[nagdu] Chicken meal

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Lora.
Glad to hear your vet is trying to help you find a good food.

I'm not sure about chicken meal.  The food I feed, Canidae, has
human-grade chicken, so I think that's good.  Other foods add stuff like
beaks and feathers to their chicken meal, which makes it, well, not
human-grade, and I think that's bad. They can also put in chickens that
died of disease, and I don't want that, either.
My guess is, if the chicken meal is from quality sources, then it's OK,
otherwise not.

Anyone else know more about it?
Tracy

> Tracy I was thinking about switching him to another food. He is on Purina
> one Chicken and rice, but I was looking at the ingredients and it has alot
> of corn for that matter so doesn't purina. There is a dog food called
> grandma z's chicken and vegetable that I am considering trying. It doesn't
> have any byproducts and is a premium food. It is a few dollars more than
> the
> purina one. What is your opinion on chicken meal verses pure chicken as
> the
> first ingrediant. This food doesn't have corn so I figured I could try
> eliminating that out of the food to see if it helps. I read that chicken
> meal is actually better because it is dehydrated and then ground. It looks
> like you end up getting more chicken as far as weight than regular chicken
> since it has alot of water in it. It is very difficult to say if it is
> food
> or stress since right now I don't really have a consistant schedule. Trice
> no longer has ear infections since I got him home but he still has the
> runs.
> I'm cordinating with my vet to see what will help.
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Lora, congratulations on your new dog!  Sensitive can be very nice.  My
>> Echo is a very sensitive gal.  I had to work sometimes not to
>> over-correct
>> her, but it was great to have a dog who was easy to handle.
>>
>> I have not had a dog with ear infections since 1986, and it's not due to
>> my diligence in ear cleaning; I only do it every 3 or 4 months.  I think
>> ear infections, and diarrhea, are connected to the food the dog eats.
>> Many dogs are allergic to corn and wheat, and some to chicken.  So, if I
>> got a dog having skin, ear, or digestive issues, I think I'd try lamb
>> and
>> rice food first and see if that helped.
>> A few years ago, I switched to a premium dogfood.  I picked Canidae.
>> It's
>> more expensive than grocery store food, and has to be ordered, but the
>> ingredients are much higher quality.  My Echo is 14 now, and still in
>> good
>> health.  Maybe that would be the same if she'd been eating Purina, but
>> then again, maybe not.
>> Echo also seems to have issues with dairy, so I have to avoid any food
>> with dairy in it.  No cottage cheese, or ice cream treats.  I don't know
>> if milk bones have actual milk in them, but they give Echo terrible
>> runs.
>> I know Julie J just went through trying to find the right dog food for
>> Monte because of digestive troubles.  It can be confusing and
>> complicated,
>> but the payoff is worth it.
>>
>> Oh, when Echo was working, stress used to give her the runs.  For her,
>> travelling was stressful, at least for the first couple years.  Class is
>> stressful, and going home with a new person, too, maybe.  I just mention
>> it as a possibility.
>>
>> Anyway, I hope you figure out what helps Tryce without too much trouble.
>> Best of luck with your new dog!
>> Tracy, Ben, and retired Echo
>>
>>
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