[Keechak]

I was at Wal mart tonight and I was looking at the ingredients in dog foods and I looked at a box of "Ol Roy Beef and Cheese flavored" I don't recall every ingredient but the first two stuck in my mind.

Meat by-products, and then High Fructose Corn Syrup.

How they heck is that a balanced diet? that sounds like diabetes waiting to happen. I feel bad for any dog who has to eat that (Probably very tasty, after all it's practically candy) food.

[ZerotheHero3]

Originally Posted by Keechak

I was at Wal mart tonight and I was looking at the ingredients in dog foods and I looked at a box of "Ol Roy Beef and Cheese flavored" I don't recall every ingredient but the first two stuck in my mind.

Meat by-products, and then High Fructose Corn Syrup.

How they heck is that a balanced diet? that sounds like diabetes waiting to happen. I feel bad for any dog who has to eat that (Probably very tasty, after all it's practically candy) food.

Omg...GROSS. I'd rather feed my dog cardboard. YUCK

[Binkalette]

And people feed their dogs this stuff and then wonder why they have bad teeth... *sigh*

[Willowy]

I think that's the same stuff as a Sam's Club food.....some kind of semi-moist beef and cheese stuff, comes in individual servings in a big cardborad box. My grandma used to buy that for her dog, because it was individually packaged and the dog liked it . He had terrible ears issues and bad teeth. He had a stroke, and the vet sent him home with Dog Chow Senior, and he improved dramatically (in general health, not from the stroke so much). Seriously, that's pretty bad stuff. Like anyone needs HFCS, much less dogs.

Though I don't know what's worse. I checked out the dollar store brand, and there aren't ANY meat sources until the 5th or 6th ingredient. And the first ingredients are such gems as wheat middlings and corn starch. And the "meat ingredient" is meat and bone meal.......but maybe that's better in a daily diet than massive amounts of sugar. Hard to say.

[sassykzt]

[QUOTE=Keechak;659536]

Meat by-products, and then High Fructose Corn Syrup.


Horrors! Sad, but many don't know any better. They eat food w/ H.F.C.S. too.

[bully]

I'd recommend this food seeing it must have passed AAFCO guidelines and the ingredients is superior cause those are good carbs that dogs digest cause the guide school told me carbs and syrup bond together making a super protein carb far superior to red meat allowing an exponential thriving condition.

[ioreks_mom]

Originally Posted by bully

I'd recommend this food seeing it must have passed AAFCO guidelines and the ingredients is superior cause those are good carbs that dogs digest cause the guide school told me carbs and syrup bond together making a super protein carb far superior to red meat allowing an exponential thriving condition.

oh no!! not another one... hahaha!

my in-laws had an old dog with really bad teeth. they thought that giving him this sort of food, the kind that is so sweet i don't think a person could eat it, would be best for him because he couldn't chew the kibble anymore. big mistake! his teeth got a million times worse from all the sugar. semi-moist food is almost always made with hfcs. it is sticky and sticks to the teeth and it is horrible! and that is only the tooth aspect why this food is bad...

[Inga]

I know when I see people leaving Fleet Farm with bags of Sprout dog food, I have to bite my tongue not to say something. I think some people don't know better but others just don't care. It is cheap so they get it. The dog eats it so they think, good enough.

Poor dogs probably feel like I do after I binge on candy bars.

[Leroy&Lucy'sMom]

*shakes head* Wow, just wow.

[squirmyworm]

Originally Posted by bully

I'd recommend this food seeing it must have passed AAFCO guidelines and the ingredients is superior cause those are good carbs that dogs digest cause the guide school told me carbs and syrup bond together making a super protein carb far superior to red meat allowing an exponential thriving condition.

Um...how can carb + carb = protein?

By this formula, I should be able to supplement my current high-grain diet (I like toast) with a lot of Reese's and regular Coke, and end up with better health.

[Ayanla]

I do believe bully was making a tributory nod to our resident "the worse it is the more I'm going to recommend it" poster.

[Michiyo-Fir]

Originally Posted by bully

I'd recommend this food seeing it must have passed AAFCO guidelines and the ingredients is superior cause those are good carbs that dogs digest cause the guide school told me carbs and syrup bond together making a super protein carb far superior to red meat allowing an exponential thriving condition.

Syrup and carbs cannot bind together because syrup IS carbs..... it's broken down in the body into carbs, how can they bind...

meat is a protein..no carbs involved in it at all. There is no such thing as a protein carb......... because carbs are made from Carbon Hydrogen and Oxygen atoms and proteins are made from amino acids(quite complicated structures). . . . . . . . the structure is completely different, you would know this and the guide school as well (though I doubt they told you that) if you even learned high school biology.

[Binkalette]

Bully was being funny guys.

[LadyD]

LOL bully, you left out " it's all about marketing"

[Wlfdg]

Originally Posted by bully

I'd recommend this food seeing it must have passed AAFCO guidelines and the ingredients is superior cause those are good carbs that dogs digest cause the guide school told me carbs and syrup bond together making a super protein carb far superior to red meat allowing an exponential thriving condition.

LOL You just made my night! Thanks!

[Tankstar]

Thats gross.

I work at walmart portriat studio riht now(just seasonal). And you dont een wat to know how many people I see leaving with40lbs bags of Alpo, Kibbles and bits nd Ol' roy. Makes me sick. I dont understand why people just dont care. yes its cheap and why is it cheap? because of the crap and garbage in it. But really it costs couple hundred bucks a month to feed a normal adult human. so why not spend 20-30 bucks a month to feed the dog good food. I dont get it.

[Darkmoon]

Originally Posted by Tankstar

Thats gross.

I work at walmart portriat studio riht now(just seasonal). And you dont een wat to know how many people I see leaving with40lbs bags of Alpo, Kibbles and bits nd Ol' roy. Makes me sick. I dont understand why people just dont care. yes its cheap and why is it cheap? because of the crap and garbage in it. But really it costs couple hundred bucks a month to feed a normal adult human. so why not spend 20-30 bucks a month to feed the dog good food. I dont get it.

A lot of people just don't know. I didn't until I had my first dog with food allergies. Even then I wouldn't have known it was food allergies until I found out about them on DF because my VetS refused to even consider it.

When I cashier (I work at Target) and I see a cheap bag of food come though that is 50lbs for like $25 I always make a comment "Man I wish my food was that cheap" 90% of the time, we start talking and I end up informing them about food. Most people I talk to have NO CLUE anything about dog food. When I start talking, they start asking questions and I end up giving them a listing of better quality dog foods, and this website to find out more about it. A lot of people have the same issue as I did with Carter, and their vets have no clue why their dogs itch so much. The next time I see these people, then give me a hug and thank me for telling them to change their dog's food. All of a suddenly their dog's no long itch, are in better health then they were, and no long need bi-weekly cortizone shots.

Dog food isn't even something most Vets know about, so how should the normal Joe Blow know?

At least the people buying Ol' Roy are feeding their pets (not even close to the best) but at least they are getting fed. I always take the time to talk to people about dog food if they will listen. Most people do and most people change. As I say to them "Your already spending $50+ at the vet each month and $30+ on food, I think you an spend $45 on a good bag of dog food for a month or 2 to see how your dog does." And they agree.

[brecken]

Originally Posted by Keechak

I was at Wal mart tonight and I was looking at the ingredients in dog foods and I looked at a box of "Ol Roy Beef and Cheese flavored" I don't recall every ingredient but the first two stuck in my mind.

Meat by-products, and then High Fructose Corn Syrup.

How they heck is that a balanced diet? that sounds like diabetes waiting to happen. I feel bad for any dog who has to eat that (Probably very tasty, after all it's practically candy) food.

i agree, which is why it is very important for people to check the ingredients on dog food, and i dont think people really even think to do that. i mean there is healthier foods out there that are within peoples budget. people can buy healthier dog food for the price of grocery dog food. they just have to do the research and look.

[Wlfdg]

How can it be surprising what people feed their pets when you look at what people feed themselves and their children. Drive by a McDonalds during rush hour or lunch time. Drive through lines are packed. Shopping carts filled with chips, pop, food in boxes? Why would they care what they feed their pets?

[Keechak]

Originally Posted by Wlfdg

How can it be surprising what people feed their pets when you look at what people feed themselves and their children. Drive by a McDonalds during rush hour or lunch time. Drive through lines are packed. Shopping carts filled with chips, pop, food in boxes? Why would they care what they feed their pets?

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