[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

No controversy! People that swear by the scientific based outcomes and the inpeccable quality control of Royal Canin, will not be swayed....most of us have read all about the formulas and how they are nutritionally balanced and geared toward pet health and not what pet owners like to hear from catch words and phrases, and we obviously do not agree about the "dredded evil attributes of grains and fillers", realizing that these grains and fillers are actually nutritious and, processed correctly, are easily digested by dogs....and after 45 years of successfully producing nutritious formulas for pets, under the guidance of scientific trials and testing, continual input and active participation from vet nutritionists and vets, and with only one recall in one of the prescription formulas in all those years.....as far as I am concerned, it meets my requirements for my breeding program and provides more than adequate nutrition for my dogs, with no adverse effects over all the years I have used it. I like to think perhaps the effort to produce "scientifically balanced nurtition" in the food, keeps my dogs immune systems in tip top shape, and since they are on it from "cradle to grave", I like to think and some way is responsible for my dogs not being plagued with allergies and GI upsets. I carefully track these outcomes with contact with my owners over the years. That makes me very happy! If I was certain a leather shoe, supplemented with vitamines and minerals, would produce the indisputable healthy outcomes in my dogs that Royal Canin does, I would consider feeding it as part of a balanced nutritional feeding program! I would never eat it, but there again, Royal Canin is aimed at nurtitional requirements of pets not the owners!

You've said so many things that I think are so important. Honestly, there seems to be so much misinformation spread about nutrition. I would never buy from a company that sells "organic" pet food because there is NO such thing. Until there are definitions and rules about what makes a food "organic" it's just a buzz word. Human foods have definite definitions on what makes a food organic, but not pet foods. Holistic is another buzz word that drives me up the wall, there is no meaning to the word, and don't even get me started on the word "natural". Its doesn't mean "safe."