[nagdu] Dog Food Information Resource?

[Jessica Roberts]

I myself am looking into these things as well because I am just over 2
months from going to TSE. I've not come to any solid conclusions yet
other than there is a lot of bad foods out there.
If anyone has any good sites with info about what dogs need,
especially labs, goldens and crosses, what proteins are best, how
much, how much fat, how much fiber, what ingredients are good/bad,
that'd be helpful, there are lots of sites liek dogfoodanalysis and
dogfoodadvisor that give lists of there ingredients, but I guess an
unbias opinion would be nice.
The best info I can find is at these 2 sites
http://www.naturalnews.com/report_pet_food_ingredients_0.html
and
http://www.wdcusick.com/
Jessica

On 3/9/14, Darla Rogers <djrogers0628 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Nicole,
>
> 	I could definitely go for that; I do wonder--I'm not sure schools
> will ever do raw--if any studies have been done on commercial foods that do
> have better ingredients than a lot of the cheaper no-name foods.
> 	Sites disturb me that say stuff is bad and sell product; a lot of
> companies of all kinds do it, but the best is read the label and maybe get
> stricter on labeling.
> Darla & Handsome Huck doing very well on Wellness all-meat
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicole Torcolini
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 10:13 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog Food Information Resource?
>
> My family already had a pet dog when I got Lexia, so we knew about choosing
> dog food. If I remember correctly, I switched Lexia's food not long after
> coming home with her. Sadly, I think that it might be possible that some of
> the schools are influenced by how much dog food costs--or does not cost.
> Also, another reason that people might end up advertently feeding their
> dogs
> low quality food is that, at the time that they started using it, it was
> better food, but the ingredients changed over time. Unless the food feels
> different, smells different, or there is some other indicator, people
> probably don't think to occasionally check that the food has not changed.
> And, of course, the dog food companies that are trying to not lose
> customers, are not going to tell you that the food is changing. Perhaps
> that
> should be a law: If a dog food company changes the ingredients in a dog
> food
> the bags and advertisements and whatever else has to clearly indicate the
> change for a certain amount of time, maybe like six months or something.
>
> Nicole and Lexia who no longer eats Neutro
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Raven Tolliver
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 7:06 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dog Food Information Resource?
>
> Everyone knows where I stand on dog food.
> But dogfoodadvisor.com was a website I used to look at ratings, nutritional
> information, and real reviews of different types of dog food. That site
> also
> has a gamut of helpful articles and forums concerning different types of
> dog
> food and different diets.
> Many people don't think carefully about what goes into their dog's stomach.
> I certainly didn't when I first got my dog. I just figured that the vets at
> guide dog schools knew their stuff and would never encourage me to give my
> dog something that would harm him or undo his health. Boy was I wrong!
>
> On 3/8/14, Nicole Torcolini <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
>> Is there somewhere that people can go to get accurate information, not
>> just a bunch of random reviews, about dog food? I am happy with the
>> food that Lexia eats now, but I was just curious because I know some
>> people who did not realize that the food that they were/ using was not
>> good, and they had a hard time finding a good one when they switched.
>>
>> Nicole and the happy, healthy Lexia
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