue Buffalo isn't necessarily a safe dog food?? Is this true?? If so what should I switch them to ....