Wonder where a few of the core member's gravitated to?

nabi wrote:
I am unable to get any quality dog food here...there is a shop that sells Royal Canin but Izzy did not do well on it when we tried it before...so I am back to making all their food...just waiting for my jar of vitamin/nutritional supplement powder Wayne sent from Canada...I still have a small amount of Wellness left that I brought with us and I am adding it too their homemade diet until I get the supplement powder...luckily I knew what was needed from making Bellas food ...and its not like I have anything else to do down here LOL

It's not that it's unavailable, it's a conspiracy I tell you! The Wee's want their home brew stuff!

I sure would like the home cook stuff, BUT, Pops' doesn't know how to cook, .... and, I don't wanna die!



Calvin

I have to admit that I have found it tough since we lost Buddy Blue.

I usually only post questions if I have issues...after all, you don't want me posting daily when Duncan does something "cute". :W


BTW, did I tell you about when he....

nabi wrote:
I am unable to get any quality dog food here...there is a shop that sells Royal Canin but Izzy did not do well on it when we tried it before...so I am back to making all their food...just waiting for my jar of vitamin/nutritional supplement powder Wayne sent from Canada...I still have a small amount of Wellness left that I brought with us and I am adding it too their homemade diet until I get the supplement powder...luckily I knew what was needed from making Bellas food ...and its not like I have anything else to do down here LOL

Kathleen, does that shop only carry one variety of Royal Canin? Would Wayne be able to bring a couple 3# bags of something back with him when the house sells? Crossing fingers that will be soon.

dspencer wrote:
Hey Pops, how's Calvin doing? Is he keeping you inline? :B

Doug

He's doing OK, thanks Doug! Still wondering when we'll be living on dirt again. He misses his play ground.

We're having his blood work done at the end of the month.

Pops

Hey Pops, how's Calvin doing? Is he keeping you inline? :B

Doug

Rock, I suspect that many vets are loathe to criticize any brands of dog food, probably from experience. Pet owners often are defensive on the topic and may pick up little Pookie and head for the door, off to find a more "modern thinking" vet.

Well, our more modern thinking new vet, a young woman, had views on BB I can't quote here. She did not push any particular brand, either. We found this new vet when we learned that Edna (18 yr old tabby) has thyroid and kidney issues. We had Edna on BB Wilderness senior version, thinking that was best. After new vet's mini-rant on BB, we switched to another brand's renal diet. Edna has accepted it and along with thyroid meds, is acting a lot more kittenish. I am glad some vets, like Dr Doug, are willing to call it as they see it.

I am unable to get any quality dog food here...there is a shop that sells Royal Canin but Izzy did not do well on it when we tried it before...so I am back to making all their food...just waiting for my jar of vitamin/nutritional supplement powder Wayne sent from Canada...I still have a small amount of Wellness left that I brought with us and I am adding it too their homemade diet until I get the supplement powder...luckily I knew what was needed from making Bellas food ...and its not like I have anything else to do down here LOL

CA POPPY wrote:

dturm wrote:
Re: Blue Buffalo

They also continue to advertise "Gluten Free" and "No Corn" as if it made a difference. In 37 years of practicing veterinary medicine I have never seen or heard of in the literature a gluten intolerant dog - they may be out there but talk about FAD. We've tried to address the misconceptions about corn - but that seems to be a never ending project.Now if you can address these issues, you can officially be added to the core membership.
Doug, DVM (moderator - somewhere between core and lurker :B)

Doug, our vet says the very same thing. She says BB is all about marketing and not about nutrition. Worse than that, BB put weight on our small dogs that they did not need. We now have Darcy on Royal Canin weight control dry food and she is looking and feeling great. I wish I had made the change years ago and perhaps Rosie would've lasted longer.

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I am also worried about the long term affect of the newest fad of feeding only 'no grain' dog food.

The % of fat and protein in this dog food is off the charts. AND I don't think the average pet owner even notices that. Many times seriously increasing their pets fat and protein over the dog food they were currently feeding until all the news said feed no grain!:R

IMHO we will be seeing more and more kidney, liver and obesity problems and shortening the seniors lives. And no one will put two and two together. :(

dturm wrote:
Re: Blue Buffalo

They also continue to advertise "Gluten Free" and "No Corn" as if it made a difference. In 37 years of practicing veterinary medicine I have never seen or heard of in the literature a gluten intolerant dog - they may be out there but talk about FAD. We've tried to address the misconceptions about corn - but that seems to be a never ending project.Now if you can address these issues, you can officially be added to the core membership.
Doug, DVM (moderator - somewhere between core and lurker :B)

Doug, our vet says the very same thing. She says BB is all about marketing and not about nutrition. Worse than that, BB put weight on our small dogs that they did not need. We now have Darcy on Royal Canin weight control dry food and she is looking and feeling great. I wish I had made the change years ago and perhaps Rosie would've lasted longer.

Re: Blue Buffalo

They also continue to advertise "Gluten Free" and "No Corn" as if it made a difference. In 37 years of practicing veterinary medicine I have never seen or heard of in the literature a gluten intolerant dog - they may be out there but talk about FAD. We've tried to address the misconceptions about corn - but that seems to be a never ending project.

Now if you can address these issues, you can officially be added to the core membership.

Doug, DVM (moderator - somewhere between core and lurker :B)