[Yorkiemom1]

I heard long ago that dog food is marketed to make the humans think it would be good for THEM to be eating....hense, all those sumptious "gravies" and "stews" and "porterhouse flavored buffets", and that drivces them to buy what THEY think their dog would enjoy!.....when I was a kid, there was only Dog Chow by Purina and my dogs did fine on that....then I remember Gravy Train....did fine on that....lived very long lives, over 12 years old.......then I got into my teens and got into Chihuahuas...and we fed them boiled chicken, rice, and fpr the first time, we added table scraps....and my 3 Chis lived each 12, 14, 1nd 15 years old....and I do NOT remember all the teeth issues with ANY of my dogs growing up that we see now.....I remember canned dog food, Alpo....remember I did not like the smell or consistancy of poo with canned food so I switched to something in a plastic package you tear open....looked like raw ground hamburger meat....it smelled like some kind of chemical to me so I switched off that.....when I was first made aware of Royal Canin way back in 1976, I was amazed that a dog food company actually marketed their food based on nutritional science and not marketed towards what owners want to hear.....that impressed me, so I investigated it, researched the company, had a relative that lived in France that was actually familiar with the plant there and toured it....and I started feeding RC to my dogs back around 1978-80....and have used it ever since. I have been fortunate and never had any issues with this food...no rashes, no itching, no vomiting, no diarrhea caused by the RC....I almost killed a litter of puppies when I thought I would use a raw diet to wean my babies from mother to kibble.....that has been the only time I deviated from my RC and it almost cost me a litter....