What is the best food?

[donnarod]

[quote=T Doll;1495111]This is not neccessarily true. A lot of vet's push certain foods because they get rebates for endorsing them. I know some vets who recommend Eukanuba and claim that it's great, even though most of us here know that it's junk

I was referring to the link that Superstarkba sent, www.dogfoodanalysis.com sent. I know, my Vet has Science Diet everywhere in the office.

[Wylie's Mom]

Originally Posted by T Doll

This is not neccessarily true. A lot of vet's push certain foods because they get rebates for endorsing them. I know some vets who recommend Eukanuba and claim that it's great, even though most of us here know that it's junk

YES....vets usually know VERY little about nutrition. Like MyFairLacy says (who is vet school), they spend about 15 minutes on nutrition in vet school and that's it! Sad, but true.

[donnarod]

If you can't trust your Vet, you can't trust information on line, what are we suppose to do????

[ARCHIE]

Originally Posted by donnarod

If you can't trust your Vet, you can't trust information on line, what are we suppose to do????

Check out the site above that has been provided. You will get all
the answer's needed to feed your baby a high quality food.

[Ellie May]

You are right. You can't trust what most vets say and you can't trust what some people on the internet say. Ellie was having some liver problems and I asked the vet if we should go to low protein. She said it wouldn't hurt and said we could use Science Diet L/D. I said no. She asked why and told me she doesn't use Science Diet much either. She said that she learned very little about nutrition in vet school when we told that we were homecooking. She siad to look online. Unless your vet has studied independently, they got about one or two nutrition classes in vet school. They probably only learned about essential nutrients (according to AAFCO of course).

[yorkiepearla]

wow i feel really bad i have been feeding my pup eukanuba since she was 3 mnths which is when i got her...i just found out about that brand and how bad it is..Thank god for this site and all the members willing to share their knowledge i am now going to switch her to the royal canin yorkie 28 formula...is that ok she will be 7mnths on nov 24 or should she stay with"puppy food"?

[Bird]

We feed:
Nutrience Holistic Adult Maintence for Small Breed

AGE:
9 months and over

INGREDIENTS:
Duck meal (25.0%), brown rice, whole barley, ground rice, whole oats, chicken fat, soy protein concentrate, sunflower oil, flaxseed meal, chicken flavour, dried beet pulp, dried corn syrup, DL-methionine, L-lysine, yeast extract, dried cranberries, dried apples, dried blueberries, dried carrots, chicory root extract, dehydrated spinach, tomato powder, parsley, dried honey, mint leaves, dehydrated green tea, dehydrated alfalfa meal, yucca schidigera extract, herbs (0.12%) (dried rosemary, dried thyme, dried oregano, dried fenugreek, dried fennel), dried cayenne, dried ginger.

GUARANTEED ANALYSIS:
Protein 25.3 %
Fat 15.2 %
Fibre 3.6 %
Moisture 9.6 %
Ash 8.2 %
Copper (as copper sulphate) 25 mg/kg
Iron (as ferrous sulphate) 415 mg/kg
Zinc (as zinc oxide) 250 mg/kg
Selenium (as sodium selenite) 0.3 mg/kg
Manganese (as manganous oxide) 30 mg/kg
Omega 6 fatty acids 2.2 %
Omega 3 fatty acids 0.28 %
Vitamin A 20,150 I.U./kg
Vitamin D3 1,260 I.U./kg
Vitamin E 115 I.U./kg
Vitamin C 52 mg/kg