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. :(
