Clodagh
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Crude ash: 6.1%. Crude fibre: 1.3%. Crude oil fats: 14%. Moisture: 0%. Protein: 25%.
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Just to check - you know this isn't actually added product?
Crude ash: 6.1%. Crude fibre: 1.3%. Crude oil fats: 14%. Moisture: 0%. Protein: 25%.
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Just to check - you know this isn't actually added product?
Yes, I do know. I just copied the whole thing straight from the website and the protein and fat percentages are good. What shocks me is the total absence of meat, the animal protein content is the result of chemical extraction and is supplemented by protein of vegetable origin. Plus various yeasts again chemically manipulated as far as I understand it. Perhaps a home recipe made by adding a bit of protein powder available from Holland and Barretts to some boiled wheat, oat and barley, sprinkled with some fish oil and some yeast would do the trick just as well? it just does not fit my idea of food as wholesome, natural ingredients appropriate to a member of the canid family.
I feed Eden too, have done for the last 6 years at least, one of our labs is 12y 4m and the other 2y 2m, they look really well on it. Our 17 year old, who we have just lost, was also on Eden and also did really well on it. They do get the occasional non rawhide treat so are not fed exclusively on Eden but it makes up each of their proper meals. Eden's customer service is excellent too, recently had to contact them about our youngster who is very athletic and having a late growth spurt, and they couldn't have been more helpful. We do switch between the Country Cuisine and the Original Cuisine with a bit of the Wild Boar and Pheasant semi moist as a topper to add interest. I'm not going to stress over this, I think you can overthink things. I just see happy, healthy, energetic dogs who love their food, that'll do for me. ðŸ¾ðŸ¾ðŸ˜I am really anal I suppose you could say about feeding our dogs.. They get fed Eden, which I thought was one of the best. They look cracking and love it.. but is this safe or are any of the percentages to high? Ah..
https://edenpetfoods.com/products/d...al-cuisine-working-and-sporting-dog-food.html
I apologise, Ester, I meant no offence. What I should have said is that my opinion, valueless as it is, because frankly I'm not clever enough to be able to unravel the scientific study of this issue, is that I'd rather be in ignorant bliss, feeding my dogs a high quality food that they enjoy, that they look well on and has been fed to them long term with no apparent side effects. I realise that the key word there is apparent, because I just don't know if something is going on with my dogs until clinical signs become apparent. If I was more intelligent then perhaps I'd understand this better, but I am a bear of very little brain. I apologise again if I offended you. I did not intend to.I don't think it is very fair to frame genuine, scientific FDA-level concern about a degenerative condition that often doesn't have early clinical signs as 'overthinking'.
I don't think it is very fair to frame genuine, scientific FDA-level concern about a degenerative condition that often doesn't have early clinical signs as 'overthinking'.
Talking of which, has anyone posted this link yet? FDA warning against some of the high end grain free foods.
https://whdh.com/news/fda-announces...tNaOiY72sINMWbu8ng5sAarQmB2TLQKfX5fQ6E4B9WAQo
So, what does everyone feed their dogs? What’s the best food?
We can’t feed raw as have a fridge and freezer the size of a box in our rented place..
Aimless wondering here: my lot are on raw, mostly, I add kibble occasionally. They get scraps, bits of bread, pizza crust. Is it enough in terms of grain? Is there an 'ideal' percentage?
I’d love to feed raw but we rent a small cottage with a box fridge and freezer so have no room and no where to put another. :-(
Until we move out it has to be kibble.. what’s the best kibble available?
I've ranked the foods from best to worst on this website, worth a look. https://www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk/the-dog-food-directory
An interesting view from Linda P Case.
https://thesciencedog.com/2018/08/30/the-heart-of-the-matter/
With all respect cinnamon toast, how can you say the stuff the vet pushes is low quality and yet you feed pizza crust? I don't particularly care that you do but that does seem like a huge contradiction in terms to me.
Bumping this up again.
I've asked what Edens percentage of chick pea is, because funnily enough that isn't disclosed.
By the sound of it, Eden and Millies Wolfheart feeds haven't been trialed. Using the website below, it means, they should feed to minimum of 8 dogs for 6 months. Dogs have to maintain their body weight, pass a veterinary exam, and have normal blood chemistry parameters at the end of the trial.. Millies said they'd get back to me as don't KNOW what a feed trial means?! Link
I am concerned, owning a cocker which is one of the breeds on the list and worried I could be feeding him something that could make him ill in his lifetime. Considering changing to a grain based food, with good levels of meat but seems impossible? Considering raw, but it looks to be rather expensive!