I don't buy food of any kind made in China, whether it's for human or canine consumption. That makes shopping a bit slower with all the stopping to read the fine print.
Greg -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 8:53 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dog Food was Re: Chinese Volvos dogs can't digest corn. i suspect that we can't either all too well. but the USA grows corn, corn, corn, corn, corn, so something needs to be done with it. combine that with chinese overproduction of melamine and it's just a disaster in the making. On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 6:00 AM, Tyler <casi...@usermail.com> wrote: > Good advice! > > I was amazed when I adoted my German Pischer from the humane society back > in may, and decided to buy him good quality dog food. When I went to the > store I realized ALL of the brands were just corn meal- even the very > expensive ones. Some say "1st ingredient is meat", but they accomplish that > by listing different corn products as seperate ingredients, so it's still > really just corn meal. I found that Candidae grain free was the only thing I > could get locally ($50/bag) that seemed even remotely suited for a dog, so > I'm feeding him that. > > Dogs certainly didn't evolve to eat a diet of mostly corn meal, it can't > possibly be healthy. The only corn my dog gets is when I let him chew on a > corn cob like a bone... > > Sincerely, > Tyler > 1987 190D Turbo Biodiesel > > > On Oct 31, 2009, at 11:25 PM, Gary Hurst wrote: > > science diet is just old roy reskinned for the completely idiotic >> >> i prefer the plain old innova big dog formula. i don't buy the grain free >> more modern innova formulation as i think dogs do well with some cereals >> and >> fruits/vegetables. if i can't get innova as there are only two dealers >> around here and neither are really near me nor keep great hours the dick >> van >> patton stuff is available at the shit vendors like petco. merrick has >> good >> stuff as well as solid gold. i bought a bag of wellness the other night >> based on the ingredients but haven't fed it to them yet. >> >> the bottom line is that it isn't mysterious or rocket science. if it has >> corn in any form in it, don't buy it. if it has any sort of meat by >> products (road kill. dead cats. etc), don't buy it. it should be >> primarily made of meat and fish. it just makes basic sense. >> >> not surprisingly, you cannot buy any dog food at the supermarket, >> discounter >> of nearly any vet's office that makes sense to feed your dog. you can only >> buy the lowest quality crap at those places and you can see this when you >> read the ingredients. >> >> and what people will try to convince you is that if you try to buy food >> that >> makes sense, you are some sort of mad fanatic. if you try to buy beef >> that >> is grass fed instead of fed chicken shit and corn, you are a nutter. and >> you are a nut if you want to buy vegetables grown as they had been grown >> for >> thousands of years before the advent of modern agribusiness. >> >> my heartfelt advice is don't be a fool at all times in all things. think >> this stuff through a little for yourself and then do what you think is >> right. >> >> On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 1:52 AM, Kevin Kraly <kr...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> What food do you feed your dogs? I found out that the Science Diet RD >>> prescription dog food that my older Lab is on is basically a diet of >>> starvation! It's full of crap like peanut hulls, soybean skin, and the >>> very >>> very limited proteins come from animal byproducts, not even meat! My new >>> Labradoodle guide dog was sent home on Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance >>> which is a quality kibble. Even the Ultra formula at $44 for a 35lb bag >>> is >>> cheaper than the junk rD which is $60 for 30lb!! >>> >>> Kevin in Hillsboro, OR, between MB Diesels >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
