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02-17-2011, 02:31 PM | #1 |
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| Westminster... Champions are fed Purina Pro Plan???? Pro Plan | Facebook What are your thoughts on this? Do you think it is true? I obsess over feeding my pups a quality food and Westminster Champions are raised on corn gluten meal & by-products? Now I am really confused. Aren't corn gluten meal & by-products supposed to be "bad" to feed our dogs?
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02-17-2011, 02:38 PM | #2 |
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| Maybe those 12 all got free dog for for one year first. ;~)
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02-17-2011, 02:47 PM | #3 |
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| I doubt it... Makes you wonder though!
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02-17-2011, 03:10 PM | #4 |
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| They often get those foods for free....
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02-17-2011, 03:54 PM | #5 |
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| Even if the food is free... There dogs must be doing well on it or "free" isn't free. Just confused.
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02-17-2011, 04:59 PM | #6 |
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| Walt eats Purina One, which is a form of Pro-Plan. My dad worked for Purina for a few years and we've always fed our dogs (all labs until Walt) that... I tried high quality/expensive food for the first month (3 different brands) and Walt wouldn't eat them and they made him sick. The vet said they were "too rich". My dad suggested I try Purina-One because our dogs growing up were always very healthy with pretty coats. Walt's been on Purina-One for a few months now and loves it! It's also the only food that hasn't given him an upset tummy... Yes, it's cheaper, but it's worked for Walt better than the more expensive "high quality" brands |
02-17-2011, 05:05 PM | #7 |
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| Some of them do. If I'm not mistaken the Yorkie on the Purina Pro Plan Extra Small Bites is the granddam to my two pups. |
02-17-2011, 06:44 PM | #9 |
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| I think it comes down to what the breeders thinks. I truly do believe they probably got a lot of that food for free, so that is why they feed it. But, a few personal stories. When I was looking to get another German shepherd, I talked to a breeder not that far away from me. I can't remember why, but we got on the topic of food and she fed some cheap grocery store brand. She said that she has found that her dogs do best on it. She has tried others, but to her, it just didn't do as well. But when I told her I fed raw, she totally knew what I meant and said several other area German shepherd breeders in the area did it. Now, there is a great German shepherd breeder that is right in the same town that I grew up. When I first got Duke, I went to her a few times, she feeds all her dogs raw. The breeder I got Duke from fed cheap grocery store food, but I do think it is because they get it cheaper and with 7-9 large dogs to feed, it does matter. I recognized many of the names on the German shepherd side at Westminster as they are local. One of the owners (Kent Boyles) even had a hand in Duke's breeding. So I really do think it comes down to costs. Feeding a large amount of dogs is expensive. Do I think they would see a difference if they feed better food? Yes. Do I think they would have to do less grooming? Yes. But again, I think it comes down to costs. The owner of the dog daycare where I grew up, has performance dogs and feeds raw. |
02-17-2011, 06:55 PM | #10 | |
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I'm not saying that dogs that eat these foods are necessarily "unhealthy". A person can also do seemingly "well" eating junk and soda and smoking cigarettes every day ... doesn't necessarily mean they are healthy. My step-sister can pound a dozen or more beers every other night, eats nothing but fast food, smokes cigarettes every day and is skinny as a rail, seemingly looking healthy on the outside, but is she healthy? It will probably catch up to her when she's older. But then again, you meet some old people who have smoked their whole lives, etc, and are very healthy. Then you can have the health food nut who works out every single day and dies at the age of 50 from a heart attack. But which way would you rather live? A dog can live "fine" on these so called "lower quality foods"... sure they can. But it may catch up to them later in life.... it may not. Either way, not enough research has been done to prove one way or the other. But to me, it just simply makes sense for a dog to eat more meat than anything else? I don't see how it would make any sense for dogs to eat byproducts, grains and veggies over meat. Dog food itself has only been around for about 50 years, it's a fairly new "invention". I'd actually be curious to see the average lifespan of a dog 50yrs ago. I mean, all kibble is over processed and I think if I had the time to balance it all out, I'd love to homecook for Jackson, but I don't have time and so kibble and dog food just has to work for us right now.
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02-17-2011, 06:57 PM | #11 | |
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02-17-2011, 07:38 PM | #12 | |
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I also know that many places will give discounts for breeders when they buy in bulk and that would bring the costs down. | |
02-17-2011, 08:18 PM | #13 |
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| TY Chrissy! I've always wondered about that too! Glad someone posted about it-especially pointing out the ingredients! Yucky! Would any of you eat it? I don't use super expensive brands either, I started with Innova until I went totally grainless (stopping brown rice like Innova has-it did help with potty training as it regulates their uh "movements"). Now I feed and swear by Taste of the Wild...its really reasonably priced! As far as some being "too rich" well what specifically were you feeding duck, fish, cow, chicken? Between brands there's also the flavor or meat ingredient, which just altering that is really important, like I don't feed my mini schnauzer any red meats...they are "too rich" for her, I've heard Evo and Blue Buffalo are great along with a few others but they seem pricey, we're on a budget here. I do feed Stella and Chewy's RAW Dinner patties for Elvis (he' has seizures and a RAW diet was recommended for him) which can get expensive but seriously feeding a Yorkie really doesn't cost much considering their meal size-not to mention if you feed by making your own RAW food. I hand feed friuts and vegis to my dogs all the time (we call it lunch) I'm not big on the raw meat personally though so I use the Stella and Chewy's for it... To the person who mentioned "well" in it's definition and usage, I couldn't agree more I just made the same comments regarding someone giving their dog Raw Hide and their comments about never having had any issue or having heard of issues with it etc. Unfortunately big brand names sponsor shows...hm and give out free food...I'd toss it free or not, no thank you, please. |
02-17-2011, 08:22 PM | #14 | |
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02-17-2011, 08:26 PM | #15 | |
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My only hope is that more of the grocery store brands are going to "all natural", this "special ingredient added", etc and that will make people think. | |
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