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#613462 - 03/07/14 09:50 PM Dog chow
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Watching a Purina Dog Chow commercial showing brown, red, green, yellow , pieces of crud. Advertised to have fewer calories. I'm thing , WHAT. Dogs have limited color recognition why all those colors.

Well, only one reason. Too look good to the humans that buy the stuff.

https://dogchow.com/dog-food/1267/light-and-healthy

Here are the ingredients of this " healthy" stuff


Purina® Dog Chow ® Light & Healthy Brand Adult Dog Food

Ingredients:
Whole grain corn, soybean hulls, meat and bone meal, whole grain wheat, soybean meal, soybean germ meal, corn germ meal, egg and chicken flavor, corn gluten meal, chicken, animal digest, soy flour, turkey by-product meal, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), glycerin, salt, calcium carbonate, Vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Red 40, zinc sulfate, sulfur, choline chloride, ferrous sulfate, Yellow 5, Blue 2, manganese sulfate, niacin, Vitamin A supplement, copper sulfate, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, Vitamin B-12 supplement, garlic oil, riboflavin supplement, Vitamin D-3 supplement, calcium iodate, folic acid, menadone sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), biotin, sodium selenite. A-4122


The only food I see is "chicken" hidden down in the pack. And those colors thrown in. Yuck!
The second ingredient is "soy bean hulls " . On the farm I can't ever remember our dogs eating soy bean hulls as a choice.

Dave


Edited by MrB (03/07/14 09:51 PM)
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#613474 - 03/08/14 08:30 AM Re: Dog chow [Re: MrB]
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When I mentioned to the vet that I sometimes give my cat raw tuna as a "treat," I thought she was going to go into a convulsion! Told me 101 reasons why not to give a cat tuna.

That was 5 yrs & about 101 raw tuna treats ago. whistle
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#613481 - 03/08/14 11:16 AM Re: Dog chow [Re: Nana]
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I realize, pets need nutrition and their food can ce "enhanced" like humans do to theirs but was watching a dog food commercial and for a mioment thought I was watching a human nutrition show as it showed a dog food with " vegetables that your dog loves, blueberries, wheat grain, spinach, and real chicken or fish" . Thought , that I couldn't remember when I fed my dog spinach on the farm.

It's not that pets don't need some of those things but what the marketers were doing was catering to the fad tastes of their owners. I understand that dog food testers eat the food to determine if dogs will like it . Strange.

Also I understand that in the wild, predators must eat meals quickly so must eat the most powerful food first as they may be chased away from their kill. Not so much now and also they have been bred to live as humans now. Sad really.

That is why I've refused to have a dog while I live in a city. Can't stand to see animals cooped up, but I digress from my own thread

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#613484 - 03/08/14 11:50 AM Re: Dog chow [Re: MrB]
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I understand that dog food testers eat the food to determine if dogs will like it . Strange.

Very strange indeed since dogs will eat their own stink-stink. laugh
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#613491 - 03/08/14 03:27 PM Re: Dog chow [Re: MrB]
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Originally Posted By: MrB
I realize, pets need nutrition and their food can ce "enhanced" like humans do to theirs but was watching a dog food commercial and for a mioment thought I was watching a human nutrition show as it showed a dog food with " vegetables that your dog loves, blueberries, wheat grain, spinach, and real chicken or fish" . Thought , that I couldn't remember when I fed my dog spinach on the farm.
Dogs are omnivores, cats are carnivores, that's why dog food is not good for cats, not enough protein. Dogs need the fruits and veggies along with the protein.
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#613497 - 03/08/14 05:09 PM Re: Dog chow [Re: MrB]
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This is my Sadie, rolling her eyes at you, knowing her multi-color chow is just plain delicious ... wondering what the heck a "farm" is. laugh




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#613501 - 03/08/14 05:36 PM Re: Dog chow [Re: MrB]
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Our little guy, Max, was very fond of broccoli. Go figure.
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#613503 - 03/08/14 07:06 PM Re: Dog chow [Re: yoyo52]
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Hector loved Donuts
Fritz loved mushrooms
Red loved Bell Peppers,
Eartha Kitt loved Raisins
and a buddy's cat would kill
you for any variety of OLIVE!
LOL No Accounting For Taste(s)!
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#613504 - 03/08/14 08:07 PM Re: Dog chow [Re: Celandine]
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Originally Posted By: Celandine

Hector loved Donuts
Fritz loved mushrooms
Red loved Bell Peppers,
Eartha Kitt loved Raisins
and a buddy's cat would kill
you for any variety of OLIVE!
LOL No Accounting For Taste(s)!

laugh LOVE IT! Deserves 2 snaps up with a booty twerk.
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#613507 - 03/08/14 10:31 PM Re: Dog chow [Re: Nana]
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R U Kidding? CATWOMAN?

& SHE had the cATTITUDE to Go-With!
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