Purina Puppy Chow
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Puppy Chow is one of the worst foods out there... I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.
Canidae and Innova (as you mentioned) are great foods. Although, not every food works for every dog (Innova gave my chis horrible gas and diarhhea). There are many great foods out there like Timberwolf Organics (what I feed), Natural Balance, Artemis, Chicken Soup, Solid Gold, and the list goes on.
Canidae and Innova (as you mentioned) are great foods. Although, not every food works for every dog (Innova gave my chis horrible gas and diarhhea). There are many great foods out there like Timberwolf Organics (what I feed), Natural Balance, Artemis, Chicken Soup, Solid Gold, and the list goes on.
Here is why Puppy Chow is not a good food...
Ground yellow corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, brewers rice, soybean meal, beef tallow preserved with mixed-tocopherols (source of Vitamin E) , pearled barley, dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, animal digest, salt, egg product, potassium chloride, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, zinc proteinate, choline chloride, DL-Methionine, vitamin supplements (E, A, B 12, D 3), manganese proteinate, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, added color (Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 2), niacin, brewers dried yeast, calcium pantothenate, garlic oil, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin supplement, calcium iodate, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite.
Ground yellow corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, brewers rice, soybean meal, beef tallow preserved with mixed-tocopherols (source of Vitamin E) , pearled barley, dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, animal digest, salt, egg product, potassium chloride, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, zinc proteinate, choline chloride, DL-Methionine, vitamin supplements (E, A, B 12, D 3), manganese proteinate, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, added color (Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 2), niacin, brewers dried yeast, calcium pantothenate, garlic oil, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin supplement, calcium iodate, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite.
Yes, switching will be fine, provided that you do it slowly and over a period of time, sometimes up to two weeks. Start by mixing 25% of the new food in and feed that ratio for a few days. Then go to a 50/50 mix and feed that for a few days, then 75% of his meals should be the new food, keep that up for a few days and then finally go to 100% new food. It can take up to two weeks. Some dogs will switch themselves cold turkey.
Be prepared...most of the higher grade foods produce horrific gas for a while while the dog's system adjusts to the higher and richer nutrient levels. It will go away within a few weeks, but those few weeks can cost you a bundle in Febreeze!
Be prepared...most of the higher grade foods produce horrific gas for a while while the dog's system adjusts to the higher and richer nutrient levels. It will go away within a few weeks, but those few weeks can cost you a bundle in Febreeze!
Innova, Canidae, Eagle Pack, Natural Balance, Nature's Variety, Pinnacle, Timberwolf Organics and Solid Gold = :hail:
Purina Puppy Chow = :yikes:
See the difference? Sounds like you are right on track like a previous poster said. Have you visited www.dogfoodproject.com?
Purina Puppy Chow = :yikes:
See the difference? Sounds like you are right on track like a previous poster said. Have you visited www.dogfoodproject.com?
Yes, grain heavy foods and lack of meat can lead to obesity and health problems. Think of it this way- Puppy Chow is like us eating McDonalds every day. Sure, we can survive off of it... but will we thrive?
Puppy Chow also contains Menadione (which is synthetic vitamin K)... it can cause a lot of toxic effects in dogs. On top of this, their animal fat and animal digest can come from ANY source... including 4-D animals (diseased, dead, disabled, or dying prior to being slaughtered), euthanized pets, roadkill, you name it... anything.
Grain heavy foods are not good for dogs as well... especially the grain sources that Puppy Chow uses.
Puppy Chow also contains Menadione (which is synthetic vitamin K)... it can cause a lot of toxic effects in dogs. On top of this, their animal fat and animal digest can come from ANY source... including 4-D animals (diseased, dead, disabled, or dying prior to being slaughtered), euthanized pets, roadkill, you name it... anything.
Grain heavy foods are not good for dogs as well... especially the grain sources that Puppy Chow uses.
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I was listening to a vet on Animal Radio last week and he was saying that 50% of the dogs in the US wind up getting cancer during their lifetime. It is apparent that most dogs eat poor foods produced by companies like Purina that are full of preservatives and possible carcinogens. It would appear that there might be a strong relationship to the amount of cancer and the amount of junk foods that dogs eat.......
