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New Proportions Dog Food

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Chase the Diva, - Miss Chase y'all		 
 
Barked: Thu Sep 9, '10 11:14am PST 
As you have no doubt received an announcement from Dogster announcing the new Proportions dog food giving away free samples to try to get you to try it, please be aware that this is a cooked/processed product and as such can only offer as much "whole nutrition" as they add of synthetic vitamins and minerals. Pet food is cooked and processed at high temperatures, here is an article with lots of interesting facts:
http://www.thewholedog.org/artcookedfood.html
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pekoe

Raw Food Rocks!		 
 
Barked: Thu Sep 9, '10 12:51pm PST 
Cooked, kibbled, dried out grain-based food is not appropriate for our carnivores companions. I've been feeding a raw diet for over 15 years now and the benefits are excellent: fresh breath, clean teeth, no fleas, no itchies, LESS Poop! www.truecarnivores.com

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Delta Force- CGC RN NA- RL1

Raw Fed and- Happy		 
 
Barked: Thu Sep 9, '10 2:48pm PST 
All the additions of grains and veggies probably make this food more grain and veggie based than any meat in there. confused
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Seth

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Barked: Thu Sep 9, '10 4:30pm PST 
Yea free is good, but when three out of six dogs do not eat it. I have to give it a thumbs down
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Daddy

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Barked: Fri Sep 10, '10 4:18pm PST 
The protein contents on all but one of the foods don't give me a lot of faith that there's much meat in the food. While I agree that organic, prey model raw, emphasis on organic and prey model, is the best diet that can be offered I have seen dogs not just live but thrive on high quality kibbles and canned diets as well. When Daddy gets allergies the only thing that helps is a good fish based kibble, we tried raw, different kinds of raw meats and it didn't help him. As far as diet goes, it's a very individual matter varying from dog to dog, but as a general rule I won't feed foods under 25% protein unless there's a medical necessity for it.
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Riley

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Barked: Sat Sep 11, '10 6:10am PST 
I have been feeding raw for some time now - 2+ years - and I completely agree that anything in a can or bag that has been cooked is processed and not the kind of species appropriate diet our dogs, cats or ferrets need. They need and will live long healthy lives on raw meaty bones. This is a simple marketing tool being used by this site to con folks into thinking they are giving their pets "healthy - whole" foods.
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Dinah Moe

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Barked: Mon Sep 13, '10 9:40am PST 
We reviewed our experience with Proportions on the Shaggy Dog Stories blog:

http://www.starisles.com/shaggydogstories/?p=10

The Gang of Four absolutely loved it!
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