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Old 02-13-2006, 07:12 AM   #46
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I don't see where Royal Canin is owned by Iam's but I do see that they do food testing on 128 dogs that live in a kennel envoirnment. I am not sure there is any purpose in this but will hold off my opinion. I do totally agree with you on Iam's and will not purchase any of their products.

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Your 100% right, that is why i quit using Iam's, i will never buy that dog food again
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Old 02-13-2006, 07:26 AM   #47
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I feed Chloe' Nutro Ultra Holistic Nutrition for puppies and the line goes up from there...I've heard that putting them on a holistic diet can be good for sensitive tummy's....the kibbles are about the size of a rice grain so it's easy for her to eat.

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I feed Corey & Carly Royal Canin "Yorkshire Terrier". They love it, their coat is so shiny.
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I just read the link to boycotting IAMS, YUCK. I always knew that Iams food was no good for my dogs, hence, I never fed them any, THANK GOD!!! From now on, I will let all my friends and fellow pet lovers know about this awful company in hopes that they will boycott them too.

My babies in Canada eat Eukanuba and the one here with me eats Science Diet. I don't see any of you eating Science Diet? Is it because it's no good?
Eukanuba is manufactured by Procter & Gamble, the same company that produces Iams (and probably about 75% of the household cleaners you use!)

I think a lot of people tend to shy away from Science Diet because most of their formulas contain a lot of corn, which is a common allergen for dogs. My vet pushes it, but I have a feeling they get some kind of deal/kickback for selling it!
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I Feed my Tiger mostly Innova Puppy Food.

These past week, he seemed tired of the same old food so I kinda made it "gourmet" by adding Nature's choice training treats and Bil-Jack Liver treats cut up into small bites and mixing them all up. That seemed to do the trick so now he is eating it all again.

I also feed him Innova Health Bars, occassionaly plain carrots, and if I want some peace and quiet, I give him a smoked tendon (not smelly at all and very inexpensive so highly recommend it).

I just got the Innova EVO sample pack so I will give start giving that as treats for now. He will eventually switch to this once he is about 8 months old.
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I feed Charley & Meldoy on Burns dry food it is approved by the BUAV so is not tested on animals.
I noticed a couple of you feed Royal canin Charley was on this when I first got him but changed to Burns due to their animal testing.
Iam's is one of the worst companies for animal testing please see the link and weep
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I'm sorry, I know I'm probably gonna get scolded for this, but for goodness sakes...the food IS fed to animals! Don't we test drugs, cosmetics, etc. on humans for human consumption/use?
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we just found out jack's food allergies by having him tested. he's allergic to:
chicken, duck, pork, barley, oats, soy, eggs, milk, and peas.
we feed him and he's sister lola, miniature schnauzer, natural balance venison and brown rice. they eat the dry food. i was trying to spoil them with mixing it with wet food same
kind but noticed that it was giving him gas. no wet food- no gas- and luckily no diarrhea
so far. for snacks, pro-treat beef liver cubes, pro plan adult beef biscuits, petsmart shark cartilage biscuits and a daily dose of ester c vitamin to boost their immune system. hope this helps.
How much is an allergy test? Thanks!
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I just read the link to boycotting IAMS, YUCK. I always knew that Iams food was no good for my dogs, hence, I never fed them any, THANK GOD!!! From now on, I will let all my friends and fellow pet lovers know about this awful company in hopes that they will boycott them too.

My babies in Canada eat Eukanuba and the one here with me eats Science Diet. I don't see any of you eating Science Diet? Is it because it's no good?
Eukaneuba is made by Iams.
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Eukanuba is manufactured by Procter & Gamble, the same company that produces Iams (and probably about 75% of the household cleaners you use!)

I think a lot of people tend to shy away from Science Diet because most of their formulas contain a lot of corn, which is a common allergen for dogs. My vet pushes it, but I have a feeling they get some kind of deal/kickback for selling it!
I think most vets push SD. Mine does too. I wonder why?
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Baby eats wet and dry Chicken Soup and dry Royal Canin. I've tried others like Nutro, and she doesn't like it as much as CS.
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Both my babies eat Chicken Soup wet mixed with a bit of the dry. It's the only thing that I've been able to get them both to eat consistently.

For treats, they get a bit of cottage cheese once in a while. I've made satin balls (which they fight over). They really like those roasted,dehydrated chicken breasts. Maybe a bit of hamburger or chicken from our left-overs.
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Natalie gets Eukanuba puppy food for small breeds. She also gets Eukanuba cookies and I use doggy salmon treats for training only. She gets no human food. I always have to entice her to eat in the morning by hand feeding to get her started. She is slow to wake up and I want her to eat before I go to work.
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if you want to read more on food and picking the right one for you.. visit my friends website, you can ask her any question you'd like.

www.mordanna.com/dogfood

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WOW - I just went to your friends website and have bookmarked it as a favorite. I definately will spend more time cruising through all the information. A lot of good information..thanks for sharing
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I would recommend for dry food or wet food to go with either Canidae or Innova.

I currently feed mine Innova EVO which are smaller bites that the regular Innova Puppy. My dogs wouldn't eat it at first, so I wet it with water and sprinkled a little bit of cheese and they took it fine.

I don't feed Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet and all those commercial products only because well Iams/Eukanuba is definately a no-no for their cruel animal testing.. and the other products i wouldn't feed because all the fillers and junk in it.

if you want to read more on food and picking the right one for you.. visit my friends website, you can ask her any question you'd like.

www.mordanna.com/dogfood

and if you'd like to find where Innova can be purchased near you visit:
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Thanks for that! I checked and compared it to the wet Chicken Soup and the only thing that I could find in CS was Egg Product. That's okay in my book!
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We've tried quite a few foods for Zeke. The breeder sent us home with Eukanuba, which he will not eat! We then tried Nutro Ultra Holistic, Artemis, Flint River Ranch, Canidae, and Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul. We have decided on a 1/2 and 1/2 mixture of Nutro Ultra Holistic and Chicken Soup as this is what Zeke seems to like best. This combo gives him a good variety, he has nice, regular stools (sorry to be gross), pleasant breath, and a nice, shiny coat. The Flint River Ranch was just too big for him to chew and Artemis and Canidae gave him the most God awful breath! For treats he gets these animal cracker pretzels from Petco made without sugar, chicken bites, cheese, peanut butter, Greenie bits (as a training treat mostly), a carefully supervised rawhide occasionally, and venison bites. He's a rather finicky eater and through trial and error we've found a combination that works for him!

Just to put in my two cents worth on some of the issues of this thread, we do not feed Iams, Science Diet, or any department store foods. Our reasoning for this is quality ingredients. Yes, these are animals, but we want our animals to live happy, healthy lives for as long as possible. As humans, we choose to put crap into our bodies on a daily basis, but the key word is CHOOSE. Our pets don't have the opportunity to voice their choices to us, so we have to choose for them. As long as I am making a choice for my beloved pet, I will choose foods that have quality ingredients! I look at the first several ingredients of a food and choose ones that have animals meats, whole grains, and vegetables. I try to stay away from things like corn, fillers, sugar, and white flour. Honestly, our pets eat better than we do because they don't have the opportunity to make the bad choices that we make each day. It's funny really, I would die before I would allow Zeke to drink Dr. Pepper and eat McDonalds, but this is food I put in my body on a weekly basis. I only wish that I had the willpower to make the good decisions for myself that I strive to make for my pets!
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