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Re: Food!

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Yurkunas86 wrote:Luna is 12 weeks and we feed her purina one smart blend puppy formula. Is this a good puppy food her her? She loves it!
Look at your ingredients and based on what I've posted already. You tell me if it's good puppy food.

http://www.purinaone.com/products/dog-f ... -nutrition
Chicken, brewers rice, corn gluten meal, poultry by-product meal, whole grain corn, oat meal, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), soy flakes, soybean meal, glycerin, animal digest, calcium phosphate, fish oil (source of DHA), calcium carbonate, salt, caramel color, potassium chloride, Vitamin E supplement, choline chloride, zinc sulfate, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, ferrous sulfate, sulfur, manganese sulfate, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, copper sulfate, riboflavin supplement, Vitamin B-12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, garlic oil, folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement, calcium iodate, biotin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), sodium selenite.
Hey! I feed my dog Nutro Ultra Adult or Large Breed(when they don't have Adult), its wheat free, and REALLY good stuff, she LOVESSSSS it and it keeps her fur SOOO glossy, my cats are in the nutro natural choice,,,

They have "max" which is the lowest in the line in quality (they suggest it for transitioning dogs off of shelter diet and on to natural choice and then ultra) they have ALL kinds of "special" ones, high energy, large breed, sensitive stomach, etc.
I know alot of people who feed it and love it.

And most of all she LOVES all of there treats, shes a food girl but they only treats she liked more then nutro treats are my homemade ones! we get the skin and coat biscuits they are her favorite, and the blueberry training treats.

You can get coupons off of the nutro site as well, and its the same people who make Greenies!

Its holistic and has better ingredients list then the lower natural choice
http://www.ultraholistic.com/adult-holi ... ibble.html
I'm not saying that your dog can't live off of it, what I am saying is that your dog will not thrive on it. Once again, based on what I've said in previous posts. Look at the ingredients and you tell me.
(Hope she likes rice!)
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Brown Rice, Ground Rice, Rice Bran, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Lamb Meal, Salmon Meal, Natural Flavors, Flaxseed, Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Rolled Oats, Potassium Chloride, Egg Product, Tomato Pomace, Dried Pomegranate, Dried Blueberry, Dried Cranberry, Dried Pumpkin, Dried Spinach, Dried Carrot, Salt, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), L-Carnitine, Biotin, Niacin Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Vitamin A Supplement, Beta Carotene, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Sodium Selenite, Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid.
If you were to seperate the ingredients and feed them to your dog, generally speaking here's what he or she would see.

A 1" square piece of chicken, 2 cups of some-type-of-cheap-protein meal, 2 cups of rice, 2 cups of corn, 1/2 cup of oatmeal and beat pulp, sprinkled lightly with lamb and salmon meal for flavoring, with a dash of the rest of the ingredients. I'm exaggering a little bit, but essentially that's it. I think it's funny that corn meal is the same thing they feed the chickens they put in the food. Heh.
Disclaimer: This post is not intended to send anyone to grief counseling, or a mental trauma hospital. The information in this post is intended for "informational purposes only", and is a product of my own opinion.
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Re: Food!

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I'll add this too. Just because it tastes good, doesn't mean it's good for you. So just because your dog likes it, doesn't mean it's good for them. Children like fast food, but I wouldn't feed it to them 3 times a day, every day.
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I'm extremely aware, and I know there is better out there but its GOOD food for its price, I like to have money to feed ME too LOL It has a lot better oils then a lot of the other "vet recommended" brands of the same price, and no dyes, and again wheat free, and my dog seems to react to wheat. Money wise, its the best we can buy, and still be able to eat as well. And I mean that, shes doing great on it now, yes she could be on better food and do better, but I could too, hell thats why *I* don't eat meat, because my family can't afford to buy grass fed etc. Good for you and your dog, But i'm sure a lot of people do the best they CAN whether they KNOW they could do "better" or not, I for one don't enjoy being made to feel like shit about it but its what I can do so I do it.
You and educate without insulting.
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MinaHerdershonden wrote:I'm extremely aware, and I know there is better out there but its GOOD food for its price, I like to have money to feed ME too LOL It has a lot better oils then a lot of the other "vet recommended" brands of the same price, and no dyes, and again wheat free, and my dog seems to react to wheat. Money wise, its the best we can buy, and still be able to eat as well. And I mean that, shes doing great on it now, yes she could be on better food and do better, but I could too, hell thats why *I* don't eat meat, because my family can't afford to buy grass fed etc. Good for you and your dog, But i'm sure a lot of people do the best they CAN whether they KNOW they could do "better" or not, I for one don't enjoy being made to feel like shit about it but its what I can do so I do it.
You and educate without insulting.
I appologise if you took offense. It wasn't meant to insult anyone, I'm aware of the fact that probably the vast majority of people can't afford to feed raw or high quality food that's quite expensive. It's not aimed at you or anyone in particular, it is aimed at the pet food companies that insist on producing crap food when viable alternatives are available that would increase the quality of the food exponentially with a minimal amount of effort and pennies on the dollar.

There are alot of foods that are available now that are head and shoulders above what was available 20 years ago. Quality is getting better slowly. I can only hope that they keep going in the right direction.

Please don't take offense at my rantings, I didn't mean to make you feel that way, it was not my intention.
Disclaimer: This post is not intended to send anyone to grief counseling, or a mental trauma hospital. The information in this post is intended for "informational purposes only", and is a product of my own opinion.
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Tell us about yourself: My name is Anna and i'm 19 years old, I volunteer most of my time and half of which goes to OCAS shelter which is where I found Mina who was 7 months old at the time.
I live in chapel hill, NC. Soon to be near ashville NC as I will be attending Warren Wilson College.
Location: Chapel Hill, NC

Re: Food!

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No problem, yeah most fiod out there is total crap, i always cringe at the shelter on days when i see whats been domated its kibbles n bits, or beneful, or just down rught full of food dye 90% corn and wheat and animals diseased bits lol I understand the ranting
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