[Wlfdg]

Originally Posted by Keechak

I have a choice to eat bad stuff if I want, my dogs don't.

See, now I find the choice to feed dogs well and yourself poorly to be very noble, but quite surprising!

BRAVO! to those who choose to take good care of their dogs.

[Hallie]

There are people who swear by ol' roy. My grandparents came down from rural KY and they were suprised to find that I feed Hallie grain-free and pay so much for her food. They kept telling me "The vet recommended it, it has to be good!" Apparently their vet advocates Kibbles N Bits...Vets are not nutritionists! I saw the worst dog food ever at a discount store once, I remember not seeing meat anywhere except for "meat byproducts" and that was at least the 5th ingredient. Sadly, my beagle would probably break through a fence to get to the kibbles n bits , she's deprived of junk food. Dogs do enjoy the foods but shouldn't we care more about our dogs health rather than what they prefer? Corn doesn't make dogs happy, fetch does!

[Pai]

I have never seen a dog food with High Fructose Corn Syrup in it before. I'm frankly gobsmacked that anyone would put that into dog food!

[Willowy]

Originally Posted by Pai

I have never seen a dog food with High Fructose Corn Syrup in it before. I'm frankly gobsmacked that anyone would put that into dog food!

Kibbles 'n' Bits has it too. Really any semi-moist pet food will have it. I used to let my cats have an occasional packet of Tender Vittles (in Googling it, I find they no longer sell it in the U.S.? Good riddance), but stopped because of the HFCS in it.

The REGULAR Ol' Roy is not the worst dog food on the market. About the same quality as Pedigree. All of the "sub categories" of Ol' Roy are really bad, though. Like "Kibbles, Chunks, 'n' Chews", which is a Kibbles 'n' Bits knock-off. HFCS is the 5th ingredient! It's also has a lot of very bright colors in it. I have to say I don't trust a dog food that brightly colored. That's the brand Shug's former owner dropped her off with, and we didn't even finish the bag. Ugh.

And.....Shug's former owner LOVED her. Would have done anything for her. And if she had known that food wasn't good, she would have bought something better, no question. A lot of people simply don't know any better.

The generic store brands and dollar store brands are pretty much just flavored sawdust with vitamins. I guess vitaminized sawdust will keep pets alive, but all the animals I know that eat those brands are very unhealthy looking.