lots of people telling me about hte dry dog food and heart trouble... -- i did go and look..-- brands and number of cases of cardiowhatever...
- Acana: 67
- Zignature: 64
- Taste of the Wild: 53
- 4Health: 32
- Earthborn Holistic: 32
- Blue Buffalo: 31
- Nature’s Domain: 29
- Fromm: 24
- Merrick: 16
- California Natural: 15
- Natural Balance: 15
- Orijen: 12
- Nature’s Variety: 11
- NutriSource: 10
- Nutro: 10
- Rachael Ray Nutrish: 10
my reason for feeding purina started long before they donated any- some people say a big company just doesn't care and spends too much on advertising... however a big company also has the capability to do research and to study the food beyond the capabilities of a company who is determined that a dog would be healthier on yogurt and duck eggs-- for a good 30 years i have relied on purina to sort out all the "latest food fads" so i just don't even think about it..we have a big enough sample of over 400 danes on our master list- and as a group they are darn healthy-
i think i can say without fear of contradiction...our 400 dogs are healthier than any 400 people i know. i woulod have troubel to find 40 people who are not on some medication for something.--- heck-- make that 4 people....in any group opf 400 people or dogs.....you are bound to get a few cancers, intestinal snafuuuss, etc... along with the unknown causes...
i can remember------- back when i lived in lynnfield- we had a collection of dogs.. couple dobermans- a newfie-- 12 black bassett hounds( along with their loving normal bassett hound mother who fell for with the neighbors black lab who i am sure came to dinner often...) - we also had a free roving nasty rooster ( see janine's book about dogs and donkeys) ---.i fed them all by tipping a 50 pound bag of purina dog chow into a wash tub at the foot of teh ladder to the hay loft... and everyone ate it-- including - i am sure- many very healthy rats... everybody was healthy and we had no problems with anyone. dog chow was purina/'s cheapest dog food-- we lived like that for ?15 years---- before i actually purchased a dane- at which time the kids were thru college and i could afford to make slight step up- tho i am not sure why... to Purina PRO Plan- for teh next 25 years- so if te4her wAs gong to be PROBLEM WITH TEH FOOD, SOMETHING WOULD HAVE SHOWN UP BY NOW.
DURING ALL THAT TIME I WAS PAYING FOR IT...., PURINA HAD A "BREEDERS SPECIALCLUB/DEAL/ WHATEVER" WHERR IF YO SAVED TEH WEIGHT CIRCLES , FOR 35,000 POUNDS OF DOG FOOD, YOU GOT A BOSE RADIO... - SO 5 YEARS AGO WHEN - WITH THE HILP OF A CP-- I GOT IN TOUCH WITH PURINA DONATION COMMITTEE, I COULD PROVE I HAD BEEN A LOYAL PURINA CUSTOMER BECAUSE I TOLD THEM MY CELLER WAS FULL OF BRAND NEW BOSE RADIOS...
DOG FOOD IS A RELIGION TO SOME- IT IS NOT TO ME. MOSTLY BECAUSE WHEN I LISTEN TO SOMEONE TELL ME HOW WONDERFUL SOME FOOD IS AND HOW STUPID I AM TO FEED THAT HORRIBLE COMMERCIAL DOG FOOD, I HAVE NOTED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YE OLDE DOLLAR, AND THEIR ADVICE.-- YOU WILL NOTE.. I EVEN FED PURINA WHEN I HAD TO USE HARD EARNED CASH TO BUY IT-- THIS SHOULD ELIMINATE TEH " WELL YOU FEED IT BECAUSE IT IS DONATED"-- JUST REMEMBER ALL THOSE BOSE RADIOS--- I BET IF YOU CHECKED WITH ALL MY FRIENDS AND RELATIVES YO WOULD FIND A FEW OF TEHMM STILL IN USE.
"I WAS TOLD TO SWITHCH MY DOG TO DUCK EGGS AND SEAWEED--- AND HE GOT BETTER"... OK NOW TRY GOING BACK TO YOUR REGULAR FOOD AND SEE IF IT WAS THE FOOD -- OR MOMMY NATURE AND TIME CURING TEH AILMENT. YU WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE I WOULD TAKE I TOO SERIOUSALY-
I KNOW FULL WELL MAny drug- and dog food- companies take teh credit for mommy natures work with time..
