I did a little digging into the source of information for the dog food list at the beginning of this thread and posted my findings in another thread on Yorkietalk (
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...-few-more.html). I'll quote my findings here. I'm NOT here to bash the OP, I'm just providing information:
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Originally Posted by pstinard  In another thread, an OP provided a list of dog foods that should be avoided, along with a list of ingredients that make those dog foods undesirable. A quick google search on the various ingredients (examples: menadione, grapeseed oil, powdered eggs, gluten, chicken byproduct meal) can easily bring up a list of scholarly and reputable sources that dispute the harmful effects of these ingredients. The OP on that thread provided the link to the website that carries the article ( Healthy-K9.com | "Experts in keeping your dog living healthier & happier for longer"), and if you go to that website and read a few of the articles, it's easy to see right off that the bat that there is *something* wrong about the articles being posted. Example: the lead article is Dog Breeds I-Z | Healthy-K9.com . Many of the "breeds" listed aren't breeds at all, but rather "designer dogs" like Poogle, Poo-Shi, Poovanese, Pugapoo, etc. Another article ( The Recipe for Terrier Tuna Egg and Cheese Supreme | Healthy-K9.com) links to a recipe for Terrier Tuna, Egg & Cheese Supreme, which besides containing the supposedly dangerous eggs, also contains a high fat content due to oil packed tuna, and bread crumbs which contain gluten. In other words, they're posting a recipe for a high fat treat that contains ingredients that they criticize elsewhere on the website. I would not trust the Healthy K-9 website, but I'm giving you reasons WHY I don't trust it. I'm not perfect, but I will always try to give reasons why I don't trust websites or "experts" from now on. |
After doing a little digging, I found out that the
Healthy-K9.com | "Experts in keeping your dog living healthier & happier for longer" website I mention above is affiliated with Andrew Lewis, the author of Dog Food Secrets and Dog Food Conspiracy. Here is a quote from the Dog Food Conspiracy website
Increase the lifespan of your dog by up to 134% Many world-famous Doctors of Veterinary Medicine and published Dog Care Experts universally agree any dog that eats commercial dog food is at a much higher risk of dying prematurely and by the time symptoms are noticeable, it's often too late to prevent an agonizing death except by lethal injection. WARNING: If you continue to feed your dog commercial dog food, death-by-disease is practically guaranteed! You must find an alternative and it doesn't have to mean spending more money.
There are a lot of scare tactics here, and not a lot of evidence, so I'll just leave it at that. And yes, the website is selling a product.