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Personally I like Innova dog food for my dog. However, my cousin is going to be working at Petco and he can get a discount for whatever dog food he purchases from there. What, if any, dog food brands would you recommend from Petco. Ones without by products and cornmeal in them. What do you guys think about Blue Buffalo or IAMS or Natural Balance, etc.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT PURINA ONE?

Iams actually isn’t a very good food, I’m looking at several of their foods now and the first ingredient is corn or corn meal and on the other ones, corn or some form of it is high up on the ingredient list. Yuck!
Think of it this way. Anything you can buy at a grocery store (ie walmart, Giant, Weis, or wahtever you have in your area) is goign to be like feeding your dog McDonald’s every day. Crappy food: lots of fillers which means your pet gains weight from that, plus eats more (fillers fill you up for shorter amount of time than good food) which costs you more and they put on MORE weight.. plus all the other various health reasons.

Blue Buffalo is excellent.
NB looks alright, but it looks like they really focus on veggies instead of meats. Dogs (and cats) are "obligate carnivores" they HAVE to have meat..

This is a good site to give you some ideas.
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/

If money is an issue, I always recommend Costco’s Brand, Kirkland. It’s a decent food for the price.
Good luck

what is the best place to get the Chicken Soup for The Dog Lover’s Soul dog food. i have a petsmart and a petco in my area and i have never seen it there
and to big bum check this out go down to the ingredients section and find out all the fillers u have been feeding ur dog

http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441816308&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302032921&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023689&bmUID=1179749774084&itemNo=0&Ntt=Pedigree+Dog+Food&In=Dog&previousText=Pedigree+Dog+Food&N=2023689

It’s a great food… I feed Canidae, and it is only at feed stores. I’ve seen Chicken Soup brand at many of the feed stores I shop at… have you checked here?
http://www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com/dealer_locator/

I recently heard that manufacturers are putting dead cats,
dogs ,road kill, in our pet food.
If you see the word "meat" that means cat or dog bodies (meat).
If this is true, I will NEVER buy dog or cat food again!
So, please answer factually……..does canned pet food
contain meat from dogs or cats?
Thank you.

Yep.

If you see the word "chicken meal," "meat meal" or "meat and bones meal," this is the dry byproduct of a lot more gross stuff than dead (SICK) dogs and cats. Throw in their flea collars, the plastic bags their dead bodies were in, the dead cows that didn’t make it to the slaughterhouse, roadkill, etc. It is unbelievable what these manufacturers are allowed to put into our pet food! There was an outcry, but the practice goes on.

Animals are fatty, so in the process of creating the meal, they skim off the grease, and you’ll find this byproduct in the pet food as well — "chicken fat (preserved with … )." Gah…I feel like retching.

You’ll find links to the information at http://www.raising-rabbits.com/raw-cat-food.html, and http://www.raising-rabbits.com/raw-dog-food.html.

The best thing we can all do is refuse to buy dry kibbled pet food (I think canned pet food is somewhat better than dried, however the word ‘meal’ is the dead giveaway in any case).

What our dogs and cats really need is raw meat and bones. They’ll be so much more healthy when they eat real food that is appropriate for their species. Their skin rashes and allergies all clear up, their health begins to glow, and even the fleas head for the hills. At least, I haven’t treated my cats for a year…and I haven’t seen a flea in all that time. Amazing. The research is at that rabbit website, because you can feed raw rabbit to dogs and cats, too.

We have a 20 month and a 5 month old cat living together, so we need to watch when they’re eating their wet food together, because the the kitten will try and eat the adults food, which we stop.

I’m mainly asking because a friend who also has had cats for years, from kittens, has only ever fed them adult food and they’ve grown up fine.

it duzent matter if its cat food or kitten food

Diamond is from Meta, Missouri and Black Gold is in Vienna, MO. Meta and Vienna are 20-25 miles apart.
Diamond also makes Taste of the Wild, Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul, Country Value, and Premium Edge.
There is also Professional Pet Food in St. Thomas which is 5-6 miles from Meta.

dog foods, REALLY? well okay…in my opinion…i say the difference is the price…no? we’ll maybe there’s a relation…*HINT*its dog food. it does sound odd…i say–YES.

does that awnser ur Q.?

I have a cat with leukemia, can someone tell me what the best foods are for it? (Cat food brands, and/or natural/organic foods, etc) Thanks!
And if you could tell me where to get it too that’d be great
I have researched this in depth since my poor dog died of kidney failure due to poor quality dog food!!
Taste of the wild is a great puppy and dog food as well as cats!!! you can get it online and if you go to the website you can find stores near you .. they wont be at walmarts and the like… they are in feed stores ..Agway…..tractor supply stores etc..

NO fillers..corn…gluten..grains…by products!!human grade meatsfruits and veggies

check it out you wont regret it !
http://www.tasteofthewildpetfood.com/
6 out of 6 star rating
around $42 for a 30 lb bag …. its the cheapest 6 star food .. and I love it for my puppy!
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/index.php/cat/1

Or is all pet food now chinese produced? Loaded with grains, which makes it goat or chicken food.

It’s just outlawed in the USA- Because they decided to shut it down rather than reforming it and cracking down on inhumane techniques, now, instead of 3 or 8 hours, the animals are shipped 13-36 to go to Canada and Mexico where it is still legal. And now the horses that don’t go to slaughter but are unwanted are starving to death. I know of instances in my area of people letting their horses loose to wander the ditches for food because they cannot afford them anymore and all the shelters are full. Actually, Americans are the only ones getting silly about it- In Europe horse meat has been eaten forever, same in Canada. Horses are slaughtered for both human and animal consumption.

A good amount of pet food is chinese-produced, though, although it isn’t as much horse meat as you think. If the meat is good, you can sell it for human food for much more than you could for pet food, and there is a demand outside of the USA.

Do you support events sponsored by pet food companies by attending or participating in dog events?

Example, Purina sponsors a lot of different of events, from conformation shows to sport dog events.

Would how you feel about kibble prevent you and your raw fed dog from participating in such events?

If you do participate, do you make it known that you do not support kibble for carnivores?

There wouldn’t be any dog shows without sponsors… Entries would become horrendous, ruling out many people who do not have a lot of money to spare.

It would be great to see butchers raising their hands, to lay out the big bucks it takes to put a dog show or competition on, but I won’t hold my breath!! lol

Like it or not those big companies like Purina are vital for that sort of thing, because their money helps pay for the judges, stewards, hire of facilities, the prizes, ribbons, trophies and so on.

If I or my friends win a comp - We gratefully shake hands and smile…. and the bag of kibble (whom ever it is made by), is graciously accepted and then discretely taken to the nearest dog shelter where ANY and ALL donations (even those of kibble) are always received with the utmost thanks and appreciation! You will be glad you did!

This is standard procedure by myself and my friends, and seems to me a good solution to the problem. It makes me feel good (I cannot offer a lot financially) and helps others. Making a ‘scene’ is only going to hurt the chances of that show receiving help from that sponsor again in the future, you can spread your opinions on raw feeding via more tactful methods then directly insulting a sponsor of an event. Hell we need all the sponsors we can get! As for boycotting an event, well that is only hurting yourself.

Accept your prize whatever it is and be thankful. There are times where I would rather receive a big bag of kibble which I can pass on to my local shelter, then some of the big and truly tacky trophies I have received.

My cat is pretty thin from hyperthyroidism and needs a cat food, both dry and moist to help put some weight on him. The vet gave him a liquid vitamin for twice per day, but I want to feed him a high quality food that hopefully does not contain added salt or fish (any seafood). I am hoping there is a food for very active cats available, so to give him extra calories.

KITTEN foods are generally higher in calories because kittens need those calories while they are growing. If you need to add weight, then try the kitten formulas of dry/wet cat foods.

Me… kittyslave23… I know my place.

We used to feed him dry food (Iams) until my 11 year old cat started vomiting almost every day. Now we feed him moist food (Whiskas ?) but I need to find a cat food that does not make him hungry every 4 hours. This stuff seems to not fill his stomach for long.

pls STOP feeding ur cat that crap ( Whiskas )

i recommend Orijen or Evo

trust me