Petition to remove Bakers

Whilst I agree with the sentiments behind this petition, I'm wondering if a similar petition shouldn't be extant whereby ALL vet's surgeries are similarly approached with a view to removing many of the excessively high protein feeds, and from their shelves. An equal level of damage can all so often occur to young and growing dogs and of growth related and weight bearing-bones. Mind you, I suppose that it does at least guarantee those very same vets a level of income, in the future! Do vets view their future patients in such a cynical manner? I'd hope not, but I'd need some convincing!

Alec.
 
The problem, all so often and with 'moronic owners' is that they're entirely reliant upon the advice of those who whilst in a position of trust, actually approach their work from the view of making money, and the MO, along with their dog, are all so often, the 'joint' victims.

Alec.
 
Tiddlypom said:
Ta very much, that would have been me before I came on AAD. Simply didn't occur to me that a mainstream dog food was not fit for purpose.
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That's the problem, people trust others don't they. I managed to get my cousin to stop feeding Bakers to his boxer pup simply because he didn't know any different, he was horrified when he knew the truth.
Same as people trusting Vets, Farriers or Saddlers ;) people trust us to look after them and their animals ,
Oz (Saddler)
 
Perhaps it would be an idea to educate the MO and to seek out a new MO! :) We mostly learn by our mistakes, and at our own and our dog's expense.

Alec.
 
Vets have a half day on nutrition-for all species, during training. Unless they do more on their own, they may never know much about nutrition. The food they push at vets is very low in protein or actual meat.

High protein eg Orijen is often quoted as being one of the more superior quality kibbles. The levels for puppy and adult are often identical in the various adult/puppy foods. I checked one day when I had the pup for my bil last year.
 
The food stocked at our place is low protein, low fat and low calorie, designed for the average obese pet. I'd argue that it's still far superior in quality to Bakers and similar foods.

I feed a high protein and often high fat diet, my concern is not the protein content but the excessive amounts of wheat, sugars and artificial colours in many popular dry foods.
 
^^ Which is what mostly constitutes Bakers, plus the 'technological' preservatives of BHT/BHA. What this thread should be entitled is remove all low quality dog food full of rubbish, not just this brand. I don't understand how they can be passed as safe by manufacturers/UK standards. The sheer amount of colour in food like Bakers amazes me, as does the sugar. Dogs don't need either of these, it's purely to make it more palatable and visually appealing to owners.
 
Wow, I always new it was a rubbish food but likened it to feeding kids a diet of blue smarties, never released how many dangerous and in many countries banned substances it contained. Our last malamute that we got as a rescue was rehomed by her owners of six years as she was apparently always quite difficult and overly aggressive / possessive and had biten a few kids so when her owner got pregnant they put her up for rehoming ( took 8 months due to how difficult she was). She hasn't needed any training from us all we did was change her food from bakers to skinners and she's the easiest dog you could meet.
 
I don't feed BAkers to my dogs, they always have Skinners, Fish for Dogs or something along those lines. I tried to get a friend to stop feeding their dog Bakers - only to have it pointed out to me that their dogs (usually big dogs, mainly collies) always reach the age of around 15/16 with no health problems whereas I've never got a Cairn past 13 years old despite feeding my "superior" food.
Shame the research seems more relevant to E numbers in children rather than dogs otherwise I'd have tried again, but I know the response I'll get!
 
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