Lawsuit says Purina dry food harmful to dogs

I recall seeing someone posting something about 5 star dog food products.

My dogs eats sweet potato and turkey dog food from costco.

My cat eats Orijen.
 
:ty: all for the food ideas...I had to leave for work but checked this when I got home. Jiro has a good suggestion with the Fromm - that is VERY popular where I am.
I encourage people to reduce or eliminate the grains in the dog or cat's diet as they have no inherent need for them. Wheat, corn and soy <not a grain, but technically a legume> are all very poorly digested by a carnivore and can lead to allergies and various skin issues.
Other grains are less of an overall problem but there is still an overabundance of processed carbohydrates in kibble -has to be to make the kibble be what it is - and grains are an inflammatory and weight-inducing possible issue in pet carnivores.

Kai also has a good suggestion with the Orijen - I haven't fed kibble in years but -do - use Orijen cat or dog kibble as in-the-house training treats sometimes.

whatdidyousay! is right about the poop quality reflecting the food quality.
Poops should be small, compact and bland, not stinky, large/goopy and smelly, generally. A dog whose body is making the most use of the food going in will have little, benign poops.

What I encourage overall is a wide variety of real, named <the meat source is name first> meat-based foods, more canned, homecooked or raw food for added water - and, if using kibble only - make sure to add warm water as dry kibble is very lacking in moisture and dehydrating on the body of your pet dog or cat. The dog/cat is designed to get water from prey, which is mostly water. Dry kibble is 10% or less moisture.
It is particularly important to add water to a cat's food, as they are less likely as a group to drink water from a bowl and are true carnivores and have a higher meat need for optimal health, than dogs do<though dogs and cats BOTH require higher amount of animal-based protein that they usually are fed>
 
:wave:whatdidyousay! - liked your line about the poop-shaped cookies:lol:
-very true!
 
Geez...we fed our dog Purina foods. Now I wonder if that's why she died last week. Next time we get a dog, we will be more careful with what foods he/she eats.
 
dogmom said:
Oh Shel, I'm so sorry !:(:hug:
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Yea it was so sudden and she was barely 7 years old. Healthy one day and the next day critically ill ..had to put her to sleep. Still greiving.

Thanks
 
This is a link to an article written by holistic vet Dr. Karen Becker. I did attend a nutrition seminar she spoke at and really enjoyed it.
This link has text below the video...on my computer, the videos aren't working so I can't look to see about the quality or lack of -captions - for that video, but I really wanted to just give you the link so you could check out the written article, for more information about choosing foods.:

http://healthypets.mercola.com/site...et-foods-ranked-from-great-to-disastrous.aspx

Notice she doesn't specify particular foods - it's more about the overall quality of meat and whole-foods-based items in the food and variety in the food.
 
shel90 said:
7 years old. Sucks she couldn't grow old with us.
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What she a big dog ? I lost Finally when he was 11 yo I had him for 9 years and that was too short . I told him he had to live as long as I did but it did not help . I was hoping I had a few more years with Finlay. I feel your pain.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
What she a big dog ? I lost Finally when he was 11 yo I had him for 9 years and that was too short . I told him he had to live as long as I did but it did not help . I was hoping I had a few more years with Finlay. I feel your pain.
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Medium size dog. Mix of Australian sheepdog and border collie. Very intelligent. She knew some ASL signs. Wonderful personality. Jiro has met her.
 
shel90 said:
Medium size dog. Mix of Australian sheepdog and border collie. Very intelligent. She knew some ASL signs. Wonderful personality. Jiro has met her.
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I bet your dog was very intelligent both bred are intelligent .
Finlay was very intelligent too. When I was driving him to the park he would watch over my shoulder to see me start my car and if I took too long he would keep watching me . Once I got the car started Finlay would go sit down. I swear if he could Finlay would had gotten in the front seat and drove himself to the park ! And I bet he would had been a better driver than some people! :giggle: Will you be getting a new dog or will you wait awhile?
 
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