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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  While DFA can't be called a peer-reviewed, fully scientific, or even fully factual source -- many, many people actually find it very helpful as a jumping-off point for their own education, if you know what I mean. It can be a helpful place to just get listings of ingredients or whatnot. When I was first learning about dog food in general, I actually found the site extraordinarily helpful. I haven't used it now in years and years, but still, I think it's impassioned a lot of dog owners to learn more and explore more about dog food/nutrition in general and to me, that's a positive thing. People who don't have time/passion to learn more will still, at least, often end up w/ their dogs on a better food than, say, Ol Roy's after reading DFA. And for those who are inspired to learn more than what DFA actually represents, kudos to them for questioning what DFA is totally about, and then learning even more. |
I agree, the dog food advisor is a good starting place, and it summarizes vast quantities of information about dog food ingredients. He dismisses some ingredients that are probably healthy sources of nutrients and underrates some brands, but overall, I think he does much more good than harm.