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 Knowledge is Power
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Location: wherever my daughter's running | https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=937124662986821&fref=nf
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Location: That part of Texas | My dogs love Beneful but I have quit buying it for them after reading over the past couple of years about problems people have had with it. It's also one brand of dog food that seems to land on a recall list on a more frequent basis than some of the other similarly priced brands/types. I hope Purina gets this all figured out. |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | Well heck...gets to where I can't decide what to feed my horses or my dogs lately!
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 BHW Resident Surgeon
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Location: Bastrop, Texas | I've been tempted to just make my own dog food. A person doesn't know who to trust anymore, it seems. It's probably just as cheap to make your own, plus healthier and safer. |
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Knowledge is Power
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Location: wherever my daughter's running | Bear - 2015-02-25 9:49 AM I've been tempted to just make my own dog food. A person doesn't know who to trust anymore, it seems. It's probably just as cheap to make your own, plus healthier and safer.
I agree with you. We don't feed this brand - but I am leaning toward just making our own. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | Anyone have good recipes for making their own dog food? |
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  Playing the Waiting Game
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| If you decide to make your own dog food I'd try to add vitamins or be sure to google what a dog actually requires to stay healthy. I know in the past and wild dogs do just fine eating raw and rotting carcuses (sp). So maybe when things get nasty they gain extra stuff for the dog to stay healthy . |
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| I lost 2 corgis in a years span feeding this stuff. Both dogs, not related, 4 years age difference. Then the warnings came out. |
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Knowledge is Power
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Location: wherever my daughter's running | Trippin - 2015-02-25 11:07 AM I lost 2 corgis in a years span feeding this stuff. Both dogs, not related, 4 years age difference. Then the warnings came out.
So sorry for your loss. Corgis are special dogs. |
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Veteran
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| OH MY!!! We feed our docs this and have been for years!!! what is every one else feeding? Not sure what I need to change to...... |
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Location: California | TRUDOG!!! look it up!! 41% crude protien... Use it as a mixer or pure... my dogs LOVE it (well it is basically feeding them a dried steak lol)
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Location: Central Texas | My 7 year old Aussie had seizures for a couple of years before I finally traced it down to Beneful. The vets' only suggestion was to put her on anti-seizure meds. |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | KMCSunshine has been feeding raw for years. All of her dogs look great!
All of this started when the big companies started buying out the smaller dog food companies. What use to be a great dog food many times have become on the recent recall lists.
You need to educate yourself and start reading the labels. The best dog magazine that posts the best dog foods every year is the the Whole Dog Journal. Not as good but somewhat reliable is http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/.
If your dog food is made by Proctor Gamble, Colgate Palmolive, Mars or Nestles, think twice.
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"Heck's Coming With Me"
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Location: Kansas | Switched just a couple of months ago from Beneful to Purina One. Didn't know about the dangers of Beneful but my dogs just liked the Purina One much better. They certainly look and feel good.
Thanks for the post. I'll know better than to switch back for any reason.
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 Texas Tenderheart
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Location: Red Raiderland | This is scary stuff! I have fed my dogs all raw diets for the last dozen years or so and I would never feed them any kind of dog food ever again. Dogs are carnivores and they need to eat raw meat, bones and organs. It is not necessary to add veggies or vitamins, they are meat eaters. I just make sure that any meat I feed is free of antibiotics/hormones and is not injected with brine or salt or other junk. We have fed our dogs any type of meat we can hunt. Hogs, dove, rabbits, squirrels, etc. I have a 10 year old Dachshund that will literally eat anything so she is definitely an easy keeper. My dogs look and act fantastic! |
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Location: In a happy place | Nevertooold - 2015-02-25 11:00 AM KMCSunshine has been feeding raw for years. All of her dogs look great!
All of this started when the big companies started buying out the smaller dog food companies. What use to be a great dog food many times have become on the recent recall lists.
You need to educate yourself and start reading the labels. The best dog magazine that posts the best dog foods every year is the the Whole Dog Journal. Not as good but somewhat reliable is http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/.
If your dog food is made by Proctor Gamble, Colgate Palmolive, Mars or Nestles, think twice.
This is what I was going to say NTO...KMC Sunshine has been making her own for a while. She has my respect for doing this as she has more than one or two. I keep telling myself this is what I need to do. |
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 The BHW Book Worm
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| suzy2qtee - 2015-02-25 9:59 AM
If you decide to make your own dog food I'd try to add vitamins or be sure to google what a dog actually requires to stay healthy. I know in the past and wild dogs do just fine eating raw and rotting carcuses (sp). So maybe when things get nasty they gain extra stuff for the dog to stay healthy.
Completely agree with you. We see more dogs sick with horrible blood value because someone decided to make there own dog foot with burger and rice and they don't realize the dog needs vit/min to stay healthy. Carrots are also good to add in ..gasp |
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Location: Kansas | Beneful is made by Nestle Purina which is a separate company from Land O' Lakes/Purina that makes the horse/livestock feed. I feed the Land O' Lakes/ Purina dog food, Infinia. A couple of them are grain free diets and I love it and so does my dog. Check out Infinia or Exclusive, I don't think you'll be disappointed. |
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Location: Four Corners Colorado | I have thought about making my own dog food for years. Here is a cool place that has recipies and supplements if you are worried about your dog getting what it needs.
www,justfoodfordogs.com
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 Party Girl
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | I have been feeding Nutrena Loyall for about 6 months now. My dogs seem to love it more than anything else I have fed. Does anyone else feed this and what do you think? I am willing to try any other suggestions on dry dog food. |
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 Friendly horse swapper
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Location: Buffalo, TX | This is what I've been feeding for awhile now...someone analyze these ingredients for me....
Ingredients:
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Dried Peas, Potato Starch, Flaxseed Meal, Dried Potatoes, Dried Beet Pulp, Natural Flavor, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Dicalcium Phosphate, Sodium Chloride, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Niacin Supplement, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Dried Chicory Root, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate and Dried Chicken Cartilage (Source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin)
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