|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
03-03-2015, 06:22 PM | #1 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
Posts: 2,776
| Ingredients Pet & People Food I found this video to be informative; veterinarian seems well-informed and pragmatic... Veterinarian weighs in on Beneful health risk controversy ... http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/sym...annotation.png fox17online.com/.../local-veterinarian-weighs-in-on-beneful-healt...Cached |
Welcome Guest! | |
03-03-2015, 06:45 PM | #2 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
Posts: 23,247
| I disagree. I think it would be not in the best interest of the dog to keep them on a food that has that ingredient in it let alone keep them on it with people claiming these issues. Let's keep in mind this is not Purina's first issue there chicken jerky was linked to hundreds of dogs deaths so who is to say there is not an issue also but it took them years to do anything about it with the jerky. They couldn't fully pin point the issue with the chicken jerky but it was linked to the death in dogs. There chicken jerky was enough for me to not trust Purina add in this and I just could not risk it because something is going on there. Obviously this is my opinion.
__________________ Taylor My babies Joey, Penny ,Ollie & Dixie Callie Mae, you will forever be in my heart! |
03-03-2015, 06:56 PM | #3 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Lake Geneva, WI
Posts: 2,776
| I am not well-versed on the various dog food and dog treat issues and have been learning since Piper came into my life several months ago. I just know there'd been some discussion of pet food recalls, etc., and thought this worth sharing. Piper has been on Nutro-Natural and gets chicken jerky (USA only). Your opinion is viable and very valuble to me! Thanks much as everything I learn helps me to better keep Piper safe. |
03-03-2015, 07:07 PM | #4 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: USA
Posts: 1,628
| I wouldn't feed my dog this. Look at the first 6 ingredients. First is Corn... Why?? The second is a bi product. Means garbage The first meat is the 6 with all garbage in front of it. Ground yellow corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), rice flour, chicken, soy flour, water, propylene glycol, powdered cellulose, sugar, tricalcium phosphate, salt, phosphoric acid, animal digest, potassium chloride, sorbic acid (a preservative), dried carrots, non-fat yogurt powder, parsley flakes, calcium phosphate, calcium propionate (a preservative), choline chloride, Vitamin E supplement, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, added color, Red 40, manganese sulfate, Yellow 5, niacin, Yellow 6, Vitamin A supplement, Blue 2, copper sulfate, Vitamin B-12 supplement, calcium pantothenate, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, garlic oil, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, Vitamin D-3 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite, Blue 1. Compare to the first 6 of something better =Salmon, Duck Meal, Potatoes, Pea Flour, Sweet Potatoes, Duck, Chicken Fat, Dried Tomato Pomace, Salmon Meal, Dried Whole Egg, Pea Protein, Chicken, Flaxseed, Cheese, Salmon Oil, Chicken Broth, Carrots, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Apples, Green Beans, Chicken Cartilage, Potassium Chloride, Cranberries, Blueberries, Salt, Chicory Root Extract, Alfalfa Sprouts, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Sodium Selenite, Folic Acid, Taurine, Parsley, Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Vitamins, Minerals, Probiotics. Last edited by ironmike86; 03-03-2015 at 07:09 PM. |
03-04-2015, 01:19 PM | #5 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
Posts: 12,228
| There is tons of information on how dog food is made. This is just one: Commercial Pet Food Truth - What's Really for Dinner
__________________ AZRAEL RAZAEL JILLI ANN |
03-04-2015, 03:05 PM | #6 | |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Urbana, IL USA
Posts: 3,648
| Quote:
| |
03-04-2015, 11:34 PM | #7 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Winters
Posts: 17
| I never knew I had no idea until these past few weeks that the subject of healthy eating for my new yorkie would be so fraught with indecision. I thought "I will just buy the best available" HO!HA! This is how I ended up here. I appreciate everyone's information and input! |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart