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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

I can not honestly say if it is better than the two you have mentioned. I do not believe I am professionally qualified to make that determination. Years ago, I grew up feeding my pets Purina....it may have been the only dog food around, I can not remember! I can say I had pets that lived long healthy lives, one was a hunting dog, and he did beautifully on plain old Purina. I switched over to Royal Canin many, many years ago, when I first heard of them, back in the '60's.....I think I was initially impressed with all the science that went into their formulations, then I was impressed with the extensive research and testing of each formula, the vet and animal nutritionists involvmnt, and the more I read of the facility overseas, and actually had the opportunity to get up close and personal because of my fathers position in oil business (I met many, many people that were influential in the business world) I felt very impressed with the actual care and concern and science that went into this company and the staff that worked to make this food the best it could possibly be, for our pets. I switched over to RC and have never fed any other food..... I do not make it a personal goal to bash other dog foods....I just try to relate to people how good I feel RC is, because of the effort that actually goes into the research/production/testing/making and distribution of their product, under strict quality control and management. If I had a dog with a condition that required a prescription food, I personally would confidently without hesitation, give RC. I can honestly say I would be devastated if it did more harm to my pup or if it did not help the condition it was formulated to treat!! But if it did not work, I would move onto whatever my vet recommend next!.....but I would be heartbroken over the failure of the RC!!!!!

Yorkie Mom,
I want to thank you so very much for answering my post. I can see that you feel really strongly about using RC food. I looked at the RC prescription food for gastroenteritis and they have more than 1 formula so I would not even know which to choose. I did talk to my vet and it seems he feels he is doing well enough on the Purina EN and will need to be on this prescription food permanently. If it ever does not seem to be helping him in the future I will ask his advice on which of the RC formula's to give him. It would be nice if he did not need prescription food though. I had hoped it was just a temporary situation. Thank you again for your assistance.