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Originally Posted by BorderKelpie

I usually recomend it because sometimes people don't want to or can not deal with alot of scientific jargon. Dog Food Advisor is not run or supported by any dog food companies. They base their ratings on ingredients, etc. They are a team of (medical) doctors, research assistants and a veterinarian.

Purina Puppy Chow recieved that rating based on the amount of cheap fillers and low quality ingredients. I base my opinion on Purina over the fact that once upon a time, I fed it to everything - from my horses and goats to dogs and cats. Once they were bought out (by Nestle), I noticed issues with GI distress. There were some lawsuits at one point due to show rabbits fed strictly Purina and dying all of a sudden. Turns out, they didn't have to update their ingredient list right away and animals have a difficult time adapting to the abrupt change to a corn based diet. Corn is a food item that, if it weren't for humans cultivating it, would most likely be extinct now - not much nutritional value. Wheat, commonly found as a filler in dog food is a common trigger for allergic type responses. Actually, for humans with chronic inflammatory diseases, it is recommended they stop eating wheat and wheat products. It is a known inflammatory agent.

Choosing a diet for a pet dog, cat, or even choosing your own diet should be based on good sound common sense. Once upon a time, we had that food pyramid, my mother 'tried' to follow that. Turns out, it was a disaster for me and my family. We did not do well on it at all. I have done a lot of research on my own since then and have Learned some interesting things.

Just a teaser - those fruits and veggies we are eating more of because they're healthy - check out fungicide, pesticide and bacterial contamination reports on those. I grow some of my own food now and plan on working it up to most of my food. Not that it will help with the poisons in the soil already.

Just because someone has the appropiate initials after their name doesn't necessarily mean I am going to take their word for anything. My veterianarian who has been practising a very long time, is still convinced that Science Diet and Purina are good diets and stills recommends those to his patients. Although, he still insists on yearly vaccines and puts every one on steroids for whatever. *sigh*
The NAP site is a new one for me. I will be looking into it.

Yikes you see a vet that still recommending over vaccinating your dogs? scary.