Fellow dog owners - what food do you feed?

[anatess]

Wow...this is one of the reasons I don't post a lot on this forum because someone always wants to argue about and opinionated/from experience comment. Or argue about a question that doesn't have a 100% correct answer. I didn't comment to argue. There is no perfect dog food to feed your dog. You feed your dog whatever You think is best and whatever food your dog will eat. My dog Would Not eat high priced dog food. If feeding my dog the only food he would eat makes me a bad person than I guess I'm an awful person that would feed my future children fruit loops and chicken nuggets. I don't really appreciate being labeled like that and anyone else who fed their dog the things you listed as bad probably would feel the same way. But that's all I have to say about this subject...To the OP once again whatever you decide to feed your new corgi puppy I hope it carries your dog through a long happy life with you keep us updated on him! Corgis are so cute!


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I didn't comment to argue either. I commented to educate. Lots and lots of people don't bother reading up on these things so I offer what I learned from my research to you. For free. I'm not telling you you're a bad dog parent. I'm merely telling you Pedigree is crap food, which, of course, you didn't know.

Of course there's a perfect food. Even for humans. We just can't afford it or have the society set up for it to be sustainable or accessible. That doesn't mean that it stops being the perfect food.

Everything is a compromise on value, cost, accessibility, work, and physiology and other factors specific and unique to your dog. Lots of high priced food is crap. Lots of low priced food isn't. If you're trying to go on a compromise on value and cost, it is silly to buy high priced crap food and pretty good idea to buy low cost nutritional food. And it is not a good idea to spend money on crap food when you can spend that same amount on higher quality ones.

But, regardless of all that compromise, crap food will always remain crap food. And that goes for Ramen Noodles. But yeah, cold, freezing temps after a hurricane just blew through the house... you'll find me eating hot Ramen Noodles. I do love the taste of them.

[anatess]

Oh, and about cost...

If you live close to Rodentpro, you can get their rabbits, quails, and chickens for your dog. Whole prey. The thing that makes Rodentpro unbelievably expensive is shipping.

[Shadera]

Orijen kibble, and wellness CORE canned.

[Mephibosheth1]

Quick question from a veterinary professional....


looking through the past few pages (and I just scanned) I did see some posts saying that Science Diet was crap.

Do you have some hard evidence to support that assessment??

I may have missed it in the last 7 pages, but I am genuinely interested in any evidence you have have...

[Mike41793]

Quick question from a veterinary professional....


looking through the past few pages (and I just scanned) I did see some posts saying that Science Diet was crap.

Do you have some hard evidence to support that assessment??

I may have missed it in the last 7 pages, but I am genuinely interested in any evidence you have have...

Yea just read the ingredients list lol. I think nikki listed the first 10.

[Anya]

Yeeeah definitely agree with Science diet being crap. Granted, it's no more crap than any other corn-based food, but it comes with the pricetag of a grain-free food.

Corn = crap

[Mephibosheth1]

ingredients don't make the dog food necessarily; it's ingredient quality.

I haven't been able to find any "real" science coroborating the "corn is the devil" myth either. It may be subjectively unhealthy for people, but dogs do not have the same nutritional needs as people do...


Sorry if I sound set in my way; I just need more than anecdotal evidence to convince me


Don't telly me you're on the "corn is devil" wagon Anya...

[Mike41793]

ingredients don't make the dog food necessarily; it's ingredient quality.

I haven't been able to find any "real" science coroborating the "corn is the devil" myth either. It may be subjectively unhealthy for people, but dogs do not have the same nutritional needs as people do...


Sorry if I sound set in my way; I just need more than anecdotal evidence to convince me

Nikki also mentioned it's been shown to cause tumors. Not sure if she mentioned it here or somewhere else.

EDIT: i'm pretty sure that may have been somewhere else actually, not here.

[Anya]

Don't telly me you're on the "corn is devil" wagon Anya...

Sure am. Do I still feed food with corn to my dogs? Yeah, I do. But I'm not going to deny it's not the best thing for them.

Dogs are carnivores. Corn is non digestible filler. In most dog foods it's ingredient #1 and #2. To me it's clear. End of story.

*shrugs* plus I've seen the difference between a cat and dog fed on traditional dogfood, and a cat and dog fed corn free. The difference was amazing. I am slightly ashamed that my dogs aren't corn-free, but that's just the way things are right now.

[Mephibosheth1]

I just wonder where the scientific data is at, that's all.

Dogs are NOT little people, no matter how the media tries to portray them. Dogs are also (contrary to popular belief) not carnivores. The very makeup of their dental arcade proves that; they have molars and premolars in copious numbers. Cats only have one set of molars, and they are vestigial at best. This makes cats carnivores.

The presence of premolars shows that dogs were designed to be omnivores. In the wild, dogs are more like bears actually; they will eat many berries and other plant-based items.

This difference is also seen in the severity of infection from dog vs cat bites. Cats, being carnivores, are more likely to cause severe infection in their bites. Dog bites, on the other hand, are less prone to these deadly septic infections.