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Discuss ways to improve the quality of your dog's life and longevity through proper nutrition and a place for all of your questions and answers about feeding your pooch! Don't furget to check out Dogster's Dog Care Guide Book for information about feeding your dog! Bone Appawtite!
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Ginger- ♥ my- angel
My Angel
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 | | Barked: Thu Apr 6, '06 8:08pm PST | |  | |  | | Science Diet is a poor quality dog food if you compare it to what is available out there. It has a lot of low-quality ingredients in it and it is not a good food for the money it costs (you can get a food with a lot higher quality of ingredients for the same price or less.)
Some of their foods have more low-quality ingredients than others... For example they have a prescription food for weight loss, and the second ingredient is PEANUT SHELLS!
Many of their foods contain a lot of corn (an ingredient used as filler which dogs cannot really digest) and are mostly grains with little meat. If you look at the ingredients list, you will often see a grain as the first ingredient and usually in several other places on the list as well... Even if it is not the first ingredient, there are often so many grain ingredients that they make up most of the food anyway. They contain very little vegetables, if any.
They also contain iffy non-specific ingredients such as "Animal Fat" which is a product which is rendered fat and it could be from any kind of animal since they don't list the specific species.
AS fas as veterinarians saying it is a good food-- you have to keep in mind that the majority of vets are NOT nutritionists. Many vets know little more about which dog foods are good than the average pet owner knows.
There is very very little nutrition training in vet school, and often the information they do get in vet school is sponsored by Hills! (Hills writes the textbooks, gives seminars, etc...) Vet students also often get free or cheap food from Hills... So of course they will tell you Science Diet is a good food.
For example in the vet school for my state, they only offer ONE course in nutrition in the regular curriculum, and that course is about deficiencies and nutritional problems and not about what ingredients are good/bad in pet foods.Edited by author Thu Apr 6, '06 8:18pm PST
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Ch. OTCh Miss Ginger's Fancy
I am very Fancy. |
| | Barked: Fri Apr 7, '06 7:16am PST | | | | | | I am a vet tech and have worked in 3 vet hospitals since I was 14 years old. All along, my dogs have eaten Science Diet and every vet I know recommends it, for these reasons: It has high-quality ingredients, meaning real meat and no by-products, it flourishes the skin and hair of the dog, it supports a healthy immune system for an overall healthy dog, and it was created with vets so its strictly one of the best dog foods your dog can eat! I totally disagree with the claim that vets do not know a thing about nutrition! Have you been to vet school? Do you work in a vet office? I have seen what other dog foods have done to the animals that come in for checkups. Foods such as Pedigree, Purina(any form), wet foods of any kind, Costco brand, supermarket brand, Iams, and any of those brands you see on the far end of Petsmart that have astounding low prices, all of those create problems that will only cost you more money at the vet's office. These foods cause diarrhea, vomiting, bowel disorders, bloat, and skin, eye, and ear disorders. The reason why? Poor ingredients, such as: Water, by-products, flour, vegetable fillers, gravy, and so many more. Science Diet along with Nutro, Canidae, Wellness, Drs. Foster and Smith brand, and Nature's Recipe are all high-quality food that will keep your dog out of the vet's office for unexpected visits and improve the overall health of him/her. Oh, and probably help them live over 5 years longer(Yes, this has been proved!) So, you can buy the cheapy brands or the ones with fillers because your dog scarfs it down cuz it tastes so good, or, you can pay a bit more and have a happier/healthier dog for life. | | | | |
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Sir Frankie
I love treats! |
 | | Barked: Fri Apr 7, '06 9:57am PST | | | | | | My and my brother Joey love goose poop. We think its delicious! Mom hates it when we sneak a poop in our mouths here and there. Now she watches us closely. haha. I guess we will just do some research and see if there is anything better for us doggies to eat. We have no problems now, just my brother joey itches allot. | | | | |
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Chaz
To Know Me is to- Love Me
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Kaiser
The Mister
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| | Barked: Fri Apr 7, '06 10:55am PST | | | | | | Science Diet has no by products? Someone really should inform the Hill's Website because this is what I found:
Science DietŪ Adult Dog Food:
Chicken, Ground Whole Grain Corn, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Ground Whole Grain Wheat, Chicken By-Product Meal, Soybean Meal, Pork Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Corn Gluten Meal, Brewers Rice, Chicken Liver Flavor, Soybean Oil, Dried Egg Product, Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Iodized Salt, Choline Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Vitamin E Supplement, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), DL-Methionine, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.
Science DietŪ Light Adult:
Corn meal, soybean mill run 16% (a source of fiber), chicken by-product meal, peanut hulls 10.8% (a source of fiber), corn gluten meal, soybean meal, chicken liver flavor, vegetable oil, dried egg product, flaxseed, L-lysine, taurine, L-tryptophan, L-carnitine, preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid, minerals (salt, potassium chloride, dicalcium phosphate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), rosemary extract, beta-carotene, vitamins (choline chloride, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (a source of vitamin C), niacin, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement).
Science DietŪ Adult Large Breed:
Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Soybean Meal, Pork Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Soybean Oil, Chicken Liver Flavor, Dried Egg Product, Flaxseed, Iodized Salt, Dried Chicken Cartilage, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Taurine, Potassium Chloride, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), L-Carnitine, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.
Science DietŪ Sensitive Stomach
Brewers rice, corn meal, corn gluten meal, chicken by-product meal, dried egg product, pork fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), chicken liver flavor, flaxseed, vegetable oil, oat fiber, dried beet pulp, L-lysine, L-tryptophan, preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid, minerals (potassium chloride, dicalcium phosphate, salt, calcium carbonate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), rosemary extract, beta-carotene, vitamins (choline chloride, vitamin A supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (a source of vitamin C), niacin, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement).
Science DietŪ Puppy
Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Soybean Meal, Pork Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Dried Beet Pulp, Chicken Liver Flavor, Dicalcium Phosphate, Brewers Rice, Fish Oil, Flaxseed, Soybean Oil, Iodized Salt, vitamins (L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.
Science DietŪ Puppy Large Breed:
Ground Whole Grain Corn (source of natural digestible carbohydrate & lutein), Chicken By-Product Meal (source of natural chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine), Corn Gluten Meal (source of natural protein), Dried Beet Pulp (source of natural dietary fiber), Chicken Liver Flavor, Pork Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols, a source of vitamin E, and citric acid), Fish Oil (source of natural DHA), Flaxseed (source of natural omega-3 fatty acids & alpha-linolenic acid), Soybean Oil (source of natural omega-6 fatty acids & linoleic acid), Iodized Salt, Potassium Chloride, L-Lysine (an essential amino acid), Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamins (L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (a source of stabilized vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate (vitamin B1), Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (vitamin B6), Riboflavin (vitamin B2), Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), L-Tryptophan (an essential amino acid), Calcium Carbonate, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), L-Carnitine, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, a source of vitamin E, and Citric Acid, Beta-Carotene (an antioxidant), Rosemary Extract
Shall I continue?
Yeah.. a lot of vets seem more concerned with what makes them money than what is actually healthy for your dog to eat. A lot of vets sell IAMS which is pure crap in a bag and Nutrience which contains Menadione. You'd think a vet would know what Menadione was.
Doesn't matter.. it's all about what will make them the most money.
Oh and vet tech doesn't make "vet" either... kthanxbye | | | | |
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