Grains fuel cancer in dogs. Almost all dog foods have grain in them. If you don't think what you put in your dog has a direct impact on its health then I'm not sure what to tell you. But I guess you would rather spend the money on chemo later on than spend a little extra on a quality dog food?
First, please mix in only maybe 15 or 20% with her old food to start off. The full transition should take 2 weeks. So if you don't have two weeks of her old food, just buy another bag. I think after 5 or 6 days see how she is reacting, then add maybe go up to 50%. You're not going to find Blue Buffalo at Walmart. Also, they have chicken and lamb flavors. Lamb is usually better for digestion, so I would try that first to make things easier. Good luck.
it takes them awhile to get used to. i remember throwing a chicken leg to my lab for the first time. he basically looked at me with the, "WTF is this?" face. he licked it a couple of times, ran around the yard for a few minutes, then came back to it. i tried to take it from him but he got a little defensive. eventually, he bit it into and the rest is history. now he can't sit still before i even tear the bag up. and you can't just feed patties. dog's teeth need the bones to clean them.
I feed the pup Avoderm Senior. He loves it and we just keep some in his bowl. Thank god, he does what all my dogs have been trained to do, which is eat it dry out of his bowl whenever he has the munchies. I saw it was on the list, so that's groovy! Come on... don't you think that was a bit out of line? The guy lost his dog after doing everything he could. What makes you want to lay a guilt trip on him, especially since you have absolutely no idea whether Surfguy's pet food purchases had anything to do with the dog's illness? Not cool at all, dude.
ya, you're right. Got them mixed up. Bought ol'roy once.... I buy the Kroger stuff. Cheap...and I have 3 mouths to feed....2 of which eat a ton (Beagle Pitbull mixes)....
First off...of course I know grains fuel cancer. But, you cannot say that is why my dog got cancer. There is a difference. Even most of the premium dog foods are grain-based. My dog with cancer wouldn't even eat dry food once symptoms kicked in. Also, if you read all my posts collectively, I didn't say dog food chosen wasn't important to dog health. I'm just skeptical as to how much difference overall it makes.
You want a healthy dog with a shiny coat that will live longer, BARF diet. It takes some work to make, but the results are outstanding. If you have 30 minutes so spend you can make up to two weeks worth of food for them, and my dogs love it. If you love your dog, it's totally worth the work. http://www.barfworld.com/
I like how everyone is an expert on dog food in this thread. Especially because they learned it on the internet. I've seen dogs live long healthy lives on the cheap dog food, and I've seen dogs have problems using the supposed healthier options. Using any one dog as an example is ridiculous. I really don't know whats best.
Tough reading all these dog food suggestions and arguments so hopefully my question doesn't add to the arguing. I currently feed my two boxers (5 yr old male and 7 yr old female) Eukanuba Boxer breed specific dry dog food mixed with a little bit of random (Iams/Alpo/etc.) wet canned dog food and chicken broth. I don't know if the breed specific dog food is really any different than regular dog food but it does cost quite a bit. Since Blue Buffalo is so close in price, and appears to rank higher than Eukanuba, should I make the switch? My dogs are relatively healthy and seem to enjoy the current food now. I'm definitely not ready to go the raw dog food route quite yet.
ugh this is a frustrating subject for us... our boxer has been having poop issues...soft stools. we went through 5 different foods... science diet, evo, Taste of Wild then now he is on Royal canin Duck/Potato (the internal specialist put him on it to rule out meat allergies) we ran every tests on him and they came negative for worms, parasites and etc. the specialist wants to do a colonscopy on him to see if he has IBM, colitis or anything abnormal. We spent crazy $ on his tests and we are reluctant to spend more $$ and i hate the idea of a colonscopy. he is just a year old. one of the levels in his blood test is extremely high and i googled it...it could be an indication of a gastrointestinal disease so that is probably why he wants to do a colonscopy. every food we feed him, he never has hard stools...we don't feed him anything else. we use his food for treats. he is fine but now he is starting to look way too lean (his ribs are showing). i think we may go ahead with the colonscopy after we get back from mexico in two weeks. having a dog is expensive.
seriously, i suggest you do research about feeding raw (just google raw fed dogs). stools can be controlled by feeding more bone. vets know the benefits of raw but really aren't going to push you to it. how else are they going to make money.
is he too young to eat raw? i know its a dumb question?? how old was your dog when you started feeding him?
one year old is definitely not too young. people feed raw as soon as pups can start chewing. and they aren't too old either. i started mine at 8 years old. he used to get runny stools and definitely smelly stools. i hated mowing the yard. now his stools are solid with no odor and it basically turns to white ash after a day. you may think its expensive at first, but i found i was paying less feeding raw than kibble. not to mention the HUNDREDS of dollars you save from going to the vet.
http://www.rawlearning.com/ http://www.rawfed.com/myths/ http://rawfeddogs.net/ join this yahoo group if you have more specific questions, they are very helpful: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/
is it possible for a dog to be allergic to chicken? that is what we have been trying to figure out if Bo is allergic to meat, chicken and etc.
