marc515 wrote:
I was only intending to provide a resource for folks to get some background info on dog food; not to read it as gospel. Additionally, I don't believe these types of sites are the poorest way to do preliminary research. How else is someone going to find out that some dog foods have fillers as the primary ingredients, vs good meat? ...
You've proven my point. Assuming that "fillers" are bad and good meat (no byproducts)is good is a marketing ploy (and internet "fact")used by MANY food manufacturers that is just plain false.
The best way is to selectively evaluate all the information out there, giving the most weight to those studies and individuals (animal nutritionists) that have scientific basis (studies, feeding trials, etc.) Internet opinion and web sites is so full of garbage that it's hard to weed out fact from opinion.
Talk to your vet and go to a site run by veterinary nutritionists.